77 research outputs found
U.S. Agricultural Labor Out-migration Determinants, 1939-2004
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/01/06.Labor and Human Capital,
Corn Producer Practices and Insect Resistance Management Requirements
We document the degree to which corn producers in South Dakota follow Insect Resistance Management requirements administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Our findings are based a survey held among a sample of 317 corn producers in South Dakota in July of 2004. Detailed results are forthcoming.Farm Management,
SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS FOR AND IMPACTS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A NEW GENERATION COOPERATIVE: THE CASE OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS
Agribusiness, Crop Production/Industries,
Review and Analysis of International and Budgetary Considerations for the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill
We assess the extent to which national budget considerations, international trade negotiations, and domestic political deliberations affect the potential development of an omnibus farm bill, which may be signed into law in 2008. With no successful conclusion of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations in sight, U.S. legislators appear unable to make politically unpopular decisions on domestic farm policy reform. However, the absence of an international trade agreement does not reduce the need for the U.S. to comply with previous agreements.farm bill, budget deficit, international trade agreements, agricultural policy
Cropland Diversion Programs and Rural Nonfarm Population Change
Data from 100 farming-dependent counties in the U.S. are used to measure the impact of acreage reduction programs on the level of the rural nonfarm population. Results of a simultaneous equation model suggest that the programs had a negative influence on the number of rural nonfarm people, reducing the rural nonfarm population in these counties by an estimated 15 to 22 percent over the 1960-90 period
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