ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The authors wish to extend their appreciation to Carl Vosloh (NEAD, ERS) 

 and CED program areas of the Economic Research Service for providing much of 

 the needed cost and energy data necessary to perform the analysis; to Fred 

 Benson of the University of Minnesota for providing us with a linear 

 programming model that was compatible with the newly acquired computing 

 facility at UNH; to Tom Van Arsdall (NEAD, ERS) for providing information on 

 energy use in crop production; to George Rogers (CED, ERS) and Earle Gavett 

 (NEAD, ERS) for providing insight and encouragement; and to Rick Weldon of 

 the University of New Hampshire and Doug Morris (NRED, ERS) for their 

 advice, good criticism of the methodology, and thorough review of the 

 manuscript. 



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