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Evaluating the financial risk involved in farmland investment decisions

Creator:: Knox, Kenneth W.
Abstract:: Investing in farmland is one of the most important decisions that farmers face in their lifetimes. Usually, large amounts of debt are required to purchase a substantial tract of land, thereby reducing the farmer's liquidity position and future borrowing capacity. Fixed debt commitments must be met by highly variable future...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

Creator:: Bristol, Roger Dale
Abstract:: Twenty managers of large diversified irrigated farms in the Willamette Valley area of Oregon were interviewed about the economic information and analysis techniques they use when making crop selection decisions. Two community college farm management instructors, two agricultural lenders, and two certified public accountants working with farmers were interviewed about...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Analysis Techniques for Making Crop Selection Decisions Abstract approved: er— A. Gene Nelson

The Oregon wine industry : an economic analysis

Creator:: Buerkin, Kurt
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Larry Burt and to my committee members Dr. Mike Martin, and Dr. Gene Nelson for their support

Oregon farm models : a spreadsheet approach

Creator:: Chambers, William D
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Gene Nelson and Dr. Wilson E. Schmisseur, for their help. Above all the author recognizes the

An econometric analysis of used tractor prices

Creator:: Bayaner, Ahmet
Abstract:: Farm equipment is becoming an increasingly important financial asset for many farmers. Tractors probably represent the single largest component of equipment asset value. As such, changes in tractor values can have a dramatic effect on a farmer's financial situation. Changes in equipment value can be attributed to depreciation and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Debts of gratitude are owed to Dr. A. Gene Nelson, Dr Richard Adams, and Dr. Larry S. Lev, my

Grass seed acreage response to policies concerning field burning : Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Giardina, Larry J.
Abstract:: This research analyzed the relationships of agricultural field burning policies, and other economic factors, with the quantity of land devoted to grass seed production in counties of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The thesis describes the background of the grass seed industry, field burning and government policies concerning field burning in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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An economic analysis of policies, cost and returns for public and commercial campgrounds on the Oregon coast

Creator:: Reiling, Stephen D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Farm level response to agricultural effluent control strategies : the case of the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Taylor, Michael L. (Michael Lester), 1960-
Abstract:: Changes in the structure of the U.S. agricultural industry since World War II have transformed it into a highly productive component of the domestic economy. But these changes have not occurred without indirect costs. For example, the reliance on agricultural chemicals has produced environmental effects causing growing concern. In addition,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Modeling Oregon’s biodiesel subsidies and their potential effects on the Willamette Valley agricultural landscape

Creator:: Siegel, Ryan W.
Abstract:: The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen an upsurge in petroleum prices and an increased concern over greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the interest in biodiesel production has heightened. Policy at the Federal level, such as the blender’s tax credit which provides $1 for every gallon of biodiesel blended with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Finally, one other study (Hill, Nelson, Tilman, Polasky, & Tiffany, 2006) 12 published

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

Creator:: Watanabe, Michio
Abstract:: The spatial and dynamic pattern of landscape changes has a profound effect on the supply of environmental services, including the provision of habitat for fish and wildlife. Spatial heterogeneity is a common feature of landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, most notably in areas important to the production of salmonid fish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Evaluating the financial risk involved in farmland investment decisions

Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

The Oregon wine industry : an economic analysis

Oregon farm models : a spreadsheet approach

An econometric analysis of used tractor prices

Grass seed acreage response to policies concerning field burning : Willamette Valley, Oregon

An economic analysis of policies, cost and returns for public and commercial campgrounds on the Oregon coast

Farm level response to agricultural effluent control strategies : the case of the Willamette Valley

Modeling Oregon’s biodiesel subsidies and their potential effects on the Willamette Valley agricultural landscape

A spatially explicit model for allocating conservation efforts : the Grand Ronde River basin, Oregon

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