U.S. Drought Monitor, June 25, 2013, 2013 National Drought Mitigation Center/University of Nebraska-Lincoln
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 25, 2013, Mark D. Svoboda
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for June 25, 2013 (6/25/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
Measuring The Impacts Of Agricultural Input Subsidies In Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program, 2013 Purdue University
Measuring The Impacts Of Agricultural Input Subsidies In Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program, Gerald E. Shively, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Policy Briefs
Malawi, a small, land-locked country in south Eastern Africa has been at the forefront of the recent push to reestablish subsidies as a way of boosting agricultural production and improving food security, especially among the poor. Its programs have been widely observed, scrutinized, and emulated. This policy brief examines Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) and distills a set of key research findings drawn from research conducted recently at Purdue University.
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 18, 2013, 2013 National Drought Mitigation Center/University of Nebraska-Lincoln
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 18, 2013, Mark D. Svoboda
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for June 18, 2013 (6/18/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 11, 2013, 2013 Western Regional Climate Center
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 11, 2013, David Simeral
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for June 11, 2013 (6/11/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 4, 2013, 2013 Western Regional Climate Center
U.S. Drought Monitor, June 4, 2013, David Simeral
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for June 4, 2013 (6/4/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
Pesticide Regulation Differences Of The U.S., Chile, And Mexico On Imported Berries, 2013 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Pesticide Regulation Differences Of The U.S., Chile, And Mexico On Imported Berries, Kayla Felicia Gardener
Agribusiness
Growing consumer demand for knowledge in the area of food safety and producer accountability on what is applied to fresh produce is resulting in a greater need for transparency in the industry. Additionally, the demand for safe, fresh produce year round has led to extensive international trade and consumers to wonder if imported produce is of the same quality of that in produced in the U.S. The study analyzes the differences and similarities between pesticide application tolerance standards, and labels for applied use on berries produced in the U.S., Mexico, and Chile. This is done by reviewing tolerance information and …
The Contribution Of Finance To Agricultural Production In Nigeria, 2013 Central Bank of Nigeria
The Contribution Of Finance To Agricultural Production In Nigeria, O. M. Mbutor, R. E. Ochu, I. I. Okafor
Economic and Financial Review
Several studies have found a positive correlation between agricultural financing and the performance of the agricultural sector. But fewer efforts have been directed at sieving out the agricultural output that is exclusively associated with the extent of funding. This study aimed to ascertain the actual portion of total agricultural output that could be attributed to agricultural financing in Nigeria. The vector error correction methodology was applied following the nature of data properties. The results showed a positive effect of finance on agricultural output. However, variance decomposition revealed the poor state of agricultural financing with a disproportionate dependence of the sector …
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 28, 2013, 2013 USDA
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 28, 2013, Brad Rippey
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for May 28, 2013 (5/28/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 21, 2013, 2013 USDA
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 21, 2013, Brad Rippey
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for May 21, 2013 (5/21/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 14, 2013, 2013 NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 14, 2013, Rich Tinker
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for May 14, 2013 (5/14/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
Three Essays On Renewable Energy, 2013 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Three Essays On Renewable Energy, Kepifri Alpha Lakoh
Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This dissertation studies three main issues related to renewable energy in the United States and in Sub Sahara Africa.
The first chapter seeks to provide answers to a very fundamental question for second generation biofuels: “How much crop residue can farmers harvest from their fields for sale to cellulosic ethanol companies without affecting current levels of production?” The model developed is applied to 101 counties from four Midwestern states in the United States (Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming). Results show that soil organic matter significantly contributes to explaining changes in technical efficiency and total factor productivity. Furthermore, average crop …
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 7, 2013, 2013 NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC
U.S. Drought Monitor, May 7, 2013, David Miskus
United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive
Drought map of U.S. for May 7, 2013 (5/7/13) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.
