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...

This paper analyses the competitiveness of fruit and vegetable producers. Research was carried out as an attempt to identify the variables that determine companies’ ability to achieve a competitive advantage. The results of qualitative research are presented in the paper. Interdependence of...

Com o objetivo de solucionar os problemas enfrentados pelos cafeicultores brasileiros em diversas regiões cafeeiras, foi implantado o Consórcio Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Café (CBP&D-Café), que tem como finalidade o desenvolvimento dos trabalhos de pesquisa agropecuária, em...

The United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys each year on topics related to the U.S. agricultural industry. One important set of data published by NASS is the Prices Received and Prices Paid Index Series. These index...

Climate anomalies, such as El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), affect agricultural production in different parts of the world, and can impact price behavior of the internationally traded commodities. This study examines the effect of ENSO on wheat price dynamics of five major exporting regions...

A spatial price equilibrium (SPE) model of the world sugar market is programmed. The model coversmore than hundred regions and contains sugar in as a sole product. It has a detailed coverage ofpolicies and bilateral trade agreements. It is programmed as a mixed complementarity problem(MCP) in...

With the possible exception of nuclear technology, few scientific breakthroughs have generated the level of emotive debate that has surrounded the roll-out of agricultural biotechnology. Initial discussion about the environmental impacts of agricultural genetic modification, are now frequently...

In this paper we demonstrate a method for measuring the eect of spatial interactions on the adoption of hybrid rice using a unique, nationally-representative data set from Bangladesh. Based on resulst from a generalized spatial two-stage least squares estimation, we have shown that neighbor...