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The EEFE program was approved as new Penn State degree granting program in 2017. The degree builds on prior degrees in Agricultural Environmental and Regional Economics (AEREC) offered by the College of Agricultural Sciences, and Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME Energy Policy Option) offered by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The table below lists M.S. and Ph.D. thesis titles for recent AEREC and EME (Energy Policy Option) students.

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Decoupling or delusion: Can Europe's agricultural production grow while its greenhouse gas emissions shrink?

Climate change, decoupling, green growth, European agriculture

Beyond Targets: Assessing the Real-World Impact of Europe’s Climate Policies in Agriculture

Climate change mitigation, break-detection, policy assessment, European agriculture

Adoption of low pesticide agriculture: the role of economic incentives and pest control goals

Sustainable agriculture, pesticides, behavioral factors, pest management

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Theses and Dissertations

Dissertations from 2019 2019.

Institutions, Market Concentrations, and Trade , Joy Das

Theses from 2018 2018

Factors Affecting Spatial Differences in Health Outcomes , Kwadwo Poku-Agyemang

Theses from 2017 2017

Dynamic Modelling of Local Government Wealth when Shocked by Natural Disasters , Alejandra Brevé Ferrari

Descriptive Aanalysis of Agritourism in Louisiana: Motivation. Marketing. Limitations. , Denys Maksymov

Preferences and Values for the Gulf Coast Ocean Observing System , Cody Lynn Plummer

Three Essays on Consumption Behavior, Credit, and Labor Supply of Farm Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda , Seydina Ousmane Sene

Theses from 2016 2016

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Implications to Global Wine Market , Natalia Antosova

The Vulnerability of Louisiana to Hurricane Damage and the Value of Wetlands for Hurricane Risk Reduction , James Luke Boutwell

A Review of the Dominican Cocoa Industry: Determining Advantages and Factors to Improve , Glorianni Viviana Estrella

An Assessment of the Economic Feasibility of Establishing a Biofuel Industry in the State of Louisiana , Alessandro Holzapfel

An Augmented Gravity Model: Factors that Affect the U.S. Sugar Imports from Western Hemisphere Countries , Katherine Ramirez Hernandez

Private Market Alternatives for Maintaining Wetland Viability in Coastal Louisiana: A Double-Hurdle Approach , Hua Wang

Potential Impacts of the TPP on Agricultural Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region Utilizing a Gravity Model Framework , Chloe Michelle Worley

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Three Essays on Economic Analysis of Production Systems of U.S. Grass-fed Beef Industry , Basu Deb Bhandari

Essays on the Effect of Trade Facilitation on Bilateral Agricultural Trade , Trina Biswas

Factors Influencing Sustainable Cocoa Production in Northern Haiti , Wegbert Chery

Evaluating Commodity Farm Program Selection and Economic Return Variability on Representative Farms in the Mississippi River Delta Region Using a Risk Return Framework , Michael Anthony Deliberto

Agricultural Policy, Off-farm Income, and Farmland Values: The Case of South Korea , Hyunjeong Joo

Three Essays on Food Demand, Land Use Intensity, and Food Crop Portfolio Choice under Weather Risk , Aditya Raj Khanal

Three Essays on Land Ownership, Gender, and Agricultural Productivity in The Case of Developing Countries , Krishna H. Koirala

Evaluation of the Impact of Changes in Commodity Income Support Measures Included in the Agricultural Act of 2014 on Equitable Louisiana Rice Production Rental Arrangements , Abdallahi Ould Abderrahmane

A Market-Based Approach for Valuing Ecosystem Services on Coastal Properties , Michelle A. Savolainen

Estimating Desirable Cattle Traits Using Latent Class and Mixed Logit Models: A Choice Modeling Application to the U.S. Grass-Fed Beef Industry , Isaac Sitienei

Dissertations from 2014 2014

The worlds of agriculture in Asia : agricultural and economic development , Lorna Econg Amrinto

Analysis of Media Coverage of Selected Food Safety Events on the Demand for the Recalled Products , Abhishek Bhagwat Bharad

A Factor Analysis of the Dimensions of Economic Damages from Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in Louisiana , James Luke Boutwell

Direct Marketing of Louisiana Shrimp: A Cost-Earnings Analysis , Jill Christoferson

The Role of Futures Prices in Pricing Commodity Exports of Developing Countries , Jorge Jose Handal Reyes

An Evaluation of the Impact of the Adoption of the Onboard Module Building Cotton Harvest System on the Economic Competitiveness of Cotton Production in Louisiana , Natalia Estefania Latorre

Factors influencing adoption of VSH queens in the honey breeding industry , Julie Leiby

Exchange Rate Volatility Effects on BRICS Countries Exports , David Isaias Maradiaga Pineda

Three Essays on U.S. Meat Goat Production: Goal Structure, Selection of Breeding Stock, and Meat Goat Marketing , Narayan Prasad Nyaupane

United States Meat Goat Production Economic Performance Measures: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis , Berdikul Qushim

Three Essays on Migration Decision, Migration Destination Choice, and Food Security: Evidence from Chitwan, Nepal , Madhav Regmi

Application of Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis to Determine Consumers' Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Grass Fed Beef in the United States , Franklin Fernando Vaca Moran

Evaluating Alternative Techniques for Forecasting Industrial and Occupational Employment , Drew A. Varnado

Estimating U.S. household seafood demand based on longitudinal and cross-sectional data , Huabo Wang

Remittance and Migration: Impact on Technology Adoption, Natural Resource Conservation, and Household Welfare , Deborah Ann Williams

Theses from 2013 2013

Assessing the efficiency of alternative best management practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution in the broiler production region of Louisiana , Bryan Gottshall

Consumer's preferences for goat meat in the United States : an application of choice-based conjoint analysis , Jessica Irene Hill

An analysis of consumer preferences for grass-fed versus grain-fed beef , Bo Lin

Quality of care: analyzing the relationship between hospital quality score and total hospital costs , Jordan Andrew Newell

Environmental Kuznets Curve In Water Pollution: A Semiparametric Approach , Mahesh Pandit

Empirical and simulation essays on analyzing a country's export performance : the case of Ghana , Aude L. Pujula

The effects of U.S. shrimp imports on the Gulf of Mexico dockside price : a source differentiated mixed demand model , Maryam Tabarestani

A linear programming model and partial budget analysis to optimize management strategies of western flower thrips in greenhouse impatiens production , Xiaohua Yue

