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Creator:: Downing, Troy (Troy Woerner), Chamberlain, Anna-Marie, Gamroth, Michael J., Peters, Amy, and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Designed to help dairy farmers calculate the costs of homegrown forages and compare them to the costs of purchasing forages. Presents typical per-acre costs of establishing, producing, and harvesting alfalfa or grass for silage to help farmers estimate costs. Explains how to compare forage production costs to alternatives by assigning...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: quality forages can have a positive impact on the production level of livestock operations. In dairy

Creator:: Siegel, Ryan
Abstract:: The three essays in this dissertation progressively answer the following questions: (a) How important are constraints? (b) Who benefits from removing constraints? (c) When does a constraint for a single market predominantly affect closely related markets? These questions are applied in the context of time, weather, and minimum wage constraints,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: economic outcomes, (b) if one constraint is lifted, those individuals alternately-constrained are left

Creator:: McCaulou, Jeff C.
Abstract:: Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: supply curve for juniper as a biofuel source will shift in response to policy and economic factors

Creator:: Oravec, Timothy J.
Abstract:: Sewerage infrastructure, including wastewater treatment facilities and conveyance pipes, is reaching the end of its useful life throughout the United States. Aging infrastructure may be more susceptible to fracturing and collapses due to deterioration. Further, sewerage infrastructure is usually designed to discharge untreated wastewater or stormwater into nearby waterways during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , economic, and environmental dimensions. Important disturbances and management strategies affecting

Creator:: Li, Cheng
Abstract:: Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the State's agricultural for 18 years. The majority of nursery sales from the Pacific Northwest come from Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present dissertation consists of three essays that analyze...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: specific economic strategies. Next, interview results are analyzed to show how agricultural

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