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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on urological cancers: The surgical experience of two cancer hubs in London and Milan

BJUI Compass, 2022
Objective To report on the outcomes of urological cancer patients undergoing radical surgery between March–September 2020 (compared with 2019) in the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan and the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA ...
Maria J. Monroy‐Iglesias, Sonpreet Rai, Francesco A. Mistretta, Graham Roberts, Harvey Dickinson, Beth Russell, Charlotte Moss, Rita De Berardinis, Matteo Ferro, Gennaro Musi, Christian Brown, Rajesh Nair, Ramesh Thurairaja, Archana Fernando, Paul Cathcart, Azhar Khan, Prokar Dasgupta, Sachin Malde, Marios Hadijpavlou, Saoirse Dolly, Kate Haire, Marta Tagliabue, Ottavio deCobelli, Ben Challacombe, Mieke Van Hemelrijck   +24 more
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Effect of nitrogen fertilization on structure and tillering dynamics of Piata palisade grass during the deferment period

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019
Nitrogen fertilization can increase the appearance of new tillers, which can improve the structure of deferred sward, since the deferral period is not long. Thus, the objective of this study was to estimate the effects of nitrogen fertilization on structure and tillering dynamics of Piata palisade grass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piata) during deferment.
Braulio Maia de Lana Sousa, Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Philipe Lima de Amorim, Márcia Cristina Teixeira da Silveira, Gabriel de Oliveira Rocha, Angélica Nunes de Carvalho   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of severe bacterial infections including TB before and after immediate or deferred antiretroviral therapy: A multicenter, prospective, cohort study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Deferring antiretroviral therapy (ART) until a CD4 count below cells/mm3 or other clinical indication in people with HIV (PWH) carries an increased risk of severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis (TB).
Tomas O. Jensen, Shweta Sharma, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Joseph Lutaakome, Indira Brar, William Burman, Ploenchan Chetchotisakd, Nathalie de Castro, Juan-Francisco Galán-Herrera, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Roger Paredes, Rene Ridzon, Michael Sciaudone, Kanal Singh, Alison Uriel, Jens Lundgren, Cavan Reilly, Gail Matthews   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Prices and Inflation Expectations in New Zealand

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food prices are conspicuous, and spending on food constitutes a considerable share of household expenditure. In this study, we use partially identified Bayesian structural vector autoregression models to analyze the effects of food price shocks on core inflation and 1‐ and 5‐year inflation expectations in New Zealand.
Puneet Vatsa, Gabriel Pino, Alex Acheampong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Machine Learning Reduce Unnecessary Surgeries? A Retrospective Analysis Using Threshold Optimization to Prevent Negative Appendectomies in Adults

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Threshold‐optimized machine learning models using routine clinical and laboratory data in 623 adults undergoing appendectomy. Logistic regression (AUC = 0.765) and random forest (AUC = 0.785) were the best‐performing models for appendicitis detection and complicated appendicitis prediction, respectively.
Ivan Males, Marko Kumric, Zvonimir Boban, Josip Vrdoljak, Dario Pecenkovic, Matej Ivanda, Marko Grahovac, Zenon Pogorelic, Josko Bozic   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Ankle Sprains Presenting to Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Trauma; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to patients deferring evaluation and treatment of injuries due to fear of contagion. This, in addition to lockdowns and avoidance of outside activities,
Carlos D. Ortiz-Babilonia BS, Arjun Gupta BS, Kevin C. Mo MHA, Amiethab A. Aiyer MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting persons at-risk of viral hepatitis and alcohol-related liver disease during the pandemic and beyond: mitigating the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on liver health

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2021
# Background Treatment seeking for people with alcohol use disorders (AUD), injecting drug use and viral hepatitis is low, and has worsened during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Belaynew W Taye, Patricia C Valery, Paul J Clark   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source