Theses from 2012 2012

Commuting patterns and labor markets: a new regional classification for Louisiana , Deepa Acharya

Three essays on modeling economic and fiscal change for communities under disequilibrium following natural disasters , Arun Adhikari

The economic feasibility of utilizing energy cane in the cellulosic production of ethanol , Kayla Lynn Brown

Factors influencing price volatility on soybeans futures prices , Diego J. Gavilanez Hernandez

Marketing channels and internet technology used by specialty crop farmers , Sandamali Kanaththa Kankanamge

Three essays on the efficiency of rural hospitals in the United States , Iustin Cristian Nedelea

Examining the relationship between the exchange rate, foreign direct investment and trade , Shanta Parajuli

Economic and attitudinal perspectives of the recreational for-hire fishing industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico , Michelle Savolainen

Three essays on technology adoption and the roles of off-farm labor, human capital, and risk in contemporary US agriculture , Hiroki Uematsu

Economic assessment of rapid land-building technologies for coastal restoration , Hua Wang

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Three essays on the labor allocation decisions of the modern farm family , Jeremy Michael D'Antoni

The economics of processing ethanol at Louisiana sugar mills: a three part economic analysis of feedstocks, risk, business strategies, and uncertainty , Paul Michael Darby

Economics of U.S. government debt accumulation , Carlos Ignacio Garcia Jimenez

Exchange rate volatility and bilateral agricultural trade flows: the case of the United States and OECD countries , Kashi Ram Kafle

Theses from 2010 2010

Understanding the economic factors that impact the financial health of local governments , John David Barreca

Analysis of media agenda-setting effect on consumer confidence in the safety of the U.S. food system across consumer segments , Abhishek Bhagwat Bharad

Analysis of consumer preferences toward 100% fruit juice packages and labels , Tatiana Bonilla

Value of clearfield rice: an agronomic and economic approach , Tyler Paul Carlson

The returns and volatility of agribusiness stocks: how do they measure up to non-agribusiness stocks? , Benjamin Michael Clark

Factors affecting adoption of cover crops and its effect on nitrogen use by producers , Gnel Gabrielyan

Do the poor pay more for healthy food? an empirical economic analysis , Patrick Lee Hatzenbuehler

Three essays on the role of amenities as an economic development strategy , Junpyo Hong

Adoption of breeding technologies in the U.S. dairy industry and their influences on farm profitability , Aditya Raj Khanal

Stochastic trends in crop yield density estimation , David I. Maradiaga

Cellulosic ethanol in Louisiana: a three part economic analysis of feedstocks, pricing strategies and location strategies , Tyler B. Mark

An economic analysis of the costs of alternative sugarcane fallow weed control programs , José Rodolfo Mite Cáceres

An economic analysis of cover crops in corn-dominated production systems , Sukirti Nepal

The adoption of best management practices in the Louisiana crawfish industry , Narayan P. Nyaupane

Incentives, risk, and the role of private investments in Louisiana coastal wetland restoration , cheikhna Ould Dedah

Off-farm labor supply by farm operators and spouses: a comparison of estimation methods , Mahesh Pandit

Determination of the economic optimal cycle length for major sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) varieties in Louisiana , Juan Steer Nunes

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Three essays on environmental issues associated with broiler production in Louisiana , Nirmala Adhikari Devkota

The expansion and diversification of the export sector and economic growth: the Costa Rican experience , Gustavo Filipe Canle Ferreira

Remittances, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean , Pablo Antonio Garcia-Fuentes

Essays on environmental issues associated with the diary production region in Louisiana , Larry Michael Hall

Three essays on the world rice market: a structure, conduct, and performance paradigm approach , Hyunsoo Kang

An analysis of government policy impacts in the ethanol and sugar markets , Hassan Marzoughi_Ardakani

Biophysical economic analysis of nutrient and sediment management practices in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley , Augustus Nyako Matekole

The economic importance and management of mercury contamination in pelagic fisheries , Tina Marie Willson

An analysis of the impact of the EU sugar policy reform on ACP countries: a quota market framework , Liliane Kiswendsida Zoungrana

Theses from 2008 2008

Antidumping investigation in agriculture: issues of trade diversion-named vs non-named countries , Nandini Bandyopadhyay

Spatial economics of the Louisiana wetland mitigation banking industry , Ryan Joseph Bourriaque

Estimating the economic impacts of hurricane damage on coastal fishing infrastructure , Tanza Erlambang

Three papers on the behavior modeling of the shrimp fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico , Tao Ran

Analysis of the impact and importance of re-wholesalers in the ornamental market , Marco Absalón Velástegui

Theses from 2007 2007

An economic evaluation of sugarcane combine harvester costs and optimal harvest schedules for Louisiana , Francis Gil Barker

Modeling the EU-US cereal trade - the post 'Agenda 2000' analysis , Sachin Chintawar

Record-keeping systems adoption by Louisiana dairy farmers , Elisabeth Grisham

Liability, institutions, and determinants of landowner access policies for fee-based recreation on private lands , James Emery Henderson

Best Management Practices adoption rates and alternative land usage among Southwest Louisiana rice producers , Heidi Landry

Analysis of the impact of fish imports on domestic crawfish prices and economic welfare using inverse demand systems , Young-Jae Lee

An analysis of the processor preferences for the adoption of potential crawfish peeling machines , Darius J. Lewis

Analyzing the cost of harvesting and the economic structure of Florida grouper fishery , I. Cristian Nedelea

An Analysis of the World Shrimp Market and the Impact of an Increasing Import Base on the Gulf of Mexico Dockside Price , Pawan Poudel

