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TextilesThere has been an interest in understanding the relationship between textile cotton fiber strength (or tenacity) and structure for better fiber quality measurement and enhancement.
Yongliang Liu
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Effects of Insurance on Farmer Crop Abandonment [PDF]
Empirical evidence for the existence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program has been inconclusive. Here, we seek empirical evidence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program, departing from the established empirical literature in two
Chen, Shu-Ling, Miranda, Mario J.
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Financial Conditions on U.S. Cotton Farms [PDF]
For the last three years, U.S. cotton producers have been heavily dependent on ad hoc emergency disaster and market loss assistance to cash flow their operations. They have not been alone.
Richardson, James W., Smith, Edward G.
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Acreage Abandonment, Moral Hazard and Crop Insurance [PDF]
Empirical evidence for the existence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program has been inconclusive. Here we use a nested-dynamic programming framework to estimate an intra-seasonal dynamic model that explicitly incorporates a farmer's crop ...
Chen, Shu-Ling
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Measurement of Earliness in Upland Cotton
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2001 Rehana Anjum . +2 more
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The Impacts of Eliminating the Direct Payments on the U.S. Cotton Market [PDF]
This study analyzes the effects of eliminating direct payments paid to cotton farmers in the U.S. Our results suggest that while the impact of eliminating direct payments on domestic production is offset to some extent by rising prices, the more ...
Hudson, Darren +2 more
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Analysis of Barley Market Developments and Policy Options [PDF]
Analysis of barley issues prepared in response to a request from Senators Crapo, Conrad, Craig, and Representatives Simpson, Otter, and Pomeroy.Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,
Westhoff, Patrick C.
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Michigan: A State at the Intersection of the Debate over Full Planting Flexibility [PDF]
Greater flexibility in U.S. farm programs with elimination of the restriction on the planting of fruit and vegetable crops (FAVR crops) is likely to be a major issue in congressional 2007 farm policy discussions.
Martinez, Lourdes R. +2 more
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American Corn and Canadian Trade Actions: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back [PDF]
On January 8 this year, the Canadian government initiated what will be one of Canada’s largest trade disputes against the United States, by challenging US Farm Bill subsidies for corn, soy and other grain products at the World Trade Organization (WTO ...
Lawrence L. Herman
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