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Evaluating Marketing Channel Options for Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Producers

LeRoux, Matthew N.; Schmit, Todd M.; Roth, Monika; … - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2009

An investigation of the relative costs and benefits of marketing channels used by typical smallscale diversified … the performance of wholesale and direct marketing channels, including how the factors of risk, owner and paid labor, price … marketing channels is needed to maximize overall firm performance. Accordingly, a ranking system is developed to summarize the …

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Conceptualizing Informality: Regulation and Enforcement

Kanbur, Ravi - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2009

The informality discourse is large, vibrant and expanding fast. But there is a certain conceptual incoherence to the literature. New definitions of informality compete with old definitions leading to a plethora of alternative conceptualisations. While some individual studies may apply a tight...

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U.S. Strawberry Industry

Bertelsen, Diane - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1995

Record-high U.S. strawberry production in 1993 and another large crop anticipated in 1994 continue the growth trend that began in the 1970's. California produced nearly 80 percent of the U.S. crop on less than half of the strawberry acreage due to higher output per acre than other States. Grower...

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Farm Business Balance Sheet, 1960-91

Erickson, Kenneth; Kubica, Janusz; Hacklander, Duane; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

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The Impact of Ethanol Plants on Cropland Values in the Great Plains

Henderson, Jason R.; Gloy, Brent A. - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2008

Corn ethanol plants consume large amounts of corn and their location has the potential to alter local crop prices and surrounding agricultural land values. The relationship between ethanol plant location and agricultural land prices is examined using data obtained from the Agricultural Credit...

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Dairy Farm Management Adjustments to Biofuels-Induced Changes in Agricultural Markets

Schmit, Todd M.; Boisvert, Richard N.; Enahoro, Dolapo K.; … - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2008

A mathematical programming model of a representative New York dairy farm is developed to identify optimal management adjustments to increased availability of corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). While at current prices DDGS feeding is limited to dry cows and young stock, as prices...

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Taxes on U.S. Agricultural Real Estate, 1980-1991, and Methods of Estimation

DeBraal, J. Peter - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

This bulletin provides State-level estimates of agricultural real estate taxes since 1890. Estimates include average taxes per acre for 1890-1991, and total taxes and taxes per $100 of full market value for 1909-91. The bulletin also explains the methods used by the U.S. Department of...

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U.S. Trends in Eating Away from Home, 1982-89: A Survey By Eating Occasion, Type of Foodservice Establishment and Kind of Food

Dumagan, Jesus C.; Hackett, John W. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1995

American consumers are inching ever closer to a dining watershed. The continued growing popularity of eating away from home has brought Americans to the verge of spending as much on food away from home as they do on food prepared at home. In 1970, Americans spent 34 percent of their food dollars...

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Food Spending in American Households, 1980-88

Smallwood, David M.; Blisard, Noel; Blaylock, James R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1991

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A Typical Scene: Five Exposures to Poverty

Kanbur, Ravi - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2009

Over the past decade, I have been involved with an “Exposure and Dialogue Program” (EDP), which literally exposes analysts and policy makers to the lived reality of poor women’s lives by getting them to spend a few days experiencing that life. After each EDP, participants are encouraged to...

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