For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments. We use recent developments on threshold...

Die Eignung von Wetterderivaten als Risikomanagementinstrument ist zum einen vom Produktionsbasisrisiko und geographischen Basisrisiko und zum anderen vom gesamtbetrieblichen Portfolio abhängig. In dieser Arbeit sollen bezüglich des ersten Aspektes exemplarisch die sich verändernden...

Im Zuge der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion ist zu fragen, welchen Handlungsspielraum Kommunen bei der Gestaltung ihrer lokalen Landwirtschaft haben und wie sie diesen nutzen. Ein Anknüpfungspunkt ist dabei unter anderen ihr landwirtschaftliches Grundeigentum, über das fast jede Kommune verfügt....

This research evaluates the effects of the key changes that took place in the design of Class III milk pricing within Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) on milk price behavior and dairy farm profitability over three milk pricing regimes: Minnesota-Wisconsin price series (1960s – 1995),...

USDA conducts mandatory census survey every 5 year. According to the report the total amount of farms drops to 1,717,898 in 2012, which is 23.34% less then that in 1982. The number of farm exits varies from 906,100 to 652,597 during the 30 years. What are the factors influencing farm exit rates...

In July 2003, ZESPRI International merged the Technology Transfer team that had historically been focused on achieving uptake of new technologies with ZESPRI Innovation, the team that had been responsible for the development of new technologies. This change has combined skills in research,...

New Zealand is atypical among the Annex I parties within the Kyoto Protocol with agriculture forming a large part of greenhouse gas emissions and planted forests sequestering large amounts of carbon. This presentation will summarise the methods and data used to estimate flows of greenhouse gases...