Productivity Analysis & Emerging Technologies
2027
Crop Response and Productivity
Tuesday, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 617
Selected Paper Session
This session features papers related to supply response, productivity, and profitability of crops.
Moderator: Elizabeth Nolan, University of Sydney
Presentations:
Commodity Grain Supply Response to Economic and Biophysical Changes
David Boussios and Andrew P. Barkley, Kansas State University
A comparative breakeven net return threshold to guide development of conservation technologies with application to perennial wheat
Carson J. Reeling, Anne E. Weir, and Scott M. Swinton, Michigan State University
Market concentration and productivity in the United States corn sector: 2002-2009
Elizabeth Nolan and Paulo J. Santos, University of Sydney; Guanming Shi, University of Wisconsin
2057
Biomass Production and Energy Prices
Tuesday, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 617
Selected Paper Session
This session includes papers pertaining to biomass production and energy prices.
Moderator: Jerome R. Dumortier, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Presentations:
Optimal biomass-harvesting model for biobutanol biorefineries
Subbu Kumarappan, The Ohio State University; Satish Joshi, Michigan State University
Impacts of Energy Prices in US Agricultural Productivity Growth and Food Prices--A Structural VAR Analysis
Sun Ling Wang and Lihong L. McPhail, USDA-Economic Research Service
Renewable Portfolio Standards in the Electricity Industry and Its Impact on Agriculture in the United States
Jerome R. Dumortier, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
2085
Biotechnology Adoption and Assessment of Research Programs
Tuesday, 4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 617
Selected Paper Session
The first three papers in this session pertain to crop and livestock technology adoption. The fourth paper provides an assessment of research programs.
Moderator: Lin Qin, Oregon State University
Presentations:
Sub-therapeutic Antibiotics and the Efficiency of U.S. Hog Farms
Nigel D. Key and William D. McBride, USDA-Economic Research Service
Ex-ante Impact Assessment of a Combination Drought- and Submergence-Tolerant Rice Variety in the Presence of Climate Change
Khondoker A. Mottaleb, International Rice Research Institute; Roderick M. Rejesus, North Carolina State University; Samarendu Mohanty and Tao Li, International Rice Research Institute
Individual and Social Learning in Bio-technology Adoption: The Case of GM Corn in the U.S.
Do-il Yoo, University of Wisconsin
Econometric Assessment of Research Programs: A Bayesian Approach
Lin Qin and Steven T. Buccola, Oregon State University
