PDF
The Impact Of The Mandatory Seed Law On Maine Potato Acreage, Yield And Price Item Info
- Title:
- The Impact Of The Mandatory Seed Law On Maine Potato Acreage, Yield And Price
- Creator:
- Guenthner, Joseph F.; Plissey, Edwin S.; Levi, Annette E.; Makus, Larry D.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1990-05
- Description:
- A statistical analysis of the economic impact of Maine's mandatory seed potato law was conducted. Results suggest that since the law was implemented, Maine potato yields increased, total Maine potato acreage decreased, Maine seed potato acreage increased, seed potato rejections from certification were reduced, seed potato prices increased, and commercial potato prices decreased.
- Subjects:
- Agricultural policy Includes individual crops/industries decision-making production costs
- AgEcon Search Subjects:
- Agricultural and Food Policy Crop Production/Industries Farm Management
- Series:
- Agricultural Economic Research Series
- Series Number:
- Agricultural Economic Research Series no. 90-05
- Publisher:
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho
- Departments:
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
- Source:
- Agricultural Economic Research Series no. 90-05, College of Agriculture, University of Idaho
- Source Identifier:
- aers90-05
- Original Format:
- document
- Type:
- Text
- Format Original:
- document
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Departments:
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
U of I Digital Collections contain unique digitized and born digital archival materials in a variety of formats. The Library is committed to ensuring our resources are accessible to all users. Please contact us if you need support accessing or using this archived content.
Contact us about this record Library HelpAttribution
- Citation:
- "The Impact Of The Mandatory Seed Law On Maine Potato Acreage, Yield And Price", Agricultural Economics Research Series, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/aers/items/aers169.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/