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Departmental Publications 1998Compiled by: Judith Dow, Librarian and Marty Duarte, Library Assistant (published as Agricultural Economics Report 601, October 1999) TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ordering Procedures vary with each type of publication. Information is at the beginning of each section. BOOKS, PARTS OF BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS AND PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGSOrdering Procedures: Contact the publisher for price and ordering information, or check with your local bookstore or library. You may contact the author (first listed unless another name is CAPITALIZED), Dept. of Agricultural Economics, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, for additional information. Batie, Sandra S. "Forward." In Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development edited by Gerald E. D'Souza and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Green Payments as Foreshadowed by EQIP." In Agricultural and Conservation Policies 2002 and Beyond. A Workshop in Honor of Norman A. Berg, DeKalb, Illinois, July 24, 1998. CAE/SP 98-2. Washington, DC: American Farmland Trust, 1998, pp. 43-58. http://farm.fic.niu.edu/cae/wp/wp98-8ab.html Bonnen, James T. "Agricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and Institutions." In International Agricultural Development edited by Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz. Third Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, pp. 271-286. Eicher, Carl K. and Bernard Kupfuma. "Zimbabwe's Maize Revolution: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap." In International Agricultural Development edited by Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz. Third Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, pp. 550-570. Eicher, Carl K. and John M. Staatz. International Agricultural Development. Third Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Ferris, John N. Agricultural Prices and Commodity Market Analysis. Dubuque, IA: WCB/McGraw Hill, 1998. Harsh, Stephen B. "Agricultural Information Systems: Current Applications and Future Prospects." In Proceedings of the First Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture, Wakayama, Japan, January 1998, pp. 7-16. Harsh, Stephen B.; Gerald D. Schwab and D. Stein. "What We Learned from Producers in Agriculture Management Project (AMAP)." In Implementing Management Concepts and Skills for Agriculture's Future. Proceedings of the National Conference for Management Educators of Agricultural Audiences, Columbus, Ohio, June 1998, pp. 72-78. Harvey, Lynn R. "About Local Government." In Michigan in Brief: An Issues Handbook, 1998-99. Sixth Edition. Lansing, MI: Michigan Nonprofit Association and Council of Michigan Foundations, April 1998, pp. 25-32. Harvey, Lynn R. County Government at Work. 12th Edition. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, December 1998. Hilker, James H. "Soybean Situation and Outlook for 1998-99." In Midwest Outlook Conference Papers, 1998. Papers from the 1998 Midwest Outlook Conference, Great Plains & Western Outlook Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13-14, 1998. (Also issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-19.) Hilker, James H.; E. Dean Baldwin and J. Roy Black. "Risks, Probability and Managing Income Variability." In Managing Risks and Profits - Grains: Coping with Volatile Markets. Ames, IA: Midwest Plan Service, Iowa State University, 1998, pp. 41-52. Hilker, James H.; E. Dean Baldwin and J. Roy Black. "Understanding the Three Components of Price Risk." In Managing Risks and Profits - Grains: Coping with Volatile Markets. Ames, IA: Midwest Plan Service, Iowa State University, 1998, pp. 53-65. Hoehn, John P.; Douglas J. Krieger and L. Zaklama. "Measuring Willingness to Pay for Urban Infrastructure Improvements: An Application to Water and Wastewater Investments in Cairo, Egypt." In Advances in Energy and Environment, v. 2, edited by Abdul Latif El-Sharkway and Ralph H. Kemmler. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Energy and Environment, Cairo, Egypt, May 1998. Delgado, Christopher L.; Jane Hopkins and VALERIE A. KELLY; with Peter Hazell; Anna A. McKenna; Peter Gruhn; Behjat Hojjati; Jayashree Sil and Claude Courbois. Agricultural Growth Linkages in Sub-Saharan Africa. IFPRI Research Report 107. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998. Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "The Effect of Trip Lengths on Travel Cost Parameters in Recreation Demand." In Benefits and Costs in Natural Resources Planning edited by Paul Jakus. Western Regional Research Publication, 1998. Maredia, Mywish; Derek Byerlee and Peter Pee. Impacts of Food Crop Improvement Research in Africa. SPAAR Occasional Papers Series No. 1. Washington, DC: Special Program for African Agricultural Research/World Bank, December 1998. Martin, Laura L. "Contracting Basics: Understanding Long-Term Marketing and Production Contracts." In Proceeding of the 1998 National Pork Lending Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 4-6, 1998 and Kansas City, Missouri, October 18-20, 1999, edited by Jeff Ward. Des Moines, IA: National Pork Producers Council, 1998, pp. 107-120. Martin, Laura L. and Patricia E. Norris. "Environmental Quality, Environmental Regulation and the Structure of Animal Agriculture." Proceedings, Agricultural Outlook Forum '98, Washington, D.C., February 23-24, 1998, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 1998, pp. 272-281. http://www.usda.gov/oce/waob/outlook98/98speeches.htm#Martin Liedholm, Carl and DONALD C. MEAD. "The Dynamic Role of Micro and Small Enterprises in Southern Africa." In Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future edited by L. Petersson. New York: Routledge, 1998, pp. 125-144. Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Stanley H. Masters and COLLETTA MOSER. Labor Economics and Labor Relations. Eleventh Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. Norgaard, Kurt, J. "Twenty-Four Years of Farmland Preservation in Michigan, PA 116." In The Performance of State Programs for Farmland Retention, Proceedings. Proceedings of a national conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 10-11, 1998, pp. 213-227. Clay, Daniel C. and THOMAS REARDON. "Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment and Development Linkages." In Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development edited by Gerald E. D'Souza and Tesfa G. Gebremedhin. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 117-135. Reardon, Thomas and A. Shaikh. "Links Between Environment and Agriculture in Africa." In Africa's Valuable Assets: A Reader in Natural Resource Management edited by P. Veit. Washington, World Resources Institute, 1998, pp. 323-328. Reardon, Thomas. "African Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability Issues." In International Agricultural Development edited by Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz. Third Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, pp. 444-457. Reardon, Thomas; K. Stamoulis; A. Balisacan; M. E. Cruz; J. Berdegue and B. Banks. "The Importance and Nature of Rural Nonfarm Income in Developing Countries, with Policy Implications for Agriculturists." In The State of Food and Agriculture, 1998. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, 1998, pp. 283-356. Reardon, Thomas; Valerie A. Kelly; Bocar Diagana; Josué Dioné; Eric W. Crawford; Kimseyinga Savadogo and Duncan Boughton. "Intensification durable induite par le facteur capital dans l'agriculture sahélienne: surmonter les contraintes structurelles après les réformes des politiques macro-économiques." In L'Intensification Agricole au Sahel edited by Henk Breman and Keffing Sissoko. Paris: Editions Karthala, 1998. Rose, Donald; Craig Gundersen and Victor Oliveira. Socio-Economic Determinants of Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Evidence from the SIPP and CSFII Datasets. Technical Bulletin No. 1869. Washington, DC: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, September 1998. McClatchy, Don and DAVID B. SCHWEIKHARDT. "Agriculture, Trade and Structural Policy Under NAFTA and WTO." In Economic Harmonization in the Candaian - U.S. - Mexican Grain - Livestock subsector, Proceedings of the Fourth Agricultural and Food Policy Systems Information Workshop, Lake Louise, Altberta, Canada, April 21-22, 1998, College Station, Texas and Guelph, Ontario, Texas A&M University and University of Guelp, 1998. http://www.farmfoundation.org/canada/macclatc.pdf Staatz, John M. and Carl K. Eicher. "Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective." In International Agricultural Development edited by Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz. Third Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, pp. 8-38. King, R. P.; SCOTT M. SWINTON; D. W. Lybecker and C. A. Oriade. "The Economics of Weed Control and the Value of Weed Management Information." In Integrated Weed and Soil Management edited by J. L. Hatfield, D. D. Buhler and B. A. Stewart. Chelsea, MI: Ann Arbor Press, 1998, pp. 25-41. Swinton, Scott M. "Less Is More: Why Agro-Chemical Use Will Decline in Industrialized Countries." In Economics of Agro-Chemicals: An International Overview of Use Patterns, Technical and Institutional Determinants, Policies and Perspectives edited by G. A. A. Wossink; G. C. van Kooten and G. H. Peters. Selected Papers of the Symposium of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Wageningen, The Netherlands, April 24-28, 1996. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 1998, pp. 359-372. (Earlier draft issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 96-20.) Swinton, Scott M. and Mollie B. Williams. "Assessing the Economic Impacts of Integrated Pest Management: Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future." In Integrated Pest Management Measurement Systems Workshop edited by Esther Day. Center for Agriculture in the Environment Working Paper CAE 98-1. DeKalb, IL: American Farmland Trust, 1998. (Also issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-12.) http://farm.fic.niu.edu/cae/wp/sp98-1/ipmswint.htm Gentry, Julie J. and JUDITH SCHMITZ WHIPPLE. "International Logistics: A Course of Many Colors." In Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Transportation Logistics Educators Conference, Anaheim, California, October 11, 1998, edited by James M. Masters. Ohio State University, The Transportation and Logistics Research Fund, 1998, pp. 49-64. JOURNAL ARTICLESOrdering Procedures: Journals may be available at your nearest university or public library. You may contact the author (first listed unless another name is CAPITALIZED), Dept. of Agricultural Economics, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, for additional information. In most instances, the authors will not have reprints. Carpentier, C. L.; D. J. Bosch and SANDRA S. BATIE. "Using Spatial Information to Reduce Costs of Controlling Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, v. 27, no. 1 (Apr. 1998), pp. 72-84. Ervin, D. E.; C. F. Runge; W. Anthony; SANDRA S. BATIE; P. Faeth; E. A. Graffy; T. Penny and T. Warmar. "Agriculture and the Environment: A New Strategic Vision." Environment, v. 40, no. 6 (1998), pp. 8-40. Bonnen, James T. and David B. Schweikhardt. "Getting from Economic Analysis to Policy Advice." Review of Agricultural Economics, v. 20, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1998), pp. 584-600. Bonnen, James T. and David B. Schweikhardt. "The Future of U.S. Agricultural Policy: Reflections on the Disappearance of the `Farm Problem'." Review of Agricultural Economics, v. 20, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1998), pp. 2-36. (Winner of 1998 AAEA Outstanding Article Award.) Yaron, Jacob; MacDonald Benjamin and STEPHANIE CHARITONENKO. "Promoting Efficient Rural Financial Intermediation." World Bank Research Observer, v. 13, no. 2 (Aug. 1998), pp. 147-170. Rukuni, Mandivamba; Malcolm J. Blackie and CARL K. EICHER. "Crafting Smallholder-Driven Agricultural Research Systems in Southern Africa." World Development, v. 26, no. 6 (June 1998), pp. 1073-1087. Wang, H. Holly; STEVEN D. HANSON, Robert J. Myers and J. Roy Black. "The Effects of Crop Yield Insurance Designs on Farmer Participation and Welfare." