Current Projects List
Apples
- Market Price Analysis for Washington Organic Apples and Pears in 2003-2006 , 2007
- Organic Apple Price in Response to Crop Size Supplied to the Market, 2006
- Apple Industry, Projecting Crop
Size
Crop Projection Excel file - Per Acre Receipts for Red Delicious & Gala Apples
- Measuring the Effects of Generic Price and Non-Price Promotional Activities: the Case of Washington Apples: a paper that describes part of the work that evaluated WAC promotional activities.
- A Cost Production Analysis of Conventional vs. Irrigated vs. Organic Apple Production Systems XB1041
- Organic Apple Production in Washington State: an Input-Output Analysis SES WP 2005-3
- Use Packouts to Evaluate Orchard Practices, 2004
- A Brief Look at the Washington Apple Industry: Past and Present, SES 04-05
- Measuring the Apple Industry from the 2002 Census of Agriculture. Update of an study on the Apple Industry that appeared in an article from the Good Fruit Grower.
- Apple Outlook, 2002 Crop
Asparagus
- Asparagus Research
- Alternatives to Manual Sorting Using Selected Electronic Graders in Asparagus Fresh Packing Sheds: a Cost-Benefit Analysis, a new Ext. Bul 1958 written in June 2003.
- Asparagus New Technologies (Field Research Projects Conducted in the 2002 Asparagus Harvest Season)
- Asparagus New Technology, Web Album
- Asparagus Research, Selective Machine Harvester
- Establishment and Annual Production Costs for Washington Asparagus in 2001, Ext. Bul. 1779
- Selective Harvester June 2003 update
- Selective Harvester Trials, 2004 update
- Economics of Harvesting Asparagus - Abstract
- Simulation of Harvesting Asparagus: Mechanical vs. Manual June 30, 2004
- Asparagus Harvester Evaluation - El Centro Test, March 2005.
- Final Report Asparagus Harvester Trials
Geiger Lund Selective Harvester Evaluation
2004-2005 , July 2005
Biofuels
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Painter, Kate and Dennis Roe, 2007. "Economics of Canola Production in the Pacific Northwest." Working Paper 2007-17.
Cooperative Financing
- AE 02-4: Options in Financing Agribusiness Cooperatives: Research Findings and Conclusions
- EB 1985E: The Changing Dynamics of Grain Cooperatives in Eastern Washington
Pears
- Market Price Analysis for Washington Organic Apples and Pears in 2003-2006 , 2007
- Effect of Size and Grade on Profitability of Marketing D'Anjou Pears
Potatoes
- AE 02-8: Potatoes for the Fresh Market: The Costs of Growing and Packing
- EB1906: 2001 Cost of Producing Processing & Fresh Potatoes Under Center Pivot
- The Economic Impact of Potatoes in Washington State, EB1925
- The Economic Impact of a Possible Irrigation-Water Shortage in Odessa Sub-basin Potato Production and Processing (June 2005)
- The Minimum Wage and Washington Competitiveness in the Potato Industry, 1999E, (Sept. 2005)
- The Economic Impact of Potatoes in Washington State, EB1953E (July 2006). Replaces EB1925 and XB1039.
Straw-to-Energy
- Straw-to-Energy
- The Prospects for an Electrical Generation & Transmission Cooperative Fueled by Straw Produced in Eastern Washington
- The Effect of the "No-Burn Ban" on the Economic Viability of Producing Bluegrass Seed in Select Areas of Washington State EB1922E
Wine and Concord Grapes
- Summary of Ray Folwell's Wine Industry Research
- Small Winery Investment and Operating Costs, August 2005, EB1996.
- Bulk Winery Investment and Operating Costs, XB0997E, reviewed 2004.
- Marketing Washington Wines at the Wholesale Level, XB1015E, reviewed 2004.
- Establishment and Production Costs for Washington Concord Grapes, Feb. 2004, EB1965
- Production and Marketing Risks Associated with Wine Grapes in Washington, December 2003, XB1035E.
- Wine Grape Establishment and Production Costs in Washington, 2003, Ext. Bul. 1955
- Establishment and Annual Production Costs for Washington Wine Grapes, 1999, Ext. Bul. 1588
- Concord Grape Establishment and Production Costs in Washington, 1996, Ext. Bul. 1823
