Abstract. The purpose of the study is assess performance a variety different types vehicles used in agricultural production. Methods. An interpretation technical and economic indicators characterizing transport proposed, features determining productivity tractor unit, cost one transported ton are considered. Probability theory was to determine “Load waiting time”, “Vehicle loading time”. condit...

V. Tzouvelekas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Welsh Institute of Rural Studies, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth. K. Giannakas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan. G. Karagiannis is a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Athens, Greece. Senior authorship is shared. Please direct corresponden...

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Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Julian Alston is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, and associate director, Science and Technology, at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. Bruce Babcock is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Agricultu...

Agricultural tillage practices are important human-induced activities that can alter carbon emissions from agricultural soils and have the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in greenhouse gas emission (Lal et al, 1998). This research investigates the expected costs of sequestering carbon in agricultural soils under different subsidy and market-based policies. Using the detailed...

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