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Ec98-899 Sorghum Basis Patterns From Selected Sites In Nebraska Dec 2009

Ec98-899 Sorghum Basis Patterns From Selected Sites In Nebraska

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The following publication contains the sorghum basis patterns for several towns in Nebraska. Price information was collected through surveys, newspapers, electronic media, etc. The listing includes towns representative of different geographic locations in Nebraska. The amount of data varies among locations. This publication will be updated each year by adding a year's data to each locations. This allows the user to observe the changing of basis patterns over time.


A Market Assessment Of Greenhouse Products And Associated Rural Development In Semi-Arid Regions Of Mexico, Edgar Arturo Quevedo-Martinez Dec 2009

A Market Assessment Of Greenhouse Products And Associated Rural Development In Semi-Arid Regions Of Mexico, Edgar Arturo Quevedo-Martinez

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Greenhouse products represent a feasible alternative for small producers compared to open-field production. Using a combination of enterprise budgeting, capital investment analysis and optimization, we found that under most of the conditions investigated the six different crops investigated are profitable. Greenhouse production has the added benefits of conserving scarce land and water resources, potentially reducing production and market risk, and offering consumers healthful products of good quality, that can contribute to the development of the local economy. One problem is that a larger up-front investment is often essential.;This study focused on three main areas: (1) A production and market assessment. …


Agricultural Situation And Outlook Fall 2009, Kenneth H. Burdine, Sara Williamson Oct 2009

Agricultural Situation And Outlook Fall 2009, Kenneth H. Burdine, Sara Williamson

Agricultural Situation and Outlook

No abstract provided.


Tobacco Grower Research, Jane Starnes, Laura A. Powers Oct 2009

Tobacco Grower Research, Jane Starnes, Laura A. Powers

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Economic Outlook 2010, Craig Infanger Oct 2009

Economic Outlook 2010, Craig Infanger

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Corn And Soybean Profitability 2010, Gregory S. Halich Oct 2009

Corn And Soybean Profitability 2010, Gregory S. Halich

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Grain Market Outlook, Cory G. Walters Oct 2009

Grain Market Outlook, Cory G. Walters

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Beef, Dairy, And Equine, Kenneth H. Burdine Oct 2009

Beef, Dairy, And Equine, Kenneth H. Burdine

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Historical Land Values, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky Oct 2009

Historical Land Values, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Horticulture, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky Oct 2009

Horticulture, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Market Situation And Outlook For Hogs, Poultry And Small Ruminants, A. Lee Meyer Oct 2009

Market Situation And Outlook For Hogs, Poultry And Small Ruminants, A. Lee Meyer

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Historical Data: Net Farm Income, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky Oct 2009

Historical Data: Net Farm Income, Department Of Agricultural Economics, University Of Kentucky

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


Timber Market, Gregory S. Halich Oct 2009

Timber Market, Gregory S. Halich

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


An Introduction To Markets For Ecosystem Services, Jack Schieffer Sep 2009

An Introduction To Markets For Ecosystem Services, Jack Schieffer

Agricultural Economics Presentations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Amenity-Led Rural Economic *Development In Northeast Region: A Spatial Simultaneous Equations Approach, Mulugeta Saare Kahsai Aug 2009

An Analysis Of Amenity-Led Rural Economic *Development In Northeast Region: A Spatial Simultaneous Equations Approach, Mulugeta Saare Kahsai

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

In a matter of just a few decades, the economic landscape of rural America has changed in fundamental ways. Industries once considered the backbone of rural economies have been transformed by globalization and marketing. Others, such as tourism and amenity-based economies or the service sector, have emerged to replace the traditional natural resource and manufacturing-based economies. These changes have invigorated some areas, and forever altered others. Consequently, Interest in an amenity focused development strategy has exploded as policymakers and community leaders realize that most of the jobs lost in recent decades will not return. Instead, these leaders are looking inside …


South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends: 1991-2009, Larry Janssen, Burton Pflueger Jun 2009

South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends: 1991-2009, Larry Janssen, Burton Pflueger

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Agricultural land values and cash rental rates in South Dakota, by region and by state, are the primary topics of this report. Target audiences are farmers and ranchers, landowners, agricultural professionals (lenders, rural appraisers, professional farm managers), and policy makers interested in agricultural land market trends. This report contains the results of the 2009 SDSU South Dakota Farm Real Estate Market Survey, the 19th annual SDSU survey developed to estimate agricultural land values and cash rental rates by land use in different regions of South Dakota.


