Risk Management are well matched. While relevant research is being done, many extension economists desire marketing …Extension marketing economists were surveyed to determine whether they are using available research results and whether … research is being conducted on topics relevant to extension marketing economists. In some cases, the beliefs of extension …

This study compares farm operators’ risk perceptions and actual realization of risk attitudes revealed through off … that risk loving farmers are more likely to employ risk management strategies. …

Optimal hedging level, minimum-risk hedging level, and hedging effectiveness are defined in a manner consistent with … portfolio theory and used to analyze hedging potential in cattle feeding. Estimated upper limits on optimal hedging levels … futures trading costs are taken into account, optimal hedging levels are depressed below these limits, depending upon the …

Ricecheck, a best management practices extension program for rice production in Australia, was developed by the NSW …

hypothesis that forward pricing should be analyzed as an adoption decision. Variables reflecting risk attitudes do affect the …

to increase their production levels. Market risk will influence the decision-making process at the farm level. Dairy … farmers have acquired more recent experience of market risk through highly volatile market prices. This has the potential to … affect risk attitudes and the selection of tools available to manage market risk. In this paper, we examine the market risk …

The issue of whether profitable preharvest and postharvest marketing strategies exist relative to harvest sales for … Kansas crops for the 1985-1998 marketing years is addressed. Practical application of market efficiency concepts is discussed …. Nonharvest wheat marketing strategies offered less opportunity relative to harvest sales than for feedgrains and especially …