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Risk Management Education: An Examination of Crop Producers' Participation in Recent Programs and of Their Desire for Additional Training

Knight, Thomas O.; Coble, Keith H.; Patrick, George F.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35 (2003) 03

Risk management education has been a focus of U.S. farm policy since 1996. In support of significant ongoing United … financial management. The study results should be useful in determining appropriate risk management education program content …

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An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares

Miller, J. Corey; Coble, Keith H. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 02

This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two values calculated by the OECD:...

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Analyzing Producer Preferences for Counter-Cyclical Government Payments

Miller, J. Corey; Barnett, Barry J.; Coble, Keith H. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35 (2003) 03

A dynamic-stochastic model is developed to evaluate preferences among alternative countercyclical payment programs for representative farms producing corn or soybeans in Iowa and cotton or soybeans in Mississippi. Countercyclical payment programs are found to not necessarily be preferred to...

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Hedging a Government Entitlement: The Case of Countercyclical Payments

Anderson, John D.; Coble, Keith H.; Miller, J. Corey - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 03

countercyclical payment hedging is optimal for risk-averse decision makers. However, optimal hedge ratios depend on planting time …

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Crop Revenue and Yield Insurance Demand: A Subjective Probability Approach

Shaik, Saleem; Coble, Keith H.; Knight, Thomas O.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 03

A multinomial logit is utilized to model the choice of whether to purchase yield or revenue insurance using subjectively elicited survey data. Our results indicate that the demand for crop insurance is inelastic (-0.40), consistent with most earlier yield elasticity estimates, but the elasticity...

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Hog Producers' Risk Management Attitudes and Desire for Additional Risk Management Education

Patrick, George F.; Peiter, Amy J.; Knight, Thomas O.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 03

Hog producers in Indiana and Nebraska were surveyed about sources of risk, effectiveness of risk management strategies …, and prior participation in and desire for additional risk management education. Ownership of hogs by the producer, size of … the operation, and age did have significant effects on ratings of both sources of risk and effectiveness of risk …

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