The comparative financial performance of Southern Plains and US farm businesses was analyzed for the 1987-1989 period. The results showed no significant differences between the profitability ratios of the two groups of farms, except in the $40,000 to $249,999 sales class, where US farms...

The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because of increased Mexican exports was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the analysis of Mexico's potential physical production capacity and domestic demand for horticultural products, the nature of US import demand, and...

Much opportunity exists to increase economic returns from the artificial insemination, dairy sire selection decision. This article measures potential returns to producers with alternative objective functions, management and financial characteristics. The costs of wrong decisions from incorrect...

Comparative hypotheses are statistically tested for a random sample of Texas producers who perceive themselves as profit maximizers and those who do not. Those who assert that they are in the cow-calf business primarily to maximize profits have on average larger herd sizes and acreage, they earn...