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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices

Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

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Agricultural Import Demand in Low-Income, Middle-Income, and Centrally Planned Economies

Hanrahan, Charles E. (contributor); … - 1982

This report provides summaries of the papers and discussions atthe third Consortium on Trade Research held in Washington, D.C.,June 23-24, 1981. The cochairmen of the consortium wereT. Kelley White, Economic Research Service (ERS), George E.Rossmiller, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and...

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Price Discovery and CaptiveSupply Implications for AlbertaBeef Producers and Feeders

Schroeder, Ted C.; Ward, Clement E. - 2006

Canada and the US. In Canada, the magnitude of concern escalated during closure of the US border to fedcattle trade (May 2003 … to July 2005) and has remained at an elevated level. Many producers in both Canada andthe US argue that presence of … needs related to fed cattle markets and captive supply in Canada. …

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

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A Risk Analysis of Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation

Williams, Jeffery R.; Llewelyn, Richard V.; Pendell, … - 2008

This study examines the economic potential of producing a wheat (Triticum aesitivum) and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor …

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Potential Implications of a Special Safeguard Mechanism in the WTO: the Case of Wheat

Hertel, Thomas W.; Martin, William J.; Leister, Amanda M. - 2010

uses a stochastic simulation model of the world wheat market to investigate the effects of policy makers implementing … domestic output is low and prices high. We estimate that implementation of the Q-SSM would shrink average wheat imports by … nearly 50% in some regions, with world wheat trade falling by 4.7%. The P-SSM is discriminatory against low price, developing …

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What Drives Commodity Prices More: Oil Demand or Supply Shocks?

Mutuc, Maria; Pan, Suwen; Hudson, Darren - 2010

This paper shows that the response of agricultural commodity prices in the U.S. related to fluctuations in oil prices in the international market may differ greatly depending on whether the increase is driven by demand or supply shocks in the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent...

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