Giannini Foundation: Information Series

Giannini Foundation Information Series

The purpose of the Information Series is to communicate selected research results to a lay audience. The Information Series, initiated in 1963, is numbered serially within years. The following Information Series reports are available and may be ordered using the order form. The reports that are downloadable will have the symbol. Please make sure you have a copy of the Acrobat Reader to view the reports. To obtain a copy of this free software, go to

NO.	TITLE	AUTHORS
86-3	Activity and Regulation of Farm Labor Contractors.	Philip L. Martin and Suzanne Vaupel
88-1	Ventura Citrus Labor Market.	Jack Lloyd, Philip L. Martin and John Mamer
88-2	A Case Study of California Farm Machinery: Repair Costs and Downtime.	Shermaine D. Hardesty and Hoy F. Carman
88-3	Factors Critical to the Success or Failure of Emerging Agricultural Cooperatives.	Richard Sexton and Julie Iskow
88-4	The Wages and Fringe Benefits of Unionized California Farmworkers.	Philip L. Martin, Daniel Egan and Stephanie Luce
90-1	Impacts on California Agriculture of a Ban on Rice Straw Burning.	Delworth Gardner, Richard E. Howitt, and Charles Goodman
91-1	The Availability and Prices of Consumer Goods and Services in Small Towns of Northern California.	Refugio I. Rochin and Karen M. Jetter
92-1	Acquiring Alfalfa Hay Harvest Equipment: A Financial Analysis of Alternatives	Steven C. Blank, Karen Klonsky, Kim Norris, and Steve B. Orloff
94-1	California Field Crops: Location and Trends in Acreage, Yields, and Production, 1945-1991.	Warren E. Johnston
94-2	Cultural Practices and Sample Costs for Organic Vegetable Production on the Central Coast of California.	Karen Klonsky, Laura Tourte, David Chaney, Pete Livingston and Richard Smith
94-3	California Vegetable Crops: Production and Markets.	Roberta L. Cook, Carole Frank Nuckton and Warren E. Johnston
95-1	Reducing Citrus Revenue Losses from Frost Damage.	Raymond Venner and Steven C. Blank
96-1	Mandated Marketing Programs for California Commodities.	Hyunok Lee, Julian M. Alston, Hoy F. Carman and William Sutton
97-1	California Agriculture: Issues and Challenges.	Jerome B. Siebert, editor
03-1	California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues	Jerome B. Siebert, editor
04-1	Economic Contributions of the California Nursery Industry	Hoy F. Carman and Ana Maria Rodriguez

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Last Update: October 15, 2007

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