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Accuracy Trends and Sources of Forecast Errors in WASDE Balance Sheet Categories for Corn and Soybeans
Botto, Augusto C.; Isengildina, Olga; Irwin, Scott H.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
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ELECTRONIC MARKET USE BY OKLAHOMA LAMB PRODUCERS
Koontz, Stephen R.; Ward, Clement E. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 18 (1993) 01
Socioeconomic and production system characteristics of a sample of Oklahoma sheep producers were employed to examine the decision to use or not use an electronic market for slaughter lambs. Producer attributes that influence electronic market use were identified with qualitative choice models....
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The Impact of Market Advisory Service Recommendations on Producers' Marketing Decisions
Pennings, Joost M.E.; Isengildina, Olga; Irwin, Scott H.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 29 (2004) 02
producers' marketing philosophy, are important factors explaining the impact of MAS recommendations. Risk attitude does not …' marketing decisions …
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EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION IMPACTS ON PRICE DISCOVERY AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY IN THE FED CATTLE MARKET
Anderson, John D.; Ward, Clement E.; Koontz, Stephen R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 23 (1998) 01
information increased price variance and decreased marketing efficiency; that is, more cattle were delivered at weights deviating … from 1,150 pounds- the least-cost marketing weight in the simulator. These factors, which increase costs, make the industry …
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Has the Performance of the Hog Options Market Changed?
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
The hog option contract has served as a risk management tool for the pork industry for more than 20 years. However, very limited information exists about how this market behaves and how it was affected by the contract redesign of 1996. This paper evaluates the efficiency of hog options markets...
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The Value of USDA Situation and Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets
Good, Darrel L.; Irwin, Scott H.; Isengildina, Olga - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 31 (2006) 02
This study investigates the impact of six major USDA reports in hog and cattle markets: Cattle; Cattle on Feed; Cold Storage; Hogs and Pigs; Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook (LDPO); and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). A TARCH-in-mean model, with dummy variables to measure...
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Differences in Prices and Price Risk Across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
Muth, Mary K.; Liu, Yanyan; Koontz, Stephen R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33 (2008) 01
Information on prices and price risk differences across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making … choices about marketing methods. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated … fed cattle price and price risk differences across marketing arrangements. The analysis uses data representing cattle …
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