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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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Precision livestock farming (PLF) concerns the use of sensor technology to monitor the lives of livestock animals continuously and in real-time, with the purpose to manage livestock welfare, health, productivity as well as environmental impact of the livestock sector. The current development of PLF technologies provides a new and innovative opportunity
Mona Lilian Vestbjerg Larsen +2 more
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Profitabily of livestock farms in Croatia
Acta agraria Kaposvariensis, 2002 Profitability of livestock farms in Croatia is analysed using standard economic procedure.
Njavro, Mario, Par, Vjekoslav
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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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Genome-wide adaptive selection and functional annotation of regulatory variation in the Yangxin pig
BMC GenomicsBackground Local adaptation drives complex traits in domestic animals, but the roles of positive and balancing selection in Chinese indigenous pig breeds remain unclear.
Sha Liu +5 more
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Soybean protein hydrolysate-formaldehyde-urea block copolymer for controlled release fertilizer
Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2019 Urea formaldehyde (UF) was modified by the soybean protein hydrolysate (SPH) to adjust the rate of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) release. The SPH section can copolymerize into the UF molecules.
Na Liu +3 more
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Territoire en Mouvement, 2020 Generally banned from cities for health and hygiene reasons, urban livestock farming has long been considered as a residual activity, imported by the rural exodus, which was inexorably disappearing as a result of urbanization. The advent of the car-based
Jean-Daniel Cesaro, Andrea Apolloni
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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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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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