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DIAGNÓSTICO SÓCIO-ECONÔMICO E IMPLANTAÇÃO DE ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL (APL) DA BANANA ORGÂNICA NO RIO DE JANEIRO
Pereira, Paulo Rodrigues Fernandes; Lima, Luiz Carlos … - 2008
propriedade.--------------------------------------------The Milk agribusiness plays an important role in the agricultural sector …, however, has suffered various macroeconomic and sectoral policies effects. Similarly, the milk agribusiness has relevance to …, and it is possible to infer that the production risks are high. This study had the objective measure risky level in a milk …
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Milk Retail Sales Patterns in a Transition Economy. The Case of Hungary
Bakucs, Lajos Zoltan; Ferto, Imre - 2009
chain level data. In this paper, we focus on the retail sale patterns of two retail milk prices in a New Member State (NMS … a clear difference between storable milk and boxed milk patterns. …
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The Impact of the New York State Retail Milk Price Regulation on Farm-to-Retail Price Transmission and Supermarket Pricing Strategies in Metropolitan Fluid Milk Markets
Bolotova, Yuliya; Novakovic, Andrew M. - 2011
The New York State Milk Price Gouging Law establishes that the retail prices of fluid milk products are not to exceed … 200% of the prices that NYS milk processors pay for Class I milk. The enforcement of this law significantly affected the … nature of the Class I fluid milk price transmission process and the milk pricing strategies of supermarkets in the five …
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Effect of Plant Location Decisions on Raw Material Input Prices
Burton, Diana M.; Love, H. Alan - 2011
In processing industries, plant location decisions are costly and have consequences for firm profitability. When raw materials are heavy or perishable, transportation costs limit shipping distances and processors must compete locally for raw material inputs. To determine the likely profitability...
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ESTUDO DO PROCESSO DE COMPRA DE BOI EM FRIGORÍFICOS PAULISTAS
Carvalho, Thiago Bernardino De; Menezes, Shirley Martins; … - 2008
Embora os produtores de gado nem sempre se comportem como uma empresa, precisam agir como tal para se manter no mercado, cada vez mais concentrado e profissionalizado nas etapas seguintes à de engorda – industrialização, atacado e varejo. O desafio para o pecuarista é grande, dada a...
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FATORES DE PRODUÇÃO NO ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL LEITE –APLLEITE NO MUNICÍPIO DE JARU EM RONDÔNIA
Riva, Fabiana Rodrigues; Corediro, Higor; Costa, … - 2008
arrangement Productive Local Agribusiness Milk (APLLEITE) of the municipality of Jaru, in a survey of data on labour, capital and … natural resources used, comes on the factors of production in Local Arrangement Productive the Milk APLLEITE-JARU, talking …
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Pigs in Cyberspace: A Natural Experiment Testing Differences between Online and Offline Club-Pig Auctions
Roe, Brian E.; Wyszynski, Timothy E. - 2011
We find sale prices and net revenues received by sellers in the Midwestern club pig market are higher at traditional face-to-face auctions than at comparable Internet auctions. The comparison overcomes adverse selection issues that commonly plague such analyses by using data from sellers that...
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Production Contracts and the Spot Market Price of Hogs
Key, Nigel D. - 2010
The increasing use of production contracts in the hog sector has reduced the number of spot market transactions, raised concerns about price manipulation and helped to spur legislation requiring price reporting by packers. Using data from the 2002 and 2007 Censuses of Agriculture, this study...
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Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival
Key, Nigel D. - 2010
In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations...
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Hog Insurance Adoption and Suppliers' Discrimination: A Bivariate Probit Model with Partial Observability
Cao, Ying; Zhang, Yuehua - 2011
This paper explores the factors that impact insurance choices. Specially designed survey questions allow one to fully observe the demand tendency by the farmers and partially observe the supply tendency by the insurance company. A joint estimation of insurance decision by both supply and demand...
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