The impacts of antibiotic use in swine production on production costs and human health are described. Pork supply and demand functions are specified and estimated, and elasticity estimates are then utilized to calculate consumer and producer surpluses for the retail pork market. The impacts of a...

Agribusinesses must cope with the risk of price changes when retailing refined fuels. Hedging price risk with energy futures contracts is a possibility. Information is needed on the local basis, hedge ratios, and hedging effectiveness. The results vary by location. ©1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Key concepts from the behavioral theory of the firm are used to understand the internal decision-making process for an agribusiness. Combined with neoclassical economic theory, the two theoretical foundations help expand understanding of the process.© 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Agribusiness students are compared to four base populations on respective distributions of Myers-Briggs personality types. A statistical t test checks for personality bias in evaluating student performance. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

This case study traces the history of exchange rate risk encountered by a Nebraska agribusiness that sells meat products to Japan. The study describes the strategies used to mange that risk. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Educators recognize the need to integrate higher order cognitive skills into courses, but have difficulty in trying new methods. Active participation in an agribusiness management game is tested, with lecture-dominated class time reduced, to evaluate the affect on student use of cognitive skills.