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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 1: Primary Agriculture
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006
This report is the first chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...
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Cost and Benefit Analysis of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) Management Technology in Georgia.
Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Recent trend depicts that tomatoes and tomatoes products rank 2nd most important vegetable crop in the United States after potatoes and potatoes products contributing 20 percent of total vegetable production. More-so, tomato is equally ranked 2nd in the United States in terms of production...
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PROFITABILITY OF LOW LIFT PUMP AND INCOME INFLUENCING FACTORS OF LLP OWNERS AND USERS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BHOLA DISTRICT
Majumder, Monoj Kumar; Rahman, Md. Saidur; Mondal, … - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 1
in the study. Three discounting measures such as: BCR, NPV and IRR were selected for financial analysis taking 11 percent … market interest rate (i.e. opportunity cost of the capital). BCR was 1.20, NPV was Tk. 35,673 and IRR was 47 percent from …The study examined the profitability of Low Lift Pump (LLPs) and income influencing factors of the owners and users of …
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Is Farm Management Skill Persistent?
Li, Xin; Paulson, Nicholas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Farm management skills can affect farm managers' performance. In this article, farm management performance is analyzed based on yearly Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) panel data across 6,760 farms from 1996 through 2011. Two out-of-sample measures of skill are used to analyze the...
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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Cover and Contents Pages
2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - 2010
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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2007 Michigan Cash Grain Farm Business Analysis Summary
Wittenberg, Eric; Harsh, Stephen B. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
This report summarizes the 2007 financial and production records of 77 Michigan cash grain farms. To be included, the farms must have produced at least 50 percent of gross cash farm income from one or a combination of these items: corn, soybeans, wheat, navy beans, oats, sugar beets and other...
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2007 Michigan Upper Peninsula Dairy Farm Business Analysis Summary
Wittenberg, Eric; Wolf, Christopher A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
This report summarizes the financial and production records of 24 dairy farms across the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. To be included, the farms must have produced at least 50 percent of gross cash farm income from milk and dairy animal sales. The records came from Michigan State...
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2010 Michigan Upper Peninsula Dairy Business Analysis Summary
Wittenberg, Eric; Wolf, Christopher A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
This report summarizes the financial and production records of 16 dairy farms across the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. To be included, the farms must have produced at least 50 percent of gross cash farm income from milk and dairy animal sales. The records came from Michigan State...
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