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Grain Marketing Strategies Within and Across Lifetimes

Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa; Tomek, William G. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32 (2007) 01

To reconcile the discrepancy between the efficient market hypothesis and grain marketing recommendations by advisory … services and extension programs, simulated prices from an efficient market are used to compare performance of marketing …

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Target Markets for Grain and Cotton Marketing Consultants and Market Information Systems

Vergara, Oscar; Coble, Keith H.; Hudson, Darren; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30 (2005) 01

of producer demand for marketing information and consultants is proposed that decomposes price received into exogenous … marketing consultants substitute for expenditures on market information systems. …

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Procurement Strategies to Improve Quality Consistency in Wheat Shipments

Wilson, William W.; Dahl, Bruce L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33 (2008) 01

the cost and risk of different procurement strategies for importers. A stochastic simulation model is used to determine …

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Public Goods, Hysteresis, and Underinvestment in Food Safety

Richards, Timothy J.; Nganje, William E.; Acharya, Ram N. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 34 (2009) 3

Despite the economic damage inflicted by a foodborne disease outbreak, firms at all points in the supply chain appear to be reluctant to invest in the necessary food safety technologies and practices. We argue that these investments are subject to both hysteretic and public good effects, and...

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Machinery-Sharing Contractual Issues and Impacts on Cash Flows of Agribusinesses

Wolfley, Jared L.; Mjelde, James W.; Klinefelter, Danny A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36 (2011) 1

-farm economic simulation model of locations in Texas, Colorado, and Montana is developed to provide insight associated with sharing …

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Marketing Contracts, Overconfidence, and Timing in the Canadian Wheat Market

Mattos, Fabio; Fryza, Stefanie A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012) 3

This paper investigates factors that impact marketing performance in the Canadian wheat market. Using data provided by … marketing contracts offered by the CWB, earlier pricing tended to generate better performance, there was a negative relationship … between activeness and performance (suggesting overconfidence in marketing skills), and performance was generally worse in …

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A Benefit-Function Approach to Studying Market Power: An Application to the U.S. Yogurt Market

Hovhannisyan, Vardges; Bozic, Marin - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 38 (2013) 2

This article provides a structural framework for studying the market performance of various food industries. It revisits the benefit-function approach to modeling demand and extends its application to the empirical industrial-organization literature. We illustrate the empirical value of our...

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The Value of USDA Crop Progress and Condition Information: Reactions of Corn and Soybean Futures Markets

Lehecka, Georg V. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39 (2014) 1

This paper investigates the informational value of USDA crop progress and condition information by analyzing reactions of corn and soybean futures markets from 1986 to 2012. Results show significant differences between close-to-open return variabilities on report-release trading days and pre-...

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Does Agritourism Enhance Farm Profitability?

Schilling, Brian J.; Attavanich, Witsanu; Jin, Yanhong - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39 (2014) 1

The impacts of agritourism on farm profitability are poorly understood. Using Census of Agriculture records, we employ propensity score matching to estimate the effects of agritourism on the net cash income per acre of New Jersey farms. We find that agritourism has statistically significant and...

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Reducing Self-Selection Bias in Feeder Cattle Premium Estimates Using Matched Sampling

Williams, Brian R.; DeVuyst, Eric A.; Peel, Derrell S.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39 (2014) 1

Past value-added research employs hedonic pricing models to estimate premiums associated with value-added feeder cattle characteristics. However, hedonic pricing models require restrictive assumptions and impose a functional form. Producers also self-select into a treatment group, potentially...

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