Direct marketing strategies increasingly have been recognized as a viable business option in U.S. agriculture as they allow producers to receive a better price by selling products directly to consumers. The objective of this study is twofold. Using a national survey, we first estimated a...

This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...

Precision agriculture and autosteer technology are, overall, profitable investments for farmers, as previous literature has established. However, what has not been investigated is whether or not farmers perceive these technologies as such. This research postulates that cotton farmers must see...

A 2014–2020 közötti költségvetési időszakban az európai uniós támogatási források és eszközök végleges változata még kérdéses. Ami biztos, hogy az Európai Unió versenyképességének fejlesztését célzó tízéves Lisszaboni Stratégia 2010-ben véget ért. Az Európa...

This paper addresses the complex production planning and control (PPC) challenges in food supply chains. The study illustrates how food producers' traditional make‐to‐stock (MTS) approach is not well suited to meet the trends of increasing product variety, higher demand uncertainty,...

The aim of this paper is to assess the potential for production, economic and financial results of individual agricultural holdings in Wielkopolska and Śląsk FADN region when taking their economic size into consideration. The analysis shows that bigger holdings achieve definitely better...

Presented are some results of investigation of the structure of direct payments schemes in the EU member states, their influence on agricultural output and on entrepreneur income. For that purpose results of economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) were used. / Synopsis. Przedstawiono strukturę...

The aim of the paper was an evaluation of the economic efficiency of dairy production in relation to the total labour input per 1 cow. The research was done in 158 dairy farms. The farms with the lowest labour expenditure on 1 dairy cow had the biggest arable land surface, the highest annual...