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• Rainfall Shocks and Agro-Dealer Maize Seed Sales: Farmer Adaption to Weather Risk
• Consumers in Informational Settlements and their Water Source Choice from a Two-Season Survey in Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Future Growth in Global Meat Consumption: Three Income Scenarios
• Resilience in the Midst of a Pandemic: A Study of a Livelihoods Program in Rural Nepal
• Cash is Not Enough: Child Discipline, Humanitarian Assistance, and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
• Consumer attitudes and willingness to pay for plant-based meat products: A health and nutrition perspective
• Peace, Farm, and Food: The Effect of Peace on Investment and Food Consumption Decisions
• Consumer Willingness to pay for Legal and Illegal Cannabis Product in Illinois
• Valuation Tool for Food-Energy-Water Portfolio Outcomes
• The Relationship Between Financial Performance and Changes in Farm Size in Illinois Grain Farms
• Assessing Out-of-Sample Hedging Performance with Commodity Futures
• Evaluating the Potential for Plant-Based Meat to Capture the U.S. Meat Market
• Company Participation in Soybean Variety Testing Programs in Illinois
• Testing the Accuracy of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Deforestation
• Value of Soil Sampling and Optimal Sampling Density for a Variable Rate Seed Application
• Metrics to Segment the Brazilian Agricultural Financial Market for Operating Loans
• Option Hedging Error in Commodity Markets
• Aspirations, Drought, and the Perception of Weather: How are Future Goals Affected by Severe Rainfall Shocks?
• Do Prices Drive Commercial Trader Positions in Grains and Oil Seeds Markets?
• How Does Dockless Bikeshare Impact Bus Ridership?
• Ambiguity and Credence Quality: Implications for Technology Adoption.
• Implications of the New Capital Regulations for Farm Credit System Associations
• The Impact of Brazil on Global Grain Dynamics: A Study on Cross-Market Volatility Spillovers
• Demand for Certified Aflatoxin-Free Grains
• Drivers of Water Use in the Agricultural Sector of the European Union 27
• Impact of Plate Shape and Size on Individual Food Waste in a University Dining Hall Setting
• Influencers of Surplus Food Donations at Institutions of Higher Education
• A Crop Simulation Approach to Estimate the Value of On-Farm Field Trials
• Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility in India: Motivations and Efectiveness
• US Yield Forecasting Using Crop Condition Ratings
• Race, Income, and Benefits from National Parks
• Valuing Chicago's Beaches Across Race and Income
• Determinants of Soybean Adopotion and Performance in Northern Ghana
• The Impact of Electricity Access on Education in Kenya
• Investigating the Heterogeneous Effects of Temperature on Economic Grown
• Consumer Willingness to Pay for Lettuce from Different Agricultural Production Systems
• Are they Lemons?  Unobservable Quality, Information and Mineral Fertilizer Demand
• Building Capacity of Rural Youth and Extension Workers in Agriculture as a Business: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi
• Cost and Timeliness of Alternative Nitrogen Applications Methods
• Where Trees Grow, Assets Grow: Applying Spatial Matching to Evaluate Agroforestry's Household Welfare Impacts in Kenya
• Impacts of Crop Insurance on Cash Rents
• Revealed Willingness to Pay for Conservation across the U.S.
• The High-Low Spread Estimator is not Well-Behaved in Commodity Markets
• Impacts of Sustainable Streets on Housing Prices: A Hedonic Analysis in Chicago 
• Impacts of Pesticide Use Practices and Gender on Cowpea Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in Benin
• Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Fresh and Frozen Vegetables
• The Components of the Bid-Ask Spread: Evidence from the Corn Futures Market
• Can Volatility Based Technical Signals Capture Consistent Abnormal Equity Index Returns?
• Does U.S. Food Aid have Disincentive Effects on Production?
• Shale Gas Development and Respiratory Health
• The Impact of Information on Animal Product Consumption
• House Prices and School Choice: Evidence from Chicago's Magnet Schools Proximity Lottery
• Homeowner Willingness to Pay for a Pre-flood Buyout Agreement
• The Effect of Intermediary Market Power on Grain Prices in India and Brazil
• Oil Prices and Regional Trade in the United States
• Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Measurement and Evaluation
• Market Efficiency in the Soybean Complex
• Relationship Marketing in Agribusiness: A Case Study
• Regional Employment Change - Task change, Occupations and Industries
• Water Security in Refugee Host Communities: Syrian Refugees in Jordan
• Specifying the Structure of the Soybean-Meat Value Chain: A Taxonomical Approach
• An Investigation of the Relationships Among Home Gardens, Dietary Diversity, and the Nutritional Status of Children Aged 0 to 5 in Indian Households
• How Do CKWS Respond to Performance-Based Incentives?  The Case of Ugandan Community Knowledge Workers
• An Economic Analysis of a Mechanized Systems Approach to Cassava Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Understanding the Price of DDGS
• Passing on Dietary Diversity? Livestock Ownership in the Copperbelt Region of Zambia
• Peer Effects in Agricultural Extension: Evidence of Endogenous Social Interaction In The Performance of Community Knowledge (Extension) Workers in Uganda
• Optimization of a Supply Chain Network for Bioenergy Production from Food Waste
• Value Creation in the Agri-Food Value Chain
• Land Use Allocation in Zhangjiakou City Under A Spatial Autocorrelation Perspective
• Maize Response To Fertilizer And Fertilizer-Use Decisions for Farmers in Ghana
• The Effects of Landscape Factors on Honey Bee Morbidity
• Total Factor Productivity of Tropical Soybean-Maize Systems: The Case Of The Safrinha Crop System In Mato Gasso, Brazil
• Assessing the effectiveness of renewable specific policies on global renewable energy development
• Do improvements in environmental performance lead to job loss?
• Tradable Permit Systems for a Spatially Heterogeneous Externality: A Microparameter Approach
• Roll Related Return in the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index
• Developing a Farm Income Projection Model for Illinois Farms to Determine Advantages of the Agricultural Act of 2014's Farm Safety Net options
• Participation in a Household Energy Audit and Retrofit Subsidy Program
• Post-Harvest Loss in Tropical Soybean Systems: Brazilian Managers' Perceptions and Mitigation Strategies: Two Manuscripts
• Determinants of Illinois Farmland Prices
• Access Versus Choice: Testing the 'Food Deser' Construct in Champaign, IL
• The Impact of Crop Insurance Participation on Farmers' Use of Marketing Contracts
• Crops, Pesticides, and Honey Bee Disease
• The Impact of Livestock and Gender on Household Expenditure Patterns in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia
• Biodiesel Profitability and Linkages to the Soybean Oil Market
• The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Consumption of Rural Households in Peru
• Fundamental Price Analysis of Renewable Identification Numbers
• Remote Sensing, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Crop Yield Forecasting
