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Regional Wholesale Price Relationships in the Presence of Counter-Seasonal Imports
Raper, Kellie Curry; Thornsbury, Suzanne; Aguilar, Cristobal - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41 (2009) 01
Counter-seasonal imports of fresh produce facilitate year-round availability in the U.S. and may impact the seasonal structure of market price relationships. Vector autoregression analysis is used to determine the nature and extent of spatial price relationships among four geographically...
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A Categorical Data Analysis on Risks in Agriculture
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
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. …
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An Assessment of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of the Ricecheck Program
Singh, Rajinder Pal; Brennan, John P.; Lacy, John; … - Economics Research, NSW Primary Industries - 2005
Ricecheck, a best management practices extension program for rice production in Australia, was developed by the NSW …
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THE MARKET RISK PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF IRISH DAIRY FARMERS
Loughrey, J.; Thorne, F.; Kinsella, A.; Hennessy, T.; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
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 …
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Economic Comparisons of Alternative and Conventional Production Technologies for Eggplant in Southern Georgia
Brunson, Kathryn E.; Stark Jr., C. Robert; Wetzstein, … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 13 (1995) 2
Environmental concerns about pesticide usage in traditional production systems are prompting vegetable producers to consider alternative systems. Research results from a multi-year study on eggplant in southern Georgia compare two alternative production technologies to the conventional rye cover...
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Feasible Fumigant-Herbicide System Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Bell Pepper Producers
Byrd, Mark M.; Escalante, Cesar L.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg - In: Journal of Agribusiness 25 (2007) 1
With the current methyl bromide (MeBr) system for producing Georgia’s peppers being phased out, alternative fumigant and herbicide systems for producers are analyzed. Using stochastic dominance analyses, two alternatives exceeding MeBr’s yield and financial efficiency were identified. A...
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COMPARATIVE YIELD RISK CALCULATIONS OF SOUR CHERRY AND PEAR VARIETIES REGARDING RISK AVERSION
Persely, Szilvia; Ertsey, Imre; Ladanyi, Marta - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 06 (2012)
the middle of Europe Hungary has to face several challenges as competing for market. Since yield risk has an important … role in Hungarian fruit production we investigate the yield risk of two of the most important sour cherry varieties … Beurre’ and ’Williams’) grown in Bánfa and Zalasárszeg (1984- 2009). In the examined periods we analyse yield risk with …
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Economic Benefits of Fungicide Use in Corn Production
Liu, Yangxuan; Langemeier, Michael; Wise, Kiersten - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015
This study used experimental data from West Lafayette, Indiana to examine the economic benefits of applying fungicide to corn. The average improvements in yield, gross revenue, and net return (gross revenue minus fungicide and application cost) were 4 bushels per acre, $19 per acre, and -$9 per...
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A producer theory with business risks
Kim, Seong-Hoon; Moon, Seongman - 2012
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Commercial Agricultural Production in Tanzania: Mountainside Farms Limited
Simpson, John Y.; Cheong, Qing Yang - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete …
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