Browsing by Author/Contributor "Marra, Michele C."
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The Anticipated Value of SmartStax[trademark] for US Corn Growers
Marra, Michele C.; Piggott, Nicholas E.; Goodwin, Barry K. (AgBioForum, 2010)This study provides an estimate of the anticipated value of SmartStax[trademark] corn hybrids in the years after full commercialization. SmartStax[trademark] hybrids have an eight-trait stack of above-ground and below-ground ... -
Biotechnology Adoption Over Time In the Presence of Non-Pecuniary Characteristics that Directly Affect Utility : A Derived Demand Approach
Piggott, Nicholas E.; Marra, Michele C. (AgBioForum, 2008)Generally, new production technologies are adopted because they will increase profits, mostly due to lower production costs ceteris paribus. In the case of the first-generation crop biotechnologies, however, additional ... -
The cost of a GMO-free market basket of food in the United States
Goodwin, Barry K.; Marra, Michele C.; Piggott, Nicholas E. (University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)We examine the consumer cost consequences of choosing GMO-free food over food that contains GMOs. Using text-mining algorithms applied to detailed product descriptions contained in a proprietary database of individual GMO ... -
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech : A Global Perspective
Marra, Michele C. (AgBioForum, 2003)Book review of "The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective" -
An Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits from the Adoption of Corn Rootworm Resistant Transgenic Corn Technology
Alston, Julian M.; Hyde, Jeffrey; Marra, Michele C.; Mitchell, Paul D. (Paul David) (AgBioForum, 2002)If a new corn rootworm resistant transgenic corn technology had been adopted on all of the United States acres treated for corn rootworm in the year 2000, the total benefits in that year alone would have been $460 million: ... -
The impact of corn rootworm protected biotechnology traits in the United States
Marra, Michele C.; Piggott, Nicholas E.; Goodwin, Barry K. (AgBioForum, 2012)Recently, one type of corn rootworm has developed resistance to a single strain of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that is genetically engineered into corn seed. This resistance development has occurred in small, localized ... -
The Net Gain to Cotton Farmers of a Natural Refuge Plan for Bollgard II[trademark] Cotton
Piggott, Nicholas E.; Marra, Michele C. (AgBioForum, 2007)This paper presents an evaluation of the initial potential economic benefit at both the farm-level and to Monsanto Company of a change in refuge policy for Bollgard II[trademark] cotton. The proposed policy change is to ... -
On the Economics of Crop Rotations to Inhibit Corn Rootworm Resistance Development
Marra, Michele C.; Piggott, Nicholas E.; Goodwin, Barry K. (University of Missouri, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, 2014)Corn rootworm resistance to one of the corn rootworm traits has been found in a few isolated places in the Corn Belt. Several crop rotations have been proposed by industry officials and academics to attempt to eliminate ... -
The Payoffs to Transgenic Field Crops : An Assessment of the Evidence
Marra, Michele C.; Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M. (AgBioForum, 2002)The purpose of this study is to compile and characterize the farm-level evidence of the impacts of transgenic field crops available in the public domain and to determine if any general implications can be drawn from it. ...