Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station

Following is a list of publications on agricultural and resource economics topics that are available from
the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. Some publications are also available in an
electronic format, which may be accessed by clicking on the publication number.

Pub. #	Authors	Year	Title
B681	Micka and Krofta	1970	Economic impacts of a changing labor force in Aroostook County, Maine. Phase 1: Effects on potato farm organization
B694	Wing and Geiss	1971	Estimated cash flows and profitability of Maine broiler farms
B701	Harlan	1973	Costs, returns and efficiency of potato production in Maine.
B704	Geiss and Harlan	1973	Costs and returns on Maine apple farms
B705	Dunham and Stinson	1973	Market structure analysis of the Maine shrimp industry
B708	Krofta	1974	Growth and disappearance of dairy farms in Maine
B709	Dunham and Bray	1974	An evaluation of the potential for Maine-raised oysters
B710	Metzger, et al	1974	Marketing fresh vegetables through roadside stands
B713	Metzger	1975	Small farms in the lower Penobscot River area, their resources and income
B716	Pelsue	1975	Utilization of production and marketing by Maine potato producers.
B720	Metzger and Ismail	1976	Costs and efficiency in marketing fresh lowbush blueberries in Maine
B721	Micka and Krofta	1976	Economic impacts of a changing labor force in Aroostook County, Maine; phase 2: effects on the area economy
B722	Prysunka, et al.	1976	An analysis of the dealer-processor sector of the Maine soft-shell clam industry
B724	Metzger and Erhardt	1976	Marketing fresh fruits and vegetables through roadside stands and pick your own operations in Maine
B730	Krofta and Harlan	1977	Costs, returns and capital requirements for producing potatoes in Maine
B732	Micka	1977	Competitive position of the Maine poultry industry
B738	Metzger and Ismail	1977	Costs and returns in lowbush blueberry production in Maine
B742	Metzger and Flanders	1977	Improving the incomes of small farm families in coastal Maine
B752	Metzger	1978	Reserve milk supplies of milk processors in Maine and Massachusetts
B756	Metzger	1979	Factors affecting the unit of milk distribution
B763	Ferguson and Dunham	1979	The perceptions, attitudes, and reactions of Maine commercial fishermen regarding extended jurisdiction and fishery management
B768	Dunham and McGrath	1980	Trends in the landings of fish and shellfish in Maine 1928-1976
B772	Metzger	1980	Prevailing supermarket milk prices in Maine and other states
B774	Skinner	1981	Income variability among representative egg farms
B780	Hansen, Ismail, and Metzger	1982	A cost analysis of pruning procedures in lowbush blueberry production
B781	Metzger	1982	Costs of transporting packaged dairy products by tractor-trailer in the Northeast
B784	Metzger	1982	Impact of government regulation on consumers and the milk industry in Maine
B787	Metzger	1982	Impact on producer prices from expanding the New England marketing areas federal milk order to include the state of Maine
B795	Buitenhuys and Kezis	1983	Production, marketing, socioecomomic characteristics and the perceived needs of Maine's small farmers
B796	Buitenhuys, et al.	1983	A comparison of direct market user and nonuser habits, acceptance, and preferences for direct marketed small farms horticulture
B797	Buitenhuys, Kezis, and Kerr	1983	Consumer purchasing habits, acceptance and preferences for direct marketed small farm horticultural commodities in Maine
B799	Hepler, Long, and Ferwerda	1983	Field appraisal of resource management systems FARMS crop yield and quality relationships with soil erosion
B804	Watkins and Allen	1984	The growth and change of high technology industries in the state of Maine: Implication for state and local development policy
B807	Criner and Parker	1984	A study of the Maine lamb industry
B812	Thurston, Criner, and Reeb	1986	Dairy farmer indebtedness in Maine
B817	Swanberg and Marra	1987	A profile of the farm financial sector in Maine
B823	Hoelper and Marra	1989	Transporting fresh blueberries from Maine to the Boston market: A look at the economic alternatives
B826	Deller	1989	The structure of economic growth in Maine and New England
B827	Woods, Marra, and Leiby	1989	Toward a cooperative marketing strategy for fresh wild blueberries
B831	Marra and Ssali	1990	The role of human capital in the adoption of conservation tillage: The case of Aroostook County, Maine, potato farmers
B832	Marra and Woods	1990	The profitability of supplemental irrigation for Maine potatoes
B833	Criner and Jacobs	1991	A residential waste stream analysis: Orono, Maine 1990.