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), pp. 806-820. Harsh, Stephen B. "Information Systems for Management in Protected Cultivation." Acta Horticulturae, no. 456, (1998), pp. 469-476. International Society for Horticultural Science, Proceedings, Second International Symposium on Models for Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, August 25-28, 1997. Krieger, Douglas R. and JOHN P. HOEHN. "Improving Health Risk Information for Sport Anglers: Contingent Valuation Estimates of Information Value." North American Journal of Fisheries Management, v. 18, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 411-421. Jayne, Thomas S. "Market Reform, Institutional Constraints, and Agricultural Productivity: Emerging Evidence from Africa." Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 3, no. 1 (1998). Brorsen, B. Wade; Darren W. Buck and STEPHEN R. KOONTZ. "Hedging Hard Red Winter Wheat: Kansas City versus Chicago." Journal of Futures Markets, v. 18, no. 4 (June 1998), pp. 449-466. Lynch, T. M.; J. P. Caron; S. P. Arnoczky; JAMES W. LLOYD; J. A. Stick and J. A. Render. "Influence of Exogenous Hyaluronan on Synthesis of Hyaluronan and Collagenase by Equine Synoviocytes." American Journal of Veterinary Research, v. 59, no. 7 (1998), pp. 888-892. Lupi, Frank and P. M. Feather. "Using Partial Site Aggregation to Reduce Bias in Random Utility Travel Cost Models." Water Resources Research, v. 34, no. 12 (December 1998), pp. 3595-3603. Lupi, Frank. "Valuing the Effects of Water Quality on Recreational Resources: Discussion." Principal Paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), pp. 1038-1041. Daniels, Lisa and DONALD C. MEAD. "The Contribution of Small Enterprises to Household and National Income in Kenya." Economic Development and Cultural Change, v. 47, no. 1 (Oct. 1998), pp. 45-71. Mead, Donald C. and Carl Liedholm. "The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises in Developing Countries." World Development, v. 26, no. 1 (Jan. 1998), pp. 61-74. Stephenson, Kurt; PATRICIA E. NORRIS and Leonard Shabman. "Effluent Allowance Trading: The Nonpoint Source Challenge." Contemporary Economic Policy, v. 16, no. 4 (Oct. 1998), pp. 412-421. Masters, W. A.; T. Bedingar and JAMES F. OEHMKE. "The Impact of Agricultural Research in Africa: Aggregate and Case Study Evidence." Agricultural Economics, v. 19, nos. 1-2 (Sep. 1998), pp. 81-86. Special issue containing selected and edited papers presented during the XXII Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, California, August 10-16, 1997. Clay, Daniel C.; THOMAS REARDON and Jaakko Kangasniemi. "Sustainable Intensification in the Highland Tropics: Rwandan Farmers' Investments in Land Conservation and Soil Fertility." Economic Development and Cultural Change, v. 46, no. 2 (Jan. 1998), pp. 351-378. Reardon, Thomas and K. Stamoulis. "Relating Agro-industrialization, Intermediate Cities, and Farm-Nonfarm Linkages: An Investment Perspective with Latin American Examples." Politica Agricola (Universidad Automoma de Mexico), Numero Especial (1998). Savadogo, K.; THOMAS REARDON and K. Pietola. "Adoption of Improved Land-Use Technologies to Increase Food Security in Burkina Faso: Relating Animal Traction, Productivity, and Nonfarm Income." Agricultural Systems, v. 58, no. 3 (Oct. 1998), pp. 441-464. Rose, Donald; J. P. Habicht and B. Devaney. "Household Participation in the Food Stamp and WIC Programs Increases the Nutrient Intakes of Preschool Children." Journal of Nutrition, v. 128 (1998), pp. 548-555. Sterns, James A.; David B. Schweikhardt and H. Christopher Peterson. "Using Case Studies as an Approach for Conducting Agribusiness Research." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, v. 1, no. 3 (1998), pp. 311-328. Swinton, Scott M. and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer. "Evaluating the Profitability of Site-Specific Farming." Journal of Production Agriculture, v. 11, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1998), pp. 439-446. Whipple, Judith Schmitz and Robert Frankel. "The Alliance Formation Process." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, v. 1, no. 3 (1998), pp. 335-358. MAGAZINE AND NEWSLETTER ARTICLESOrdering Procedures: Magazines may be available at your nearest university or public library. You may contact the author (first name unless another name is CAPITALIZED), Dept. of Agricultural Economics, MSU, East Lansing, MI 44824-1039, for additional information. In most instances, the authors will not have reprints. Batie, Sandra S. "Food for Thought: Global Consumers are Like American Consumers - Choosy." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 14 (Aug. 30, 1998), p. 8. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/globalconsumer.htm Batie, Sandra S. "Food for Thought: Meet Your New Boss - The Consumer." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 11 (June 15, 1998), pp. 7. 16. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/retail.htm Batie, Sandra S. "Food for Thought: Why Farmers Need to Understand Today's Food Consumers." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 7 (Apr. 15, 1998), p. 7. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/michfarmneeds.htm Batie, Sandra S. and David E. Ervin. "Will Business-led Environmental Initiatives Grow in Agriculture?" Choices, (Fourth Quarter, 1998), pp. 4-10. (Winner of 1998 AAEA Outstanding Article Award.) Batie, Sandra S. with the assistance of David B. Schweikhardt. "Food for Thought: Michigan Agriculture and the Changing Food System." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), pp. 17, 24. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/food.htm Ferris, John N. "Michigan Farm Income Outlook for 1998." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 8. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Ferris, John N. "Michigan Sugar Beet Outlook." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 8. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Hamm Larry G. "Market Outlook: Structural Change." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 10 (Apr. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Business Strategies: Milk Marketing - Back to the Future?" Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 5 (Mar. 15, 1998), p. 8. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Appreciate the FMMO's While They Are Still Here." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 7 (Jan. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Back to the Future." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 8 (Feb. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Beanie Babies Spur Cheese Market." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 1 (July 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Dairy." In the following issues of Michigan Farm News, v. 75 (1998): Jan. 15; Feb. 15; Mar. 15; Apr. 15; Apr. 30; May 15; June 15; July 15; Aug. 15; Sep. 15; Oct. 15; Nov. 15; and Dec. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Farm to Retail Price." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 12 (June 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: New Forms of Milk Marketing Contracts are Inevitable." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 6 (Dec. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: No Consumer Buys the Product You Produce." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 2 (Aug. 1998) p. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: Price Support Program Not Dead - Yet." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 3 (Sep. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: The Cost of Volatility." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 5 (Nov. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Market Outlook: The Dollars are in the Details." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 9 (Mar. 1998), pp. 8-9. Hamm, Larry G. "Michigan Dairy Situation and Outlook for 1998." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), pp. 5, 9. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Hamm, Larry G. "Milk Prices to Reach Record Highs." Michigan's Farm and Country Journal, v. 2, no. 10 (Oct. 1998), p. 7. Hanson, Steve D and Gerald D. Schwab. "Farmland Values and Leasing Arrangements." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 20 (Dec. 1998), p. 8, 13. Hanson, Steven D. "Farm Loan Rate to Remain Stable in 1998." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 24. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Hanson, Steven D. "Farmland Values Projected to Continue Upward Trend." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 10. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Hanson, Steven D.; Robert J. Myers and James H. Hilker. "Business Strategies: Market Outlook and Price Forecasts on the Web." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 1 (Jan. 15, 1998), pp. 7, 13. Christenson, D.; STEPHEN B. HARSH and K. Kajisa. "Factors Affecting Sugar Yields: An Analysis of Grower Records." Pioneer Newsbeet (Michigan Sugar Company), (Spring 1998), pp. 25-27. Duprey, Steven B. and LYNN R. HARVEY. "The Financial Health and Fiscal Capacity of Municipal Governments in Michigan." Planning and Zoning News, v. 16, no. 11 (Sep. 1998). Hilker, James H. "Annual Crop Outlook." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), pp. 6, 22. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Hilker, James H. "Market Outlook." In the following issues of Michigan Farm News, v.75 (1998): Jan. 15; Feb. 15; Feb, 28; Mar. 15; Mar. 30; Apr. 15; Apr. 30; May 15; May 30; June 15; July 15; Aug. 15; Aug. 30; Sep. 15; Sep. 30; Oct. 15; Oct. 15; Nov. 15; and Dec. Hilker, James H. "Michigan Ag Outlook." In the following issues of Michigan's Farm and Country Journal, v. 2 (1998): April, August, October, November, Kelsey, Myron P. "End-of-Year Tax Planning Tips." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 20 (Dec. 1998), p. 5. Larzelere, Henry. "Market Outlook: Eggs." In the following issues of Michigan Farm News, v.75 (1998): Jan. 30. Manderscheid, Lester V. and Robert J. Myers. "The General Economy in 1998." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), pp. 1, 4. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Martin, Laura L. and Gerald D. Schwab. "Farm Management Implications for Livestock Producers." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), pp. 1, 4. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Martin, Laura L. and Michael Masterovsky. "Business Strategies: Michigan's Turkey Industry at a Crossroads." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 1 (Jan. 15, 1998), pp. 11, 23. Martin, Laura L. and Patricia E. Norris. "Environment Quality, Regulation Could Impact Structure of Animal Agriculture in U.S." Feedstuffs, v. 70, no. 18 (May 4, 1998), pp. 1, 30-31. Nott, Sherrill B. "Market Outlook: Making Your Autumn Market Evaluation." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 81, no. 4 (Oct. 1998), pp. 8-9. Nott, Sherrill B. "Market Outlook: Wrapping Up 1997." Michigan Milk Messenger, v. 80, no. 11 (May 1998), pp. 8-9. Peterson, H. Christopher. "1998 Outlook for Production Inputs." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 9. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Ricks, Donald J. "Fruit Industry Outlook." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 24. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Ricks, Donald J. and James A. Sterns. "Grocery Customers Surveyed on Michigan Apple Industry." Great Lakes Fruit Growers News, v. 37, no. 9 (Sep. 1998), p. 39. (Fruit Notes supplement, v. 2, no. 9.) Ricks, Donald J. and James A. Sterns. "Grocery Survey Results Show Michigan Apple Industry's Reputation." Great Lakes Fruit Growers News, v. 37, no. 10 (October 1998). pp. 34-35. (Fruit Notes supplement, v. 2, no. 10.) Ricks, Donald J. and James A. Sterns. "Trade Customer Responses on Selling More Michigan Apples." Great Lakes Fruit Growers News, v. 37, no. 11 (Nov. 1998), pp. 78-79. Ricks, Donald J.; Philip Schwallier and James Nugent. "Industry Pest Management, FQPA and Economic Considerations." Great Lakes Fruit Growers News, v. 37, no. 5 (May 1998), p. 49-50. (Fruit Notes supplement, v. 2, no. 5.) Robison, Lindon J. "Ethics and Social Capital." Research Integrity (Michigan State University), v. 1, no. 4 (Spring 1998), pp. 5-8. http://www.msu.edu/user/gradschl/integrity/ri4.htm#ethics Rochín, Refugio I. "From the Director's Desk: Expanding the Vision - JSRI and the Smithsonian." NEXO: The Newsletter of the Julian Samora Research Institute, v. 6, no. 3 (Spring 1998), pp. 3, 7, 25. Rochín, Refugio I. "From the Director's Desk: Latino Youth and the Nation's Future." NEXO: The Newsletter of the Julian Samora Research Institute, v. 6, no. 2 (Winter 1998), pp. 2-3. Rochín, Refugio I. "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Marks 150th Anniversary: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective." NEXO: The Newsletter of the Julian Samora Research Institute, v. 6, no. 2 (Winter 1998), pp. 1, 4-6, 23. Schwab, Gerald D. "Farm Management Implications for Crop Producers." