Feeders who wish to hedge should consider more than the price for which they sell a fed cattle futures contract. They should also consider the efficiency of the hedge and the expected effective price which results from hedging. This is slJown by selected comparisons of results for fed cattle...

In the following article is another of a series of progress reports published in Agricultural Economics Research on the research program, of the Agricultural Estimates Division, AM S , that is being conducted to develop more objective methods of obtaining data on trends in acreage, livestock...

Cover; In This Issue written by Clark Edwards; Contents

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The costs of obtaining a given level of accuracy in estimating yields of tree fruit might be lowered by the use of photographs or supplemental information on fruiting potential. A small-scale experiment of this sort is described for peaches and apples. A procedure for evaluating the relative...

Books Reviewed: "Farmers in the Market Economy"; "The Concept of Poverty"; "The Techniques of Urban Economic Analysis"; "Agriculture in Economic Development"; "Natural Resources and International Development"; "Introducing Social Change, A Manual for Americans Overseas"; "Oxford Regional...