B835	Criner, Halstead, and Curtin	1991	Landfills and municipal solid waste in Maine
B836	Deller and Halstead	1991	Financing rural roads and bridges in the northern New England states
B839	ElHamazaoui, et al.	1994	Black bear hunting in Maine: Do hunter characteristics affect opinions regarding hunting regulations?
B840	Watkins and Allen	1994	Firm formation, firm failure, and competitiveness: An overview of Maine's entreprenuerial economy
B845	Allen and Watkins	1995	The cost of doing business and economic performance in Maine: A regional comparison
B848	Stevens and Criner	2000	Economic analysis of fiber-reinforced polymer wood beams (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
B850	Hoshide, Dalton and Smith	2004	Representative farm budgets and performance indicators for integrated farming practices in Maine (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
MP637	Perry	1959	A potential summer market for Maine potatoes
MP654	Perry	1962	Shippers and receivers of Maine table potatoes
MP669	Ploch	1965	Maine's contract broiler growers: A restudy
MP678	Metzger	1982	Some issues facing voters in answering the referendum question: should resale milk price controls be eliminated?
MP685	Anderson (ed.)	1986	Alternate approaches to economic development in Maine: a theoretical inquiry
MP687	Marra and Leiby	1987	Wolfe's Neck Farm: A case study of organic beef production in Maine
MP688	Criner, et al.	1988	A standardized methodology for evaluating commodity potential
MP698	Boyle, Trefts, and Hesketh	1988	Economic values for and uses of Maine's inland fish and wildlife resources
MP702	Hoelper, Marra, and Woods	1989	Recent trends in the North American blueberry industry with emphasis on implications for fresh blueberry marketing in Maine
MP715	McConnon, Lilley, and Holden	1992	Marketing Maine wreaths
MP744	Plantinga	1999	The economics of land use: A bibliography
MP748	Lewis and Plantinga	2001	Public Conservation Land and Economic Growth in the Northern Forest Region--Appendix B is saved as a separate file. Please click on the link below. (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
			MP748 Appendix B
MP750	Irland	2001	Northeastern paper mill towns economic trends and economic development responses.
MR201	Micka	1978	Agricultural land rent activity in Maine in 1977
MR218	Metzger	1979	Minimizing milk assembly, processing, and retailing costs through plant eliminations--simulation of resale price deregulation
MR267	King, Fackler, and Kezis	1982	Selected characteristics of Maine's potato farmers
MR272	Nowak, Kezis, and Johnston	1982	Summary of selected characteristics of on-tract potato storages in Maine, 1981
MR291	Criner, Kezis, and Anderson	1983	Allocating costs to the three quart milk container
MR316	Cooper and Criner	1986	Preliminary investigation of the economic feasibility of freezing strawberries in Maine
MR332	Criner, Anderson, and Jacobs	1989	Estimated 1988 theoretical processing and distribution costs for the Maine dairy industry
MR344	Jacobs and Criner	1990	Documentation for the Maine Farm Energy Audit System.
MR351	Deller	1991	A collection of regional economic models for the state of Maine: an application of the IMPLAN modeling system
MR355	Smith	1991	Consumer evaluations of selected Maine potato varieties in home use: Findings from market tests of 1988 and 1989.
