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The Effects of Premium Subsidies on Demand for Crop Insurance
O'Donoghue, Erik - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014
The first 50 years of the Federal crop insurance program were marked by low enrollment levels. To boost program participation, legislation in 1994 and 2000 increased premium subsidies. In the years since, the jump in enrollment coupled with high commodity prices caused significant increases in...
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Machinery Leasing And Custom Services By Cooperatives And Other Dealers
Biser, Lloyd C. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979
When earnings decline in the face of rising production costs, farmers may find leasing and renting more attractive than owning their equipment. This-study provides information to cooperative machinery dealers and production credit associations on the benefits, drawbacks, and potential of leasing...
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Farm-Based Recreation: A Statistical Profile
Brown, Dennis M.; Reeder, Richard J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
Farm-based recreation provides an important niche market for farmers, but limited empirical information is available on the topic. Access to two USDA databases, the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and the 2000 National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, provided...
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The Changing Economics of U.S. Hog Production
Key, Nigel D.; McBride, William D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine production during the past 15 years. The number of farms with hogs has declined by over 70 percent, as hog enterprises have grown larger. Large operations that specialize in a single phase of...
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Producers Export Company: The Beginnings Of Cooperative Grain Exporting
Reynolds, Bruce - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
Formation of the Producers Export Company (PEC) in 1958 was a first attempt by grain cooperatives to develop an export …
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Cooperative Farm Fertilizer Costs
Vogelsang, Donald L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979
Farmers buying plant food from cooperatives paid 8 percent less per ton than those buying from other firms. On the … average, farmers paid $361 per ton of nutrient from cooperatives in 1975, compared with the $392 they paid noncooperatives … provided by the cooperatives versus noncooperatives. …
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Future Role Of Cooperatives In Marketing Beans, Peas, And Lentils
Smith, Art - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
producers through their own elevators. Farmer cooperatives as a whole have been unable to effectively countervail this growth in … market concentration. Cooperatives do, 'however, have the potential to counteract their competition's position by pooling …
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Regional Grain Cooperatives 1973 And 1977
Thurston, Stanley K. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979
This report reflects 1976 and 1977 fiscal year operations of 14 primary regional and 4 interregional grain cooperatives …. The l8 cooperatives represent about 97 percent of total grain volume of all regional cooperatives. Grain volume for the 14 … primary regional grain cooperatives and 4 interregiona1s totaled a net of 1.9 billion bushels in fiscal 1976 and 1.B billion …
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Piggybacking Fresh Vegetables: California To The Midwest And Northeast
Brooks, Eldon E.; Byrne, Robert J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1979
This study, conducted at the request of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California, was made to determine the best way to improve the present system of distributing perishable commodities and to find alternatives for obtaining truck trailers to be used in possible rail...
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The Gypsy Moth: Research Toward Integrated Pest Management
McManus, Michael L. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1981
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