Download or read book An economic analysis of farms producing grass seed in the Willamette Valley with special attention to the cultural practice of field burning written by Douglas Earl Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grass seed producers in Oregon's Willamette Valley have employed the cultural practice of post-harvest open field burning since the mid-1940's for purposes of field sanitation and crop residue disposal This practice creates environmental quality problems of air pollution during the late summer Recent public concern over the valley's environmental quality has focused attention on the grass seed industry, resulting in measures passed by the 1971 state legislature to ban open field burning in Oregon by January 1, 1975. Several economic issues are raised by the prospect of field burning curtailment. These include identification of: (1) alternatives to open burning, and their associated costs; (2) income effects resulting from possible increases in production costs, reduction in seed yields and changes in seed quality; (3) possible loss of comparative advantage now enjoyed by Willamette Valley farmers; and, (4) possible organizational adjustments by farm operators including prospects for increased farm size and reduced farm numbers. This thesis is designed as a base study to provide descriptive information and an economic rationale as necessary precursors for evaluating possible and probable' economic consequences of a burning ban to the grass seed industry. The Willamette Valley was separated into five seed-production regions, based on soil characteristics and urban.influences. A ten percent random sample was drawn from the population of farm operators raising grass seed. Major grass seed types studied include Highland bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, fine fescue, tall fescue, orchard grass, annual ryegrass, and perennial ryegrass. Descriptive data includes farm family characteristics, income sources, age, family labor, farm organization, and resource returns. Analysis of data identified wide variability in resource use. A significant component involved large differences in operating costs for machinery, labor, fertilizer, and chemicals within each seed type. This suggests internal adjustments in resource use efficiency and cost management are necessary for high-cost farms to survive in the short run regardless of whether or not a burning ban threat exists. Some farms are successfully competing now and will continue to do so with limited operating resource adjustments. Orchardgrass and Kentucky bluegrass generally provided highest net returns, while ryegrasses earned lowest returns of the seven seed types, suggesting some adjustment opportunities for substitution between seed types. Inter-enterprise adjustments will be determined by the number of grass seed crops, other non-grass crops, and livestock choices available. Cost advantages of complementary enterprises were evident, with adjustments in this direction determined by market accessibility, soil limitations, and managerial constraints. These limitations suggest limited adjustment, in general, toward non-grass and livestock enterprise choices. Pronounced cost advantages occurred to farms over 300 acres in size, suggesting that long run adjustments will likely include farm enlargement and reduction of farm numbers. Farm location, topography, -, and proximity to urban areas are also expected to affect direction and magnitude of adjustments. Farms in Region 1, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, faced with topography limitations and urban pressures, will likely shift resources to more intensive . farm and non-farm uses. Linn, Benton, and Lane county grass seed producers are expected to intensify specialization in grass seed production with an increase in average farm size. In Washington and Yamhill counties where grass seed production serves primarily as complementary and/or supplementary enterprises, the trend toward production of proprietary grass seed varieties is expected. In Polk and Marion counties where soil and topographical characteristics dominate resource use and enterprise choices, probable adjustment impacts are less obvious and are expected to vary widely from farm to farm. Imposition of a burning ban, felt primarily in the form of increased production costs, will undoubtedly hasten the farm organizational adjustments specified above.

Download or read book A Market Analysis of Grass Straw Commercial Use Potential written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grass Seed Acreage Response to Policies Concerning Field Burning written by Larry Giardina and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research analyzed the relationships of agricultural field burning policies, and other economic factors, with the quantity of land devoted to grass seed production in counties of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The thesis describes the background of the grass seed industry, field burning and government policies concerning field burning in the Willamette Valley. Econometric models of acreage response to grass seed prices, prices of production alternatives, field burning limitations, and burning fees were developed for eight grass seed crops. A technique of pooling time-series and cross-sectional data was used to estimate the parameters of the models. Expost predictions of acreages were made for the purposes of model verification. The estimated parameters are discussed and some explanations are offered for the relationships.

Download or read book O S U Theses and Dissertations 1970 1977 written by Oregon State University and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Demand and Supply in the Oregon Grass Seed Industry written by James T. Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyse van de markt voor graszaad in de Verenigde Staten, 1959-1978

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Download or read book Economic Characteristics of Farms Producing Grass Seed in Oregon s Willamette Valley written by Frank S. Conklin and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861 1972 Business and economics written by Xerox University Microfilms and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Grass Seed Cultural Practices on Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Farms written by Lawrence A. Burt and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861 1972 written by Xerox University Microfilms and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics of Grass Seed Production in the Willamette Valley Oregon written by Edgar A. Hyer and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Field Sanitation Costs for Willamette Valley Grass Seed Producers written by Timothy L. Cross and published by . This book was released on 1989* with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Economic Analysis of the Grass Seed Industry written by Frank Victor Beck and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Review of the Washington State University s Department of Agricultural Economic Grass Seed Field Burning Report of January 1997 written by Richard Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Progress Report on Factors Affecting Farm Earnings on 81 Farms Raising Grass Seed Or Having Improved Pastures Willamette Valley Oregon 1948 written by M. H. Becker and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Ethnographic Study of the Southern Willamette Valley Grass Seed Industry written by Douglas Steven Moser and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: