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Internet and e-Commerce Use by Agribusiness Firms: 2004
Henderson, Jason R.; Akridge, Jay T.; Dooley, Frank J. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 24 (2006) 1
use and perceptions of the Internet and e-commerce in agribusiness companies. Agribusiness firm managers were surveyed in … 2004 to identify agribusiness use of the Internet and e-commerce and to solicit their perceptions about the Internet and e …-commerce. The survey was developed from a similar survey conducted in 1999. In 2004, agribusiness firms were using e-commerce more …
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International Agricultural Commodities Trade: An Exporter's Perspective
Harmon, Pat - In: Journal of Agribusiness 02 (1984) 1
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THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AND LIFESTYLE VARIABLES IN ATTITUDE AND THE DEMAND FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
Heiman, Amir; Just, David R.; Zilberman, David - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 3
Consumer resistance is a key barrier to the diffusion of genetically modified foods (GMFs). Several studies have shown that consumers in general have a negative attitude toward GMFs. Through analysis of a survey conducted in Israel, we find consumer attitudes toward GMFs to be context specific,...
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THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY FOOD MANUFACTURING FIRMS ON U.S. FARM POLICY
Kinsey, Jean D.; Ndayisenga, Fidele - In: Journal of Agribusiness 17 (1999) 1
This study generates an econometric model of the allocation of political contributions by food firms. It combines information about food firms' total expenditures for political influence with the behavioral assumption of profit maximization to test the hypothesis that food manufacturing firms do...
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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Interdisciplinary Research in Agriculture
Duffy, Patricia A.; Guertal, Elizabeth A.; Muntifering, … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 15 (1997) 2
Increasingly, interdisciplinary research is being touted as a way to solve real-life problems of interest to the taxpayers who support research at public universities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the benefits of interdisciplinary agricultural research involving economists and natural...
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Research, Technology, and Farm Structure
Offutt, Susan E. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 15 (1997) 2
Public debate about the relationships among research, technology, and farm size is often fueled by a particular hypothesis, that public sector research supports the development of scale-biased technologies that lead to fewer and larger farms. The evidence suggests that it is the private sector...
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The Contribution of the Grape and Wine Industry to Idaho’s Economy: Agribusiness and Tourism Impacts
Foltz, John C.; Woodall, Stacie; Wandschneider, Philip R.; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 25 (2007) 1
The impact of Idaho’s wine and grape industry was assessed as an agribusiness and as a tourist industry. Idahoâ … identical to the agribusiness output multipliers (1.86 and 2.10 for Canyon County and the state of Idaho, respectively). The … wine and grape industry’s agribusiness impact is $15 million in sales and 120 jobs in Idaho, and $23 million and 140 jobs …
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Input-Output Analysis with Public Policy Objectives: A Case Study of the Georgia Cotton Industry
Flanders, Archie; Smith, Nathan B.; McKissick, John C. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 24 (2006) 2
Farm bill legislation directed at agricultural commodities contributes to economies of rural areas. This research quantifies the economic impacts of the Georgia cotton industry for the U.S. economy. A cotton industry model with cotton and peanut acreage is utilized with IMPLAN to estimate...
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Including Risk in Economic Feasibility Analyses: The Case of Ethanol Production in Texas
Richardson, James W.; Herbst, Brian K.; Outlaw, Joe L.; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 25 (2007) 2
The widespread use of personal computers and spreadsheet models for feasibility studies makes risk-based Monte Carlo simulation analysis of proposed investments a relatively simple task. Add-in simulation packages for Microsoft® Excel can be used to make spreadsheet models stochastic. Rather...
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Socioeconomic Profiles of Early Adopters of Precision Agriculture Technologies
Daberkow, Stan G.; McBride, William D. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 16 (1998) 2
Corn producers are the largest users of cropland and agrichemicals in U.S. agriculture, and represent a major market for precision agriculture technologies. Based on a USDA survey of 950 corn-producing farms, approximately 9% utilized some aspect of precision agriculture for corn production in...
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