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Rainfall Variations and Risk Analysis of Dryland and Irrigated Agriculture in the Texas High Plains

Obembe, Oladipo S; Almas, Lal K.; Guerrero, Bridget L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2014

to 2012 for dryland cotton and dryland sorghum while dryland wheat data was for the period of 1973 to 2012. The county … variability and dryland yield was examined for dryland sorghum, dryland wheat, and dryland cotton using ordinary least square … Smith County), dryland wheat (Hansford County), and dryland cotton (Lynn County) respectively. The R2 values from the …

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Evaluation of Crop Insurance Choices for Cotton Producers under the 2014 Farm Bill

Luitel, Kishor; Knight, Thomas; Hudson, Darren - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2016

New crop insurance coverage offered by the 2014 Farm Bill will be available to cotton farmers beginning in 2015. Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) and Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) are new crop insurance options, which are designed to protect farmers from shallow losses. STAX is only...

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Is Strawberry Advisory System (SAS) Feasible for Farmers of All Risk Preference Profiles?

Vorotnikova, Ekaterina; Borisova, Tatiana; VanSickle, John - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

The Strawberry Advisory System (SAS) was developed to improve temporal precision of fungicide application. Based on Net Present Value (NPV), it outperforms the traditional fungicide application method given weather and market conditions typical for Florida (Vorotnikova et al., 2014). This study...

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Economic Benefits of Fungicide Use in Corn Production

Liu, Yangxuan; Langemeier, Michael; Wise, Kiersten - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

This study used experimental data from West Lafayette, Indiana to examine the economic benefits of applying fungicide to corn. The average improvements in yield, gross revenue, and net return (gross revenue minus fungicide and application cost) were 4 bushels per acre, $19 per acre, and -$9 per...

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Timing the Purchase of Livestock Risk Protection Insurance for Feeder Cattle

Griffith, Andrew P.; Lewis, Karen E.; Boyer, Christopher N. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Livestock Risk Protection Insurance (LRP) is a risk management tool available to cattle producers protecting against price declines. It can be used to establish a price floor much like a put option. The primary difference between put options and LRP is LRP can be purchased for as few as one...

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The Brunt of Oil Demand and US-Dollar Exchange Rate: Evidence From Net-Oil Importing Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sene, Seydina; Mishra, Dr. Ashok - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

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To buy or not buy (insurance)? An experiment on public funds distribution under different rooted risks

Xu, Zhicheng; Palma, Marco A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

The distribution of income and wealth resulting from risk-taking behavior significantly affects cooperation and risk-sharing in many areas in many governmental programs, including health insurance and agricultural production. This paper studies redistributive decision making and fairness...

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Social Capital and Disaster Recovery: Evidence from Sichuan Earthquake in 2008

Tse, Chun Wing; Wei, Jianwen; Wang, Yihan - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2014

Social capital helps reduce adverse shocks by facilitating access to transfers. This study examines how various measures of social capital are associated with disaster recovery from 2008 Sichuan earthquake. We find that households having a larger Spring Festival network in 2008 do better in...

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Adoption of Irrigation Technology and Best Management Practices under Climate Risks: Evidence from Arkansas, United States

Xu, Ying; Huang, Qiuqiong; West, Grant - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Water shortage is likely intensified by climate change. Although advanced irrigation technologies and agricultural water management practices are widely promoted, farmers’ adoption behavior is not well understood in the climate change context. This study helps fill this gap by assessing how...

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Optimial Allocation of Index Insurance Intervals for Commodities

Diersen, Matthew; Gurung, Pratik; Fausti, Scott - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

The objective of this research is to incorporate the relationship between forage yields and rainfall levels to find optimal weights on insurance intervals using Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF-RI) insurance. Unlike earlier models, actuarial fairness of the insurance product is...

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