13 research outputs found
Representing Agricultural Clients in Mediation
Get PDFI. What Is Mediation?
II. What Are the Stages in the Mediation Process?
III. What Is the Role of the Mediator?
IV. Why Should an Attorney Consider Mediation?
V. What Is the Role of the Attorney in Mediation?
VI. How Can the Attorney Be More Effective in the Mediation Process?
VII. Which Agricultural Disputes Lend Themselves to Resolution through Mediation?
VIII. What Is the Down-Side to Participation in Mediation
An economic feasibility study of irrigated crop production in the Pecos Valley of Texas
No full textVita.Public concern over the potential effects of energy price increases on the U.S. food and fiber system has been dramatically justified in the Trans Pecos region of Texas where a 450 percent increase in the price of natural gas was followed by the idiling of thousands of irrigated acres and the departure of many of the farmers. This study was conducted to provide the answers to two questions: (1) Can an irrigated farm survive in the Trans Pecos? And (2) If it survives, how profitable will it be? Coyanosa, one of the irrigated areas of the Trans Pecos, was selected as a study area, and the St. Lawrence area of the Edwards Plateau was selected to provide comparative estimates of survival and profitability. A modified MOTAD linear programming-simulation model was developed to generate estimates of survival and profitability by recursive simulation of multiple time periods, as follows: (1) development of a farm plan, (2) generation of stochastic prices and yields, (3) simulation and evaluation of the farm plan in operation, and (4) update of the planning situation to reflect adjustments in expected prices, expected yields, and credit restrictions. The model then returns to step 1 for simulation of the next time period
An economic feasibility study of irrigated crop production in the Pecos Valley of Texas
No full textVita.Public concern over the potential effects of energy price increases on the U.S. food and fiber system has been dramatically justified in the Trans Pecos region of Texas where a 450 percent increase in the price of natural gas was followed by the idiling of thousands of irrigated acres and the departure of many of the farmers. This study was conducted to provide the answers to two questions: (1) Can an irrigated farm survive in the Trans Pecos? And (2) If it survives, how profitable will it be? Coyanosa, one of the irrigated areas of the Trans Pecos, was selected as a study area, and the St. Lawrence area of the Edwards Plateau was selected to provide comparative estimates of survival and profitability. A modified MOTAD linear programming-simulation model was developed to generate estimates of survival and profitability by recursive simulation of multiple time periods, as follows: (1) development of a farm plan, (2) generation of stochastic prices and yields, (3) simulation and evaluation of the farm plan in operation, and (4) update of the planning situation to reflect adjustments in expected prices, expected yields, and credit restrictions. The model then returns to step 1 for simulation of the next time period
Effect of Alternative Product and Input Prices on Demand for Irrigation Water: Texas High Plains
No full textThe objectives of· this study were as follows: 1. To estimate the effect of alternative product and input price levels on the demand for irrigation water for the Texas High Plains. 2. To estimate the level of crop output associated with quantities of water demanded under alternative product and input price levels in objective 1
An Improved Procedure for Evaluating Alternative Farm Sizes
No full textThe methodology used in existing farm size studies fails to explicitly consider such factors as time, uncertianty, alternative financial arrangements, income taxes, changing land prices, increasing input costs and year-to-year net cash flows. A procedure that incorporates these factors is described and demonstrated in this paper