• You Can’t Squeeze Blood out of a Turnip: Misconceptions of Commodity Investments and Their Disappointing Returns
• Energy Usage of Agricultural Machinery for Corn and Soybean Production in Brazil, India, USA and Zambia
• The Persistence of Business Performance in Sample Soybean Farms from Mato Gross and Illinois
• Two Essays on Food Security in Zimbabwe
• An Analysis of the Gender Composition of the Consumer Economics Major Over Time: A Case Study of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• The Effects of Agricultural Market Liberalization and Commercialization on Household Food Security in Rural China
• Basis Convergence in the Soybean Futures Complex
• The Impact of Rainfall Variability on Agricultural Production and Household Welfare in Rural Malawi
• Weak Information Flow Challenging Reproductive Management Decision-Making along the Swine Reproductive Value Chain: Three Manuscripts
• Determinants of Facility Level Environmental Inspections
• Asset Dynamics and the Long-Term Impact of Microfinance in Rural Bangladesh
• Welfare Effects of New Fire Blight Control Methods on the U.S. Apple Industry
• Is Subsistence Enough? Examining the Impact of Household Farm Biodiversity on Dietary Diversity in Bukidnon, Philippines
• The Relationship Between Formal and Informal Employment in South Africa
• The Effects of Financial Structure on the Profitability of Illinois Agriculture
• Water Quality Trading: Credit Stacking and Ancillary Benefits
• An Evaluation of Alternative Transfer Designs for the Nicaraguan Red de Proteccion Social
• EU Import Notifications as a Protectionist Move: An Examination of the Relation Between Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers in Seafood Trade
• Spatial Dynamic Groundwater Regulation to Ensure Adequate Instream Flows for Salmon
• Ex-ante Analysis of Corn and Soybean Revenue in Illinois with Crop Insurance and Government Payment Programs
• A Spatial Analysis of Corn and Soybean Yields and Weather Relations
• Rins and the Ethanol Supply Chain: An Alternative View
• Development of a Family Agribusiness Transition Planning Tool
• Costs of Maintaining the Conservation Reserve Program in Illinois in the Presence of Biofuels
• Two Essays on Stress and Obesity: Household and Regional Perspectives
• An Economic Analysis of Small-Scale Biodiesel Production in Sierra Leone
• Conversion from Staple to Cash Crop Production in Mexico after NAFTA: Effects of PROCAMPO and Credit Constraints
• Estimating the Value of Groundwater in Irrigation
• Returns to Farm Real Estate: Analysis of an Illinois Farmland Portfolio
• Evaluating Yield Models for Crop Insurance Rating
• A Mathematical Model for Political Districting with Compactness Consideration and an Application to Kentucky Senate Districting
• Marketing and Crop Insurance: A Portfolio Approach to Risk Management for illinois Corn and Soybean Producers
• Biomass Energy Crop Production and Residential Pellet Consumption in the Midwestern U.S.
• The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Feedlot Margins over 1995 - 2004
• Opportunities and Obstacles in obtaining air connectivity for the residents of federally designated Essential Air service communities
• Spatial Integration in China's Pork Markets, 1999-2009
• Managing Supply Risks in China's Food Industry: The Buyer's Problem
• A Spatial Analysis of Agricultural Cash Rents
• Asset Utilization Efficiency and Energy Asset Turns: A New Approach for Evaluating and Comparing Renewable Energy Projects
• Forecasting Diesel Fuel Prices
• The Performance of Agricultural Market Advisory Services in Wheat Over 1995-2004
• The Impact of Income and Population Change in Sub-Provincial Chinese Meat, Egg, and Aquatic Product Consumption
• Household Adoption of Green Technologies:  The Case of Chicago Rain Barrels
• Rural Eutopia: Can We Learn from Persistently Prosperous Places?
• Farm-Level Impacts of Alternative Spatial Water Management Policies for the Protection of Instream Flows
• Demand Side Factors in Optimal Land Conservation Choice
• Farmers' Expectations of Yield Differences between Triple-Stack and Conventional Corn Hybrids
• Trade Capacity Building for Improved Food Safety: Is SPS-Related Technical Assistance Consistent with Food Safety Hazards?
• Live and Feeder Cattle Options Markets: Returns, Risk, and Volatility Forecasting
• Evaluating Sampling Biases in Policy Analysis of Environmental Markets
• Water Demand in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
• Estimating the Non-commercial-Commercial Feed Gap in China and its impact on Future World Demand for Soybeans
• Area Revenue Insurance as a Basis for U.S. Farm Policy in Major Wheat Producing Areas:  A Potential Cost Savings?
• Understanding the Decision-Making Process for the Consumption of Landscape Products and Services
• The Forecasting Ability of CFTC Large Traders
• Valuing Beef Genetics: Hedonic Pricing of Heritable Traits
• The Link Between Food Security and Health among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Delhi, India
• The Economic Effects of Colony Collapse Disorder
• An Evaluation of Wasde and Futures Forecast Accuracy for the Season-Average Wheat Price
• Strategic Legitimacy Assessment: The Case of the Illinois Livestock Industry
• Firm Level Responses to Dollarization in the Ecuadorian Export Cut Flower Industry
• Analysis of Farmer Attitudes Toward the Production of Cellulosic Feedstock for Ethanol Biorefineries:  Characteristics and Consequences
• Trade Liberalization and the Fertility of Working Mothers:  Evidence from Mexico
• Designing Appropriate Market Linkage Programs:  Are Private and Cooperative Marketing Channels Compliments or Substitutes?
• Acceptability of Vitamin A-Biofortified Orange Maize to Urban Consumers in Maputo, Mozambique
• Weather, Corn and Soybean Yields, and Technology in the U.S. Corn Belt
• Why Have Some Counties in the Rural South Escaped Persistent Poverty? Socioeconomic Characteristics That Explain the Growth Out of Poverty
• Consumer Behavior in Managing Body Weight Through Diet and Exercise
• Modeling the Impacts of Sow Longevity
• An Analysis of Farmers' Preferences for Lender Attributes
• Pressure Group Competition in U.S. Economic Sanctions Policy:  An Empirical Investigation
• Weak Institutions, Intellectual Property, and the Seed Breeder's Problem
• An Empirical Investigation of Land Use Choice in the Leuser Ecosystem, Indonesia Using Discrete Choice Models
• Economic and Ecological Impacts on Fisheries Due to Invasive Species:  A Spatial Analysis of Asian Carp in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
• Ex-ante Analysis of the Economic Effects of Papaya Biotechnology in the Philippines
• Analysis of Post-IPO Stock Price Movements for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.
• An Evaluation of Forecast Accuracy and Sources of Forecast Errors in WASDE Balance Sheets for Corn and Soybeans
• A Farm-Level Analysis of the Expenses Involved with Machinery Sharing and the Most Recognized Options to Acquire the Use of a Combine and Headers
• Portfolio Diversification Using Farmland Investments
• Bargaining Power and Agricultural Household Supply Response:  Evidence from Ethiopian Coffee Growers
• The Marketing Performance of Wheat Farmers in Illinois and Kansas