Using The Ceres-Maize Model To Create A Geographically Explicit Grid Based Estimate Of Corn Yield Under Climate Change Scenarios, 2013 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Using The Ceres-Maize Model To Create A Geographically Explicit Grid Based Estimate Of Corn Yield Under Climate Change Scenarios, Ryan Zachary Johnston
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The CERES-Maize model was evaluated in its capacity to predict both regional maize yield and water use within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) Region 1 between the years 1997-2007. A grid based, geospatially explicit method was developed to express the various rainfed and irrigated maize cultivars grown across the region. Overall, the calibrated model compared well for both physiological and yield parameters, producing significant linear relationships (p
The calibrated and validated CERES-Maize model was used to predict potential evapotranspiration and yield under three IPCC weather scenarios for the year 2050 to evaluate crop production …
The Impact Of The U.S. Sugar Program Redux, 2013 Iowa State University
The Impact Of The U.S. Sugar Program Redux, John C. Beghin, Amani Elobeid
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
We analyze the various welfare costs, transfers, trade, and employment consequences of the current U.S. sugar program for U.S. consumers, other sugar users, sugar refiners, cane and beet growing and processing industries, other associated agricultural sectors, and world markets. The removal of the sugar program would increase U.S. consumers’ welfare by $2.9 billion to $3.5 billion each year and generate a modest job creation of 17,000 to 20,000 new jobs in food manufacturing and related industries. Imports of sugar containing products would fall dramatically, especially confectioneries substituting for domestic inputs under the sugar program. Sugar imports would rise substantially to …
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Farmer Training In Ghanaian Cocoa Farming, 2013 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Farmer Training In Ghanaian Cocoa Farming, Michael Norton
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Undergraduate Honors Theses
While billions of dollars flow into low-income countries each year to help alleviate poverty, assessing the effectiveness of these dollars is a challenging task. The literature is rich in studies that measure the benefits of rural development programs. However, many of these studies lack a temporal dimension because they measure cost and benefits for only capital investments and for only a single, static year, while not accounting for skill enhancement. By only measuring net producer benefits during the life of the development program, the cost-benefit analyses (CBA) may not truly capture the full net benefits of a given program. In …
Fresh Thinking 2013-2050, 2013 Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Fresh Thinking 2013-2050, Victor Fazakerley, David Windsor
All other publications
The purpose of this report is to: • provide information on current production of a key group of fruit and vegetables grown in Western Australia and the amounts consumed, some of which are imported; • estimate how much of these fresh fruit and vegetables will be required to meet WA’s demand in 2025 and 2050; • estimate the water and land resource required to grow these fruit and vegetables under current production systems and project the demand for these resources to 2025 and 2050; and • consider the competitiveness of various fruit and vegetable industries and their capacity to meet …
Measuring The Energy Required To Dry Rice In Commercial Rice Dryers, 2013 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Measuring The Energy Required To Dry Rice In Commercial Rice Dryers, Maria Alejandra Billiris
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The objective of this research was to quantify and assess the energy use and efficiency of commercial cross-flow dryers when drying rice using a range of drying and ambient conditions. First, equations that predict the theoretical energy required to dry rice from any given initial moisture content to a desired final moisture content were developed for several rice cultivars using a semi-theoretical approach to obtain a basis for comparison to calculate energy efficiency. Theoretical energy requirements, expressed as the energy required per unit mass of water removed, increased exponentially as initial moisture content decreased. Additionally, medium-grains required more energy to …
Final Evaluation Of The North East Agricultural Region (Near) Strategy, 2013 Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Final Evaluation Of The North East Agricultural Region (Near) Strategy, Andrew Blake, Don Burnside, Vicki Williams
All other publications
No abstract provided.
Agriculture, U.S. Department Of, 2013 Purdue University
Agriculture, U.S. Department Of, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a succinct organizational history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its impact on the American West.
Subsidies, Agricultural, 2013 Purdue University
Subsidies, Agricultural, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides historical and contemporary information on U.S. Government agricultural subsidies and how they affect agricultural policy in the Western U.S.