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Many Thoroughbred stallions are being bred to increasing numbers of mares. This practice raises the question of how progeny value is affected by an increased supply of foals by the same sire, which ultimately influences the sire’s value. This paper addresses that question. Three of the...
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This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on … efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period … but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings indicate that the hog options market is efficient and is consistent with …
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exist holdingseveral market positions, most strategies are strongly affected by a drift in futures market prices ….However, the returns from selling live cattle puts are persistent, and evidence from straddlereturns identifies that the market … in market conditions. …
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This paper investigates whether the accuracy of outlook hog price forecasts can be improvedusing composite forecasts in an out-of-sample context. Price forecasts from four wellrecognizedoutlook programs are combined with futures-based forecasts, ARIMA, andunrestricted Vector Autoregressive (VAR)...
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As with most agricultural products in world trade, trade in meat products is restricted by a variety of non-tariff barriers in different countries. In the case of New Zealand meat products there are quota restrictions in the USA, Canada, and EU markets and hygiene regulations of varying...
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Aset of simulations were used to estimate the impact of improvements in cattle breeding efficiency and other management factors on gross margins in extensive pastoral systems in Western Australia. The simulations showed that gross margin was an increasing function of breeding rates, but age at...
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Using a bio-economic model, H2OBeef, that includes traditionally considered parameters associated with running a beef feedlot but also incorporates aspects associated with water, changes that can alter water consumption and or price are examined. The results indicate that when water does not...
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