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Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Two Essays on Industrial Hemp Firms in the United States , Abraham Olakunle Ajibade

THREE ESSAYS ON THE U.S. BEEF SUPPLY CHAIN: PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND PRICE DYNAMICS , Erdal Erol

CONSUMERS’ PREFERENCES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR VALUE-ADDED DAIRY PRODUCTS IN KENTUCKY - CONSIDERING PRICE, PROVENANCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES , Favour E. Esene

THREE ESSAYS ON HEALTH, FOOD, AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS , Saber Feizy

Reclaiming Your Competitive Advantage , Mason T. Hamilton

Gambling on Growth: An Analysis of the Early Impact of Historical Horse Racing on Kentucky’s Thoroughbred Industry , Barrett W. Kerr

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE VALUES: A COMPARISON ACROSS GROUPS , Thomas B. Pierce

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Factors Influencing the Purchase Price of Non-Urban Land, Addom, Elias.

Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Rural Health Infrastructure: Evidence From the 2020 Meatpacking Plant COVID 19 Outbreak, Adorkor, Edmund.

Short-Term Factors Influencing Export Corn Basis Values in the Pre-and Post-COVID Periods: A Comparison of Econometric and Machine Learning Approaches, Bullock, Shaina.

Endogenous Economic Freedom, Dubovoy, Isaac.

Criminal Behavior During Electricity Blackouts: Evidence from Load Shedding in Cape Town, South Africa, Munkaila, Lambongang.

Did North Dakota's Property Tax Relief Program Decrease Educational Efficiency? , Mensah, Dorothea.

Supply Chain Risks and Disruptions in Grain Exporting , Nendick, Ryann.

The Effect of Fare-Free Transit Policy on Transit Demand and Community Economic Indicators: A Panel Data Analysis , Ofosu-Kwabe, Kenneth.

Protein Premiums in Hard Red Spring Wheat: A Comparison of Econometric and Machine-Learning Approaches, Ogunjemilua, Oluwafemi David.

A Meta-Analysis of Studies Addressing the Impact of GBH on Human and Animal Health and the Environment , Barnor, Kodjo. 

Reservoir Recreation Analysis: The Effect of Reservoir Management Agency on Recreation Participation , Boateng, Mary.

Impacts of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Housing Markets , Chowdhury, Tuhinur.

Natural Disasters, Institutions, and Economic Recovery: Longterm Effects of Hurricane Katrina , Clark, Corbin.

Effect of Contract Attribute Levels on Willingness to Participate in a Working Wetland Program , Coffield Haley.

The Effect of Rate-Setting Methods on U.S. Commercial Airport's Credit Ratings , Golkar, Bahareh.

Economics of Site-Specific Weed Management: A Partial Budgeting Approach , Jensen, Conner.

Farmers’ Preference to Precision Ag Data Management: A Choice Experiment , Idowu, Abiodun.

Economic Benefits of Investing in Precision Agriculture Technologies , Jahan, Mohsina.

Decision Tree and Real Options to Value Agtech Startup Growth Decisions , Kallman, Dylan.

Mapping The Unconventional Monetary Policy of FED with Financial Market , Sen Gupta, Proma.

Efficiency, Concentration, Biosecurity, and Integration in Chinese Pork Production , Tian, Yongxia (Amanda).

Analysis of State Adoption of Numeric Water Quality Standards , Tseklu, Dorcas.

India's Ethanol Import Demand: A Structural Model Approach , Aaron, Michael.

Global Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War in Agricultural Sector, Adom, Enoch.

Business Risk, Financial Risk, and Liquidity Management on U.S Farms – Evidence from Midwest States , Allahverdiyev, Emin.

Ex-Ante Temporal Optimization in Soybean Origination: An Overdetermined Approach Through Deep Learning , Carlson, Noah.

Marijuana Legalization Effect on Opioid Abuse: A Synthetic Control Approach , Denkyirah, Elisha.

Ethanol Policy, Commodity Revenue, and Import Quantity Demand: The United States and Brazil , Diffely, Bree.

Optimization of Coverage Ratios for Basis and Freight Trading Portfolios , Kroll, Adam.

Income and Price Effect on Bilateral Trade and Consumption Through Expenditure Channel: A Case of Chickpea , Owusu Ansah, Michael.

The Effect of Property Tax Relief on K-12 Education Spending in North Dakota , Nichols, Kole.

Home Purchase Restriction Impact on House Prices , Kangxin, Sun.

The United States and Brazil - Spatial and Logistical Interdependence for Soybean Shipments to China , Scheresky, Gwen.

Real Options for Agriculture Technology: A Venture Capital Valuation Approach , Vetsch, Lee.

Rice Variety Choice and Subsidy Effects on Market Share , Zwinger, Jeremy.

Valuing Origin Switching Options Using Monte Carlo Simulation , Hanson, Cole.

Modeling the Impacts of Changing Agricultural Patterns on Rainfall and Temperature in North Dakota , Nuworsu, Eugene.

The Impacts of Cost-reducing Technology in the Gold and Oil Industries , Simonson, Mark.

Soybean Quality and Market Factor Influence on North Dakota Origin Basis Values , Thompson, Ryan.

The title of the defense is Risk Perception, Bias, and Resistance fo New Food Technology: The Case of GMOs , Wanlass, Michael.

Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption and Usage in North Dakota , Cossette, Max.

Interest Rate and Commodity Price Impacts on Farm-Level Financials , Denk, Ann.

The Role of Politically Linked Agricultural Policy and Trade on the Performance of Turkish Agriculture , Ergun, Ekrem.

Trade in CRISPR/Gene-Edited Wheat: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis , Fosu, Prince.

The Effects of Futures Markets on the Spot Price Volatility of Storable Commodities , Goetz, Cole Louis, April.

Optimal Inventory Strategy Under Risk: A Contingent Claims Approach,  Klebe, Jesse, April.

Investing in United States Farmland: A Capital Asset Pricing Model Analysis , Messner, Bryce.

