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A Quarterly Forecasting Model for the Consumer Price Index for Food
Barr, Terry N.; Gale, Hazen F. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1973) 1
A model is developed to forecast the food price component of the consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The'model relates retail food prices to prices received by farmers and to wage rates in food marketing industries. The farm value and farm-retail spread of the...
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Shifting Direct Government Payments from Agriculture to Poor People: Impacts on Food Consumptionand Farm Income
Egbert, Alvin C.; Hiemstra, Stephen J. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1969) 3
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Evaluation of Agricultural Flood Damage by Airphoto Analysis of Flood-Plain Samples
Nobe, Kenneth C.; Dill Jr., Henry W. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1959) 4
The United States Department of Agriculture is cooperating in an interagency study to plan for the future development …
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A Model for Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Bullock, J. Bruce; Logan, Samuel H. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1969) 4
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Measuring Backward and Forward Linkages in the U.S. Food and Fiber System
Henry, Mark; Schluter, Gerald - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1985) 4
The Interindustry flows required to support the output of the U S food and fiber system are decomposed Into backward and forward linkages Our purpose is to evaluate the relative Importance of farm versus food-and fiber-processing activities For the United States In 1977, backward linkages...
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The Role of Economics and Statistics in the USDA
Cochrane, Willard W. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1961) 3
April of this year, the economic and statistical work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture was regrouped and reoriented … under a Director of Agricultural Economics, reporting directly to the Secretary of Agriculture. It is most appropriate …
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Cost Functions From Cross-Section Data—Fact or Fantasy?
Stollsteimer, J.F.; Bressler, R.G.; Boles, James N. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1961) 3
individual firm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, beginning with the pioneering work of T V. J. Spillman, has been a …, and W. F. Finner and V. J. Brensike of the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, for their helpful …
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Combining Input-Output and Regression Analysis in Projection Models: An Application to Agriculture
Schluter, Gerald E. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1974) 4
Grafting an adjustment equation onto an input-output based projection model improves the predictive performance of the unadjusted model and results in a relatively sensitive estimator of both the level of and changes in nominal and real gross farm product.
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The Economic Research Service: 22 Years Later
Cochrane, Willard W. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1983) 2
In this solicited article, Willard Cochrane, the U S Department of Agriculture's first Director of Agricultural … respect to the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture …
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Whole Farm Survey Data for Economic Indicators and Performance Measures
Johnson, James; Baum, Kenneth - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1986) 3
The aggregate economic indicators and statistical series published by the U S Department of Agriculture provide …
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