This book brings together in one publication the latest information and research findings of internationally renowned experts to help market participants understand how best to utilize distillers grains both in the U.S. domestic market and in international export markets. The book discusses how...

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This study develops a method to estimate the probability density function of the Federal Risk Management Agency's (RMA's) net income from reinsuring crop insurance for corn, wheat, and soybeans. When calibrated using 1997 data, results from the advocated method show that in 1997 there was a 5%...

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The potential impact on human health from antibiotic-resistant bacteria selected by use of antibiotics in food animals has resulted in many reports and recommended actions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine has issued Guidance Document 152, which advises...

Hayes, D.J., J.B. Kliebenstein, J.F. Shogren, and J.A. Fox. "Economics of Food Safety," Proceedings of Food Safety Consortium Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, Oct. 25-26, 1995, pp. 73-74.

This study estimates the probability density function of the government's net income from reinsuring crop insurance for corn, wheat, and soybeans. Based on 1997 data, it is estimated there is a 5% probability that the government will need to reimburse at least $1 billion to insurance companies,...

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The ongoing growth of cornï¾–based ethanol production raises some fundamental questions about what impact continued growth will have on US and world agriculture. Estimates of the longï¾–run potential for ethanol production can be made by calculating the corn price at which the incentive...