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 7. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) Schweikhardt, David B. and Sandra S. Batie. "Trade and Policy Outlook." Michigan Farm News, v. 75, no. 2 (Jan. 30, 1998), p. 22. (Also included in MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-2.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/outlook.htm INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PAPERS & WORKING PAPERSOrdering Procedures: All International Development Papers and Working Papers published since 1993 are now available full-text at the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics World Wide Web home page: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/index.htm Paper copies may be obtained for prices noted. Mail checks payable to Michigan State University to: MSU Bulletin Office, 10-B Agriculture Hall, MSU, East Lansing, MI 49924-1039. Selected copies are available free of charge to individuals in developing countries. Detailed order information is available at: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/order.htm Howard, Julie A.; José Jaime Jeje; David L. Tschirley; Paul J. Strasberg; Eric W. Crawford and Michael T. Weber. What Makes Agricultural Intensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders? An Appraisal of the Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program. International Development Working Paper 69, November 1998. ($11.00) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/idwp69.pdf Jayne, Thomas S.; Asfaw Negassa and Robert J. Myers. The Effect of Liberalization On Grain Prices and Marketing Margins in Ethiopia. International Development Working Paper 68, March 1998. ($7.00) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/idwp68.pdf Yanggen, David; Valerie A. Kelly; Thomas Reardon and Anwar Naseem; with the assistance of M. Lundberg; Mywish Maredia; Julie Stepanek and Maria Wanzala. Incentives for Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Empirical Evidence on Fertilizer Response and Profitability. International Development Working Paper 70, November 1998. ($11.00) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/idwp70.pdf Policy SynthesesOrdering Procedures: Food Security II Policy Syntheses are available full-text at the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics World Wide Web home page: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/psynindx.htm Dimithe, Georges; John M. Staatz and A. O. Kergna. "Can Bas-Fond Rice Production Improve Food Security in Mali?" Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 35, September 1998. Dimithe, Georges; John M. Staatz and A. O. Kergna. "Is Mali-Sud Bas-Fond Rice Production Profitable to Farmers?" Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 36, September 1998. Howard, Julie A.; José Jaime Jeje; David L. Tschirley; Paul Strasberg; Eric W. Crawford and Michael T. Weber. "Is Agricultural Intensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders" An Appraisal of the Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 38, November 1998. Kelly, Valerie A.; Thomas Reardon; David Yanggen and Anwar Naseem. "Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breaking the Vicious Circle of High Prices and Low Demand." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 32, February 1998. Maredia, Mywish and Julie Howard. "Facilitating Seed Sector Transformation in Africa: Key Findings from the Literature." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 33, February 1998. MSU Food Security II Research Team. "Faciliter les réformes de politique efficiente de sécurité alimentaire." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 17F, May 1998. Strasberg, Paul J. "Smallholder Cash-Cropping, Food-Cropping and Food Security in Mozambique's Cotton Belt." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 34, March 1998. Weight, David and Valerie A. Kelly. "Restoring Soil Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Technical and Economic Issues." Food Security II Policy Synthesis Number 37, October 1998. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS REPORTSOrdering Procedures: Request single copies from Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Reference Room, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039. E-mail: agecon@mainlib3.lib.msu.edu Dow, Judith and Marty Duarte. Departmental Publications 1997. Agricultural Economics Reports 599. October 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/dptpub97.htm Hanson, Steven D. and Gerald D. Schwab. 1998 Michigan Land Values. Agricultural Economics Report 600. October 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. and Nancy Creed. Business Analysis Summary for Fruit Farms. 1995 Telfarm Data. Agricultural Economics Report 597. 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. and Nancy Creed. Michigan Farm Business Analysis Summary - All Types of Farms. 1995 Telfarm Data. Agricultural Economics Report 598. 1998. Siles, Marcelo E. and LINDON J. ROBISON. Data Book: Supplement to Social Capital and Household Income Distributions in the United States: 1980, 1990. Agricultural Economics Report 595/S. October 1998. (Original report also issued as Julian Samora Research Institute Research Report Number 18.) AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS STAFF PAPERSOrdering Procedures: Check availability of copies by contacting the author (first name listed unless another name is CAPITALIZED), Dept. of Agricultural Economics, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039. Give complete citation including number. Some staff papers are available in full-text at the AgEcon Search World Wide Web site: (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pubview.pl?pubid=16) If you wish to download an electronic copy, click on the title of the paper. You must have Acrobat Reader software (available free of charge from the Adobe web site) in order to view or print these documents. Batie, Sandra S. and Agustin Arcenas. "Toward Agricultural Environmental Management: Applying Lessons from Corporate Environmental Management." Staff Paper 98-36. Batie, Sandra S.; Mary A. Schulz and David B. Schweikhardt. "The Environmental Quality Incentives Program: Locally Managing Natural Resources." Staff Paper 98-3. (Public Policies & Public Choices: Issues for Michigan. Elton R. Smith Endowment Policy Series.) Duarte, Marty and Judith Dow. "Preliminary List of Publications in Departmental Series - 1997." Staff Paper 98-7. (Final version issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Report 601, October 1999.) Ferris, John N. "Market Outlook and the Economics of Producing and Marketing Michigan Wheat." Staff Paper 98-8. (Revision of Staff Paper 95-11.) Patterson, Brian J.; STEVEN D. HANSON and Lindon J. Robison. "Characteristics of Farmland Leasing in the North Central United States." Staff Paper 98-31. Harvey, Lynn R. "County Government Administration: Legal Basis and Options." Staff Paper 98-40. (Revised version of Staff Paper 95-28.) Hilker, James H. "Soybean Situation and Outlook for 1998-99. Midwest Outlook Conference." Presented at the Midwest Outlook Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13-14, 1998. Staff Paper 98-19. Hilker, James H. and Nancy Creed, coordinators. "Annual Agricultural Outlook [1998]." Staff Paper 98-2. (Department of Agricultural Economics contributors: Lester V. Manderscheid; Robert J. Myers; Steven D. Hanson; David B. Schweikhardt; Sandra S. Batie; H. Christopher Peterson; James H. Hilker; John N. Ferris; Gerald D. Schwab; Laura L. Martin; Larry G. Hamm; Sherrill B. Nott; Henry Larzelere and Donald J. Ricks.) Hoehn, John P. and Douglas J. Krieger. "Assessing the Economic Content of Contingent Valuation in a Cross-cultural Setting: Water and Wastewater Benefits in Cairo, Egypt." Staff Paper 98-37. Hoehn, John P. and Douglas Krieger. "Measuring Willingness to Pay for Urban Infrastructure Improvements." Staff Paper 98-10. Kaplowitz, Michael D. and JOHN P. HOEHN. "The Total Value Hypothesis and Mangrove Ecosystems: A Framework for Valuation." Staff Paper 98-38. Howard, Julie; Mulat Demeke; Valerie A. Kelly; Mywish Maredia and Julie Stepanek. "Can the Momentum be Sustained? An Economic Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture/Sasakawa Global 2000's Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia." Staff Paper 98-25. (A Joint Research Activity of: Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Grain Marketing Research Project/Michigan State University; Sasakawa Global 2000, Ministry of Agriculture Department of Extension and Cooperatives, and Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization.) Also available at: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ethiopia/SG2000.pdf Naseem, Anwar and VALERIE A. KELLY. "Macro Trends and Determinants of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa." Staff Paper 98-32. (Final version issued as International Development Working Paper 73, February 1999.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/idwp73.pdf Maredia, Mywish K. "The Economics of Biosafety: Implications for Biotechnology in Developing Countries." Staff Paper 98-5. (Published in Biosafety online journal, v. 4, Paper 1, (BY98001) 1998.) http://bioline.bdt.org.br/DBsearch?READ+bioline.by+3 Norgaard, Kurt J. and David E. Pierson. "The Land Division Amendments to the Subdivision Control Act." Staff Paper 98-9. Nott, Sherrill B. "1997 Business Analysis Summary for Cash Grain Farms. Michigan Data from Telfarm/Micro Tel and AgriSolutions." Staff Paper 98-21. Nott, Sherrill B. "1997 Business Analysis Summary for Dairy Farms. Michigan Data from Telfarm/MicroTel, AgriSolutions, and Salisbury Mgt. Services." Staff Paper 98-29. Nott, Sherrill B. "1997 Business Analysis Summary for General Crop Farms. 1997 Michigan Telfarm/MicroTel Data." Staff Paper 98-18. Nott, Sherrill B. "1997 Business Analysis Summary for Swine Farms. Michigan Data from Telfarm/Micro Tel and AgriSolutions." Staff Paper 98-23. Nott, Sherrill B. "Economic Measures of Grazing Systems." Staff Paper 98-1. (Tables to accompany a presentation of the same title at the Great Lakes Grazing Conference, Akron, Ohio, February 16-17, 1998.) Nott, Sherrill B. and Jackie Smith. "1997 Business Analysis Summary for Fruit Farms. 