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Linking Career Development Events to Authentic Assessment (TSA) and the Classroom
(2009)
This presentation discusses the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Career Clusters, School-based Agricultural Education, and Technical Skills Attainment, and their impact on agriculture programs....
Agricultural Education Program Planning Handbook for Missouri Schools
(2003)
The Agricultural Education Program Planning Handbook for Missouri Schools was developed and written to provide guidance and assistance to agricultural educators in planning, conducting and evaluating programs of agriculture in Missouri's public...
Factors Influencing Agricultural Education Students' Choice to Teach
(2009?)
Recruiting students into agricultural education is a critical component in maintaining and growing secondary agricultural education programs across the country. A national study of the supply and demand for Agricultural Education reported...
Impact of Alternative Pooling Arrangements Under the Dairy Provisions of the Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-11)
This paper looks at how funds would transfer to the various districts if such districts were able to choose different levels of participation.
The cooperative provision of ecosystem services in agriculture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Managing agricultural lands to provide ecosystem services (ES), such as natural pollination, may be essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture. Most agricultural lands, however, are managed for the short-term production of food, fiber...
Shaping pedagogical content knowledge for experienced agriculture teachers in the plant sciences : a grounded theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to conceptualize the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of experienced agriculture teachers in the plant sciences. The overarching theme that emerged was the influence of beliefs on participants' PCK...
U.S. Baseline Briefing Book: Missouri Insert (2010)
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010-03)
This report provides a detailed analysis of projections for Missouri agriculture and should be used in conjunction with the 2010 US Baseline Briefing Book (FAPRI-MU Report #01-10)....
Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs: Changes for the Future?
(2009?)
Agricultural Education teachers in the state of Missouri participated in the study (n = 320). The purpose of the study was to assess the perceptions of secondary agriculture teachers concerning the current criteria, definitions, and descriptions...
The relationship between performance and governance in agricultural cooperatives : a structural equation modeling approach
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Previous research in cooperative governance have modeled the relationship between performance and governance using econometric methods such as two-stage ...
Agriculture during the Reagan years
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
of the Ronald Reagan Presidedential Library to provide insight into the conflict between the administration and Congress over the method to ameliorate the economic crisis in agriculture. The study concludes that while the administration tried to extract...
Crop Production Cost and Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-11)
This report explains how the general trend of production input price inflation will continue during the 2008 crop year. It provides price increase information on seeds, fertilizer, building materials and more.
FAPRI Analysis of Stricter Payment Limitations: Additional Information
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-06)
Document in support of the testimony given by Pat Westhoff to the Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations in Washington, DC.
Advances in Cooperative Theory since 1990: A Review of Agricultural Economics Literature
(Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management, 2004)
This article reviews the advances in neoclassical, coalition-game theoretic, and new institutional-nexus of contracts applications of economic theory to agricultural cooperative literature published in English language academic journals since 1990...
Preliminary Assessment of Counter-cyclical Payment (CCP) Options
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-09)
Includes foreign grain production and consumption as well as supply, export or import, and stocks vs. farm price for corn, soybeans and wheat in the decade 1990-2000.
FAPRI Ethanol Briefing Materials for Congressman Peterson
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-03)
This report summarizes information about ethanol markets and margins for ethanol producers under a continuation of current farm and energy policies.
Three essays on intellectual property rights and agricultural change in Africa
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation consists of three essays that lie at the intersection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and agricultural development in Africa. In the first, I use a...
Profile of Missouri's Farms and Farmers
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Missouri is home to approximately 158,000 farm operators and more than 106,000 farms. The agricultural industry is an important part of the Missouri economy; in 2002 total Missouri agricultural sales were approximately 5 billion dollars. This brief...
A content review of precision agriculture courses across the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Knowledge of what Precision Agriculture (PA) content is currently taught across the U.S. will help build a better understanding for what PA instructors should incorporate into their classes in the future. For this assessment, the University...
Agricultural pollution : human-related issues
(Missouri River Relief, 2018)
"Agricultural pollution presents significant environmental concerns for the Missouri River. Ranging from pesticides to sediment and nutrients being deposited in the Missouri River, there are some urgent, but challenging problems currently facing...
The Effect of NASDA's "Meat the Need" Proposal on Livestock and Dairy Markets
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009-09)
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) has provided quantitative analysis to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) regarding the short term effects on market prices...