A framework for the economic analysis of alternative management plans for public drainage ditch systems is presented. The framework combines enterprise budgeting techniques with a flexible, spatially disaggregated, database framework. The approach is demonstrated with test data for public ditch...

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the threshold effect of the U.S. generic fluid milk and cheese advertising programs. A threshold delineates the level of advertising intensity that has to be met to generate a specific level of sales effect. Given that promotional organizations face...

ROMP-FS1 is a research-oriented mathematical programming model designed for the analysis of farming systems using linear programming.

National policy supports the production of renewable energy from cellulosic feedstocks such as corn stover and switchgrass. These feedstocks have contrasting impacts on water quality. In this study, the regional supply response for cellulosic biofuel from these two feedstocks is estimated for...