1997 Michigan Telfarm/Mico Tel Data." Staff Paper 98-14. Peterson, H. Christopher and Allen F. Wysocki. "Strategic Choice Along the Vertical Coordination Continuum." Staff Paper 98-16. (Symposium presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah, August 2-5, 1998.) Phillips, Jon C. "Analysis of Socioeconomic Data for the I-75 Cluster of Michigan Counties." Staff Paper 98-42. Phillips, Jon C. "Analysis of Socioeconomic Data for the Southern Tier Cluster of Michigan Counties." Staff Paper 98-41. Phillips, Jon C. "Analysis of Socioeconomic Data for the Value Added Agriculture Cluster of Michigan Counties." Staff Paper 98-44. Phillips, Jon C. "Analysis of Socioeconomic Data for the Western Upper Peninsula Cluster of Michigan Counties." Staff Paper 98-43. Phillips, Jon C. "Globalization and the Potential for Frozen Potato Processing in Mexico." Staff Paper 98-4. (Prepared for the Conference - Globalization and Its (Dis) Contents: Multiple Perspectives, East Lansing, Michigan, April 3-4, 1998.) Greaves, Andrea Jeffers; DONALD J. RICKS and Kirk Heinze. "Michigan Apples: Consumer Preference Results from Taste Tests, Visual Tests and Focus Group Discussions." Staff Paper 98-28. Ricks, Donald J. "A Case Example of Industry Visioning and Strategic Planning -- The Michigan Apple Industry." Staff Paper 98-6. Ricks, Donald J. "Economic Considerations Regarding the Tart Cherry Marketing Order's Optimum Supply Formula and Economic Adjustments." (Testimony for Tart Cherry Marketing Order Amendment Hearings.) Staff Paper 98-34. Robison, Lindon J. and Marcelo E. Siles. "Social Capital and Organizations." Staff Paper 98-27. Gebremedhin, Berhanu and GERALD D. SCHWAB. "The Economic Importance of Crop Rotation Systems: Evidence from the Literature." Staff Paper 98-13. Gebremedhin, Berhanu; GERALD D. SCHWAB; Richard Harwood; Donald Christenson and Calvin Bricker. "A Stochastic Dominance Analysis of Alternative Sugar Beet- and Navy Bean- Based Crop Rotations in Michigan." Staff Paper 98-22. Staatz, John M. "The Application of Social Capital in Understanding Economic Development." Staff Paper 98-17. (Paper prepared for Organized Symposium on Social Capital: A New Paradigm for an Increasingly Diverse Profession, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998.) Sterns, James A. and Donald J. Ricks. "1998 Apple Trade Survey [Results]: Preferences for Fresh Apple Characteristics." Staff Paper 98-46. Sterns, James A. and Donald J. Ricks. "1998 Apple Trade Survey Results: Overview of the Michigan Apple Industry's Performance." Staff Paper 98-26. Sterns, James A. and Donald J. Ricks. "1998 Apple Trade Survey: Results Related to Retailing Fresh Apples." Staff Paper 98-30. Sterns, James A.; David B. Schweikhardt and H. Christopher Peterson. "Using Case Studies as an Approach for Conducting Agribusiness Research." Staff Paper 98-11. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Regional Coordinating Committee on Agribusiness Research Emphasizing Competitiveness and Profitability (WCC-72), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11, 1998.) Sterns, James A.; Donald J. Ricks and Jerry Cash. "Tart Cherry Paste as a Potential New Market: Economic and Marketing Considerations." Staff Paper 98-39. Swinton, Scott M. and Kezelee Q. Jones. "From Data to Information: The Value of Sampling vs. Sensing Soil Data." Staff Paper 98-15. (Contributed paper, Fourth International Conference on Precision Agriculture, St. Paul, Minnesota, July 19-23, 1998.) Swinton, Scott M. and Mollie B. Williams. "Assessing the Economic Impacts of Integrated Pest Management: Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future." Staff Paper 98-12. Blend, Jeffrey and EILEEN O. VAN RAVENSWAAY. "Consumer Demand for Ecolabeled Apples: Survey Methods and Descriptive Results." Staff Paper 98-20. Weatherspoon, Dave D.; Allan P. Rahn and Laura L. Martin. "Producer Cooperative Formation Interest of Michigan Turkey Growers: Survey Results." Staff Paper 98-33. Wolf, Christopher A. and Larry G. Hamm. "Cooperative Milk Marketing in the United States." Staff Paper 98-35. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AND MSU EXTENSION SERVICEOrdering Procedures: Price and availability requests should be directed to MSU Bulletin Office, 10-B Agriculture Hall, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039. BulletinsBatie, Sandra S. and David E. Ervin. "Will Business-led Environmental Initiatives Grow in Agriculture?" In Business-led Initiatives in Environmental Management: The Next Generation of Policy? edited by Sandra S. Batie; David E. Ervin and Mary A. Schulz. Proceedings of Pre-conference Workshop to the AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 1997. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report 92, April 1998, pp. 1-16. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/batiervin.htm Batie, Sandra S.; David E. Ervin and Mary A. Schulz, editors. Business-led Initiatives in Environmental Management: The Next Generation of Policy? Proceedings of Pre-conference Workshop to the AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 1997. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report 92, April 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/intro.htm VandeHaar, M. J.; P. B. Dyk; H. F. Bucholz; R. S. Emery; J. L. Liesman; G. Yousif; B. K. Sharma; R. Tempelman; M. S. Allen; R. L. Fogwell; T. H. Herdt; R. E. B. Cameron; J. B. Kaneene and J. ROY BLACK. Decreasing Peripartum Health Problems in Dairy Cows. Special Report 94, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, July 1998. Kelsey, Myron P.; Jim Bardenhagen; Jim Nugent and Glenn Kole. Cost of Producing Processing Sweet Cherries in Northwestern Michigan. MSU Extension Bulletin 2191, major revision January 1998. Tucker, H. A.; M. J. VandeHaar; R. L. Fogwell; R. P. Radcliff; D. Beede; A. L. Skidmore; J. Ireland; H. Richie; JAMES W. LLOYD and E. P. Stanisiewski. Cost-effective Heifer-rearing Program. Special Report 93, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, July 1998. Peterson, H. Christopher and David B. Schweikhardt. Improving Trade Opportunities for Michigan Agribusiness and Food Industries. Special Report 101, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, July 1998. Ricks, Donald J.; Jerome Hull; Mark Whalon; James Johnson; Jerry Cash; Daniel Guyer; Alan Jones; Charles Edson; Kirk Heinze and Philip Schwallier. Gearing Up For the Future - Michigan Fruit Industries. Special Report 100, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, August 1998. Pierce, F. J.; D. D. Warncke and SCOTT M. SWINTON. Evaluation of Site-Specific Management Technology for Sustaining and Enhancing Michigan Agriculture. Special Report 99, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, July 1998. Swinton, Scott M. "Precision Farming as Green and Competitive." In Business-led Initiatives in Environmental Management: The Next Generation of Policy? edited by Sandra S. Batie; David E. Ervin and Mary A. Schulz. Proceedings of Pre-conference Workshop to the AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 1997. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report 92, April 1998, pp. 187-199. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/swinton.htm Van Ee, Gary; Richard Ledebuhr; Alan Jones; James Flore; Ronald Perry; Philip Schwallier and SCOTT M. SWINTON. Improved Application Technology for High-density, Compact Fruit Crops. Special Report 96, Status and Potential of Michigan Agriculture - Final Report. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station, August 1998. van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. and Jeffrey Blend. "Ecolabeling and Environmental Management in Agriculture." In Business-led Initiatives in Environmental Management: The Next Generation of Policy? edited by Sandra S. Batie; David E. Ervin and Mary A. Schulz. Proceedings of Pre-conference Workshop to the AAEA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 1997. MSU Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report 92, April 1998, pp. 73-108. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/smith_endowment/vanravenswaay.htm Extension Magazines and NewslettersBorton, Larry. "From the Director." In the following issues of For the Record - Telfarm (MSU Extension), v. 11: no. 1 (Feb.) and no. 2 (Sep. 1998). Hamm, Larry G. "Industry and University: Milk Marketing - Back to the Future?" Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1998), pp. 4-5. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/31vol3no1/31mdr312/31mdr312.htm Harms, Nancy. "MicroTel News." In the following issues of For the Record - Telfarm (MSU Extension), v. 11: no. 1 (Feb.) and no. 2 (Sep. 1998). Harsh, Stephen B. and Christopher A. Wolf "Animal Initiative Projects: Plans, Progress Updates - Project to Determine Cost of Farms' Milk Production." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), p. 12. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/34vol3no4/34mdr7/34mdr7.htm Kelsey, Myron P. "Business and Finance: Tax Law Changes for 1998." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1998), pp. 20-21. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/31vol3no1/31mdr3110/31mdr3110.htm Kelsey, Myron P. "Tax Management Tips for Farmers." MSU Pork Quarterly, v. 3, no. 4 (1998), pp. 6-8. Martin, Laura L. "Is It Time to Start Thinking About Long-term Marketing Contracts?" MSU Pork Quarterly, v. 3, no. 4 (1998), pp. 1-3. Norris, Patricia E. "Animal Initiative Projects: Plans, Progress Updates - Assessing Site Suitability for Livestock Facilities." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), p. 13. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/34vol3no4/34mdr8/34mdr8.htm Nott, Sherrill B. "Business and Finance: 1997 Business Analysis on Michigan Dairy Farms." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 3 (Aug. 1998), pp. 16-17. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/33vol3no3/33mdr10x/33mdr10x.htm Nott, Sherrill B. "Business and Finance: Profit Information Details for Michigan's Dairy Farms." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), pp. 7-8. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/34vol3no4/34mdr3/34mdr3.htm Nott, Sherrill B. and Stan Moore. "Animal Industry Initiative Dairy Projects Funded: Potential for Expanding Profits in Michigan Dairy Farms." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1998), pp. 22-23. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/31vol3no1/31mdr3112/31mdr3112.htm Wolf, Christopher A. "Business and Finance: 1997 Michigan Milk Prices." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 3-5. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/32vol3no2/32mdr322/32mdr322.htm Wolf, Christopher A. "Business and Finance: Milk Market Prices Up." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), pp. 2-4. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/34vol3no4/34mdr2/34mdr2.htm Wolf, Christopher A. "Business and Finance: Milk Market Prices, Production, Utilization." Michigan Dairy Review (MSU Department of Animal Science), v. 3, no. 3 (Aug. 1998), pp. 17-18. http://www.canr.msu.edu/dept/ans/Home/Dairy/Extension/33vol3no3/33mdr12/33mdr12.htm Computer Software and ManualsHarsh, Stephen B. and Myron P. Kelsey. Income Tax Management. Micro-Telplan Software Library. User's Manual. CP006: Version 13.0. MSU Extension, 1998. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONSOrdering Procedures: Ph.D. theses are available from Bell and Howell, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Phone: 800/521-0600 or 734/761-4700. Include author's first and last names, complete title, institution granting degree and year of degree. Orders may also be placed at the company web page: http://www.umi.com Begashaw, Getachew W. Determinants of Public Service Expenditures in Fast Growing Local Governments of Michigan. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Blend, Jeffrey Raymond. Consumer Demand for Ecolabeled Apples. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Gebremedhin, Berhanu. The Economics of Soil Conservation Investments in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Jansen, Heinz J. Induced Institutional Change in the Trade and Environment Debate: A Computable General Equilibrium Application to NAFTA with Endogenous Regulation Setting. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Kangasniemi, Jaakko. People and Bananas on Steep Slopes: Agricultural Intensification and Food Security Under Demographic Pressure and Environmental Degradation in Rwanda. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Lyford, Conrad Power. An Analytical Framework for Industry Strategic Planning and Coordination. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Radke, Brian R. Prepartum Selection of Holstein Heifers to Maximize Profit of Michigan Dairy Producers. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Wessen, Paul David. Institutional Economics of Arabica Coffee Marketing in Cameroon. