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Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), commonly known as scab, has been a severe problem for wheat producers in recent years. This … study estimates the economic value of crop losses suffered by wheat producers in the 1990s. Nine states and three wheat …
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One of the major trade policy problems identified by U.S. interests, including grower groups, traders, and policymakers, is that of pricing transparency. This has been a gnawing issue generally related to the pricing practices of competitor exporting countries with state trading enterprises...
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A stochastic optimization model was developed to determine optimal testing strategies, costs, and risks of a dual marketing system. The model chooses the testing strategy (application, intensity, and tolerance) that maximizes utility (minimizes disutility) of additional system costs due to...
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Consistency of functional characteristics in hard red spring (HRS) wheat is a concern confronting sellers and buyers … cents per bushel for low quality wheat and a premium of 36 cents per bushel if high quality is achieved. The premium for …
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Development of genetically modified (GM) wheat varieties is proceeding; however, several critical issues remain the … GM crops; research on GM traits in wheat; consumer acceptance of GM crops (a separate section is included on issues …
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Dockage levels in U.S. wheat exports have been a continuing concern. Recent proposals have focused on changes in U … contractual relations between buyers and sellers. In addition, past changes in factor limits have been applied for all wheat and …
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Canadian exports of wheat and barley to the United States have increased significantly since the late 1980s. The … objectives of this study are to determine the factors that affect trade flows of hard red spring wheat, durum wheat, malting … barley, and feed barley from Canada to the United States and to evaluate the impacts of Canadian wheat and barley exports on …
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A modified gravity-type model was employed to evaluate the effect of exchange rate volatility on wheat exports … exhibited negative effects on world wheat trade, with even greater effects in the long-term measure. This result implies that … exchange rate volatility is an important factor in explaining the trade pattern of wheat worldwide. …
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hard red spring (HRS) wheat, Canadian exports to the United States have nearly stopped. This study examines the changes in … U.S. wheat imports from Canada. An econometric model is developed and estimated to determine the effects of the decline … in HRS wheat imports on U.S. farm price and producer revenue. The substantial decline in HRS wheat imports from Canada …
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Countercyclical Program (RCCP) were analyzed. The analysis was done for spring wheat using the BRP-RCCP calculator, as developed by …
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