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When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Localization of Autonomous Excavators via EKF-Based Sensor Fusion in Real-World Construction Environments. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Yuce A, Isik K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Node Placement in UAV Communication Networks. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Temesheva SA, Turlykozhayeva DA, Akhtanov SN, Ussipov NM, Zhunuskanov AA, Sun W, Xu Q, Tao M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tomato Ripeness Detection and Localization Based on the Intelligent Inspection Robot Platform. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Li X, Liang L, Liu Y, Lu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Churned on the Farm, Valued by Customers: Southeast U.S. Consumers' Willingness‐to‐Pay for Farmstead Ice Cream

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Consumer demand for value‐added dairy products has grown substantially, yet consumer preferences for origin information (including farmstead) on ice cream remain underexplored. We used a stated preferences choice experiment to elicit consumers' willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) for ice cream across nine states in the Southeastern U.S.
Nama Raj Bhusal, Alicia Rihn, Liz Eckelkamp, Caitlin Zaring, Charley Martinez, Chris Boyer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Initial survey of blue ice areas for the recovery of old ice in the Sør Rondane mountains (Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica). [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Izeboud M, Legrain E, Tollenaar V, Pallandre F, Grosrenaud N, Ardoin L, Pattyn F, Blard PH, Gillain MA, Debaille V, Goderis S, Pinto GA, Pourkhorsandi H, Fripiat F, Zekollari H.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Return‐To‐Work and Working Status After Surgery for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer: A Prospective Observational Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In this multicenter prospective study of 158 working‐age patients undergoing curative‐intent surgery for gastric or esophageal cancer, 78.5% were working at 18 months. Postoperative appetite loss, financial difficulties, and ≥ 10% weight loss at 6 months were associated with non‐working status.
Kentaro Goto, Shigeo Hisamori, Kohei Ueno, Hiroyasu Abe, Ryosuke Okamura, Hisahiro Hosogi, Yoshito Yamashita, Dai Manaka, Hiroaki Hata, Tatsuto Nishigori, Sanae Nakajima, Michihiro Yamamoto, Koichi Kinoshita, Shintaro Okumura, Masazumi Sakaguchi, Shigeru Tsunoda, Yu Sakagami, Koya Hida, Kazutaka Obama   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connectivity-Aware Model Predictive Control for Swarms of Dynamically Constrained Vehicles Engaged in Multi-Target Persistent Observation

Derder Y, Erünsal IK, Martinoli A.
europepmc   +1 more source