Texas and other regions with a similar climate are now able to produce a fresh peach which could be marketed in early spring, given adequate prices. This research indicates that peach size, origin, and competing fresh fruits influence weekly spring peach prices. In view of the precipitous...

This article provides an investment analysis of the decision to upgrade grain elevators to multicar grain loadout facilities subject to changes in rail rates, levels of wheat production, and competitors' price response. The motivation for additional investment comes from railroads offering...

A cost-minimizing spatial model of the US grain marketing system is used to evaluate impacts of locational changes in the demand for US grain exports. The major grain exports are included in the analysis. Total supply and demand are held at representative levels as the location of export demand...

A spatial, multiproduct equilibrium model featuring United States-Mexico long-grain rice trade is developed to determine the effect of removing Mexico's rice tariffs in 2003 on U.S. rough and milled rice exports to that country. Analysis considers rice milling costs and yields in the United...

Canada and Japan import about three-fourths of US onion exports. Imports demands are specified for Canada and Japan and then estimated by joint generalized least squares. Results show FOB onion price in the United States and the price of domestically produced onions in the importing country have...

The administration and operation of the Panama Canal was transferred to the Republic of Panama on December 31, 1999. Shipping and agricultural interests indicate new Canal management may increase tolls in an effort to maximize revenues, and some fear mismanagement may eventually result in Canal...