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An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay

Ribaudo, Marc; Savage, Jeffrey; Aillery, Marcel P. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

In 2010, a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) was established for the Chesapeake Bay, defining the limits on emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment necessary to reverse declines in the Bay’s quality and associated biological resources. Agriculture is the largest single source of...

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Optimal Regional Policies to Control Manure Nutrients to Surface and Ground Waters

Iho, Antti; Parker, Doug; Zilberman, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

, tightening upstream regulation with respect to loading of one nutrient only might increase the downstream loading of the other … importance. Our model contributes to literature by i) differentiating (the impacts of) manure regulation between the livestock …

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Effects of Increased Environmental Regulation of Manure Management at Livestock Operations: A Differences-in-Differences Approach

Sneeringer, Stacy; Key, Nigel D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

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Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture

Sneeringer, Stacy E. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

Research on environmental regulation’s effects on economic activity has largely focused on manufacturing, ignoring one …, regulation has become an important criterion in firm location. This article extends the literature on environmental regulation … creates an opportunity to study how environmental regulation affects the location of economic activity, the externality costs …

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Economic Returns to Different Stocking Rates for Cattle on Ryegrass under Contract Grazing and Traditional Ownership

Zaragoza-Ramire, Jose-Luis; Bransby, David; Duffy, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2006

Economic returns to stocker production were estimated using results of a grazing experiment. If resources to buy cattle are not limited, traditional ownership was superior to contract grazing under all but extremely unfavorable price spreads. If capital to purchase stockers is limited, contract...

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Effects of Nutrient Restrictions on Confined Animal Facilities: Insights from a Structural Model

Baerenklau, Kenneth A.; Nergis, Nermin; Schwabe, Kurt A. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 2007

Nutrient emissions from animal feeding operations continue to degrade water and air quality. New regulations will limit the amounts of nutrients that can be locally applied to land. In this article, a structural-dynamic model of a livestock-crop operation is calibrated with data from a...

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Feedlot and Packer Pricing Behavior: Implications for Competition Research

Ward, Clement E. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 2007

Seldom are observed losing bids available in industry data. A special workshop of the Fed Cattle Market Simulator was designed to capture bids for each pen of cattle traded. Data enabled identifying buyer and seller behavior in the price discovery process, both before and after imposed mergers...

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CONSUMER DEMAND FOR MEAT IN ALBERTA, CANADA: IMPACT OF BSE

Peng, Yanning; McCann-Hiltz, Diane; Goddard, Ellen W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/30/04.

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THE HORSE SECTOR: DOES IT MATTER FOR AGRICULTURE?

Johansson, Dag; Andersson, Hans - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004

EU policies focus ever more on rural development initiatives. The horse sector provides some opportunities. An I/O model is used to examine the aggregate effects of the horse sector on Swedish agriculture. The maximal potential of the sector accounts for around 12% of the total contribution to...

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U.S. PREMIUM BEEF: A BEEF MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT MILLENIUM

Hunt, Steven D. - Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture - 1999

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