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Selected Topics in Peanut Production: Economic Feasibility of an Energy Crop on a South Alabama Cotton-peanut Farm and Do Economies of Scale Exist on Peanut Farms in the Southeast?
(2008-09-09)
The possibility of low prices farmers receive for peanuts at the farm gate may cause them to implement alternative production practices. This thesis is comprised of two separate papers, formatted for publication with the ...
Three essays on toxic chemical releases, house values, health and labor productivity
(2008-09-09)
The Toxics Release Inventory is a public access database established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) to protect public health, safety and the environment from toxic chemical hazards. ...
The Catfish Antidumping in Perfect and Imperfect Competition and the Role of Aquaculture in Farmers’ Happiness
(2008-09-09)
This dissertation consists of three chapters. Two focus on trade policy issues and provide empirical evidence for effectiveness of U.S. antidumping measures under Byrd Amendment. The Byrd Amendment permits US firms that ...
Supply Response of Crops in the Southeast
(2008-09-09)
A model was used to estimate the supply response of corn, cotton, and soybeans in the Southeast United States. The analysis includes state-level data from 1991-2005 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South ...
Collaborative Marketing Enterprises: Local Food Exchange and the Promise of Sustainability
(2009-11-19)
Direct marketing by small-scale, organically-oriented farmers in the United States has risen in popularity in recent decades in the form of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture, roadside stands and U-pick ...
Evaluating the Competitiveness of US Agricultural Market Commodities
(2009-02-23)
This dissertation is organized into three different topics in the field of international trade and economics that look at the competitiveness of US agricultural export commodities using different economic models and ...
Internet Access, Practice Adoption, and Conservation Program Participation in Three Alabama Watersheds
(2008-09-09)
The Internet is changing many things about our society; the way we communicate, do business, and obtain information. While the Internet provides a multitude of services for most of America, questions remain about its ...
Farm Investment and Off-Farm Income - A Study of Farms in Alabama
(2008-09-09)
This thesis examines the effect of availability of internal finance, net farm income, and net off-farm household income on farm investment. It presents a detailed review of previous studies, develops and estimates an ...
Understanding Small and Medium Scale Tilapia Culture in Nicaragua
(2008-09-09)
Nicaragua has abundance of natural resources to make aquaculture an important economic activity. But despite the efforts of multiple stakeholders, tilapia culture has not developed as expected. Small and medium scale tilapia ...
Vertical Integration in the Food Manufacturing Industry, 1967-1992
(2008-09-09)
This study uses Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), fixed effects, and random effects models to test the relationship between vertical integration and concentration ratios, demand growth, average firm size, and total factor ...