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Animal identification has been one of the most contentious issues for the last decade in the livestock industry. More specifically, at issue is the idea of a government-sponsored identification system, although it is unclear that an identification system forced on the industry by the market...
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With the 2009 milk prices still fresh on everyone’s mind, there has been increased interest in ways to limit milk price volatility. Using SERF, this paper determined some dairies are willing to pay for limited milk price volatility and found a value they are willing to pay using risk premiums.
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Increased demand for corn for ethanol production has helped push grain prices to record levels. This has increased livestock production costs, and producers have responded with changes to production systems. This paper explores the degree to which costs can be mitigated with alternative feeds,...
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This paper examines the impact of sex-sorted semen adoption on dairy farm level economics. Representative dairies are …
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Under the December 2006 Baseline, 25 of the 65 crop farms are considered in good liquidity condition (less than a 25 percent chance of negative ending cash in 2011). Five crop farms have between a 25 percent and a 50 percent likelihood of negative ending cash. The remaining 35 crop farms have...
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. The rule met the mandate of the 1996 farm bill to propose a plan to consolidate the number of federal orders. Class I …
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The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative Texas cotton …’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in Texas’ major cotton production regions came from two … the life of the 2002 Farm Bill. The FLIPSIM policy simulation model incorporates the historical risk faced by cotton …
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The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and …, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production … farms’ economic viability by region and commodity through the life of the 2002 Farm Bill. The FLIPSIM policy simulation …
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