THE CASE OF A QUEER ISOQUANT: INCREASING MARGINAL RATES OF SUBSTITUTION OF GRAIN FOR ROUGHAGE IN CATTLE FINISHING

Livestock Production/Industries,

A COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ESTIMATES FOR CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL GRAZING FEE: SECONDARY VS. PRIMARY DATA I/O MODELS

This paper compares estimates of local personal income impacts that could result from increases in the federal grazing fee, using secondary data input/output models (U.S. Forest Service IMPLAN) and five primary data input/output models. The results show that the impacts estimated by the IMPLAN models are usually higher than those estimate by primary data models.Livestock Production/Industries,

Regional changes in grain production

The study reported in this bulletin is the second in a series dealing with the apparent over-capacity of agriculture and the relative competitive advantages of different producing regions of the United States. Like the previous study, analysis is restricted to wheat and feed grains. Initial research was reported in United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No 1241(.1)· Interpretation and summary of this initial study, especially to provide background information for the research reported in this bulletin, is given in a following section.https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/card_reports/1015/thumbnail.jp

Retire Our Excess Grain Capacity?

Now, more than ever, agriculture can outproduce market demand. It looks as though some things will stay this way for some time. Agriculture is faced with a problem of output management or supply control, just as are some nonfarm industries. (See Output Management for Agriculture? in the April issue or reprint FS-910.