Crop yield and economic profitability, both highly dependent on local crop management, soil characteristics, weather conditions, are among the most influential factors to consider when considering a cropping system. The objective of this study was compare returns three different 4-yr diverse rotations with that 2-yr traditional rotation in eastern South Dakota. included were (a) corn (Zea mays ...

The field of economic mechanism design has been an active area of research in economics for at least 20 years. This field uses the tools of economics and game theory to design “rules of interaction” for economic transactions that will, in principle, yield some desired outcome. In this paper I provide an overview of this subject for an audience interested in applications to electronic commerce a...

Economic processing of lignocellulosic biomass requires handling the biomass at high solids concentration. This creates challenges because concentrated biomass behaves as a Bingham-like material with large yield stresses. Here we employ torque rheometry to measure the rheological properties of concentrated lignocellulosic biomass (corn stover). Yield stresses obtained using torque rheometry agr...

For two consecutive years in Abbi, Delta State of Niger-Delta of Nigeria one, two and three beehives were integrated in oil palm plantation to determine optimum productivity of the oil-palm honey bee farming system. The fresh fruit bunch (economic yield) of the oil palm was statistically similar at 0, 1, 2 and 3 bee hive(s) per hectare. The honey yield were statistically similar for each bee hi...

We provide an extensive evaluation of the predictive performance of the US yield curve for US gross domestic product growth by using new tests for forecast breakdown, in addition to a variety of in-sample and out-of-sample evaluation procedures. Empirical research over the past decades has uncovered a strong predictive relationship between the yield curve and output growth, whose stability has ...

Downstream companies in chocolate supply chains are increasingly engaged improving the sustainability of cocoa production, which requires a multidimensional understanding farms' performance. However, prior research has insufficiently addressed multiple dimensions production or interrelationships between dimensions. This study explores farm using our comprehensive data set 395 farms Ecuador and ...