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• Small Farms Still Important in Broiler Production 

  Agricultural production is shifting to large farms: in 2006, farms with at least $500,000 in sales accounted for over 60 percent of U.S....

  Amber Waves, 09/01/08 by MacDonald, James M · More from publication

• Productivity Growth Drives Expanded Agricultural Production 

  U.S. agriculture relies almost entirely on productivity growth, primarily from innova- tion and changes in technology, to raise out- put. Total...

  Amber Waves, 09/01/08 by Kassel, Kathleen; MacDonald, James M; Wang, Sun Ling · More from publication

• Producers Rely on Contracts To Manage Increased Price Risks 

  U.S, agricultural production continues to shift away from cash markets and toward greater use of contracts, According to a new ERS study,...

  Amber Waves, 04/01/08 by MacDonald, James M; Korb, Penni · More from publication

• Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms 

  * Dairy production is shitting to larger farms; small dairy farms are exiting, and more expect to leave in the next decade. * Average production...

  Amber Waves, 09/01/07 by MacDonald, James M; O'Donoghue, Erik J; McBride, William D · More from publication

• Experience Counts: Farm Business Survival in the U.S. 

  New farm businesses exit the sector at a high rate. More specifically, recently started farm businesses are much less likely to remain in farming...

  Amber Waves, 04/01/07 by MacDonald, James M; Korb, Penni; Hoppe, Robert · More from publication

• Financial Assistance to Farmers Is Evolving 

  FINDINGS The U.S. Government has long provided financial assistance to farmers, with payments averaging $17 billion a year since 1999. From the...

  Amber Waves, 11/01/05 by MacDonald, James M · More from publication

• Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting: More Transparent? 

  The USDA Market News program aims to aid the efficient marketing of agricultural commodities by providing the public with price and sales...

  Amber Waves, 11/01/05 by Perry, Janet; MacDonald, James M · More from publication

• Contract Use Continues To Expand 

  The desire for specific attributes in agricultural products is making contracts the method of choice for moving products through the production and...

  Amber Waves, 11/01/04 by MacDonald, James M; Perry, Janet · More from publication

• Competition and prices in USDA commodity procurement 

  We evaluate United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) food procurement auctions. The Department spends nearly $1 billion a year for products...

  Southern Economic Journal, 07/01/02 by James M. MacDonald · More from publication

• Incorporation of Sequenced cDNA and Genomic Markers into the Soybean Genetic Map. 

  The soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] expressed sequence tagged (EST) database is growing rapidly and promises to be a valuable resource for...

  Crop Science, 03/01/01 by Beard, Hunter S.; Cregan, Perry B.; Devine, Thomas E.; Kuo, Jonathan; Lewers, Kimberly S.; Lin, Jhy-Jhu; MacDonald, Margaret H.; Maiti, Rama; Matthews, Benjamin F.; Park, Yong-Bong; Pedroni, Monica J.; Saunders, James A.; Weisemann, Jane M. · More from publication