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The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Farmers

Dietz, Sarah N.; Aulerich, Nicole M.; Irwin, Scott H.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41 (2009) 01

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982â … marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas is about equal to the market if a 24- or 20-month market benchmark … harvest benchmark is used. The sensitivity of marketing performance to the market benchmark considered is explained by the …

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Financialization and Structural Change in Commodity Futures Markets

Irwin, Scott H.; Sanders, Dwight R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44 (2012) 03

The first decade of the 21st century has perhaps witnessed more structural change in commodity futures markets than all previous decades combined. Not only have trading volumes and open interest increased markedly, but this time period also saw historic changes in both trading and participants....

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MARKETING ORDER SUSPENSIONS AND FRESH LEMON RETAIL-FOB MARGINS

Richards, Timothy J.; Kagan, Albert; Mischen, Pamela; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 28 (1996) 02

In August 1994, the Secretary of Agriculture announced the termination of the marketing order and the association flow … over the impact of this decision on retail-FOB margins. This study presents an econometric model of fresh lemon marketing … margins that tests for the presence of buyer and seller market power during previous periods of marketing order suspension …

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Devil or Angel? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom (and Bust)

Irwin, Scott H.; Sanders, Dwight R.; Merrin, Robert P. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41 (2009) 02

It is commonly asserted that speculative buying by index funds in commodity futures and overâ€“theâ€“counter derivatives markets created a â€˜â€˜bubbleâ€™â€™ in commodity prices, with the result that prices, and crude oil prices, in particular, far exceeded...

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Portfolios of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: How Much Diversification is Enough?

Cabrini, Silvina M.; Stark, Brian G.; Irwin, Scott H.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 37 (2005) 01

This study analyzes the potential risk-reduction gains from naïve diversification among market advisory services for corn and soybeans. The total possible decrease in risk through naïve diversification is small, mainly because advisory prices are highly correlated on average. Moreover, because...

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COMMODITY R&D AND PROMOTION

Richards, Timothy J.; Padilla, Luis - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 34 (2002) 03

programs. This study investigates the potential returns to product research, development, and marketing in a dynamic commodity …

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ADVERTISING AND RETAIL PROMOTION OF WASHINGTON APPLES: A STRUCTURAL LATENT VARIABLE APPROACH TO PROMOTION EVALUATION

Richards, Timothy J.; Gao, Xiaoming; Patterson, Paul M. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 31 (1999) 01

"Commodity promotion" consists of many activities, each designed to contribute to a consumer's product knowledge or influence tastes. However, both knowledge and tastes are unobservable, or latent, variables influencing demand. This paper specifies a dynamic structural model of fresh fruit...

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THE IMPACT OF PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING: A LATENT CLASS APPROACH

Richards, Timothy J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 32 (2000) 03

class analysis technique to segment consumers based on their responsiveness to a set of marketing variables, finding that a …. By targeting marketing activities to their most responsive segments, the efficiency of commodity promotion can be …

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