Professional meat buyers are surveyed to estimate their current and past use of ostrich meat and their preferences for different ostrich meat products. Conjoint analysis is used to estimate the most preferred ostrich meat products for the retail and restaurant sectors, as well as the relative...

Fuel and fertilizer price increases in 2006 have had a significant impact on crop production costs and net returns. Analysis of crop returns and enterprise selection for the Louisiana Delta, a mixed cropping area in the northeastern part of the state, indicates that increased diesel and nitrogen...

Crop rotation systems are a commonly used production practice with primary benefits including the suppression of soil pathogens and crop pests as well as the reduction of soil nutrient depletion. Realized economic benefits are observed as increased revenue resulting from higher yields, or as...

Rising production costs and volatility in commodity prices have forced agricultural producers to diversify their farm acreage as a means of increasing farm profitability. A financial farm-level simulation model is constructed to examine net returns over total variable production costs per...

Although EPA routinely examines the effects of individual pesticide regulations on aggregate farm income, only a few attempts have been made to examine the impacts of multiple pesticide cancellations. This study examines the combined effect of recent and proposed environmental regulations (both...

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) on water pollution was investigated with both semiparametric and parametric models using watershed level data for the state of Louisiana, USA. The parametric model indicated the turning points within the range $10241–$12993, $6636–$13877, and...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to develop a composite agribusiness stock index and then compare the returns and volatility to other broad-based market indices. The paper then evaluates the diversification potential of agribusiness stocks in the context of an investment portfolio....

This paper analyzes the effects of government debt on output and the trade bala nce in a two-country rational expectations model of the world economy It is shown that perceived changes in government debt do not affect the level of economic activity but unperceived changes in the home country's...