Recent increases in Iowa farmland values and the turbulence in the stock market have resurrected a perennial question. Which is a better investment - the stock market or farmland?[...]

This paper estimates the average return to Iowa farmland is approximately 3.9 percent. For the farmers with owned land, the returns are approximately five percent using an average price scenario. Government programs are estimated to have significant impacts on Iowa farmland values.

Survey data from Southeastern Pennsylvania is used to estimate the costs of current mushroom pest management practices. Pest management costs represent a sizeable proportion of the variable costs of producing mushrooms. 'The practices found are highly variable with costs ranging from $ . 04 to $...

 Costs of crop production are forecasted to drop considerably in 2010 relative to 2009.  Fertilizer represents the biggest drop in costs of production.

Common Fund Orders (‘CFOs’) have had a significant effect on Australian third-party-funded class actions by requiring all class members to make a contribution to the third-party litigation funder’s fee in the event of a successful outcome. This altered past practice whereby only class...