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. Wysocki, Allen Francis. Determinants of Firm-Level Coordination Strategy in a Changing Agri-Food System. Ph.D. Thesis, 1998. MS THESES AND PLAN B PAPERSOrdering Procedures: Plan B papers are not available for distribution. MS theses are available from Bell and Howell, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Phone: 800/521-0600 or 734/761-4700. Include author's first and last names, complete title, institution granting degree and year of degree. Orders may also be placed at the company web page: http://www.umi.com Asuming-Brempong, Samuel. Ghana: Exchange Rate Reforms and the Real Exchange Rate. Plan B Paper, 1998. Benfica, Rui M.S. Analysis of the Contribution of Micro and Small Enterprises to Rural Household Income in Central and Northern Mozambique. M.S. Thesis, 1998. Charitonenko, Stephanie. Facilitating the Achievement of Financial Self-Sustainability in Rural Microfinance for Effective Outreach: Design and Measurement Issues. Plan B Paper, 1998. Dartt, Barbara A. A Comparison of Management-Intensive Grazing and Conventionally Managed Michigan Dairies: Profitability, Economic Efficiencies, Quality of Life, and Management Priorities. M.S. Thesis, 1998. Jeffers, Andrea Christine. Consumer Market Research on Michigan Apples: Consumer Preferences From Visual Tests, Taste Tests, and Focus Group Discussions. M.S. Thesis, 1998. Marrule, Higino Francisco de. Land-Poor in a "Land-Abundant" Setting: Unraveling a Paradox in Mozambique. Plan B Paper, 1998. Martin, Christine A. Supply Response in Argentina: Aggregate Planted Area in Crop Production. Plan B Paper, 1998. ELECTRONIC OUTPUTLinks to electronic versions of print publications are included with the citations in other sections of this bibliography. Web Pages for Agricultural Economics Department ClassesAllen, John W.; George Young; Marilyn Brookes and Eric Homberger. "MSC [Marketing and Supply Chain Management] FSM [Food Industry Management] 335 - Food Marketing Management." http://www.msu.edu/course/msc/335/ Crawford, Eric W. "AEC 865: Agricultural Benefit-Cost Analysis." http://www.msu.edu/user/crawfor5/865outln.htm Harsh, Stephen B. "FSM [Food Industry Management] 325 -- Agribusiness Labor and Personnel Management." http://www.msu.edu/user/harsh/fsm-325.htm Hoehn, John P. "Measuring Demands for Environmental and Natural Resource Services. AEC 925: Environmental and Resource Economics Research." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/991h/ Hoehn, John P. "Research Methodologies in Agricultural Economics: AEC 978 (formerly AEC 991F)." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/991f/ Hoehn, John P. "Theory of Environmental and Resource Economics: AEC 923." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/923/ Myers, Robert J. "AEC 845: Commodity Market Analysis." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/845/ Nott, Sherrill B. "Welcome to AEC 050, Farm Business Management." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/050/index.htm Oehmke, James F. "AEC 800a: Mathematical Applications in Agricultural Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/800a/ Peterson, H. Christopher and Chris Stiles. "FSM [Food Industry Management] 429: Agribusiness Management." http://www.msu.edu/course/fsm/429 Rahn, Allan P. "Poultry Enterprise Management (ANS [Animal Science] 375) Course Materials." http://www.msu.edu/user/rahn/PEM375.htm Schmid, A. Allan and H. Christopher Peterson. "AEC 800: Foundations of Agricultural Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/800/ Schmid, A. Allan. "AEC - EC [Economics] - RD [Resource Development] 810: Institutional and Behavioral Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/810/810.htm Schmid, A. Allan. "PRM [Public Resource Management] 201: Community Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/prm/201/ Schwab, Gerald D. "Coming and Going with Farm Business Management (FSM [Food Industry Managment] 330). http://www.msu.edu/course/fsm/330/ Staatz, John M.; Kellie Curry Raper and Michael T. Weber. "AEC 841: Analysis of Food Systems Organization and Performance." http://www.msu.edu/course/aec/841/ Swinton, Scott M. "AEC 851, Summer 1998: Agricultural Firm Management. Farm Management in Developing Countries Unit." http://www.msu.edu/user/swintons/syl851.htm Swinton, Scott M. "FSM 330: Farm Business Management Home Page." http://www.msu.edu/user/swintons/fsm330.htm Swinton, Scott M. AEC 855: Agricultural Production Economics Home Page." http://www.msu.edu/user/swintons/aec855.htm van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. "PRM [Public Resource Management] 255: Ecological Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/prm/255/ van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. "PRM [Public Resource Management] 320: Environmental Economics." http://www.msu.edu/course/prm/320/ Weatherspoon, Dave D. "Agribusiness and Food Sales: FSM [Food Industry Management] 320." http://www.msu.edu/course/fsm/320/ Faculty Home PagesBlack, J. Roy. "J. Roy Black." http://www.msu.edu/user/blackj/ Crawford, Eric W. "Eric W. Crawford." http://www.msu.edu/user/crawfor5/ Dow, Judith. "Judith Dow." http://www.lib.msu.edu/dowj/ Hoehn, John P. "John P. Hoehn." http://www.msu.edu/user/hoehn/ Jayne, Thomas S. "T. S. Jayne." http://www.msu.edu/user/jayne/ Lupi, Frank. "Frank Lupi." http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/ Nott, Sherrill B. "Sherrill Nott - Extension Specialist - Agricultural Economics Dept." http://www.msu.edu/user/nott/ Rahn, Allan P. "Allan Rahn's Homepage." http://www.msu.edu/user/rahn/ Schmid, A. Allan. "A. Allan Schmid." http://www.msu.edu/user/schmid/schmid2.htm Swinton, Scott M. "Scott M. Swinton." http://www.msu.edu/user/swintons/ van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. "Eileen van Ravenswaay, Professor, Environmental Economics." http://www.msu.edu/user/raven/ Whipple, Judith. "Judith M. Whipple." http://www.msu.edu/user/whipple9/ Other Electronic OutputBlack, J. Roy. "New Economic Realities: Taking Charge of Risk." http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/blackj/NERRisk.html Crawford, Eric W. "MSU Department of Agricultural Economics: Graduate Education." (Overview; Recent Changes to the Program; Graduate Education Policies; Funding Information; Tuition, Housing and Living Costs.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/grad.htm Ferris, John N. "Long Range Projections for U.S. Agriculture." http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/agmod/index.htm Harvey, Lynn R. "State and Local Government Information." http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/government/index.htm Hilker, James H.; Robert J. Myers; Steven D. Hanson and Nancy Creed. "Jim Hilker's Market Outlook and Probabilistic Price Forecasts for Grain and Livestock." http://www.msu.edu/user/hilker/ Howard, Julie; Jaime José Jeje; David L. Tschirley; Paul Strasberg; Eric W. Crawford and Michael T. Weber. "What Makes Agricultural Intensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders? An Appraisal of the Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program. Volume I: Summary. Research Paper no. 31. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, October 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps31.pdf Jeje, Jaime José; Clementina Machungo; JULIE HOWARD; Paul Strasberg; David L. Tschirley. "What Makes Agricultural Instensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders? An Appraisal of the Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program. Volume II: Main Report. Research Paper no. 32. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, October 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps32.pdf Argwings-Kodhek, Gem; THOMAS S. JAYNE; Gerald Nyambane; Tom Awuor and T. Yamano. "How Can Micro-Level Household Information Make a Difference for Agricultural Policy Making? Selected Examples form the KAMPAP Survey of Smallholder Agriculture and Non Farm Activities for Selected Districts in Kenya." Paper presented at the Conference on Strategies for Raising Productivity in Agriculture, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/kenya/hhinfo_agpol.pdf Demeke, Mulat; VALERIE A. KELLY; Thomas S. Jayne; Ali Said; Jean-Charles Le Vallée and Heng Chen. "Agricultural Market Performance and Determinants of Fertilizer Use in Ethiopia." Working Paper no. 10. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Grain Market Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, January 1998 [December 1997]. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ethiopia/wp10.pdf Dessalegn, G.; THOMAS S. JAYNE and James D. Shaffer. "Market Structure, Conduct, and Performance: Constraints of Performance of Ethiopian Grain Markets." Working Paper no. 8. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Grain Market Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, January 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ethiopia/wp8.pdf Karanja, Daniel D.; THOMAS S. JAYNE and Paul Strasberg. "Maize Productivity and Impact of Market Liberalization in Kenya." Paper presented at the Conference on Strategies for Raising Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Welfare, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, November 24, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/kenya/mprodimp.pdf Negassa, Asfaw and [THOMAS S. JAYNE]. "Vertical and Spatial Integration of Grain Markets in Ethiopia." Working Paper no. 9. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Grain Market Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, January 1998 [December 1997]. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ethiopia/wp9.pdf Negassa, Asfaw and THOMAS S. JAYNE. "Revisiting Grain Movement Control and Taxation in Ethiopia: A Policy Brief." Market Analysis Note no. 5. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Grain Market Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Coopertion, January 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ethiopia/man5.pdf Nyoro, James K. and THOMAS S. JAYNE. "Trends in Regional Agricultural Productivity in Kenya." Paper presented at the Conference on Strategies for Raising Productivity in Agriculture, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/kenya/Trends_agprod.pdf Le Vallée, Jean-Charles. "Market Information Sources Available Through the Internet: Daily to Yearly Market and Outlook Reports, Prices, Commodities and Quotes." (Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library.) Updated July 1999. (Originally issued as MSU International Development Working Paper No. 64.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market_information.htm Santos, Ana Paula; Anabela Mabote; Pedro Arlindo; Rafael Achicala and JEAN-CHARLES LE VALLÉE. "Séries Históricas dos Preços de Grão de Milho Branco e suas Tendências Reais em Alguns Mercados do País." Research Paper no. 30P. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, May 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps30p.pdf Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "A Partial Benefits-Cost Analysis of Sea Lamprey Treatment Options on the St. Marys River." A report submitted to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. July 1998. http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/stmarys4.pdf Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "Economic Benefits of the Great Lakes Ecosystem." http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/projects.htm Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "The Recreational Fishing Value of Sea Lamprey Control: Project Overview." Research summary submitted to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. July 1998. http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/summary.pdf Lupi, Frank. "Benefits of Controlling Sea Lamprey in the St. Marys River." A slide show presenting results of a research project with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/sindex.html Lupi, Frank; John P. Hoehn and Douglas B. Jester. "Trout and Salmon Catch Rates at Michigan Great Lakes Sites, 1986 to 1995." Draft report to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. March 1998. http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/catch.pdf Maredia, Mywish K. "The Economics of Biosafety: Implications for Biotechnology in Developing Countries." BioSafety Journal, v. 4, paper 1 (1998). http://bioline.bdt.org.br/DBsearch?READ+bioline.by+3 (Also issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-5.) Martin, Laura L. "Farm-Level Decision Making: Discussion." Discussant's Comments for Selected Paper Session Sp-7r: Farm Level Decision Making, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/dcsp7r.pdf Benfica, Rui; DONALD C. MEAD and Pedro Arlindo. "Micro e Pequenas Empresas no Centro e Norte de Moçambique: Resultados de um Inquérito realizado em 1996." Research Paper no. 27P. