Staff Reports

The SEARCH command locates a string of characters in a specified set of computer files. The user may restrict the search to find a freestanding word or variable. The comm [...]

This report documents computer programs that can be used to create, update, and operate standard models designed to fit into ERS's World Grains, Oilseeds, and Livestock ( [...]

This study reviews selected literature from 1972 to 1981 dealing with economic analyses of alternative erosion and sedimentation control measures on agricultural lands. F [...]

Congressionally mandated programs and policies cannot be effectively implemented, nor can related research be undertaken with existing data and indicators of development. [...]

Suggestions for alleviating poverty around the world through new policies are the basis for the Brandt Commission Report entitled North-South; A Program for Survival. Thi [...]

Cross-classification tables linking rural landownership patterns with land use, land quality, and potential cropland are presented. Data for this analysis were obtained f [...]

Data showing estimated enrollments in State and local programs which provide a use-value assessment for farmland were summarized. About 450,000 owners, with holdings made [...]

This report summarizes the distribution of Federal dollars in 1980 and assesses recent trends. Federal per capita funding remains unevenly divided among the regions; howe [...]

This study examines the economic effects of the 1976-77 California Drought with emphasis on the Central Valley. 1976-77 was the driest two-year period in California's rec [...]

This report summarizes the econometric theory surrounding estimation of residential demand functions and describes the methodology used to develop residential electricity [...]