The Role of Trade Facilitation Indicators and Genetically Engineered Restrictive Index on U.S. State Exports and Efficiency,  Addey, Kwame, April .

Bidding Competition and Supply Chain Risk in Soybean Exports , Bisbee, Seth, November.

Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investiments at Agricultural Cooperatives,  Kankanamge, Thilani, June.

The impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act on Sub-Sahara African value added agricultural exports, Mwagura, Joseph

Comparing Genetic Modification and Genetic Editing Technologies: Minimal Required Acreage , Neadeau, Joseph, November.

Estimating the Economic Benefits of Automatic Section Control in the North Dakota Prairie Pothole Region,  Rahman, Baishali, May.

How Diversified is our Market Indices? Application of Machine Learning and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM ), Sakouvogui, Kekoura.

Yield Efficiency Using a Stochastic Frontier Approach for Corn, Soybeans, and Hard Red Spring Wheat in North Dakota , Badarch, Bayarbat, March.

A Study of North Dakota Crop Basis Volatility: A Mixed Model Approach to Temporally and Spatially Analyze Unobserved Basis Determinants , Mobarok, Mohammad, April.

China's Urban Household Food Consumption, Nutrition, and Health , Wang, Yan, April.

Real Option Analysis of Primary Rail Contracts in Grain Shipping , Landman, Daniel, April.

Determinants for Biofuel Policies in the Americas , Weisser-Gomez, Franco, July.

Charitable Donations , Gamage, Danindu, August.

An Analysis of Financial Risk Measures within Agricultural Cooperatives , Schweiss Kristi, September.

Economic Freedom and Philanthropy , Pritchard, Ian, October.

Optimization of Soybean Buying Strategies Using Derivatives , Moody, Nathaniel, December.

Determining Farmers' Preferences for a Working Wetlands Program , Addo, Nana, May.

V aluation of Licensing Agreements in Agriculture Biotechnology , Churchill, Jason, May.

Rail Car trip transit time and the effects on grain trading company profits , Gesme, Nathaniel, April.

Effect of Abnormal Loan Growth on U.S. Credit Union Performance , Han, Dahye, April.

Minimum Cost Beef Backgrounding Ration Utilizing Alternative Feedstuffs & Stochastic Prices , Helmuth, Levi, December.

Hedging Default and Price Risks in Commodity Trading , Kimura, Norifumi, November.

Hispanics Immigrants on the Fields: Is Discrimination a Barrier to Get Non-agricultural Jobs? , Lopez Barrera, Emiliano, June.

Measures of Bank Performance, Liquidity Risk and Their Relationship with Farm Income Volatility , Olek, Caitlin, August.

Comparative Analysis of the Profit Risk in the Cultivation of Energy , Wijesinghe, Asanka, April.

Understanding Changes in the Distribution of House Prices in Beijing, China , Yi, Yimin, June.

Effect of Economic Freedom on Social Capital: Panel Evidence from U.S. Contiguous States , Kyaw Min Maw, Aka, April.

Dhingra, Neeraj, May.

Costs and Risks of Testing and Blending for EAA in Soybean , Heartsgaard, David, June.

Effect of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection on Airfares in the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry , Malalgoda, Narendra, November.

Risk Balancing in the Banking Sector , Hulinsky, Nathan, December.

Impact of trade openness on technical efficiency: Agricultural sector of the European union , Hart, Jarrett, January.

North Dakota banking efficiency: A DEA application to agricultural and non-agricultural banks pre- and post-financial crisis 2002-2012 , Froelich, Samantha, April.

The impact of the Panama Canal expansion on U.S. soybean exports , Gallagher, Brian, April.

Determining the optimal commodity and hedge ratio for cross-hedging jet fuel , Turner, Peter, May

The Effects of Exchange Rate on Bilateral Trade Between the United States and South Korea,  Lee, Dasul, October.

Applying serf analysis to rank procurement strategies for a North Dakota green field pea processor,  Sanderson, Bryant, October.

A historical analysis of natural gas demand , Dalbec, Nathan, November.

Estimating U.S. residential demand for fuelwood in the presence of selectivity , Daly, Ryan, November.

Survival analysis of foreclosures by housing and neighborhood characteristics,  Dias, Resha, November.

Effect of Deregulation and Off-Balance Sheet Activities on the X-Efficiency of U.S. Credit Unions , Hossain, Md. Daulat, November.

A multivariate approach to forecasting dairy imports,  Laufmann, Regina, November.

Regional Differences in Beverage and Fruit Consumption in China , Wu, Xiaotian, November.

Determinants of Capital Structure in Agricultural Cooperatives in North Dakot a, Shang, Ran, March.

Adolescent Food Consumption in Urban China: Factors Influencing BMI and School Meals , Anfinson, Carl, April.

ChangMin, Kim, April.

Risk Management Strategies for Commodity Processors , Chen, Songjiao, May.

Food Away From Home Consumption in Urban China: Household Composition and Dining Location Effects , Liu, Haiyan, June.

Switching options: The value of flexibility provided by geographical diversification , Johansen, Stephan, July.

Intermarket trading strategies and risk , Skadberg, Kristopher, July.

D eveloping A Model to Value Germplasm Using Real Options , Simonson-Paschke, Marit, July.

Evaluating the Role of Trade Openness and Trade Openness Risk on Agricultural Production Technical Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries , Erjok, Erjok, October.

North Dakota Banking Efficiency: A DEA Application to Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Banks Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis 2002-2012 , Froelich, Samantha Ann, November.

A Study on Factors Affecting U.S. Bilateral Trade with Her Major Trading Partners, Cho, Won Joo, May.

A Study on Consumers' Purchasing Intention According to Message Frame Regarding Food Safety Issues, Han, Dae Hee, June.

Effects of Winter Weather Risk on the Profitability of Beef Feedlots in North Dakota, Armbrust Shae, BillieJo, November.

Filling in Missing Values in the North Dakota Land Valuation Model, Laufmann, Laura, November.

The Relationship Between Water Pollution and Economic Growth Using the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Case Study in South Korea, Choi, Jaesung, November.

Transporting and Disposing of Wastewater from North Dakota Oil, Yin, Qingqing, December.

2011: U.S. Bilateral Trade with its Major Trading Partners and Russia,  Belousova, Valentina, February.