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, May 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps27p.pdf Norgaard, Kurt J. "MSU Land Use Forum." http://www.msue.msu.edu/luf/ Pfaff, Judy. "Welcome to the Telfarm and MicoTel Website." http://www.canr.msu.edu/microtel/ Clay, Daniel C. and THOMAS REARDON. "Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment, and Development Linkages." Kigali, Rwanda: Ministry of Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Statistics, 1998. (A revised version of this paper has been published under the same title in G. D'Souza and G. Gebremedhin, editors, Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development 1998.) http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/rwanda/sust_pop.pdf Robison, Lindon J. "Conference Proceedings." Social Capital, An International Conference Bridging Disciplines, Policies, and Communities, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, April 20-22, 1998. http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~internat/soccap/Abstracts.htm Schmid, A. Allan. "Institutional Economics." http://www.msu.edu/user/schmid/instecon.htm Schwab, Gerald D. "New Economic Realities: Farm Financial Management." http://www.msu.edu/~schwab/new.htm de Marrule, Higino; Rui Benfica; Paul Strasberg; DAVID L. TSCHIRLEY and Michael T. Weber. "Algumas Reflexões sobre a Pobreza e as Perspectivas para o Crescimento do Sector Rural de Moçambique." Mozambique Flash 14P. MAP-Direcção de Economia, September 28, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/flash14p.pdf Tschirley, David L. "Planning for Drought in Mozambique: Balancing the Roles of Food Aid and Food Markets." Research Paper no. 29. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, May 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps29.pdf Tschirley, David L. "Regional Trade and the Economic Development of Northern Mozambique." Mozambique Flash 13E. MAP - Direcção de Economia, May 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/flash13e.pdf Tschirley, David L. and Ana Paula Santos. "Desafios Para Garantir a Concorrência e Reduzir os Custos No Sistema Alimentar de Maçambique." Research Paper no. 28P. Maputo, Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, May 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/wps28p.pdf van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. "Environmental Economics Employers." http://www.msu.edu/user/raven/environmentaleconomicsemployers.htm van Ravenswaay, Eileen O. "The Relationship Between the Economy and the Environment." A textbook for PRM [Public Resource Management] 255. http://www.msu.edu/course/prm/255/textbook.htm MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS, BOOK REVIEWS, ABSTRACTSOrdering Procedures: If listed, the publisher is the most appropriate source for these materials. Additional information may be requested from the author (first name listed unless another name is CAPITALIZED), Dept. of Agricultural Economics, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039. Batie, Sandra S. "The Environmental Impacts of the Changing Structure of Agriculture: Framing the Issues." Paper prepared for and submitted to the Joint Working Party of the Committee for Agriculture and the Environment Policy Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Paris, France, December 14-16, 1998 Batie, Sandra S.; Lindon J. Robison and Marcelo E. Siles, symposium organizers. "Social Capital: A New Paradigm for an Increasingly Diverse Profession." AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1162. Batie, Sandra S.; Lindon J. Robison and Marcelo E. Siles, symposium organizers. "Social Capital: Can Friends and a Conscience for the Economic Man Make a Difference?" AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), pp. 1159-1160. Black, J. Roy. "Comparative Performance of Selected Michigan Feedlots with IRM Records to Feedlot Closeouts Reported by Central High Plains Feedlots." Report to the Michigan Beef Alliance, 1998. Black, J. Roy. "Historical Gross Margins for Summer Stocker Programs." Report to the Michigan Beef Alliance, 1998. Black, J. Roy. "Institutional Design Issues in the Developing Improved Coordination Mechanisms for the Eastern Corn Belt Production and Distribution System." Report to the Michigan Beef Alliance, 1998. Charitonenko, Stephanie. "Sustainable Banking with the Poor: Kenya Rural Enterprise Program." Case Studies in Microfinance. The World Bank, August 1998. Codron, Jean-Marie; Theresa Selfa and Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr. "European and North American Tomato Commodity Chains: A Preliminary Inquiry." Paper presented at a Workshop on Systems and Trajectories of Agricultural Innovation Institute of International Studies, Berkeley, California, April 23-25, 1996. Mimeo. 1998. Dembele, N. N. "Plan de Restructuration due SIM dans le Cadre d'un Systeme d'Information Decentralise des Marche Agricoles." Bamako, Mali: PASIDMA/MSU-USAID, January 30, 1998. Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee. "Not Just a Hill of Soybeans: Soybeans Mean Money and Jobs for Michigan." Frankenmuth, MI: The Committee, February 1998. (MSU contributing author John N. Ferris.) Gardner, Robert. "An Instrumental Variables Panel Data Approach to Farm-Specific Efficiency Estimation." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1194. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/spgard02.pdf Gardner, Robert. "Unobservable Individual Effects in Unbalanced Panel Data." Economics Letters, v. 58 (1998), pp. 39-42. Harsh, Stephen B. "Farm Information Systems: Their Development and Use in Decision Making." Symposium presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1161. King, Robert; STEPHEN B. HARSH; Anthony Yeboah and Robert Jolly. "Farm Information Systems: Their Development and Use in Decision Making." Symposium presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1161. Duprey, Steven B. and LYNN R. HARVEY. "The Financial Health and Fiscal Capacity of Municipal Governments in Michigan." Research Report prepared for the Michigan Joint Senate and House Task Force on State Revenue Sharing. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, March 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. "Background Information and Petitioner Response Docket #95-C-1 Proposed Consolidation of the Cities of Caspian, Iron River, Stambaugh and Village of Mineral Hills." Testimony before the Michigan State Boundary Commission. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, May 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. "Delhi Charter Township: Board Goals and Priorities 1998." MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, April 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. "Federal, State, and Local Fiscal Partnership." Prepared for the Michigan Legislative Leadership Program, December 8, 1998. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. "Manistee County Long Range Planning Summary." MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, March 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. "West Iron Consolidation: Questions and Answers." MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, September 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. New County Commissioner Training Manual. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, December 1998. Harvey, Lynn R. Planning and Administering Finance. Workshop notebook prepared for the 53rd Annual Educational Courses for Assessing Personnel sponsored by the Michigan Assessors Association, October 1998. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Harvey, Lynn R.; Steven B. Duprey and Paul Wegmeyer. "Alger County Financial Review and Trend Analysis." MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, June 1998. Schnitky, Gary; JAMES H. HILKER; Robert Wisner and Brad Lubben. "Constructing and Using Internet Web Sites in Risk Analysis." Symposium presentation: New Directions in Risk Management Analysis and Programming, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1163. Jayne, Thomas S. "Institutional Details of Agricultural Productivity Growth." In Proceedings of the Ethiopian Agricultural Economics Society, Addis Ababa, October 3, 1997. Kelly, Valerie A. and Anne Chohin-Kuper. "Horticultural Subsectors." One of four policy briefs issued in a loose leaf titled Food Security and Agricultural Subsectors in West Africa: Future Prospects and Key Issues Four Years After the Devaluation of the CFA Franc. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), and Bamako, Mali: Institut du Sahel (INSAH), November 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Hort98.pdf (Also issued in French: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Maraic98.pdf) Mariko, D.; A. Chohin-Kuper and VALERIE A. KELLY. "L'Evolution de la filière ris à l'Office du Niger depuis la dévaluation du FCFA." Working Paper. Bamako, Mali: IER/INSAH/PRISA, 1998. Mariko, D.; VALERIE A. KELLY and A. Chohin-Kuper. "Comment Augementer les Revenus des Producteurs? Leçons de l'Office du Nigher au Mali." Bulletin de Synthèse. Bamako, Mali: Institut de Sahel et Institute d'Economie Rurale, 1998. Leholm, Arlen; Larry G. Hamm; Murari Suvedi; Ian Gray and Fred Poston. "Area-of-Expertise Teams: The Michigan Approach to Applied Research and Extension." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1184. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/spleho01.pdf Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "Recreational Fishing Values for Michigan's Great Lake Trout and Salmon Fisheries." Poster, American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Hartford Connecticut, August 23, 1998. (Web version title: Estimating Economic Values for Great Lakes Trout and Salmon Fishing in Michigan.) http://www.msu.edu/user/lupi/poster.htm Lupi, Frank. "Increasing at an Increasing Rate: The Potential Convexity of Discrete-Choice Welfare Measures." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1180. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/splupi01.pdf Pietola, Kyosti S. and ROBERT J. MYERS. "Investment Under Uncertainty and Dynamic Adjustment in the Finnish Pork Industry." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1197. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/sppiet01.pdf Norris, Patricia E. "Land Use, Agricultural Productivity and Prices." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1205. Oehmke, James F. "ASARECA's Vision of Impact." Mimeo. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Oehmke, James F. "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Improved Pesticide Sprayers." Paper prepared for the NC208 Conference, The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, El Bataan, Mexico. Mimeo. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Oehmke, James F. "Measuring Economic Impact of Agricultural Research." Paper prepared for the Program on Emerging Issues in Agricultural Research/Extension, Management and Policy, Michigan State University, March 15-20, 1998. Mimeo. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Oehmke, James F.; Jim Lucas; Bob Herner and K. B. McElhaney. "Selecting Student Scholars for Personal and Professional Growth Programs: The Bailey Scholars Experience." Mimeo. MSU Liberty Hyde Bailey Scholars Program, 1998. Oehmke, James F.; Jim Lucas; Bob Herner and Pat Burkhardt. "Assessing Student-Program Fit Without Grades or Test Scores." Mimeo. MSU Liberty Hyde Bailey Scholars Program, 1998. Fulton, Joan and H. CHRISTOPHER PETERSON, symposium organizers. "Vertical Coordination as Agribusiness Strategy." AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1161. Peterson, H. Christopher; John M. Staatz and Jan Flora. "Social Capital: A New Paradigm for an Increasingly Diverse Profession." Symposium presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1162. (See also MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-17.) Noelke, Corinna M. and KELLIE CURRY RAPER. "Parametric and Nonparametric Market Power Tests: An Empirical Investigation." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1194. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/spnoel01.pdf Raper, Kellie Curry and H. Alan Love. "Distinguishing the Source of Market Power: An Application to Cigarette Manufacturing." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1194. Reardon, Thomas; John M. Staatz; N. N. Dembele; Valerie A. Kelly and James Tefft. "Enabling Conditions and Public Policies to Foster a Dynamic Market-Oriented Food System in the Sahel." Invited brief prepared as an input to the CILSS Conference on Food Security Strategies. Niamey, June 1998. Reardon, Thomas; with Bocar Diagana; Francis Akindes; Kimseyinga Savadogo; John M. Staatz and Youssouf Camara. "Consumption." One of four policy briefs issued in a loose leaf titled Food Security and Agricultural Subsectors in West Africa: Future Prospects and Key Issues Four Years After the Devaluation of the CFA Franc. