A Farm Level Perspective On Agrobiotechnology: How Much Value And For Whom?
Nicholas KalaitzandonakesUniversity of Missouri Even the optimists among biotechnology proponents have been caught off guard by the extremely fast farm-level ...
Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans: Why Growers Are Adopting Roundup Ready Varieties
Janet Carpenter and Leonard GianessiNational Center for Food and Agricultural Policy Soybean growers have adopted herbicide tolerant varieties at a ...
The Producer Benefits Of Herbicide-Resistant Canola
Murray Fulton and Lynette KeyowskiUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada The commercial sale of herbicide resistant (HR) canola has raised questions about ...
The Distribution Of Benefits From The Introduction Of Transgenic Cotton Varieties
Greg Traxler and José Falck-ZepedaAuburn University Some concern has been expressed about the potential for abuse of monopoly power in ...
Biotechnology Offers US Farmers Promises And Problems
Gregg HillyerProgressive Farmer Transgenic crops promise to drastically change how farmers produce and market their feedgrains and oilseeds. These changes ...
Economics Of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin On US Dairy Farms
John FetrowUniversity of Minnesota Since its adoption in 1994 in the United States (US), Monsanto's rBST product, Posilac®, has been ...
The Profitability Of rBST On US Dairy Farms
L.J. ButlerUniversity of California-Davis This brief paper addresses some of the issues that surround rBST use on United States (US) ...
Trait Enthusiasm Does Not Guarantee On-Farm Profits
Karen CoaldrakeContext Consulting Adoption of agronomic traits has led to investment into quality traits. However, true values of these traits ...
Evaluating The Gains Associated With Biotechnological Improvement: The Case Of Kiwifruit In New Zealand
Svetlana Bohorova and Frank ScrimgeourUniversity of Waikato, New Zealand Significant productivity gains are achievable from the improvement of kiwifruit. Genetic ...
Sophisticated Irrigation Technology And Biotechnology Adoption: Impacts On Ground Water Conservation
Talah S. Arabiyat, Eduardo Segarra, and David B. WillisTexas Tech University A county-wide dynamic optimization model is used to evaluate ...