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A theoretical optimal hedging model is developed to determine potential demand from Australian farmers for a hedging … have been developed to hedge price risk on capital markets; however, in more recent times new financial instruments …, weather derivatives, have been developing that hedge the volumetric risk associated with unfavourable weather. Weather …
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Management and Transaction Cost Economics. Similar characteristics were observed among the companies, as the lack of training for …
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This paper conducts several analyses to discuss about consumers' preference of rice brands and suggest a way to reduce the number that currently stands at about 1,700 in the Korean market. With data collected from 358 survey respondents, a conjoint analysis was conducted to identify consumers'...
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illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting fresh grapefruits to the EU. This marketing opportunity comes about as … the demand for the fruit in the EU could create a marketing opportunities for countries such as Jamaica. The paper … discusses the state of the Florida citrus industry with particular reference to grapefruits and the marketing prospects for …
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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...
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The commodity bull cycle of 2006-2008 and subsequent dramatic price decline have been asource of hardship for traditional commodity market participants such as producers andmerchant/shippers. The usefulness of futures markets has been called into question, especiallygiven that some market...
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Futures prices when combined with a basis forecast provide a reliable way to forecast cashprices. The most popular method of forecasting basis is historical moving averages. Given therecent failure of longer moving averages proposed by previous studies, this research reassessespast...
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position in the marketing chain. This paper aims to analyze the main characteristics of the raspberry marketing chain and … marketing chain, and the second one is the assessment of the effects of introduction the quality system on the volume of … production and sales, as well as on the selling price. The research shows that the marketing chain of primary producers is short …
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When earnings decline in the face of rising production costs, farmers may find leasing and renting more attractive than owning their equipment. This-study provides information to cooperative machinery dealers and production credit associations on the benefits, drawbacks, and potential of leasing...
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