Although managing labor has become important for farm operations’ success, training and education for farm managers focuses on agricultural production management and few studies provide an empirical basis on how agricultural labor management differs from labor management in other industries....

The existence of backwardation has attracted considerable attention in commodity markets because of the negative carrying cost puzzle. This dissertation estimates the causes of backwardation of stochastic prices in grain markets. The research extends existing research by considering local market...

An investigation into the performance of CBERA and GSP programs for agricultural commodities from CBI countries found that most of the growth in exports of preferenced goods is due to six commodities--live tree slips or cuttings, dasheens, fresh or dried pineapples, cantaloupes, frozen orange...

The current evidence on the empirical relationship between asset returns, trading volume, and open interest in futures markets is largely inconclusive, and the literature on the theoretical and empirical links between return volatility and volume and open interest are even more limited. The...

The U.S. pork industry is in the midst of substantial structural changes. Hog slaughter and hog production is being concentrated into fewer, larger hands. Meanwhile, hog prices have experienced unprecedented volatility, raising concerns about market power in the pork industry by policy makers,...

There is considerable interest in projections of future productivity growth in agriculture. Whether one is interested in the outlook for global commodity markets, future patterns of international trade, or the interactions between land use, deforestation and ecological diversity, the rate of...

The objective of this paper is to provide insights on the welfare distributional impact on consumer and producer welfare resulting from the development and implementation of a credence certification program in the U.S. pork sector. The certification program can provide various levels of tracking...

Replaced with revised version of paper 08/16/05.

Increased domestic concentration and international competition in the floricultural industry are forcing growers to improve resource management efficiency. Cost management and cost accounting methods are becoming key tools as growers attempt to reduce costs. These tools allow growers to allocate...

Structural change in meat consumption has been the focus of many researchers during the last two decades. In this paper we develop a dynamic linear Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model from a cost function that allows for time varying parameters. This model is consistent with inertia in the...