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AGRICULTURAL ̂ APPLIED
xils Among U.S. Hurley Tobacco Growers Afler the Pud of
Kcllv .I. Tiller, Shifcrau I. Lclcke. and .lane II. Slarnes
. M nil i Period Analysis ol Two Common Livestock Manage oil Analysis ol Two Common Livestock Management Strategies Given Lluctuati
on anil Variable Prices I John T. Kitten. \\. Marshall L'rasier. Christopher I. Bast
'aislcy. Michael A. Smith, and Si an MOOIICY
actors Influencing Parmer Adoption ol Portable Computers lor Sile-Specilic Management: A
Case SltuK lor Cotton Production I Jonathan ( . Walton. James A. Larson. Roland K. Robert
Dayton M. Lambert, Burton ('. L.n^Ush, Sherry L. Larkin. Miehele ('. Marra. Steven \Y. Man
Kenneth \\. I'axton. and Jeanne M. Rcc\es
Security Prom
•d-Resource Parmer Participation in tin
iison S. Ber^lold and Joseph J. Molnai
Slaying in Touch through pAtcnsion: An Analysis ol Parmers' Use of Alternatiyc Lxtcnsion
Information Products / Lauren /•.'. Join's. Ilorian Dick-maim, and Marvin I. Batle
Assessing: the Technical and AMocativc Pllicienev ol U.S. Organic Producers / Limothv A. I' Assessing the Tec
and l.iiannc I.<>
Agricultural ('out
Ani /.. Kalchovi
id Allcrnatiyc Markel im: Op
xoi iomic pAalualion ol Wind Lncrgv a-, an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrig;
llrid'jel L. (iuerrero. Stephen II. AIIIOSMIII. Lhomas II. Marek. and Jeffrey \Y. Johns/
Dynamic Adjustment of U.S. A;.
and .Han (lonu
eruv Price Changes / David K. La
1 lc\ ib le Parametric Pamilv lor the Modeling and S
Octavio A. Ramirc:. lanva I'. McDonald, and Carl /-.'. Carpio
Insinuating a Demand System with Seasonall
Andrew Muhammad, and John I). Anderso
An Analysis ol Pood Grain Consumption in I
Ardian Harri. />'. Ui
' /.Inhao '/.h Shida Raslc'<ari llennebe
l and Use U
"ice Analysis tuci
Syndrome/ Peter A. Crootlnus
Rate ol'Trade: Methods anil .Application to
de / Shenvfei I Ian and Catherine A. Durham
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Editor
Jeffrey Gillespie Louisiana State University
Ashok Mishra Louisiana State University
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VOLUME 42 MAY 2010 NUMBER 2 Exits Among U.S. Burley Tobacco Growers After the End of the Federal Tobacco Program /
Kelly J. Tiller, Shiferaw T. Feleke, and Jane H. Starnes 161
A Multi-Period Analysis of Two Common Livestock Management Strategies Given Fluctuating Precipitation and Variable Prices / John P. Ritten, W. Marshall Frasier, Christopher T. Bastion, Steven I. Paisley, Michael A. Smith, and Sidn Mooney 177
Factors Influencing Farmer Adoption of Portable Computers for Site-Specific Management: A Case Study for Cotton Production / Jonathan C. Walton, James A. Larson, Roland K Roberts, Dayton M. Lambert, Burton C. English, Sherry L. Larkin, Michele C. Marra, Steven W. Martin, Kenneth W. Paxton, and Jeanne M. Reeves 193
Limited Access to Conservation: Limited-Resource Farmer Participation in the Conservation Security Program in the Southeast / Jason S. Bergtold and Joseph J. Molnar 211
Staying in Touch through Extension: An Analysis of Farmers' Use of Alternative Extension Information Products / Lauren E. Jones, Florian Diekmann, and Marvin T Batte 229
Assessing the Technical and Allocative Efficiency of U.S. Organic Producers / Timothy A. Park and Luanne Lohr 247
Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis / Ani L. Katchova 261
Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrigation / Bridget L. Guerrero, Stephen H. Amosson, Thomas H. Marek, and Jeffrey W. Johnson 277
Dynamic Adjustment of U.S. Agriculture to Energy Price Changes / David K. Lambert and Jian Gong 289
A Flexible Parametric Family for the Modeling and Simulation of Yield Distributions / Octavio A. Ramirez, Tanya U. McDonald, and Carlos E. Carpio 303
Estimating a Demand System with Seasonally Differenced Data / Ardian Harri, B. Wade Brorsen, Andrew Muhammad, and John D. Anderson 321
An Analysis of Food Grain Consumption in Urban Jiangsu Province of China / Zhihao Zheng and Shida Rastegari Henneberry 337
Land Use Issues: The Last Settler's Syndrome / Peter A. Groothuis 357
Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States-China Soybean Trade / Shengfei Han and Catherine A. Durham 367