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| Boisvert, Richard N.; Bills, Nelson L.; Bailey, Elizabeth. |
| Logit regression models are estimated to identify factors affecting decisions to enroll farmland in New York's agricultural districts program and participate in the use-value assessment program. The results suggest that the districts law is consistent with preserving the best farmland at the rural-urban fringe and that the decision to enroll in agricultural districts affects in a recursive fashion the decision to participate in the use-value assessment program. Short-term monetary gains are the overriding considerations in applying for use-value exemptions. This may lead to additional erosion of the tax base via tax preferences for agricultural land. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 1988 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28836 |
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| Peters, Christian; Bills, Nelson L.; Wilkins, Jennifer; Smith, R. David. |
| ocal food economies where local producers respond to regional consumers’ needs are gaining attention as a means for boosting agriculture and food production in New York State. Concurrent with this interest in local agriculture is a national concern over the health effects of American food consumption patterns and the capacity of agriculture to support nutritious diets. This study merges these areas of inquiry in the context of a nutritionally and economically important agricultural sector, namely New York State vegetable production. Three questions are examined in this research. 1) How does New York State vegetable production compare with the vegetable consumption by New Yorkers? 2) How do production and consumption of vegetables compare with the... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122636 |
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| Maloney, Thomas R.; Bills, Nelson L.. |
| Between the fall of 2007 and the spring of 2008, 71 golf course superintendents responded to a survey related to their immigrant employees and immigration policy issues. The objective was to determine golf course superintendents’ concerns and perspectives regarding labor availability, immigration policy and the immigrant workforce. The survey was completed by golf course superintendents who manage businesses that currently employ Hispanic workers. This was done intentionally to identify concerns and attitudes of supervisors who already rely on Hispanic workers. The survey provides a preliminary indication that golf course superintendents who currently employ Hispanic workers tend to have a high percentage of Hispanic workers on their staff. On average,... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121832 |
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| Streeter, Deborah H.; Bills, Nelson L.. |
| This study revealed some important divergences between new entrants and those more experienced at selling overseas. While experienced exporters have well-developed informal networks of information and focus their search strategies on better long term and short term study/demand information, would-be exporters tend to be more concerned with locating a qualified buyers list, and getting information on export procedures, and trade logistics. In addition, would-be exporters expressed frustration with two types of obstacles where information is least likely to solve the problem: Time lags when shipping perishable goods and exogenous factors (such as precipitous changes in a foreign government). |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34326 |
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| Boisvert, Richard N.; Bills, Nelson L.; Middagh, Mark C.; Schenkel, Mark. |
| Electric utilities throughout the Nation are experimenting with strategies to reduce total electricity consumption or to alter the timing of electrical power use by their customers. This report focuses on one such strategy, time-of-use (TaU) electric rates, and the likely effect of this pricing option on the New York dairy sector. The purpose of the study is to assess the change in farm electrical energy costs when power is sold to dairymen at higher rates for periods of peak power demand and at substantially lower rates for off-peak periods. This study is based on the results derived from a farm-level, computer decision model which calculates farm energy consumption by major end uses--such as milk cooling and feeding--and by time of day. The model... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 1992 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123083 |
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| Poe, Gregory L.; Bills, Nelson L.; Bellows, Barbara; Crosscombe, Patricia; Koelsch, Rick; Kreher, Michael; Wright, Peter. |
| Despite intense policy interest in livestock operations and water quality, only anecdotal evidence exists regarding actual manure management practices on dairy farms. This paper discuss the results of a unique mail survey of 470 New York dairy farms that links manure management practices and farmer willingness to participate in voluntary environmental programs. Analysis of this data set indicates a wide divergence between actual and recommended manure management practices on individual dairy farms (high), the apparent ability of farms to divert financial resources to environmental practices (mixed), and the willingness to participate in voluntary programs at various annual costs per cow (low). These findings have policy implications for the USDAIUSEPA... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121154 |
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| Streeter, Deborah H.; Bills, Nelson L.; Maestro-Scherer, Jane; Neenan, Rob. |
| Focus groups were held to provide more in-depth information on issues raised by a largescale survey of agricultural exporters conducted in 1994 by USDA. Two focus groups were held in New York State and two in California, and the total of 28 participants included both experienced and new exporters of fruit products. The emphasis of the discussion was on the information-seeking behaviors of export firms and businesses that are considering entry in offshore markets, and on identifying potential information gaps or obstacles to success in the exporting arena. Participants were also asked questions about their knowledge of and attitude toward new (Internet-based) technologies to deliver information on exporting. The findings of the study revealed some important... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122716 |
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| Maloney, Thomas R.; Bills, Nelson L.. |
| The purpose of this study is to gather information from fruit, vegetable and dairy farm employers regarding agricultural workforce issues in New York agriculture. The survey provides new insights into five key topic areas; the number of workers on New York farms, employee wages and benefits, characteristics of the Hispanic workforce, attitudes among farm operators regarding proposed State labor law changes and Federal immigration reform. Expanded survey estimates of the peak agricultural workforce in this study, including part-time and full-time workers, totaled 33,200. The focus of this report is on the fruit and vegetable industry where the number of hired employees in the fruit industry is estimated to be 14,700 and the number of hired employees in the... |
| Tipo: Technical Report |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121570 |
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