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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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An Economic Risk Analysis of Stocker Grazing on Conservation Tillage Small Grains Forage in Arkansas

Watkins, K. Bradley; Hignight, Jeffrey A.; Beck, Paul A.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

This study evaluates both the profitability and risk efficiency of grazing stocker steers on conservation tillage …. Stocker steer net return distributions by tillage treatment are constructed and ranked for risk efficiency using SERF. The … results indicate the NT system is the most profitable and most risk efficient of the three tillage systems, followed by the RT …

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The Impacts of Farm Size and Economic Risk on No-Till Rice Whole-Farm Profitability

Watkins, K. Bradley; Hignight, Jeffrey A.; Anders, Merle M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

cumulative distribution functions of whole-farm returns according to specified risk preferences. The results indicate NT farms …

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Optimal investment in prevention and control of a potential invader: the case of zebra mussels in Florida waterways

Adams, Damian C.; Lee, Donna J.; Rossi, Frederick J. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2007

The probability of a severe infestation ranges from 2% to 98% depending on investment in monitoring, prevention, and response technology. Given the estimated potential for economic damages, preliminary results indicate that prudent investment in prevention and early response net a present value...

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Simulation of Alternative Marketing Strategies for U.S. Cotton

Elrod, Christopher P.; Robinson, John R.C.; Richardson, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008

Three marketing strategies (selling a put option, cash sale at harvest, and cash sale in June) are simulated based on historical values and ranked based on certainty equivalents for a representative irrigated and dryland cotton farm Scenario analysis is also used to compare varying yield values.

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Does Crop Insurance Reduce the Need for Cash Reserves in Savings Accounts?

Raulston, J. Marc; Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

One of the most fundamental and traditional risk management tools available to agricultural producers is a savings … met when unexpected shortfalls in income occur. Crop insurance, another risk management tool, likely reduces the cash …

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Economic Analysis of Crop Insurance Alternatives Under Surface Water Curtailment Uncertainty

Falconer, Lawrence L.; Richardson, James W. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

This paper reports SERF analysis to help rice landlords in the Upper Coastal Bend of Texas evaluate alternative crop insurance combinations of yield loss and prevented planting coverage levels given uncertainty related to surface irrigation water curtailment. For baseline and high curtailment...

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