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Cotton – Review of Commodity Credit Corporation Programs, 1933-1954 [PDF]
The net result of all of the cotton programs financed with capital funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation from 1933 through December 31, 1954 except cotton linters, was a profit of $231 million dollars.
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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Quality of meat from young crossbred bulls frozen after 14 days of modified atmosphere storage
Agricultural and Food Science, 2018 The quality of the longissimus lumborum muscle (Holstein-Friesian Black-and-White- HF BW x Belgian Blue - BB bulls) was determined after 14 days of storage under different modified atmospheres (MA) (vacuum; 40% CO2 + 60% N2; 30% CO2 + 70% Ar) and 6 ...
Katarzyna Śmiecińska +4 more
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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The Quality of Salted Potato Chips Available on the Polish Market
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie, 2017 Potato chips are a commonly known snack eaten by people of all ages. Due to the high fat and salt content, as well as acrylamide and trans fatty acids resulting from high temperature frying, they are considered to be unhealthy.
Michał Halagarda, Grzegorz Suwała
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The Need for Transparency in Commodity and Commodity Derivatives Markets. ECMI Research Report No. 3, 15 December 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 This paper argues that transparency-boosting measures specifically tailored to commodity and commodity derivatives markets are much needed. In particular, encouraging the creation of a clearing infrastructure for OTC commodity and commodity derivatives ...
Cinquegrana, Piero.
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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EL AUTOMÓVIL Y LA FILOSOFÍA DEL ORNAMENTO
Res Mobilis: International Research Journal of Furniture and Decorative Objects, 2012 El automóvil comparte con otros objetos, de manera parcial, la índole del mobiliario, amén de unos rasgos ornamentales que lo vuelven objeto genuinamente estético.
Alberto Luque
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina +1 more
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