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| Coon, Randal C.; Leistritz, F. Larry. |
| Agricultural areas can be significantly impacted by high-value crops. Irrigated potato production has significantly affected central North Dakota. Interested growers in the Jamestown area recognized the need and the potential for irrigated potato production and processing, and eventually convinced a private company to build a processing plant to make frozen potato products from their irrigated potatoes. Securing a private entity to process their product freed up capital for irrigation development and other potato enterprise purchases. Economic impacts resulting from the addition of irrigated potatoes and associated processing were analyzed in this study. This analysis is divided into two parts, construction/start-up (one-time) and operational... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Economic impact; Economic development; Agricultural processing; High-value crop production; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23481 |
