disprove such claims. This research investigates the efficiency of corn and soybean options markets by directly computing …, risk adjusted returns indicate that no profits can be made by taking either side of the corn or soybean options markets …. However, when time effects are analyzed, corn calls appear to have provided excess returns during the 1998--2005 period. This …

risk decreasing. On this basis, insurance premiums for corn growers in the United States who plant approved hybrids have … from experimental field trials of corn hybrids by the State Agricultural Extension Services of ten universities over 20 … years, whether the presence in a corn hybrid of a GM trait, or a combination of these traits, is likely to increase or …

The paper estimates the countervailing climatic factors driving the timing of US corn planting decisions. We combine … extreme, suggesting that the growing season for corn is likely to expand with climate change. …

The paper investigates the linkages between technological change and production risk, with an application to corn. The … stations. Conditional moments (including mean, variance and skewness) of corn yield, grain moisture and corn profit are … well as downside risk in corn production, although this effect varies across sites. They also stress the role of the …

Corn prices experienced enormous volatility over the last decade. In this paper, we apply a structural vector … autoregression model to quantify the relative importance of various contributing factors in driving corn price movements. The … a statistically significant effect on corn price movements. By contrast, shocks in the crude oil market have large …

representative farm in the northern Corn Belt. Temperature-activated polymer coated seed has the potential to increase net returns by … model was used to estimate the impact of polymer coated seed on corn and soybean yields and on field day availability for …. Results show that polymer coated seed increases net returns in corn by $2.50-$3.65 per acre and in soybeans by $4.50-$9.70 per …

Corn production costs per bushel vary considerably among U.S. producers, depending on yields, farm location, tillage … for corn ranged from an average of $1.08 for the 25 percent of U.S. producers with the lowest costs to an average of $2 ….98 for the 25 percent with the highest costs. Heartland corn producers had the lowest costs per bushel on average. Corn …