Research Publications

• Regulatory Compliance Costs and California Specialty Crop Producers Profitability (PDF)

• An Analysis of the Grape Juice Concentrate Industry: Implications for Central California Grape Producers (PDF)

• 27th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Brochure (PDF)

• 27th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• The Impact of California Regulatory Compliance Costs on California Orange Producer Profitability

• Traceability for food Marketing and Safety

• Farm Worker Motor Vehicle Safety Brochure

• Taking the Fast Plane to China by Jock O'Connell (PDF)

• 26th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• The Role of Air Cargo in California's Agricultural Export Trade: A 2007 Update

• Controlling Pests with Bt Cotton and Managing Resistance Build-up with Refuge Policies

• China: Horticultural Industry Trade, Trends & Observations: Implications For The California Specialty Crop Industry (PowerPoint, 14.6MB)

• The Agribusiness of Plant Biotechnology (PowerPoint, 2.9MB)

• 25th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• The Role of Air Cargo in California's Agricultural Export Trade: A 2007 Update (PDF)

• 24th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• 25th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Brochure (PDF)

• Grape Juice Concentrate Trade Profile 2004 (PDF, 3.3MB)

• 24th Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Brochure (PDF, 2MB)

• The Role of Air Cargo in California's Agricultural Export Trade (PDF, 2.1MB)

• The Central American Free Trade Agreement: What’s at Stake for California Agriculture? (PDF)

• 2005 Statewide Pistachio Day (PowerPoint, 2MB)

• Cotton Market Outlook: Implications for California Producers (PowerPoint, 540KB)

• 23rd Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• Shanghai Conference

• Exports and the Future of the US Cotton Industry: Influence of Selected Trade Policy Issues

• The Economics of Image-based, Variable Rate Plant Growth Regulator Use in Cotton (PDF)

• Shanghai Conference

• Exports and the Future of the US Cotton Industry: Influence of Selected Trade Policy Issues (PDF)

• 22nd Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Proceedings

• The Chinese Walnut Market: Opportunities or Conflict

• 21st Annual Agribusiness Management Conference Presentations

• China Trade: Structure, Opportunities & Issues

• An Economic and Capital Budgeting Analysis of Alternative Raisin Production Systems (PDF)

• The Central San Joaquin Valley Farm Labor Work Force (PDF)
  
  Impacts of Australian and Central American Free Trade Agreements for the U.S. Agriculture (PowerPoint)

• The Economics of Image-based, Variable Rate Plant Growth Regulator Use in Cotton (PDF)
  by Matthew Bethel, Fumiko Yamazaki, and Mechel S. Paggi
  (June 2003 - 20 pp.). CATI Pub. #030602

• An Economic and Capital Budgeting Analysis of Alternative Raisin Production Systems (PDF)
  by R. Lynn Williams, Sarah A. Shepard and James E. Casey, Jr.
  (May 2002 - 23 pp.). CATI Pub. #020501

• U.S. Agricultural Outlook Future Prospects and Issues for California Agriculture (Powerpoint)
  by Mechel S. Paggi, Director Center for Agricultural Business California State University, Fresno
  (June 17, 2002)

• The Central San Joaquin Valley Farm Labor Work Force 2001 (PDF)
  by Andrew J. Alvarado and Rosa Luna
  (March 2002 – 35 pp.). CATI Pub. #020302

• Cotton Market Outlook - Implications for California Producers (Powerpoint)
  by Mechel S. Paggi, Director Center for Agricultural Business California State University, Fresno
  Kings/Tulare Counties Winter Cotton Meeting (February 27, 2002)

• Meeting the U.S. WTO Commitments (PDF)
  by Mechel S. Paggi, Director Center for Agricultural Business California State University, Fresno
  Beltwide Cotton Conference (January 11, 2002)

• The WTO and International Trade Prospects - Rice (Powerpoint)
  by Mechel S. Paggi and Fumiko Yamazaki
  University of California Executive Seminar On Agricultural Issues (December 10, 2001)

• California Cattle Outlook
  by James H. Cothern, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
  Agribusiness Management Conference (November 9, 2000)

• Regional Alfalfa Situation
  by James H. Cothern, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
  Agribusiness Management Conference (November 9, 2000)

• Wheat and Feed Grains Outlook
  by James H. Cothern, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
  Agribusiness Management Conference (November 9, 2000)

• California's Produce Trucking Industry: Characteristics and Important Issues
  by John W. Hagen, Dwight D. Minami, Bert O. Mason, and William L. Dunton
  (March 1999). CATI Pub. #990301

• Evaluating Production Alternatives on a Model San Joaquin Valley Farm
  by James H. Cothern
  (May 1997). CATI Pub. #970501.

• Agricultural Safety Resource Guide
  by Donald G. Bennett and Erik Forsen
  (March 1997). CATI Pub. #970302.

