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Espacialização e dinâmicas contemporâneas da agropecuária paranaense
Confins, 2017 Technological revolution is providing the intensification of the capitalist way in producing in agriculture, promoting real restructuring in the sector. From this, new agricultural spaces can be incorporated into the globalized production and consumption,
Cecília Hauresko, Hervé Théry
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Derived Demand for Cattle Feeding Inputs [PDF]
Derived demand relationships among four weight categories of feeder cattle entering Texas feedlots and feed were examined using a Generalized McFadden dual cost function specified as an error correction model.
Mathews, Kenneth H., Jr. +2 more
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IDENTIFYING ECONOMIC RISK IN CATTLE FEEDING [PDF]
Closeout data from two western Kansas commercial feedlots are examined to determine how cattle prices, feed costs, and animal performance impact the variability of cattle feeding profits.
Mark, Darrell R. +2 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Pastura: Journal of Tropical Forage Science, 2017 Beef cattle raising have been doing as sideline business in farming systems. Such conditions lead to frequent farmers are not fully paying attention. Therefore, the potential for increased economic value is very likely obtained when competencies resource
Asdi Agustar +2 more
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GRID PRICING: VALUING CATTLE QUALITY INFORMATION [PDF]
Grid pricing is increasingly prominent in cattle markets. This study compares selling 11,703 head of fed cattle using grid, live, and dressed weight pricing. Cattle sold on a grid had price variability twice that of live or dressed.
Graff, Jennifer L., Schroeder, Ted C.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
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FEEDER CATTLE PRICE DIFFERENTIALS IN GEORGIA TELEAUCTIONS [PDF]
Three Georgia feeder cattle teleauction markets were analyzed from 1977 to 1988 to estimate the impacts of cattle characteristics and market conditions on prices. Cattle characteristic price impacts were similar to those in previous studies.
Dykes, Nancy S. +2 more
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Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
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