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The Farm Level Impacts of Replacing Current Farm Programs with a Whole Farm Revenue Program

Raulston, J. Marc; Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

This study evaluates the farm level economic impacts of implementing a whole farm revenue insurance program in lieu of current government program payments on agricultural producers in major production areas of the United States. Realizing a multitude of viable options exist, this study...

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Analyzing Crop Revenue Safety Net Program Alternatives and Impacts on Producers and Program Costs

Jansen, Jim A.; Lubben, Bradley D.; Stockton, Matthew C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

This study evaluates the policy effects of alternative program designs for federal revenue-based farm income safety net programs. Eight representative farms across Nebraska are used to stochastically simulate the financial impact of changing the current farm crop revenue-based safety net with a...

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Attitudes of College Students towards Agriculture, Food and the Role of Government

Carreira, Rita I.; Mane, R.; Danforth, Diana M.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008

In 2002 and 2007 we surveyed Agribusiness students’ attitudes about agriculture, farming, food and agricultural policies. Responses were analyzed by year and student characteristics including farm background, citizenship and gender. Citizenship was a significant variable explaining differences...

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Why farm support Persists: An Explanation Grounded in Congressional political Economy

Freshwater, David; Leising, Jordan - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

In the paper we provide an explanation of the persistence of the commodity titles in US farm bills that is grounded in core theories of the policy process from the political science literature. The political science literature explains policy continuity and policy change from a number of...

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Risk Analysis for Agricultural Cooperatives

Kenkel, Philip L.; Parrish, Robert - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

Grain/fertilizer volumes are major risks for grain/supply cooperatives followed by fertilizer and fuel margins. Operating losses force stock write downs (22% probability) and negative cashflow (15% probability). Decisions on cash and stock patronage, infrastructure investment, and equity...

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Determining the Nature of Dependency between Agribusiness and Non-Agribusiness Stocks

D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Detre, Joshua D. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

During the financial downturn of 2008, asset classes that investors traditionally found to have low correlation with U.S. stocks became more highly correlated at the most inopportune time. Post-downturn, investors increasingly looked for alternative assets that offer diversification benefits,...

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Supply Response of Crops in the Southeast

Smith, Rachel K.; Duffy, Patricia A.; Novak, James L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

, Tennessee, and Virginia, taking into account the effect of wealth, revenue risk, and farm program provisions. Estimated …

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A Risk Analysis of Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation

Williams, Jeffery R.; Llewelyn, Richard V.; Pendell, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

management strategies under various risk preferences and utility-weighted certainty equivalent risk premiums. Yields, input rates …, risk analysis indicates CRP would be the preferred strategy for some risk-averse managers. …

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Exchange Rate Volatility in BRICS Countries

Maradiaga, David Isaias; Zapata, Hector O.; Pujula, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

This paper measures the impact of bilateral exchange rates, the world agricultural GDP and third-country exchange rate volatilities (Yen/USD and Euro/USD) on the BRICS agricultural exports using a vector autoregressive (VAR) model. Two measures of volatility are used: the standard deviation and...

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Dryland Wheat variety selection in the Texas High Plain

Park, Seong Cheol; Cho, Jaesung; Bevers, Stanley J.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

Selecting the best wheat varieties affects producers’ profit and financial risk. This study identifies the optimal … wheat variety selection using the portfolio approach at various risk aversion levels. Results showed that the optimal wheat … variety selection was significantly affected by changes in levels of risk aversion of decision makers …

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