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and Bamako, Mali: Institut du Sahel (INSAH), November 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Consum98.pdf (Also issued in French: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Consom98.pdf) Ricks, Donald J. "Apple Market Research Results and Industry Implications." Annual Report of the Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1998. The Society, 1998. Ricks, Donald J. "The Tart Cherry Industry in the Future." Annual Report of the Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1998. The Society, 1998. Woods, Timothy; JAMES A. STERNS; Donald J. Ricks and R. Bitsky. "Strategic Planning Approaches and Concepts: Potentials for Improving Commodity Subsector Performance." Agricultural Economics Staff Paper No. 389. Lexington, KY: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, 1998. Robison, Lindon J. "A Position Paper." Proceedings to Social Capital: An International Conference Bridging Disciplines, Policies, and Communities, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, April 20-22, 1998. Rochín, Refugio I. The Changing Face of Middle America: Rural Latino Communities. For Presentation at the Urban Institute Conference on Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America, March 23, 1998. East Lansing, MI: Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, 1998. Rochín, Refugio I.; Harold M. Riley and Darrell F. Fienup. "Agro-Food Systems in Entre Ríos, Argentina: Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities." Department of Agricultural Economics and Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, May 1998. (Also issued in Spanish: "Sistemas Agro-Alimenticios en Entre Ríos, Argentina: Evaluación de retos y oportunidades.") Harrison, Wes; DAVID B. SCHWEIKHARDT; Bert Greenwalt; John Rounsaville and Jason Bennett. "Internship Programs Revisited." Symposium presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), pp. 1157-1158. Herndon, Cary W.; DAVID B. SCHWEIKHARDT and David Mather. "Impact of NAFTA on the U.S. Cotton Industry." Presentation delivered at an organized symposium on The North American Free Trade Agreement: Continuing Impact Assessment and Institutional Responses, at the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 1998. Abstracted in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, v.30, no. 1 (July 1998), pp. 245-246. Staatz, John M. "The Application of Social Capital in Understanding Economic Development." Symposium presentation, Social Capital: A New Paradigm for an Increasingly Diverse Profession, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1162. (Also issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-17.) Owens, Nicole N.; SCOTT M. SWINTON and Eileen O. van Ravenswaay. "Farmer Willingness to Pay for Herbicide Safety Characteristics." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1198. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/spowen01.pdf Tefft, James; with John M. Staatz; Josué Dioné and Valerie A. Kelly. "Cotton Subsector." One of four policy briefs issued in a loose leaf titled Food Security and Agricultural Subsectors in West Africa: Future Prospects and Key Issues Four Years After the Devalution of the CFA Franc. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), and Bamako, Mali: Institut du Sahel (INSAH), November 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Cotton98.pdf (Also issued in French: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Coton98.pdf) Fischer, L. J.; P. M. Bolger; J. L. Jacobson; B. J. Premo; EILEEN O. VAN RAVENSWAAY and K. G. Harrison. "Evaluation of Michigan's Proposed 1998 Fish Advisory Program." Lansing, MI: Michigan Environmental Science Board, 1998. Wessen, Paul and James F. Oehmke. "Institutional Innovation in the Production and Marketing of a Heterogeneous, Experience Good: The Case of Coffee in Northwest Cameroon." Mimeo. MSU Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998. Wolf, Christopher A. and Larry G. Hamm. "The Role of Cooperatives in Milk Marketing." Selected paper, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Abstracted in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, v. 80, no. 5 (1998), p. 1200. Full text available: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/aaea98/spwolf01.pdf Yade, Mbaye; Bakary Kante and John M. Staatz in collaboration with Cheikh Mbacke Ndione, Youssouf S. Kone and Seydou Sidibe. "Beef Subsector." One of four policy briefs issued in a loose leaf titled Food Security and Agricultural Subsectors in West Africa: Future Prospects and Key Issues Four Years After the Devalution of the CFA Franc. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), and Bamako, Mali: Institut du Sahel (INSAH), November 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Beef98.pdf (Also issued in French: http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/sahel/Bovine98.pdf) PRESENTATIONS, SPEECHES AND PAPERS READListings in this section indicate topics currently being addressed by the Agricultural Economics Department. To locate additional information about a topic use the "find" feature on your browser. Allen, John W. "Marketing Opportunities for the Cherry Industry." Presenation at the Cherry Marketing Institute Annual Meeting, Traverse City, Michigan, February 4, 1998. Allen, John W. "Merchandising Innovations for Convenience-Driven Consumers." Workshop presentation at the Food Marketing Institute Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 1998. Allen, John W. "Overview of Food Industry Issues." Presentation at the MSU Food Industry Coalition Conference, Envision Your Future, East Lansing, Michigan, April 15, 1998. Allen, John W. "The U.S. Experience with Convenience Foods." Paper presented at the International Symposium on Convenience Foods, Lucerne, Switzerland, March 19, 1998. Allen, John W., facilitator. Frito-Lay/Pepsi-Cola Executive Seminar on Trade Awareness, Dallas, Texas, April 20-24, 1998. Allen, John W., facilitator. Produce Marketing Association/Cornell University Annual Leadership Symposium, Dallas, Texas, January 8-10, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "A New Environmental Awareness: The Three Stages of Acceptance to Environmental Regulation." Invited speaker at the 1998 Ohio Farm Bureau Leadership Conference, Columbus, Ohio, August 13, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Achieving Success as a Scholar." Invited speaker, Professional Success Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 8-10, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Agricultural Industry Trends." Invited speaker, Michigan Aerial Applicators, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, October 14, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Genetics and Theology: On the Cusp of a New Millennium." Invited response, Templeton Foundation University Lecture, East Lansing, Michigan, March 29, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Green Payments as Foreshadowed by EQIP." Invited speaker, American Farmland Trust, DeKalb, Illinois, July 24, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Stewardship." Invited speaker, Bailey Scholars Program, East Lansing, Michigan, August 23-25, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "Summary of Community and Rural Development." Invited synthesizer at Social Capital: An International Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, April 20-22, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "The Changing Structure of Agriculture." Invited speaker, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, January 29, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. "The Next Generation of Agro-Environmental Policy." Invited seminar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 1998. Batie, Sandra S. with Patricia E. Norris. "Social and Political Implications of Livestock Production." Invited speaker, Livestock Issues Series, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois, Charleston, Illinois, March 6, 1998. Bernsten, Richard H. "Social and Economic Considerations in the Design and Implementation of IPM in Developing Counties." Presentation at the 1998 Short Course in Integrated Pest Management, MSU Institute of International Agriculture, East Lansing, Michigan, July 1998. Bernsten, Richard H. "Strategy to Accelerate the Adoption of Improved Bean Varieties in Honduras." Paper presented at an International Agricultural Development program seminar, University of California, Davis, May 1998. Bernsten, Richard H. and Denise Mainville. "Smallholder Seed Schemes in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned and Implications for Designing More Effective Seed Schemes." Paper presented at the Workshop on the Production and Distribution of Bean Seed, Zamorano, Honduras, August 3-6, 1998. Black, J. Roy. "Issues in Rating Whole Farm Adjusted Gross Revenue Insurance for Farms Raising Primarily Uninsured Horticultural Crops." Report to the Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 1998. Black, J. Roy. "Use of Pricing and Insurance Instruments in a Low Price Environment." Presentation at the Michigan Agricultural Credit Conference: Is a Farm Financial Crisis on the Horizon? East Lansing, Michigan, October 29, 1998. Black, J. Roy. "Whole Farm Adjusted Gross Revenue Insurance for Farms Raising Primarily Uninsured Horticultural Crops." Presentation, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Crawford, Eric W. "Economic Development and Social Conditions in Kenya." Presentation at the MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing, Michigan, February 26, 1998. Crawford, Eric W. "Experience in Teaching a Benefit-Cost Analysis Course at UNIN." Panel presenation at the MSU organized Conference on Academic Partnerships in South Africa, October 20, 1998 Hamm, Larry G. "An Industrialized Dairy Industry?" Presentation at the Michigan Dairy Food Association Annual Conference, Crystal Mountain, Michigan, August 10, 1998. Hamm, Larry G. "Dilemmas in Pricing... Getting Milk and Money to Flow Through the Food System." Presentation at the National Dairy Leaders Conference, Keystone, Colorado, September 29, 1998. Hamm, Larry G. "Forces Shaping the Roles of Public Research and Extension in the 21st Century Food Systems." J. W. Fanning Lecture at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, November 11, 1998. Hamm, Larry G. "Michigan Dairy Outlook." Presentation at the Michigan Agricultural Credit Conference: Is a Farm Financial Crisis on the Horizon? East Lansing, Michigan, October 29, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/98fcc/sld001.htm Hamm, Larry G. "The Milk Market and Opportunities for Producers." Presentation to the Michigan Agribusiness Association, Lansing, Michigan January 6, 1998. Harsh, Stephen B. "Agricultural Information Systems: Current Applications and Future Prospects." Keynote address at the First Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture, Wakayama, Japan, January 1998. Harsh, Stephen B. "Information Systems Utilization in Agriculture in the United States." Seminar presenation to the faculty at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, Toyko, Japan, January 1998. Harsh, Stephen B. "Results From the Analysis of the Grower Records." Presentation to the Sugar Beet Vitalization Committee at Bean-Beet Day, Saginaw, Michigan, February 1998. Hilker, James H. "Agricultural Markets, When Will They Get Better?." Presentation at Ag Action 1998, Ubly, Michigan, December 9, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Commodity Outlook." Presentation at the Agribusiness Management Extension Educators Meeting, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, August 27, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Crop and Livestock Situation and Outlook." Presentation at the Michigan Agricultural Credit Conference: Is a Farm Financial Crisis on the Horizon? East Lansing, Michigan, October 29, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Market Outlook." Presentation at the Crops In-Service, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, December 10, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Marketing