Multilateral liberalisation of services trade

This paper compares estimates of the gains from eliminating barriers to trade in services with those from eliminating post-Uruguay barriers remaining in the traditional areas of agriculture and manufacturing. It uses a model that incorporates a bilateral treatment of foreign direct investment, one of the key vehicles by which services are traded internationally.The model is a version of GTAP with foreign direct investment, known as FTAP.multilateral liberalisation - services trade - Uruguay Round - trade barriers - foreign direct investment - GTAP - FTAP

Vertical Tillage Study

This project at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm was a four-year project designed to study the yield effects of vertical tillage systems compared with conventional and no-till systems in corn and soybeans. There has been increasing interest in vertical tillage systems in recent years, so the goal of this project was to compile information on these various cropping systems

Southeast Research Farm Summary

Includes: Farm and Weather Summar

2001 Crop Season

Soil moisture levels were adequate to surplus going into the growing season, due in part to heavy precipitation during the fall and winter months of 2000/2001. March precipitation was below average, but little, if any, fieldwork was done during this time because the soils stayed cool and wet. Small-grain planting and anhydrous ammonia applications were not made until mid–April, but corn and soybean planting were not far behind. Planting began on April 18 and continued through April 20, when heavy rain prevented fieldwork until April 30. Planting then continued through most of May despite more heavy rains. Little fieldwork was done between May 3 and June 10, after which most of the remaining crops were planted