Advances in genetic engineering involve more than scientific breakthroughs. Potential economic effects - some possibly undesirable - also need to be considered.

The analytical approach to studying waste management is investigated here in the context of large scale dairying. The typical short-run approach that regards waste management as separable from primary production is contrasted with a longer-run systems approach in which waste management is...

This article reports the results of an analysis of cotton supply response for Imperial Valley, California, one of the two distinct cotton growing areas in the State. Ultimately, these results for the Imperial Valley can be combined with similar studies now in progress throughout the United...

Much has been written concerning the importance of risk and uncertainty on decision making. However, research results employing static theory are seldom modified by risk and uncertainty considerations to provide more realistic recommendations to farmers and others making decisions under...

Article Titles: "Little Original Under Farm Policy Sun"; "Direct Government Farm Program Payments Distribution Targeted To Production"; "Targeting Is The Latest Bumper Sticker"; "Targeting Farm Payments in the 100th Congress"; "Congress Lacks A Clear Consensus on Farm Policy Goals"; "'Decouple'...