• An Analysis of California's Exporters of Processed Food Products
  by John W. Hagen and Dr. Juan C. Batista
  (November 1996). CATI Pub. #961102.

• The Economics of Maintaining Land in Agriculture in Fresno County
  by Dennis L. Nef
  (August 1996 - 12 pp.). CATI Pub. #960802.

• The California Agricultural Labor Market in 1993: A Study of the Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act on Central California's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Between 1988 and 1993
  by Andrew J. Alvarado, Gary L. Riley and Herbert O. Mason
  (April 1996 - 50 pp.). CATI Pub. #960402.

• Federal State Market News Service and the California Economy
  by James H. Cothern
  (March 1996 - 19 pp.). CATI Pub. #960302.

• Mexico's Distribution Infrastructure for Fresh Deciduous Fruits After the North American Free Trade Agreement
  by Juan C. Batista, Jose Armando Martinez and Antonio Soto
  (March 1996 - 37 pp.). CATI Pub. #960301.

• Economic Impact of Surface Water Reduction Alternatives: Westlands Water District and Fresno County
  by James H. Cothern and Dennis L. Nef
  (July 1995 - 24 pp.). CATI Pub. #950702.

• Economics of Crop Production with Surface Water Reduction Alternatives: Westlands Water District
  by James H. Cothern and Dennis L. Nef
  (February 1995 - 35 pp.). CATI Pub. #950201.

• Sustainable Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley: A Survey (supplies currently exhausted)
  by James H. Cothern
  (July 1994 - 16 pp.). CATI Pub. #940704.

• World Suppliers of Select California Grown Crops (supplies currently exhausted)
  by John W. Hagen
  (July 1994 - 35 pp.). CATI Pub. #940702.

• A Business of Details: Exporting High Value U.S. Agricultural Products - an educational video documentary
  co-produced by Juan Batista and the U.S. Department of Agriculture ©1994, (30 min).
  No CATI Pub. #.

• Mexico's Agricultural Trade Infrastructure for Apples and Pears
  by Juan C. Batista and John W. Hagen
  (February 1994 ). CATI Pub. #940201.

• An Economic Evaluation of Select Marketing Alternatives for Kenaf
  by John W. Hagen
  (January 1994 - 21 pp.) CATI Pub. #940103.

• Assessing the Potential of the Mexican Market for Canned California Cling Peaches
  by Juan C. Batista and John W. Hagen
  (May 1992). CATI Pub. #920503.

• Mexico's International Trade Status: Trade Barriers, Present and Potential Markets
  by John W. Hagen
  (December 1991). CATI Pub. #911201.

• Electronic Information Services and Data Bases of Interest to Agriculture, Business and Industry (no longer available)
  by James H. Cothern
  (May 1991). CATI Pub. #910502.

  California Commodity Commissions
  by Thomas I. Gunn
  (November 1990). CATI Pub. #901103.

• Turbo Farm Version 3.1
  by James Cothern
  (November 1990). CATI Pub. #901105.

• Closing Turbo Farm Accounts
  by James H. Cothern
  (May 1990). CATI Pub. #900507.

• Using Turbo Farm to Analyze Profitability
  by James H. Cothern
  (May 1990). CATI Pub. #900505.

• Financial Ratio Analysis with Turbo Farm
  by James H. Cothern
  (April 1990). CATI Pub. #900406.

• Using Turbo Farm for Basic Financial Analysis
  by James H. Cothern
  (April 1990). CATI Pub. #900405.

• Establishing and Managing Turbo Farm Accounts and Enterprises
  by James H. Cothern
  (March 1990). CATI Pub. #900305.

• Turbo Farm: Computerizing Farm Financial Record Keeping
  by James H. Cothern
  (February 1990). CATI Pub. #900214.

• California Agricultural Market Development: An Overview of State and Federal Programs
  by Thomas I. Gunn
  (November 1989). CATI Pub. #891102 (revision of #880102).

• Energy Rate Selection in Irrigated Agriculture, with Lotus 1-2-3 template
  by Dennis L. Nef
  (December 1988). CATI Pub. #881203.

• Equipment Investment Analysis, with Lotus 1-2-3 template
  by Dennis L. Nef
  (April 1988). CATI Pub. #880405.

• California Agricultural Market Development: An Overview of State and Federal Programs
  by Thomas I. Gunn
  (January 1988). CATI Pub. #880102.

• Irrigation System Investment Analysis - Technical Manual and Worksheet, with Lotus 1-2-3 template
  by Dennis L. Nef and Robert Spiva
  (October 1986). CATI Pub. #860906.

• Irrigation System Investment Analysis
  by Dennis L. Nef and Robert Spiva
  (October 1986 - 8 pp.). CATI Pub. #860905.