In this article we examine the effects of energy prices on groundwater extraction using an econometric model of a farmer’s irrigation water pumping decision that accounts for both the intensive and extensive margins. Our results show that energy prices have an effect on both the intensive and extensive margins. Increasing energy prices would affect crop selection decisions, crop acreage allocat...

For the last few years India has been facing food crisis and as result, the prices of food grains have been on the very high side affecting the purchasing power of the rural and urban poor. As a result, Government’s policies and programmes in regard to reduction in poverty are being severely affected, leading to addition in the crisis. This year due lesser rain the crisis is becoming more sever...

Chlorophenoxy herbicides are widely used in the United States and Western Europe for broadleaf weed control in grain farming and park maintenance. Most of the spring and durum wheat produced in the United States is grown in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, with more than 85% of the acreage treated with chlorophenoxy herbicides such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) an...

The relation between corn yield and the number of acres in corn on Iowa farms isa matter of considerable interest. If technical and economic conditions were uniform, the presumption wouldbe that corn acreage wouldvary with the productive capacity of the soil. The very existence of different type-of-farming areas in the state, however, indicates non-uniform conditions. The questions arise as to ...

A 77-year-old man had been suffering from breathlessness and fatigue was noted to be cyanosed. Further investigations revealed significant methaemoglobinaemia as high 16.3% (RI < 1.5 %) long-standing, mild thrombocytopenia thought secondary ITP. He multiple chronic medical conditions but none of the treatment thereof has described associated with methaemoglobinaemia. a lifelong non-smoker lives...