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Cost and Benefit Analysis of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) Management Technology in Georgia.
Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
unit of enterprise using cost and benefit estimates of the combination of available inputs used in the various management …
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Is Farm Management Skill Persistent?
Li, Xin; Paulson, Nicholas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Farm management skills can affect farm managers' performance. In this article, farm management performance is analyzed based on yearly Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) panel data across 6,760 farms from 1996 through 2011. Two out-of-sample measures of skill are used to analyze the...
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Use of Direct Marketing Strategies by Farmers and Their Impact on Farm Business Income
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 1
Direct marketing strategies increasingly have been recognized as a viable business option in U.S. agriculture as they allow producers to receive a better price by selling products directly to consumers. The objective of this study is twofold. Using a national survey, we first estimated a...
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 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 structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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Farmers’ Perception of Precision Technology: The Case of Autosteer Adoption by Cotton Farmers
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Powell, Rebekah R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Precision agriculture and autosteer technology are, overall, profitable investments for farmers, as previous literature has established. However, what has not been investigated is whether or not farmers perceive these technologies as such. This research postulates that cotton farmers must see...
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2009 Michigan Upper Peninsula Dairy Business Analysis Summary
Wittenberg, Eric; Wolf, Christopher A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
This report summarizes the financial and production records of 18 dairy farms across the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. To be included, the farms must have produced at least 50 percent of gross cash farm income from milk and dairy animal sales. The records came from Michigan State...
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2009 Michigan Dairy Farm Business Analysis Summary
Wittenberg, Eric; Wolf, Christopher A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
This report summarizes the financial and production records of 104 dairy farms from throughout Michigan in 2009. To be included, the farms must have produced at least 50 percent of gross cash farm income from milk and dairy animal sales. The records came from Michigan State University’s...
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Improved inputs use and productivity in Uganda’s maize sub-sector
Godfrey, Okoboi - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2010
inputs used by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda. Yield and gross profit functions were estimated with the stochastic … frontier model. Results revealed a significant effect improved inputs use on yield but not gross profit. Moreover, farmers who …, if the opportunity cost of own land and labour inputs in maize production were imputed, overall, farmers made economic …
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Profitability Efficiency Analysis of Methyl Bromide Fumigants and Mulch Systems Alternatives for Pepper Production in Georgia
Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
With the goal of looking for the best fumigant substitute not only effective to production yield but more importantly to profitability and its excellent corresponding mulching option, this study used the complete factorial treatment analysis approach. Seven fumigant options and four mulching...
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Using Land Values to Predict Future Farm Income
Dahl, Cody P.; Gunderson, Michael A.; Moss, Charles B. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
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