This study explored the difference in costs of production among different size orchards in California. Costs differ with respect to pruning, pest control, harvest, equipment ownership, and land cost per acre. The results show that while 100- acre orchards are profitable, 5-acre and 20-acre...

Recreational leases for hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching provide a means by which landowners can supplement their income from land ownership. Illinois professional farm managers were surveyed regarding recreational leases held by their clients. Information was collected on lease rates,...

Cellulosic-based ethanol production is a cornerstone of current and proposed U.S. renewable fuels policy. Indeed, some recent proposals include a nearly five-fold increase in renewable fuels production, the majority of which would have to come from cellulosic ethanol. U.S. farmers will clearly...

This paper analyzed the financial ramifications of differences in seasonal input requirements of cowcalf operations by comparing a defined 90-day calving season to year-round calving. Assuming the same calving rate and labor requirements for both production systems, as well as no premiums for...

Louisiana farmers were surveyed to determine their adoption of information and record-keeping technologies, including the Internet, Dairy Herd Improvement Association membership, use of financial measures, and frequency of use of computerized records. Factors influencing adoption included having...

Hedonic price modeling of 1,951 non-pasture agricultural land sales across North Dakota indicates that land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sold for 14 percent less than otherwise similar cropland over the 2000 to 2004 time period. This price discount is assumed to result from...

Farm financial performance measures are evaluated for producers across five age groups. The debt-to-asset ratio is highest for farmers in the lessthan- 30 age group, 45.5 percent, and decreases across age groups. Repayment capacity is strongest for farmers in the less-than-30 age group, 2.1:1,...

Agricultural land purchases by non-local buyers for hunting purposes (106 sales) were compared to nearby (comparable) land purchases of local agricultural producers (318 sales) in the Southwest and Prairie Pothole Regions (PPR) of North Dakota from 2000 to 2004. In the PPR (dominated by...