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The homestead act of 1862 saw every male in the society owing close to 160 acres of land. The land could only be sold later after six months after the family had ploughed it. The second act was the Desert Act of 1877 that saw massive irrigation of farms increase the produce. The third act was the Timber Culture Act that saw more…

Shelley Acres is the owner of a bakery in Ames, Iowa named Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies (O. Ferrell, Gatewood, L. Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010). She capitalized on her knowledge of making pies, which was passed down from her mother and grandmother, and quickly turned her business into a success. Currently, she is at a crossroads and her decision will directly affect her company’s long-term success. Because of the company’s growing success, Acres is faced with several choices. Expanding her facilities…

BSM Camelina expansion modeling Camelina net annual grower payment per acre Production cost per acre Yield (a) 2.3(ton/hactare) Conversion (b) 2.47 (acres/hactare) Production (c=a/b) 0.931(ton/acres) Production cost1 (d) 228.71($/ton) Jacob (Breakeven cost) Production cost2 (d*c) 212.97($/acre) Grower payment per acre Payment(USD/acre)=crop price (USD/ton)* yield (ton/acre) The crop price is a changing variable in response to the gap between production and demand annually. Therefore…

American Samoa is a national park located in the United States near the South equator. It was established in 1988, which is about 30 years ago. It is one of the newest parks in the USA. This park features 13,500 acres of land, 9,000 of those acres are land acres, and 4,000 acres are marine acres. There are three islands located inside of the national park. One of those islands is called Tafeu Cove. This park was to preserve the coral reefs, and many different species located in Tafue Cove (VR)…

continue to protect and preserve our homelands. The Iroquois Confederacy originally held millions of acres of land in what is now the state of New York. After several treaties with the United States, the Oneida had lost much of their lands and one band decided to relocate west to what is now Wisconsin. After purchasing…

former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is now Midewin. Since the land transfer from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service along with other federal & non-governmental partner manage the restoration of the 19,161 acres of the historical prairie habitat. In 2004 Midewin was opened to the public. Forms of degradation found in Midewin was pasture or cropland from surrounding areas, rusting munition factories and abandoned ammunitions bunkers. The Joliet Ammunition…

be destroying them by harvesting them faster than they can regrow. For example, between the year 1840 to 1920, 19 million acres of white pine forest were logged in the state of Michigan alone in the United States. Those who started logging believed that they would never run out…

Maverick owned over 300 thousand acres at the time of his death. His last name, Maverick, means independently minded, which many of his fellow ranchers found him to be, considering he wouldn’t brand…

Introduction: Federal crop insurance was first introduced in the early 1930s to help producers recover from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl (“History of the Crop Insurance Program”). The now program covers millions of farm acres and has become the largest single farm commodity program in the farm bill. It is a major part of the farm bill and can influence the commodity markets of the United States. Policy Discussion: The federal crop insurance program was created to lower the risk of…

here in the Midwest, where the number and intensity of wildfires are increasing. The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) Year-End Fire Report Calendar Year 2014 states that human activity ignited 134 fires (38% of the year’s total) that burned 8,422 acres. The average cost…