Agricultural Products." Presentation to Ukranian Farmers, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, March 11, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Marketing and Commodity Outlook." Presentation at Emmett, Michigan, September 24, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Marketing and Risk Management." Presentation at the Mega Conference, Lansing, Michigan, January 20, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Marketing In-Service." Presentation for Extension Agents, Ithaca, Michigan, November 19, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Marketing Risk Management." Presentation at Blissfield, Michigan, January 29, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Overview and Outlook for World Grain Markets." Presentation to the Tri-County Corn and Soybean Marketing Program, Berrien County, Michigan, September 10, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Risk Management - Teach the Teachers." Presentation at Lansing, Michigan, October 28, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Risk Management Web Pages." Paper presented at the NCR Risk Software Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 20-21, 1998. Hilker, James H. "Soybean Situation and Outlook for 1998-99." Paper presented at the 1998 Midwest Outlook Conference, Great Plains & Western Outlook Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 14, 1998. (Also issued as MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-19.) Hoehn, John P. and Douglas Krieger. "Methods for Cross-Cultural Contingent Valuation: An Application to Urban Wastewater Infrastructure and Environmental Impacts in Cairo, Egypt." Presentation at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Venice, Italy, June 25-27, 1998. Hoehn, John P.; Douglas Krieger and Loula Zaklama. "Measuring Willingness to Pay for Urban Infrastructure Improvements: An Application to Water and Wastewater Investments in Cairo, Egypt." Presentation at the Sixth International Conference on Energy and Environment, Cairo, Egypt, May 18-21, 1998. (See also MSU Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 98-10.) Kaplowitz, Michael and JOHN P. HOEHN. "Using Focus Groups and Individual Interviews to Improve Natural Resource Valuation: Lessons from the Mangrove Wetlands of Yucatan, Mexico." Presentation at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Venice, Italy, June 25-27, 1998. Krieger, Douglas; JOHN P. HOEHN and Frank Lupi. "Contingent Valuation Methods and Fisheries Management." Symposium presentation: The Role of Economics in Fisheries Management, at the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, August 23-27, 1998. Howard, Julie and Julie Stepanek. "The Ethiopia - Mozambique Experiences with Agricultural Intensification." Invited presentation to the Economics Colloquia at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 20, 1998. Howard, Julie. "Key Research Results from FSII Productivity Work in Ethiopia and Mozambique." Presentation to Mr. Ralph Cummings and Dr. George Gardner, USAID/Washington, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, March 1998. Howard, Julie; J. J. Jeje and David L. Tschirley. "What Makes Agricultural Intensification Profitable for Mozambican Smallholders?" Invited paper presentation at the International Fertilizer Association regional conference, Maputo, Mozambique, June 8-12, 1998. Howard, Julie; Michael T. Weber and John M. Staatz. "Strategic Planning of Agricultural Research." Presentation at the World Bank Agricultural Research Training Seminar, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, March 15-20, 1998. Argwings-Kodhek, Gem; THOMAS S. JAYNE; Gerald Nyambane; Tom Awuor and T. Yamano. "How Can Micro-Level Household Information Make a Difference for Agricultural Policy Making?" Paper presented at the Conference on Policy and Productivity in Kenyan Agriculture, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy, May 26, 1998. Jayne, Thomas S. "Agricultural Policy Reform and Productivity Change in Africa." Paper presented at the Agriculture, Environment, and Private Sector Officers' Conference, United State Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda, February 15-20, 1998. Jayne, Thomas S.; Mulinge Mukumbu; Munhamo Chisvo; David L. Tschirley; Ballard Zulu; Michael T. Weber; Robert Johansson; Paula Santos and David Soroko. "Successes and Challenges of Food Market Reform: Experiences from Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe." Paper presented at the Conference on Strategies for Raising Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Welfare, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi, Kenya, November 24, 1998. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/kenya/food_mkt_rfm.pdf Jayne, Thomas S.; Mulinge Mukumbu; Munhamo Chisvo; David L. Tschirley; Ballard Zulu; Michael T. Weber; Robert Johansson; Paula Santos and David Soroko. "Successes and Challenges of Food Market Reform: Experiences from Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe." Paper presented at USAID/Zambia seminar on Agricultural Policy Options in Zambia, December 2, 1998. Strasberg, Paul J.; THOMAS S. JAYNE; Takashi Yamano; James Nyoro; Daniel Karanja; Gerald Nyambane and Margaret Beaver. "Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya." Paper presented at the Conference on Strategies for Raising Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Welfare, Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy, November 24, 1998. Kelly, Valerie A. "FSII Input Work on Fertilizer Profitability." Presentation at USAID Collaborators meeting, East Lansing, Michigan, March 1998. Kelly, Valerie A. "FSII Project Work on Soil Fertility Issues." Brief presentation at Soil Fertility Initiative Consultations, Rome, November 19-20, 1998. Kelly, Valerie A., workshop organizer. Workshop to Review Results of 4 Country Case Studies on the Impact of the FCFA Devaluation on Horticultural Subsectors in West Africa, INSAH/PRISAS, Bamako, March 1998. Kelly, Valerie A.; with D. Mariko and A. Chohin-Kuper. "Results of Rice Subsector Research on the Impacts of the FCFA Devaluation." Presentation to Malian Agricultural Bureau visitors, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, May 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. "Apple Cost Study." Presentation at Clarksville, Michigan, May 22, 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. "Bankruptcy Tax Session." Presentation for the NAIT, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 29, 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. "Farm Income Tax School." Presentations at Escanaba, November 11; East Lansing, November 18 and December 2; Grand Rapids, November 23; Frankenmuth, November 24; Kalamazoo, November 25; Cadillac, December 5; Mt. Pleasant, December 9; and Ionia, December 10, 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. "Income Tax School Update." Presentations at East Lansing, Michigan, January 15, 1998 and Novi, Michigan, January 16, 1998. Kelsey, Myron P. "Sweet Cherry Cost Study." Presentations at Kellogg Biological Station, January 22, 1998 and the Northwest Michigan Orchard Show, Traverse City, Michigan, February 3, 1998. Dartt, B. A.; JAMES W. LLOYD and J. B. Kaneene. "The Importance of Veterinary Medicine to Michigan." Presentation at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998. Gibbons-Burgener, S. N.; J. B. Kaneene; JAMES W. LLOYD and R. J. Erskine. "Evaluation of the Influence of the Milk and Dairy Quality Assurance Program on Drug Management Practices of Michigan Dairy Farms." Presentation at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998. Gibbons-Burgener; S. N.; J. B. Kaneene; JAMES W. LLOYD and R. J. Erskine. "Evaluation of the Influence of the Milk and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Program on Drug Management Practices on Michigan Dairy Farms." Presentation at the 8th Annual Phi Zeta Research Day, MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, October 14, 1998. O'Brien, D. J.; J. B. Kaneene; A. Getis; JAMES W. LLOYD and G. M. Swanson. "Spatial and Temporal Comparison of Selected Cancers in Dogs and Humans, Michigan, 1964-94." Presentation at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998. Radke, B. R.; JAMES W. LLOYD and J. B. Kaneene. "Prepartum Holstein Heifer Selection to Maximize Michigan Producer Profit." Presentation at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, Illinois, November 1998. Sandmann, L. R. and JAMES W. LLOYD. "Portfolios for Documenting Faculty Scholarship Workshop." Invited workshop presentation to the College of Health Professionals and College of Fine Arts and Communications, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, October 16, 1998. Sandmann, L. R. and JAMES W. LLOYD. "Standards for Evaluating Faculty Scholarship." Invited workshop presentation at the MULTI Program Leadership Workshop, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, March 5, 1998. Sandmann, L.; R. Church; JAMES W. LLOYD; W. Rauhe and C. Rosaen. "University Outreach: The Journey from Service to Scholarship." Presentation at the Sixth American Association for Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, Orlando, Florida, February 1998. H. Chen; FRANK LUPI; and John P. Hoehn. "An Empirical Assessment of Multinomial Probit and Logit Models for Recreation Demand." Paper, annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, January 5, 1998. Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "The Effect of Trip Lengths on Travel Cost Parameters in Recreation Demand." Paper read at the W133 Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 20, 1998. Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "Using Economic Models of Recreation Demand to Value River Restoration." Symposium presentation, The Role of Economics in Fisheries Management, annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Hartford, Connecticut, August 23, 1998. Lupi, Frank and John P. Hoehn. "Valuing Environmental Quality with Heterogenous Demands: The Recreation Case." Invited paper,Midwest Economics Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 1998. Lupi, Frank. "An Economic Model for Valuing Recreational Angling Resources in Michigan: Examples and User Interface." Model overview and training session for Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, Lansing, Michigan, September 15, 1998. Lupi, Frank. "Recreational Fishing Value of Sea Lamprey Control: Project Overview with a Preliminary Cost-Benefit Analysis of Alternatives for the St. Marys River." Presentation to the Sea Lamprey Integration Committee, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Rogers City, Michigan, April 22, 1998. Lupi, Frank. "The Public's Preferences for Environmental Quality Revealed Through Travel Choices." Presentation at the Great Lakes Economic Valuation Stakeholder Forum, Chicago, July 15, 1998. Lupi, Frank. "The Role of Choice Occasions in Repeated-Logit Demand Models." Invited paper presented to the Department of Applied Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, August 6, 1998. Lupi, Frank. "Welfare Measures for Random Utility Models of Seasonal Recreation Demand." Invited paper presented for the Natural Resources and Environmental Economics Seminar Series, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 17, 1998. Lupi, Frank, discussant. "Applications of Stated Preference Methods." Discussant for Selected Paper Session, AAEA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-5, 1998. Lupi, Frank, session organizer. "Environmental Economics of the North American Great Lakes." Principal paper session, Allied Social Science Association meeting, Chicago, Illinois, January 1998. Lupi, Frank; John P. Hoehn and Heng Z. Chen. "Valuing the Recreational Fisheries of the Great Lakes." Paper read at the annual meeting of the Allied Social Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, January 5, 1998. Randall, Alan and FRANK LUPI. "Measures of Resource Compensation." Invited paper, NOAA Workshop: Applications of Stated Preference Methods to Resource Compensation, Washington, D.C., June 1-2, 1998. Martin, Laura L. "Benchmark Survey of Industry Changes." Presentation at the 1998 Michigan Pork Expo Extension Seminar Series, Lansing, Michigan, February 6, 1998. Martin, Laura L. "Beyond Price - What May the Future Hold for Michigan's Pork Industry?" Presentation |