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Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices in Cotton Production [PDF]
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/23/07.conservation tillage, cotton, genetically modified seed, herbicide-resistant cotton, stacked-gene cotton, simultaneous logit model, single-equation logit model, technology adoption, Crop Production ...
Banerjee, Swagata (Ban) +7 more
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Geography and intra-national home bias : U.S. domestic trade in 1949 and 2007 [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines home bias in U.S. domestic trade in 1949 and 2007. We use a unique data set of 1949 carload waybill statistics produced by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and 2007 Commodity Flow Survey data.
Crafts, N. F. R., Klein, Alexander
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Nutrient digestibility and changes in feeding behavior of cattle fed cottonseed and vitamin E
Scientia Agricola: High lipid concentration in ruminant diets often harms nutrient digestibility and feed intake; thus, a protected lipid and antioxidant source can be considered as an alternative for improving diet energy without putting animal production at a ...
Ricardo Galbiatti Sandoval Nogueira +3 more
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Biosafety at the crossroads: An analysis of South Africa's marketing and trade policies for genetically modified products [PDF]
"South Africa is the only country in Africa that has both adopted genetically modified (GM) crops and developed a functional biosafety system to manage any risks related to the use of GM products.
Gruère, Guillaume P. +1 more
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Scientia AgricolaCottonseed coproducts contain gossypol which can have specific effects upon the male reproductive system. We evaluated the reproductive development of male lambs close to puberty fed on three cotton coproducts. Twenty-four 5-month old male lambs received
Tiago do Prado Paim +10 more
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Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy: Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-1960 [PDF]
Between 1928 and 1960 U.S. cotton production witnessed a revolution with average yields roughly tripling while the quality of the crop increased significantly.
Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode
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Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Higher Labor Productivity [PDF]
Processing plants in eight major food industries were highly productive before being acquired and they significantly improved their labor productivity afterward, Economic Research Service and U.S.
Blayney, Donald P. +4 more
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The Impacts of Ethanol on the US Catfish Farm Sector [PDF]
In this study, we estimated catfish feed and farm price reduced form equations. Of particular importance was the impact of the recent increase in grain prices induced by ethanol production on feed cost and farm prices.
Herndon, Cary W., Jr. +2 more
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