Illinois faces a legally de ned quota for the amount of water that it is allowed to pump from Lake Michigan. Separately, in Northeastern Illinois, the ground water level has fallen due to pumping pressure. Together, these ...

Two effects simultaneously shape the future soybean meal (SBM) demand in China: the income effect on meat consumption and the transition effect on feed usage in animal production. The income effect has been studied intensively ...

Following the commodity price shocks in 2007, anecdotal evidence shows that tenant farmers experienced large increases in cropland rental rates and input prices. However, it is unclear how residual profits (crop revenue ...

The basic redistricting problem is defined as aggregating a set of base (indivisible) units into contiguous geographical areas with almost equal voter population, called districts, and districts into a district plan. The ...

In this thesis, I ask whether the Program of Direct Support for the Countryside (PROCAMPO) helped Mexican agricultural producers benefit from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, I explore the ...

Concerns about national energy security and climate change have recently increased interest in renewable bioenergy. Specifically, the market for perennial grasses and agricultural residue for combustion for heat and ...

Biofuels are meant to be an environmental friendly alternative for the use of fossil fuels. This idea led to the use of subsidies in order to support their production and use. In the USA, the EPA is in charge of establishing ...

Technology development for production methods of new varieties and for disease control has been widely explored throughout agriculture including the apple industry. Recent progress has been made to fight against apple ...