Oberholtzer, Daniel, February. Contribution of Public Investments and Innovations to Total Factor Productivity,  Glazyrina, Anna, March. Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Toxic Air Pollutants in Trucking, Efficiency and Productivity,  Heng, Yan, March . The Effect of Food Safety and Quality on the Consumption and Price of Meat in Beijing, China , Shang, Xia, March.

Van Winkle, Andrea, October 2010 : Creating a Transportation Strategy for North Dakota Exporters,  Goldade, Ashley Lynn, May. Globaliztion and Obesity , Liogier, Anais, November. The Effect of Export Promotion Programs on Establishing Export Markets , Och, Nathan Ronald, April. Grains, Trains and Aqua-Mobiles , Ritteman, Thomas Arthur, May. 2009: The Effects of Ethanol Policy on Cattle Production,  Braun, Dane Curtis, November . The Effect of Lender-Imposed Sweeps on an Ethanol Firm's Ability to Invest in New Technology , Fewell, Jason Edward, July. A Stochastic Simulation of the North Dakota Ethanol Production Incentive , Kurth, Andrew Hamilton, May. Valuing and Pricing of Random & Non-Persistent Genetically Modified Traits (Corn & HRSW),  Shakya, Sumadhur, August. Price Recovery, Productivity, and Contributors of Railroad Profitability, 1996-2007 , Shi, Xiao Feli, December. The Impacts of Expected Structural Changes in Demand for Agricultural Commodities in China and India on World Agriculture , Tangen, Alyssa, December. 2008:

Examination of North Dakota's Production, Cost, and Profit Functions: A Quantile Regression Approach , Marroquin, Jacklin Beatriz, December.

Productivity Growth in the U.S. Trucking Industry , Condon, Steven, May.

Time-Varying Estimation of Crop Insurance Program in Altering North Dakota Farm Economic Structure , Chow-Coleman, Jane Amy, December. The Valuation of Agricultural Biotechnology: The Real Options Approach , Flagg, Ian Marshall, May. Impact of Agriculutral Productivity Changes on Agricultural Exports , Gurung, Ananda Bahadur, December. Impact of Climate Change and Weather Variability on North Dakota Agriculture , Mayom, Chol Permina, November. Logistic Strategies for an Herbaceous Crop Resideu-based Ethanol Production Industry: An Application to Northeastern North Dakota , Middleton, Jason Enil, December. Impact of Economic, Political, and Socio-Demographic Factors on the Parliamentary Election Outcomes in Central and Eastern European Countries , Zhelo, Inessa, November.

A Game Theory Analysis of Firm Reaction to External Organizational Demands: The Case of Animal Welfare Standards , Tzul, Sheril Sherine, December.

An Econometric Analysis of Cost Changes in U.S. Trucking and the Implications of Implementing the NAFTA Trucking Provisions , Peterson, Erica Kay, April.

An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment and Exports of Processed Food Industries , Haque, Mohua, November.

A Reference Price Model of Sugar Consumption with Implications on Obesity , Effertz, Cary Marshall, April.

Economic Feasibility of Producing Ethanol from Dry Pea and Corn as Feedstock in North Dakota: A Risk Perspective , Goel, Abhishek, December.

Factors Influencing Potato Production in North Dakota , Roberson Zetina, Zoe Taryn Margaux, May.

How U.S. Agriculture Adjusts to Energy Price Changes , Gong, Jian, May.

Identifying Beneficial Attributes of Water Management Organizations,  Kritsky, Craig Charles, August.

Pricing Genetically Modified Output Traits and Effects on Competing Technologies , Johnson, Adam Michael, May.

The Impact of Multilateral Trade Association Membership on Agricultural and Food Trade , McKoy Shahera Diane, December.

An Economic Assessment of Genetic Information: Leptin Genotyping of Breeding Cattle , Mitchell, Jay Douglas, October.

Case Studies in Farm Management , Jodock, Karl Nelson, September.

Determining and Evaluating Cost-Effective Food Safety Risk Reduction Strategies at Retail Meat Facilities , Lehrke, Linda, November.

Identifying Market Preferences for High Selenium Beef , Hovde, Scott Curtiss, December.

Interdependency of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence From the Developing Countries of Asia , Aravindhakshan, Sijesh Chavarattil, November.

Optimal Grain Production and Distribution in China,  Huang, Fengqin, April.

Private and Social Costs of Hazardous Material Transportation: A Model for Anhydrous Ammonia Distribution in North Dakota , Zimanski, Michael Robert, May.

Spatial Price Effects of the Adoption of Moderate Scab Resistant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties , Motuba, Diomo, May.

The Effects of Deregulation on Rail Rates: A Study on Wheat, Barley, Corn, Oat, and Soybean , Vinje, Daniel Martin, April.

Using Stochastic Optimization and Real-options Models to Value Private Sector Incentives to Invest in Food Protection Measures , Lewis, Andrew M., October.  

Utilizing Geographic Information System-Based Crop Coverages and Digital Soil Surveys to Improve Agricultural Land Value Models in North Dakota , Kermes, Kevin Eugene, July.

An Economic Analysis of Fed Cattle Marketing using Real-time Ultrasound , Pointier, Fabienne; June.

Comparing Alternative Opinion Survey Based Estimates with Actual Land Sales in North Dakota , Fluhrer, Jedediah O.; August.

Economic Factors Affecting the Increase in Obesity in the United States: Differential Response to Price , de Chastenet, Hélène; June.

Economics of Leptin Genotyping of Finishing Cattle , Bullinger, Jared R.; May.

Investor's Expectations of New Generation Cooperatives' Equity , Akono, Jean H.C.; April.

Impact of Changes in Dietary Preferences on U.S. Retail Demand for Beef: Health Concerns and the Role of Media , Mostad, Daniel A.; November.

Marketing Mechanisms to Facilitate Co-existence of GM and Non-GM Crops , Henry, Benjamin, July.

Recent Development in Infrastructure and its Impact on Agricultural and Non-agricultural Trade, Park, Mi-Hee, February.

Societal Perceptions of the Role of the U.S. Government in Support for Agriculture , Svangstu, Brooke A.; October.

An Economic Comparison of Reduced-input and Intensive Crop Rotations in the Red River Valley , Foissey, Thomas; August.

Costs, Risks, and Contracting Strategies for European Union Traceability Requirements , Henry, Xavier; August.

Customer Willingness to Pay for Breads Marketed as "Low-Carbohydrate" Breads , Johnston, Gretchen R.; December.

