scholarly journals Economic Impacts of the 1981 Agricultural Act and the 1981 Tax Act on Texas High Plains Farmers

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Richardson ◽  
Clair J. Nixon ◽  
Edward G. Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Texas High Plains ◽  
Agriculture And Food

During 1981 two major pieces of legislation were passed that will greatly influence the economic welfare of farmers in the United States. First to be passed was the Economic Recovery Tax Act, and second was the Agriculture and Food Act. These two laws will likely have significant impacts on commercial farmers throughout the next decade.

Severe Convective Windstorms over the Northern High Plains of the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Klimowski ◽  
Matthew J. Bunkers ◽  
Mark R. Hjelmfelt ◽  
Josiah N. Covert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Plains

DROUGHT, WIND, AND BLOWING DUST ON THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF THE UNITED STATES

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Lee ◽  
Kenneth A. Wigner ◽  
James M. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Southern High Plains

Safe until Sorry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah MacKendrick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Agriculture And Food

This chapter outlines the United States’ uneven and contradictory relationship with the precautionary principle as a policy ethic, and, more specifically points to how the safe-until-sorry model at the regulatory level helps to explain why precaution has flourished as an individualized, consumer principle. In outlining this relationship, it documents the serious gaps in regulatory oversight in what is a vast, fractured policy framework that oversees chemicals used in agriculture and food production, and in the manufacturing of cosmetics, personal care products and consumer goods.

scholarly journals A Radar-Based Climatology of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1591-1606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex M. Haberlie ◽  
Walker S. Ashley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corn Belt ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Convective System ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Mesoscale Convective

Abstract This research applies an automated mesoscale convective system (MCS) segmentation, classification, and tracking approach to composite radar reflectivity mosaic images that cover the contiguous United States (CONUS) and span a relatively long study period of 22 years (1996–2017). These data afford a novel assessment of the seasonal and interannual variability of MCSs. Additionally, hourly precipitation data from 16 of those years (2002–17) are used to systematically examine rainfall associated with radar-derived MCS events. The attributes and occurrence of MCSs that pass over portions of the CONUS east of the Continental Divide (ECONUS), as well as five author-defined subregions—North Plains, High Plains, Corn Belt, Northeast, and Mid-South—are also examined. The results illustrate two preferred regions for MCS activity in the ECONUS: 1) the Mid-South and Gulf Coast and 2) the Central Plains and Midwest. MCS occurrence and MCS rainfall display a marked seasonal cycle, with most of the regions experiencing these events primarily during the warm season (May–August). Additionally, MCS rainfall was responsible for over 50% of annual and seasonal rainfall for many locations in the ECONUS. Of particular importance, the majority of warm-season rainfall for regions with high agricultural land use (Corn Belt) and important aquifer recharge properties (High Plains) is attributable to MCSs. These results reaffirm that MCSs are a significant aspect of the ECONUS hydroclimate.

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