Economists have long considered issues of spatial economic activity, trade, and location values. Among all the various theories presented over the past century, it is safe to say that not one predicts that goods, services, or factors of production must attain the same value at different...

A survey of the milk haulers in New York and Pennsylvania was conducted to assess the changes in the northeast milk hauling industry since 1981. Detailed information was collected on characteristics of the hauling businesses as well as the equipment operated. Some of the general topics discussed...

A survey of the milk haulers in the Northeast was conducted in June 1992 to assess the status of the industry. Detailed information on characteristics of the hauling businesses as well as the equipment operated was collected. Data submitted by milk haulers with New York addresses was isolated...

Business and financial records for 2009 from 204 New York dairy farm businesses are summarized and analyzed. This analysis uses cash accounting with accrual adjustments to measure farm profitability, financial performance, and costs of producing milk. Traditional methods of analyzing dairy farm...

A combination of a more punitive policy situation and the greater range in size and financial performance in farms, especially across regions, has led to policy-makers focusing more on how new policies or policy proposals affect regions or types of farms, not just the national aggregates or...

Business and financial records for 2005 from 225 New York dairy farm businesses are summarized and analyzed. This analysis demonstrates the use of cash accounting with accrual adjustments to measure farm profitability, financial performance, and costs of producing milk. Traditional methods of...

As economies of size become fundamentally important in production agriculture, farm sizes continually increase. For dairy producers, this results in larger herds, more acres of crop production, and more full-time, non-owner employees, which result in more human resource management concerns....