Large expenses associated with rice production and dependence on energy related inputs like fuel and fertilizer in … (EE) for rice production in Arkansas at the field level using data from 137 fields enrolled in the University of Arkansas …, Rice Research Verification Program (RRVP) from 2005 to 2011. Efficiency scores for RRVP fields are compared with those …

after potatoes and potatoes products contributing 20 percent of total vegetable production. More-so, tomato is equally … ranked 2nd in the United States in terms of production value, generating $1.3 billion after head lettuce that contributed $1 … irregular ripening in fruit after packing, affecting post harvest costs. This study is aimed at providing the optimal return per …

either the price or quantity matrix, or both. Calculation of the estimated economic efficiency measures shows the parametric …

In this paper we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate technical efficiency for a sample of 1742 Australian … dairy farms. Bearing in mind data limitations we find that average technical efficiency is 59 per cent, but there are … significant regional differences. These results reflect differences in State level milk marketing arrangements in place before …

This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agriculturalenterprises during their … efficiency, which is found to be remarkably significant. At the sametime there is a high variation among individual enterprises … performance.The Tobit regression analysis is conducted where the efficiency scores are related tofactors such as farm type, farm …

The occurrence of low night temperatures during reproductive development is one of the factors most limiting rice … subsequent floret sterility. Researchers have found that in 75% of years, rice farmers suffer losses between 0.5 and 2.5 t … using those genotypes as parent material, develop cold tolerance varieties of rice. A yield simulation model was used to …

Nitrogen is a crucial input for the efficient production of rice and is generally applied in two split treatments …, before flooding the rice paddocks at sowing time and within a week after the beginning of the panicle initiation stage. There … of this study was to first value the information to growers provided by a nitrogen test for soils of rice paddocks and …

This study applies portfolio theory to rice varietal selection decisions to find profit maximizing and risk minimizing … portfolio of rice varieties could have increased profits from 3 to 26% (depending on the location) for rice producers in the … Arkansas Delta. The major implication of this research is that data and statistical tools are available for rice producers to …