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MEASURING LABOR PRODUCTIVITY IN PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION

Howe, Eric C.; Schluter, Gerald E.; Handy, Charles R. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1976) 4

Labor productivity is measured for each of 4 selected years for each of four components of personal consumption … commercial employees, and food produced and consumed on farms. The labor productivity estimates include both direct and …

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Alternative Analyses of Farm Growth

Strickland Jr., Roger P. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1973) 4

Four strategies for farm growth are analyzed and compared on the basis of ownership, equity, and productive capacity achieved, and on the basis of resistance to adversity. The primary tool of analysis was a model utilizing a stochastic simulator interfaced with both ex ante and ex post linear...

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Agricultural Development in Three Asian Countries: A Comparative Analysis

Lee, Chinkook; Culver, David W. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1985) 1

This article examines the role of agriculture in economic development in three Asian countries Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Agricultural output increased substantially and agricultural exports were achieved at the initial stage of economic development on Japan and Taiwan In Korea, however,...

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Preliminary Report on Objective Procedures for Soybean Yield Forecasts

Kelly, Bruce W. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1957) 4

As part of its expanded research program, the Agricultural Estimates Division of AMS is exploring the possibilities of objective forecasts of yield for several crops. This paper summarizes results obtained from the first year's work on soybeans. Although these results must be regarded as...

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Productivity and Structure in U.S. Agriculture

Edwards, Clark - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1985) 3

Changes in productivity are usually associated With technology At the firm level, this is a natural way to think about … productivity. However, in aggregate analysis, measures of productivity can change even when technology does not The measures change … affect farm-sector productivity The productivity of the farm sector is partly a function of structure …

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Input Demand Formulations and Duality Theory

Lutton, Thomas J. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1982) 4

It 15 difficult to obtain c1osed-fonn solutions for input demand equations that are conducive to econometric estimation and policy analysis when the production function IS unknown Developments In the theory of duality facilitate obtaining such equations This article provides three examples of...

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ALTERNATIVE RETAIL BEEF-HANDLING SYSTEMS

Duewer, Lawrence A.; Crawford, Terry L. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1977) 3

Costs of seven methods of handling beef by retail firms are explored, considering number and size of stores per firm and distance from the packer. The least costly method is centralized cutting into retail cuts by retail firms. Larger store size reduced per unit costs significantly for all...

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Observations on the Cattle Cycle

Breimyer, Harold F. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1955) 1

Among all economic cycles that alternately bring cheer and despair to their participants and continuously challenge the ingenuity of analysts, none presents so rhythmic a pattern as does the cycle in cattle numbers. Many studies of the cattle cycle have been attempted but few published. This...

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Optimization of Policy Goals in the Context of a Sector Model

Ballenger, Nicole S.; Norton, Roger D. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1986) 2

This article investigates the possibilities of including policy choices directly into a sector model that simulates an economic equilibrium It uses a mathematical programming framework because these models have wide applicability in agricultural sector analysis The objective function is...

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An Empirical Analysis of Alternative Export Subsidy Programs for U.S. Wheat

Salathe, Larry; Langley, Suchada - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1986) 1

U S wheat exports have fallen nearly 20 percent since 1981. Major contributing factors appear to be the strong U S dollar, debt problems m many gram-Importing countries, and mandated support levels providing an umbrella under which U S competitors can produce and sell their grams US subsidies...

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