Analysis Of Bioenergy Crops As A Production Alternative For A Representative East Tennessee Beef And Crop Farm, Andrew Preston Griffith May 2009

Analysis Of Bioenergy Crops As A Production Alternative For A Representative East Tennessee Beef And Crop Farm, Andrew Preston Griffith

Masters Theses

The United States has increased its emphasis on energy independence and has developed legislation that promotes the development of alternative energy sources. One potential energy source being studied is the perennial cellulosic feedstock switchgrass. Switchgrass is currently being produced for experimental purposes and not on a commercial scale. The first objective of this research was to evaluate, under risk, the switchgrass contract incentives that could encourage a representative farmer in Monroe County, Tennessee to produce switchgrass. The second objective was to evaluate, under risk, the contract type and terms that would induce a representative farmer to produce switchgrass. Net returns …


Economic Analysis Of Delivering Switchgrass To A Biorefinery From Both The Farmers' And Processor's Perspectives, Chenguang Wang May 2009

Economic Analysis Of Delivering Switchgrass To A Biorefinery From Both The Farmers' And Processor's Perspectives, Chenguang Wang

Masters Theses

Switchgrass for bioenergy production will require substantial storage. The first paper evaluates costs of various baling and on-farm storage systems by simulating the final delivered costs to the biorefinery under two representative soil types in East Tennessee and West Tennessee. Influences of the volatilities of switchgrass yield, diesel fuel price and nitrogen fertilizer price on delivered costs are considered. Results show that rectangular bales minimize cost if switchgrass is processed immediately after harvest. However, round bales minimize cost if switchgrass is stored without protection for 200 days before being transported to the biorefinery. The second paper evaluates from the processors' …


Three Essays On Resources, Institutions, And Development Across U.S. States, Joab N. Corey May 2009

Three Essays On Resources, Institutions, And Development Across U.S. States, Joab N. Corey

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This dissertation is a collection of papers examining the relationship between resource intensity, institutional quality, and economic development across the United States. The first chapter introduces the empirical connection between high levels of resource abundance and low levels of economic development known as the resource curse. It then proceeds to briefly introduce the three papers that make up the next three chapters of the dissertation. Chapter two examines the formation of low-quality institutions in areas with a large amount of natural resources. It begins by providing a theoretical model to show that governments will execute more expropriative tax policies in …


The Kentucky Agricultural Economic Outlook For 2009, Laura A. Powers, Jennifer Hunter Jan 2009

The Kentucky Agricultural Economic Outlook For 2009, Laura A. Powers, Jennifer Hunter

Kentucky Agricultural Economic Outlook

No abstract provided.


An Empirical Analysis Of The Interactions Between Environmental Regulations And Economic Growth, Chali Nondo Jan 2009

An Empirical Analysis Of The Interactions Between Environmental Regulations And Economic Growth, Chali Nondo

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This dissertation examines the relationship between environmental regulations and economic growth in the Appalachian Region. The study employs county attainment status data as a proxy for environmental regulations and allows the cross-sectional variation of the attainment variable. Cognizant of the fact that air pollution emanates from a variety of sources, the study assumes that per capita income, population, employment, and environmental regulations are jointly determined, which is the major distinction from previous studies which have assumed a unidirectional relationship between environmental regulations and economic growth.;Using endogenous growth theory, a theoretical model is developed that highlights the role of environmental regulations …


A Spatial Optimization Approach To Watershed Water Quality Management: A Case Of The Opequon Watershed, Wilbert Karigomba Jan 2009

A Spatial Optimization Approach To Watershed Water Quality Management: A Case Of The Opequon Watershed, Wilbert Karigomba

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The Opequon Creek watershed is located in northern VA and the eastern panhandle of WV. Currently, the main creeks in the watershed do not meet VA or WV state water quality standards for recreational uses and aquatic life. In both states, the creeks are listed as impaired due to high levels of nutrients, bacteria, benthic and biologic impairment. The Opequon Creek is part of the upper Potomac River watershed, and ultimately impacts water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The main aim of this study was to develop a methodology that can be used to reduce nutrient loadings entering the …


Examining The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Economic Development In Appalachia, Maribel N. Mojica Jan 2009

Examining The Role Of Entrepreneurship In Economic Development In Appalachia, Maribel N. Mojica

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Increasing uncertainty in the world economy has created challenges for regions to pursue development strategies to achieve economic growth. Globalization, increased marketing integration, and the advent of new technologies led to approaches from traditional industrial recruiting to less traditional approaches. Among these latter approaches is the increased importance of entrepreneurship for creating economic growth through establishment of new firms or growth from established firms. Exploring the characteristics of entrepreneurship and its contributions to the local economy can help develop a map for designing specific development policies for Appalachia.;The main objective of the study is to determine the relationship between regional …


Economic Benefits Of The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program, Archana Pradhan Jan 2009

Economic Benefits Of The National Cooperative Soil Survey Program, Archana Pradhan

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) is the primary source of information on the soil resources in the U.S. The information provided by the NCSS program has played a significant and important role in diverse fields. This study estimates the net benefits of the information provided by the soil survey program to the production of selected crops. Benefit estimates are based on relative productivity gains related to the provision of soil information at the county level. The estimated value of increased crop yields less estimated soil survey production costs provides a lower-bound estimate of the total economic benefits of the …