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RISK BALANCING STRATEGIES IN THE FLORIDA DAIRY INDUSTRY: AN APPLICATION OF CONDITIONAL VALUE AT RISK
Zylstra, Michael J.; Kilmer, Richard L.; Uryasev, Stanislav - 2003
Legislation has prompted changes in milk price volatility. Milk price volatility impacts the producer's exposure to business risk which is compound by the firms financial risk. Financial risk is a function of the firms capital structure. In the short run it is difficult for the producer to...
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HOG RISK MANAGEMENT SURVEY: SUMMARY AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
Patrick, George F.; Baquet, Alan E.; Coble, Keith H.; … - 2000
This paper summarizes the results of a survey of a stratified, random sample of 630 hog operations in Indiana and Nebraska. The survey was conducted in March and April, 2000 with support of a research grant to contribute to the development of a knowledge base to guide the design and...
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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
The abolition of the milk quota regime in April 2015 will provide the opportunity for many profitable Irish dairy farms 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...
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2013 Farm Bill Dairy Title Proposals Redistribute Program Benefits toward States with Larger Farms
Woodard, Joshua D.; Baker, Dustin - In: Choices 28 (2013) 3
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The State of U.S. Livestock Insurance
Collins, Dr. Keith - National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) - 2011
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RISK BALANCING STRATEGIES IN THE FLORIDA DAIRY INDUSTRY: AN APPLICATION OF CONDITIONAL VALUE AT RISK
Zylstra, Michael J.; Kilmer, Richard L.; Uryasev, Stanislav - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2003
Legislation has prompted changes in milk price volatility. Milk price volatility impacts the producer's exposure to business risk which is compound by the firms financial risk. Financial risk is a function of the firms capital structure. In the short run it is difficult for the producer to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330775
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Risk Governance in Bulgarian Dairy Farming
Bachev, Hrabrin Ianouchev; Nanseki, T. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
This paper identifies and assesses the efficiency of major modes for risk governance in Bulgarian dairy farming. Firstly, New Institutional Economics is incorporated and framework for analyzing governance of natural, market, private, and social (institutional) risks presented. Next, major types...
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RISK AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARIAN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION WITH A SPECIAL REGARD TO SHEEP PRODUCTION
Nemessalyi, Zsolt; Madai, Hajnalka; Nabradi, Andras - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the risk attitudes of Hungarian sheep producers regarding the changes they have had to go through since the political changes of 1989-1990. Moreover, the objective of this study is to strengthen the empirical basis for risk analysis by identifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536080
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Risk-Increasing and Risk-Reducing Practices in Human Resource Management: Focus Group Discussions with Livestock Managers
Bitsch, Vera; Olynk, Nicole J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 01
Historically, managers in livestock production have focused on production management; however, as operations have grown they have spent more time managing employees. Increased time spent overseeing employees brings additional risks and challenges, and, hence, a greater need for human resource...
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Modeling Censored Data Using Mixture Regression Models with an Application to Cattle Production Yields
Belasco, Eric J.; Ghosh, Sujit K. - 2008
This research develops a mixture regression model that is shown to have advantages over theclassical Tobit model in … flexibility in distributional assumptions while nesting the classic Tobit model. A simulated data set is utilized to assess the … potential loss in efficiency from model misspecification, assuming the Tobit and a zero-inflated log-normal distribution, which …
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