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Predicting the Acceptance for High Beta-Carotene Maize: An Ex-Ante Estimation Method
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This paper postulates a household decision model that takes into account the production consumption tradeoffs between traditional and biofortified seed. The objective is to understand the effect of these differing traits on the adoption decision...
House and Senate Farm Bills: a Comparative Study
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-03)
In response to Congressional requests, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research
Institute (FAPRI) has conducted a comparative analysis of the farm bills approved by the House of Representatives in October 2001 and the ...
Mississippi River Research Conclusions Executive Summary
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-06)
Briefing paper requested by Senator Bond detailing the conclusions from the Mississippi River research to date....
Current State of the Dairy Industry
(2003-05)
Testimony given before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at the request of committee chair, Representative Gutknecht.
Analysis of Barley Market Developments and Policy Options
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-08)
Analysis of barley issues prepared in response to a request from Senators Crapo, Conrad, Dorgan, and Craig and Representatives Simpson, Otter, and Pomeroy.
Little Sac River Watershed: Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Load
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-06)
This report describes the water quality data and the model that were used to develop the bacteria total maximum daily load of the Little Sac River in Greene and Polk counties. It is the final TMDL report sent to EPA by the ...
FAPRI's Analysis of the EPA's Proposed CAFO Regulations
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-07)
This study of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) regulations was conducted at the request of the Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives. The FAPRI staff...
Positive Approaches to Phosphorus Balancing in Southwest Missouri: Animal Manure Phosphorus Recycling Initiative
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-11)
. This paper focuses on opportunities to recycle poultry litter in southwest Missouri....
Effect on the United States Dairy Industry of Removing Current Federal Regulations
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-04)
This analysis provides a forward-looking examination (2003-2012) of what the dairy industry may look like if each of several federal dairy regulations is removed.
FAPRI-MU US Biofuels, Corn Processing, Distillers Grains, Fats, Switchgrass, and Corn Stover Model Documentation
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010-09)
This report includes documentation of the deterministic modeling system for Biofuels, Corn Processing, Distillers Grains, Fats, Switchgrass, and Corn Stover as of March 1, 2010.
President's Budget: Implications of Selected Proposals for U.S. Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-03)
The report presents estimates of impacts on U.S. production, prices, producer returns, government costs, and net farm income resulting from two proposals in the President's budget, a 5 percent cut in payments and a limitation ...
Targets and mandates : lessons learned from EU and US biofuels policy mechanisms
(AgBioForum, 2010)
The United States and the European Union have taken different paths in the design and implementation of biofuel policy measures. In the European Union, a target has been set for the contribution of renewable energy in transport use, but policy...
Impacts of Climate Change Legislation on US Agricultural Markets: Sources of Uncertainty
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010-07)
(ACES) Act, approved by the US House of Representatives in 2009, would establish a regulatory framework intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To evaluate the bill's impacts on the US agricultural sector, the Food and Agricultural Policy...
Challenges of incorporating EU enlargement and CAP reform in the GOLD model framework
(European Association of Agricultural Economists, 2005-02)
but provides little concrete guidance for sector level modellers. In this paper the challenges of each of these developments are outlined and their importance to the sector addressed. Some strategies in dealing with the issues and the impact on the model...
The role of biofuel policy and biotechnology in the development of the ethanol industry in the United States
(AgBioForum, 2013)
The US Renewable Fuel Standard sets a lower bound on the amount of biofuels used, with consequences for behavior of agricultural commodity markets that currently supply the vast majority of feedstocks for biofuel production. ...
The changing policy environment for agriculture in the European Union
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Agricultural Policy (CAP) was carried out in parallel to the first enlargement, and included changes to the way that agriculture was supported in the EU. Reform of the CAP is ongoing, with a timetable for the elimination of dairy quotas included in the latest...
Implications of Increased Ethanol Production for U.S. Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-08)
FAPRI analysis indicates that increased ethanol production resulting from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will have important effects on markets for corn and other crops, government farm program costs, and net farm income....
Estimating Water Quality, Air Quality, and Soil Carbon Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-01)
This report estimates how field and buffer practices affect the amount of soil and nutrients leaving the field.
Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuel Subsidies
(AgBioForum, 2007)
The exponential growth of the biofuels industry has created significant increases in feed prices to the livestock sector. In February and March of 2007, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork ...
Upper White River Watershed Integrated Economic and Environmental Management Project
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-09)
This report outlines enhanced existing local cooperative water quality efforts, sumarizes economic and physical data, and discusses how that information was used to develop analytical models.