MR358	Criner, Jacobs, and Peavey	1991	An economic and waste management analysis of Maine's bottle deposit legislation
MR372	Cheng and Townsend	1992	The U.S. lobster market and seasonal exvessel price response
MR374	Reiling, S. (ed.).	1993	Measuring tourism impacts at the community level
MR379	Irland, L.C.	1993	Wood-using industry and manufacturing networks in Denmark--An introductory assessment and lessons for Maine
MR398	Boyle et al.	1996	Water Quality Affects Property Prices: A Case Study of Selected Maine Lakes (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
MR407	Lindahl and Plantinga	1998	Input use in Maine's wood products industry
MR409	Kluge and White	1999	Economic benefits of wetlands: A hedonic study in Windham, Maine
MR410	Boyle, et al.	1998	Lakefront property owners' economic demand for water clarity in Maine Lakes
MR414	Boyle and Teisl	1999	Public Preferences for Timber Harvesting on Private Forest Land Purchased for Public Ownership in Maine
MR418	Allen and Boyle	2000	Farm property taxes in Maine (also available in pdf format; click on publication #)
MR420	Teisl et al.	2000	Designing effective environmental labels for forest products: Results of focus group research (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
MR421	Schuetz et al.	2001	The effects of water clarity on economic values and economic impacts of recreational uses of Maine's great ponds.
MR426	Allen and Gabe	2001	The contribution of the golf industry to the Maine economy
MR427	Rubin and Leiby	2002	Flexible greenhouse gas emission banking systems
MR432	Allen and Gabe	2003	The business climate for biotechnology in Maine
MR434	Teisl, Rubin, Noblet, Cayting, Morrill, Brown and, Jones	2004	Designing effective environmental labels for passenger vehicle sales in Maine: Results of focus group research (available as pdf--click on pub. #)
MR442	Noblet and Gabe	2007	Business climate for Maine's environmental and energy technology sector (available as pdf file--click on pub. #)
TB087	Flanders and Metzger	1977	Delivery costs per package on whole-sale milk routes--a comparison of two methods of cost allocation
TB093	Taylor, et al.	1979	The impact of price deregulation and changes in assembly and processing costs on the marketing of milk in Maine
TB101	Reiling and Anderson	1980	The relevance of option values in benefit-cost analyses
TB111	Nowak and Kezis	1983	An examination of alternative investment strategies for potato market improvement funds
TB135	Leiby and Adams	1989	The estimation of the returns to agricultural research and extension in Maine: 1951-1985
TB140	Jacobs and Criner	1990	Milk processing and distribution costs: The Maine Model
TB161	Plantinga	1996	Forestry investments and option values: Theory and estimation
TB166	Plantinga and Miller	1997	Maximum entropy estimation and land use shares and transitions
TB168	Lindahl and Plantinga	1997	Time-series analysis of Maine stumpage prices
TB171	Allen and Plantinga	1999	Investigations into the potential of measuring biodiversity in Maine's forests with Forest Inventory and Analysis data
TB181	Dalton, Criner, and Halloran	2001	2000 milk processing costs in Maine
TB182	Ahn et al.	2002	Agricultural land changes in Maine: A compilation and brief analysis of Census of Agriculture data, 1850-1997
TB183	Dalton, Files, and Yarborough	2002	Investment, ownership and operating costs of supplemental irrigation systems for Maine wild blueberries (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
TB184	Files, Allen, and Criner	2002	Least-cost options for the collection, treatment, and disposal of biomedical waste in Maine (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
TB185	Teisl et al.	2002	Designing a labeling policy for genetically modified food: Results of focus group research (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
TB189	Dalton and Bragg	2003	The cost of producing milk in Maine: Results from the 2002 dairy cost of production survey (available in pdf format; click on publication #)
TB193	Dalton and Bragg	2006	The cost of producing milk in Maine: Results from the 2005 dairy cost of production survey (available as pdf--click on pub. #)

Agricultural and Resource Economics Publications