An analytical framework and ranking system is developed to summarize the primary factors
affecting marketing channel performance and to prioritize those channels with the greatest …

Agricultural producers and food marketers are increasingly responding to environmentally
friendly cues from consumers, even though privately appropriated values associated with a …

Farmers markets are drawing increasing attention by consumers as a local source of fresh
foods; by producers as an alternative marketing opportunity to improve farm sales; and by …

The number of food hubs—businesses that aggregate and distribute local food—in the United
States is growing, fueled in part by increasing public support. However, there have been …

A real options analysis of entry–exit decisions for dry-grind corn ethanol plants is conducted
to incorporate the impact of rising volatility in market prices. For a large plant, the estimated …

Policy makers and economic developers are increasingly interested in the impacts of local
food systems, yet attempts to obtain accurate estimates are often complicated by a lack of …

A two-step model with sample selection is applied to panel data of US households to estimate
at-home demand for fluid milk and cheese, incorporating advertising expenditures. The …

With growing interest in wealth creation in rural areas from farmer participation in urban local
food markets, defining empirical measures is crucial. However, data limitations and a lack …

US ethanol policies have contributed to changes in the levels and the volatilities of revenues
and costs facing ethanol firms. The implications of these policies for optimal investment …

Sufficient access to and utilization of broadband is an ongoing concern for rural economic
development. Using a rural region in Northern New York (USA), we consider the investment …