Evaluating Farmers' Preferences for Crop and Health Insurance Products , Orth, Michael P., May.

Factors Influencing Blackbird Damage to Sunflowers in Stutsman County, North Dakota,  Ronning, Brent A.; May.

Financial Impacts of a Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Outbreak on North Dakota Agricultural Banks , Anderson, Ryan H.; October.

Genetically Modified Wheat: Price Impacts on Competing Technologies and Strategies of Agbiotechnology Firms , Huso, Scott R.; November.

Impact of Transportation on Business Location Decisions in Rural Upper Great Plains , Burdina, Mariya; May.

Inventory Valuation Decisions and Strategy Analysis , Osowski, Nicholas R., July.

North Dakota College Students' Perceptions of GM and Organic Food , Anderson, Jon C., November.

Predicting Food Safety Losses in Turkey Processing , Siaplay, Mounir; November.

An Analysis of Financial Management Strategies for New Generation Cooperatives Under Conditions of Risk , Streifel, Bradley J.; March.

Contracting Strategies and Marketing Mechanisms for Genetically Modified Wheat , Maxwell, Brett J., December.

Crops Marketing Education Program Targeted to Farmwomen , Schaunaman, Crystal M., December.

Evaluation of North Dakota Farm Production Efficiency and Financial Performance Over Time , Bayda, Volodymyr V.; May.

Marginal Impact of Education, Financial Performance, and Government Programs on the Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technology , Friedrichsen, Mary S.; December.

Optimal Testing Strategies for Genetically Modified Commodities , Jabs, Eric J.; May.

Shuttle Train Adoption Strategy , Huang, Weijun; June.

Value at Risk: Agricultural Processor Procurement and Hedging Strategies , Hawes, Cullen R.; April.

2002 : Characterization of the Canadian Commercial Walleye Fishery , Lemm, Leslie P.; December.

Crop Insurance and Quality Uncertainty Due to Scab and Vomitoxin , Tiapo, Napoleon M.; May.

The Economic Analysis of Alternative Financing Methods for Value-Added Beef Finishing Operations in North Dakota , Zutz, Christina L.; November.

Effects of Environmental Impact Information on Willingness to Pay for Genetically Modified Products , VanWechel, Tamara R.; May.   

Equity Valuation for New Generation Cooperatives , Umarov, Alisher A.; August. Estimation of the Demand for Grain Transportation in North Dakota , Dybing, Alan G.; November.

Free Trade Area of the Americas: Effects on the U.S. Sugar Industry , Carlson-Goodman, Melissa J.; November.

The Influence of Labor Constraints on Optimal Calving Season for Mixed Production Operations in the Northern Great Plains , Hawkins, Renee M.; March.

Procurement Strategies for End-users to Meet Functional Characteristics , Peterson, Del A., December

Socioeconomic Impacts of Agricultural and Non-agricultural Economic Development in North Dakota,  Schepp, Angela L.; November

Logistical Strategies for Differentiated Wheat Classifications , Schlecht, Shannon M.; April.

Marketing and Crop Insurance Combined to Manage Risk on a Cass County Representative Farm , Clow, Aaron D.; July.

Quantification of Historic Flood Damage in the Maple and Wild Rice Watersheds of the Red River of the North Basin,  Kjelland, Michael E.; March.

Risk Management Strategies for Grain Traders and Processors , Wagner, Robert; April.

Applying Option Theory to Guaranteed Rail Mechanisms , Lee, Jonathan A., May.

International Market Entry Strategies for Value-added Wheat Products , Syvrud, Prairie A., March. 1998: Economic Assessment of Wetland Mitigation in Minnesota , Sip, Robert L., February. 1996: Analysis of Export Targeting of Canadian Wheats , Young, Christopher E., May.

Economic Empact of Leafy Spurge on North Dakota Grazing Land , Thompson, Flint Dean, March.

Information Used by Farmers for Decision Making , Stearns, Larry Donald, June.

Assessment of Two Conservation Reserve Program Objectives in North Dakota , Skjelstad, Jo, July.

An Economic Comparison of Zero and Conventional Tillage for Small Grain Production in North Dakota , Swenson, Andrew L., August.

A Market Structure Study of the Queretaro Fluid Milk Industry , Ramirez, Francisco Soto, July.

Small Farms: A Selected List of References, Briefly Annotated , Ramirez, Francisco Soto, July.

A Description of Determinants of the Average Physical Product of Labor for the Lignite Coal Surface Mining Industry of North Dakota , Struck, Jeffrey K., May.

A Dynamic Economic Systems Community Impact Model Applied to Coal Development in the Northern Great Plains , Temple, George Sterling, May.

Interregional Energy Transportation Model for Evaluating North Dakota's Comparative Advantage for Producing Lignite Coa l, Sheldon, Norman Lee, January.

Human Resource Implications of the Production Process in Underground Bituminous Extraction, Especially for Utah , Stradley, Scot Arthur.

Potato Pricing Determinants in the United States and in the Red River Valley , Shephard, Lyle C., April.

Costs and Returns Associated with the Production of Milk in North Dakota , Thiel, Richard J., May.

Solid Waste Disposal in Cass County, North Dakota , Sem, John Homer, December.

An Economic Analysis of Rice Prices in the Republic of Korea , Shim, Kyou Bo, July.

Economic Analysis of Performance Testing for Two Beef Herds in Morton County, 1958-1965 , Stine, James F., May.

Income Distribution on Selected Types of Illinois Farms and Implications for Tenure Adjustments , Strohbehn, Roger Wallace.

Economies of Scale in the Local Government of Kansas , Shepherd, Robert Edwin.

The Organization of Country Markets for Grain in North Dakota , Velde, Paul Dwight, August.

Adjustment Implications of Government Cotton Programs for Southwestern Oklahoma , Sobering, Frederic David.

The Federal Crop Insurance Program in Eastern Nebraska--Saunders County, A Case Study,  Starr, Gayle David, August.

An Analysis of Dairy Herd Replacements in Grady and Lincoln Counties , Sparks, Donald Eugene, May.

Linear Program Analysis of Roughage Systems for Grade A Dairy Farms in Grady and Lincoln Counties , Smith, Frederick John, May.

Minimum Resource Requirements and Resource Adjustments for Specified Farm Income Levels, Low Rollling Plains of Southwestern Oklahoma , Strickland, Percy Leo, Jr., May.

Farm Administration and Farm Labor , Viken, Edward, June.

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