This analysis compares net returns of conventional and alternative agricultural cropping systems in northeast Kansas, with and without government commodity programs. The highest net return is consistently from the alternative system, wheat/clover-sorghum-soybeans. Sensitivity analysis reveals...

This study investigates nonparametrically the optimizing behavior of a sample of 289 Kansas farms under profit-maximizing and cost-minimizing hypotheses. The results do not support strict adherence to either optimization hypothesis. However, evidence against cost-minimizing behavior seems to be...

Case Study of Midland Marketing Co-op Hays, Kansas Prepared for 2006 Symposium and Leadership Roundtable January 16-17, 2006 Grand Prairie Hotel Hutchinson, Kansas

Financial Strategy Case Study of Kanza Cooperative Association Iuka, Kansas. Prepared for 2011 K‐State Symposium on Cooperative Issues K‐State Alumni Center Manhattan, Kansas August 30, 2011

Financial Strategy Case Study of Cooperative Producers, Inc. Hastings, Nebraska Prepared for 2011 K‐State Symposium on Cooperative Issues K‐State Alumni Center Manhattan, Kansas August 30, 2011

Financial Strategy Case Study of MKC Moundridge, Kansas. Prepared for 2011 K‐State Symposium on Cooperative Issues K‐State Alumni Center Manhattan, Kansas August 30, 2011

Case Study of Midway Co-op Association Osborne, Kansas Prepared for 2006 Symposium and Leadership Roundtable January 16-17, 2006 Grand Prairie Hotel Hutchinson, Kansas