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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a … multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of … to inform public discussions on challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. Charts …
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Dochodowość a produktywność rolnictwa polskiego na tle rolnictwa unijnego w latach 2002-2010
Floriańczyk, Zbigniew; Rembisz, Włodzimierz - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27
of contemporary European agriculture, among the most important income creators are money transfers, namely direct … investigates relations between changes of agricultural productivity and the share of direct payments in incomes from agriculture in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125608
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Ocena wsparcia publicznego rolnictwa w Polsce – wybrane zagadnienia
Grzelak, Maria Magdalena; Wiktorowicz, Justyna - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 07 (2009) 22
agriculture depends to a large extent on the financial support from the national budget and from the EU. This creates a chance to … implement a modernisation process in agriculture and allows for effective social and economic changes in agriculture.The aim of … Polish agriculture. The analysis will be based on data from the FADN system with application of panel models. / Synopsis …
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Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance
Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...
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Price Volatility, Nonlinearity, and Asymmetric Adjustments in Corn, Soybean, and Cattle Markets: Implications of Ethanol-Driven (Market) Shocks
Tejeda, Hernan A.; Goodwin, Barry K. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
Grain prices have risen sharply since 2005 and 2006 affecting livestock markets by increasing feed prices and leading to significant volatility shocks. The high price levels and magnitude of sustained high volatilities has raised concerns for many sectors of the economy, in particular those with...
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Optimal Length of Moving Average to Forecast Futures Basis
Hatchett, Robert B.; Brorsen, B. Wade; Anderson, Kim B. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
Futures prices when combined with a basis forecast provide a reliable way to forecast cash prices. The most popular method of forecasting basis is historical moving averages. Given the recent failure of longer moving averages proposed by previous studies, this research reassesses past...
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Does Futures Price Volatility Differ Across Delivery Horizon?
Karali, Berna; Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; Thurman, Walter N. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
We study the difference in the volatility dynamics of CBOT corn, soybeans, and oats futures prices across different delivery horizons via the smoothed Bayesian estimator of Karali, Dorfman, and Thurman (2010). We show that the futures price volatilities in these markets are affected by the...
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Live and Feeder Cattle Options Markets: Returns, Risk, and Volatility Forecasting
Brittain, Lee; Garcia, Philip; Irwin, Scott H. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
The paper examines empirical returns from holding thirty- and ninety-day call and put positions, and the forecasting performance of implied volatility in the live and feeder cattle options markets. In both markets, implied volatility is an upwardly biased and inefficient predictor of realized...
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Revenue Risk Reduction Impacts of Crop Insurance in a Multi-Crop Framework
Woodard, Joshua D.; Sherrick, Bruce J.; Schnitkey, Gary D. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
This study develops a multi-crop insurance model which is employed to evaluate crop insurance decisions when several crops are produced jointly. The results suggest that the diversification effects derived from producing multiple crops can substantially alter the risk reduction impacts of crop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368386
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Grain Futures Markets: What Have They Learned?
Santos, Joseph M. - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2009
Taken together, studies that examine how well commodity futures markets perform find that risk premiums are common—and so unbiasedness is not—and markets are not uniformly efficient across commodities or forecast horizons. This large body of research sheds important light on whether and to...
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