Impacts of FAVR Restriction Elimination on the Dry Bean Industry in the Upper Midwest

Farm Policy, Planting Flexibility, Agricultural and Food Policy, Q18,

BOOK REVIEW: SPRIGGS, JOHN AND GRANT ISAAC. FOOD SAFETY AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF BEEF.

Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Economic Evaluation of SPS Regulations: Where Can Progress be Made?

The purpose of this paper is to report on the current state of economic evaluations for sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations affecting food and agricultural trade. The paper reviews current theoretical and econometric advances and limitations in modeling SPS regulations, particularly in dealing with biological and environmental uncertainty. By systematizing limitations of current approaches for evaluation, and comparing them with approaches used in the public health arena, the paper identifies problematic areas, and suggests steps for immediate analytical and policy progress.

Costs of Adopting Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) to Ensure Food Safety in Fresh Strawberries

Crop Production/Industries, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Theme Overview: Fresh Produce Marketing: Critical Trends and Issues

Crop Production/Industries, Marketing,

Institutional Uncertainty at Home and Away: The Case of Lemons from Argentina

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, F13, Q17, Q18,

Information Cost As A Prior Hurdle to Exporting

In this paper, we empirically assess how information cost, as one component of trade costs, impacts the decision of an individual firm to export. Firm-level data measuring the difficulty of obtaining information about technical regulations in the European Union (EU) and the United States is used as a proxy for information cost to evaluate reduction in firm incentives to export. Results suggest that information cost significantly reduces the likelihood of exporting to these two destinations. Negative impacts are relatively larger for a firm exporting to the United States than to the EU.information cost, trade costs, non-tariff, technical barriers to trade, probit, International Relations/Trade, Political Economy, F14, L25,

Japan MRL Regulation

MRL, apple, cherry, export, Farm Management, International relations/trade, crop production/industries,

MICHIGAN APPLE COMMITTEE WINTER 2003 GROWER SURVEY: RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Crop Production/Industries,

MICHIGAN APPLE COMMITTEE WINTER 2003 GROWER SURVEY: SUMMARY OF RESULTS

The Michigan Apple Committee (MAC) is a commodity organization comprised of approximately 1000 apple growers in Michigan. The objective of this study was to evaluate growers' perceptions about the effectiveness of past MAC programs and solicit their opinions about future directions for MAC in order to provide one source of input for Board decisions. In addition, this study provided growers with some information about the broad programmatic areas that are covered under MAC guidelines. In Winter 2003 a mail survey was sent to the entire MAC mailing list (1,123 growers); 282 surveys were returned (25 percent). Overall results of the survey indicate that Michigan apple growers are generally satisfied with the performance of the MAC, but perhaps equally importantly, that many members do not fully understand the function of the MAC. Response to questions about specific programming areas provides more details concerning grower beliefs. Although differences in opinion were generally not identified by grower age or scale of operation, the survey results did highlight some distinct regional differences of opinion within the Michigan apple industry.Crop Production/Industries,