TY  - EJOUR
AB  - Facing expanding foreign competition and increasingly more stringent labor and environmental laws, today's vegetable producer faces a challenging business environment.  One way in which vegetable producers have attempted to stay competitive in through the adoption of new technologies.  This paper examines the economic returns available to chile pepper producers willing to adopt mechanical thinning as a substitute for either contracted hand thinning or transplanting.
AU  - Lillywhite, Jay M.
AU  - Hawkes, Jerry
AU  - Libbin, James D.
AU  - Herbon, Ryan
DA  - 2005
DA  - 2005
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.190717
DO  - doi
EP  - 101
EP  - 95
ID  - 190717
JF  - Journal of the ASFMRA (American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers)
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - International Relations/Trade
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190717/files/234.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190717/files/234.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190717/files/234.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190717/files/234.pdf
N2  - Facing expanding foreign competition and increasingly more stringent labor and environmental laws, today's vegetable producer faces a challenging business environment.  One way in which vegetable producers have attempted to stay competitive in through the adoption of new technologies.  This paper examines the economic returns available to chile pepper producers willing to adopt mechanical thinning as a substitute for either contracted hand thinning or transplanting.
PY  - 2005
PY  - 2005
SP  - 95
T1  - Economic Return to Adoption of Mechanical Thinning: The Case of New Mexico Chile
TI  - Economic Return to Adoption of Mechanical Thinning: The Case of New Mexico Chile
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/190717/files/234.pdf
VL  - 2005
Y1  - 2005
T2  - Journal of the ASFMRA (American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers)
ER  -