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Technology Adoption, Management Practices, and Financial Performance of New and Beginning Farmers: Evidence from a National Survey
Mishra, Ashok K.; Wilson, Christine; Williams, Robert P. - 2007
More than 50 percent of current farmers are over age 55, and the number of new farmers replacing them has fallen. This paper examines factors that contribute to the financial performance of new and beginning farmers in the U.S. A weighted regression analysis was used on data from the 2005...
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How much do farmers value their independence.
Key, N. - 2005
attributes associated with both business arrangements. The benefits to growers from contracting (such as risk reduction) may be … estimate (1) the difference in expected net returns between contracting and independent production, (2) the premium a …
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND SEGREGATION IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED AND SPECIALTY CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS IN IOWA
Miranowski, John A.; Jensen, Helen H.; Batres-Marquez, … - 2004
results are discussed with respect to business organizations, added costs, investments, crops, and contracting. …
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THE ECONOMICS OF FARM ORGANIZATION IN CEEC AND FSU
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan; Drabik, Dusan - 2007
In Western Europe, USA and other developed countries agriculture is dominated by small familyfarms. In Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and Former Soviet Union (FSU) dualstructure of farms exists. There are large corporate farms (CF) and small family farms (FF) inCEEC and FSU. Our...
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - 2010
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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How Local Governments Structure Contracts with Private Firms: Economic Theory and Evidence on Solid Waste and Recycling Contracts
Walls, Margaret - 2003
Solid waste management services are contracted out to private firms in many U.S. communities. Household waste collection, transport, and disposal are relatively straightforward services to define within the terms of a contract. The addition of recycling, however, significantly complicates...
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Capital Liquidity, Productivity Dispersion and Market Structure
Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - 2007
We propose an industry-level index of capital liquidity -- defined as the share of used capital in aggregate industry capital expenditure -- that relates (inversely) to sunkenness of capital investment. We then test the effect of capital liquidity on the dispersion and mean of industry...
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Entwicklung eines Marketingkonzeptes für die Immobilien- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Adelsberg zur Einführung der Dienstleistung des Energieliefer-Contracting
Aust, Jessica - 2010
Sicherstellung des Contracting-Angebotes der Immobilien- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Adelsberg am Markt.Mittels verschiedener … Analysen wird die Vermarktung der Contracting-Dienstleistungen konzipiert. Mit Hilfe von verschiedenen … Kommunikationsinstrumenten soll den Kunden bzw. potenziellen Kunden Energieliefer-Contracting näher gebracht werden und diese dazubewegen, das …
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Markets, Contracts, or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion, and Evolution of Organizational Form
Sykuta, Michael E.; Klein, Peter G.; James, Harvey S. - 2005
The rise of contract farming and vertical integration is one of the most important changes in modern agriculture. Yet the adoption and diffusion of these new forms of organization has varied widely across regions, commodities, or farm types, however. Transaction cost theories and the like are...
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Business Organization and Coordination in Marketing Specialty Hogs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Firms from Iowa
Hueth, Brent; Ibarburu, Maro A.; Kliebenstein, James B. - 2005
We study business organization and coordination of specialty-market hog production using a comparative analysis of two Iowa pork niche-marketing firms. We describe and analyze each firm's management of five key organizational challenges: planning and logistics, quality assurance, process...
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