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Geographical Analysis of US Green Sector Industry Concentration

This paper analyzes the geographic distribution of “green energy” sector clustering in the lower 48 United States using recent developments in industry concentration analysis. Evidence suggests that the ten green energy subsectors and the aggregate of the firms comprising the green energy...

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CRITICAL ECONOMIC FACTORS FOR SUCCESS OF A BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANT FOR AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE, YARD RESIDUE AND WOOD WASTE IN FLORIDA

Granja, Ivan R.; VanSickle, John J.; Ingram, Lonnie; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

This model evaluates the potential success of a cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida. Critical Economic factors of the plant were simulated to assess the ability of this project. These critical factors include the feedstock to be used, the cost of the facility, transportation costs and the...

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Optimal Switchgrass Harvest Strategies Accounting for Yield and Nitrogen Requirement Differences by Month of Harvest

Haque, Mohua; Epplin, Francis M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

Extending switchgrass harvest over many months would require a smaller investment in harvest machines, but would result in a lower average harvestable yield per acre and would require more nitrogen fertilizer, less land for storage, and more land for growing switchgrass. A model was constructed...

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Comparison of Decision Rules for Subsurface Drip Irrigation Practices Using a Nonlinear Mathematical Programming Model

Salim, Juma K.; Dillon, Carl R.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2005

irrigation strategy appeared to perform the best than the other two management practices under different risk scenarios. …

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Can Catfish Aquaculture be Profitable in Farm Ponds?

Dasgupta, Siddhartha; Wurts, William; Durborow, Robert - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2007

Extensive channel catfish farming is a means of utilizing farm ponds for aquaculture production for either supplementary income of home use. This involves stocking catfish at sufficiently low densities such that a pond is able to assimilate excess feed and fish wastes without needing...

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Certainty Equivalent Farm Returns from Bt and Non-Bt Cotton

Banerjee, Swagata; Martin, Steven W. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2006

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/14/06.

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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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Agricultural Arbitrage, Adjustment Costs, and the Intensive Margin

Tack, Jesse B.; LaFrance, Jeffrey T. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations provides evidence that risk aversion and …

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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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