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Fifty Years of Farmland Protection Legislation in the Northeast: Persistent Issues and Emergent Research Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44689

Impacts of Trade Liberalization on the New York Horticultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Gerald B.; Bills,   Nelson L.; Schluep,   Isabel.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121123

CONNECTING TAXES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR FARMLAND PROTECTION: A COMPARISON OF LOCAL AND STATE FUNDED ALTERNATIVES IN NEW YORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harvey,   David A.; Poe,   Gregory L.; Bills,   Nelson L.
The costs of tax relief for New York agricultural landowners is compared with the willingness-to-pay for farmland protection as measured in valuation research.  Under an income tax rebate, the program cost is positively related with the perceived household benefits, whereas this trend is reversed under a local property tax exemption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20983

INFORMATION STRATEGIES FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

Survey of New York Dairy Farm Employers 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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. The agricultural workforce for fruit, vegetable and dairy farms in New York including part-time and full-time workers totaled 33,200. The focus of this report is on the dairy industry where the number of hired dairy employees is estimated to be 9,600. Dairy farm employers reported that experienced general laborers were...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121569

Vegetable Consumption, Dietary Guidelines and Agricultural Production in New York State—Implications for Local Food Economies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

FRUIT CONSUMPTION, DIETARY GUIDELINES, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN NEW YORK STATE -- IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL FOOD ECONOMIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peters,   Christian; Bills,   Nelson L.; Wilkins,   Jennifer; Smith,   R. David.
Consuming locally produced foods offers many benefits to consumers, producers and the environment. As a result, local food economies 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 fruit production. Three questions are examined in this research. 1) How does New York State fruit production compare with fruit consumption by New Yorkers? 2) How do production and consumption of...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122109

Documenting the Status of Dairy Manure Management in New York: Current Practices and Willingness to Participate in Voluntary Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

A MODEL TO EXPLAIN PARTICIPATION IN NEW YORK'S AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS AND USE-VALUE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

THE IMPORTANCE OF SPATIAL DATA IN MODELING ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CREP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suter,   Jordan F.; Bills,   Nelson L.; Poe,   Gregory L.
This paper uses actual enrollment and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data in six geographically diverse states to demonstrate that enrollment rates in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) are a function of the incentives offered.  If aggregate county land use data were used, as has been done previously, incentives appear insignificant.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20151

VARIABILITY OF NEW YORK'S AGRICULTURAL USE VALUES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boisvert,   Richard N.; Bills,   Nelson L.
This paper compares two alternative estimates of agricultural use values in New York, one based on comparable sales information and the other on capitalized yearly income.  Emphasis is placed on the variability of the values over the 1973-83 period and its implications for taxpayer equity and the financing of local governments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28898

2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crop Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability. Report on Listening Sessions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; White,   Jerry.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121060

Agricultural Districts: Lessons from New York
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Cosgrove,   Jeremiah P.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121159

Urban Agriculture in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121488

Survey of New York Fruit and Vegetable Farm Employers 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

SOIL EROSIVITY AND CROP YIELD: IMPLICATIONS OF LAND RETIREMENT PROGRAM FOR NEW YORK CROPLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Policy issues surrounding Federal programs for land retirement as a means of curtailing soil erosion are discussed in this paper.  The analysis is structured around productivity differentials observed for New York cropland rated as highly erosive, moderately erosive, or nonerosive.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28940

FARMLAND PROTECTION PLANNING IN NEW YORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robb,   Maureen Maloney; Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14732

2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crops Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Gloy,   Brent A.; Uva,   Wen-fei L.; White,   Gerald B.; Cheng,   Mei-luan.
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121580

Market Enhancement Programs Operated in New York's Key Competitor States and Provinces
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Scherer,   Jane Maestro.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122285

Health Care and Genesee County, New York: Economic Implications of Reduced Hospital Services
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Kay,   David.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121121

Census of Agriculture Highlights, New York State, 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Stanton,   Bernard F.
The Census of Agriculture provides a continuing historical record of what has happened on New York State farms and its wider rural economy. The purpose of this report is to provide readily accessible information on basic historical facts about agriculture in New York State such as land in farms, numbers of farms, acreage of major crops and numbers of livestock for census years dating back to 1992. Census results for 2007 show that 24 percent (7.5 million acres) of the State’s land area was in farms. This acreage is roughly equal to the land in farms reported in the early 1990s but far below the peak acreage in the early 1900s. Much of the land formerly in farms has reverted to forest or brush. Total cropland in 2007 was 4.31 million acres of which 79...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55945

Current Outlook for Dairy Farming, Dairy Products, and Agricultural Policy in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novakovic,   Andrew M.; Bills,   Nelson L.; Jack,   Kevin E.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121490

Role of the Non-Profit Private Sector in Rural Land Conservation: Results from a Survey in the Northeastern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Weir,   Stephen.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121492

The New York State Agricultural Immigration and Human Resource Management Issues Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maloney,   Thomas R.; Bills,   Nelson L.
The purpose of this study is to gather information from farm operators regarding agricultural workforce issues in New York agriculture. In the fall of 2007 the USDANASS New York field office agreed to add one page of agricultural labor related questions to its annual surveys of the New York fruit, vegetable, dairy and livestock industries. The 1,245 survey responses provide new insights in four key topic areas: the number of farm workers in New York agriculture, attitudes toward labor supply issues, attitudes toward immigration reform and attitudes regarding human resource management practices. The survey procedures allowed estimates of the number of workers on farms primarily involved with fruit, vegetable, dairy or livestock production. The total...
Tipo: Technical Report
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121573

Role of the Non-Profit Private Sector in Rural Land Conservation: Results from a Survey in the Northeastern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.; Weir,   Stephen.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121483

Information Needs of Agricultural Exporters: Results from a Focus Group Series
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

FINANCIAL OPTIONS USED FOR FINANCING SELECTED PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN THREE WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITIES, 1930-1965
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30324

Immigration Issues: Perceptions of Golf Course Superintendents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

Medicaid and County Property Tax Levies on New York Farmland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121114

Time-of-Use Rates and Electricity Costs of Representative New York Dairy Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

Agricultural and Farmland Protection Planning: A Case Study in Orange County, New York
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joyce,   Lucy T.; Bills,   Nelson L.
The Agricultural Protection Act, passed by the State Legislature in 1992, strengthened New York State's Agricultural Districts Law. One component of the Act provides for county Agricultural and Farmland Protection Boards to develop county agricultural and farmland protection plans. The Department of Agriculture and Markets encourages the development of such plans through a matching grants program. This paper discusses the tools and strategies county Agricultural and Farmland Protection Boards may use in their plan development process. It incorporates an overview of the evolution of state policy, social and economic trends affecting agriculture throughout the state, and resources currently available which may be brought to bear on the local planning...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121188

Agriculture-Based Economic Development: Trends and Prospects for New York
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122284

Farmland Preservation: Agricultural Districts, Right-to-Farm Laws and Related Legislation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121173