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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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
Outlook for U.S. Agriculture: Prices, Pressures, and Distributions
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri--Columbia, 2000-01)
Presentation examining Missouri farm debt-to-asset ratios, short-term agricultural market outlook, and the distribution of farm income....
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...
Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
(Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2006-08)
This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship. A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of recent studies documenting...
State of the Farm Economy and the Impact of Federal Policy on Agriculture
(2005-09)
Testimony before the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, September 29, 2005....
The Potential Increase in the Amber Box Calculation Under S. 1157
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-09)
At the request of Senator Kohl, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
(FAPRI) has examined the additional amber box levels that could result under Senate bill S. 1157. This bill authorizes an extension and ...
For a Sustainable Agriculture, We Need More Adam Smith, Not Less
(2005-06)
There are two competing approaches to sustainability in agriculture. One stresses a strict economic approach in which market forces should be allowed to guide the activities of agricultural producers. The other advocates the need to balance economic...
Missouri Representative Farms: Farm Level Impacts of Three Commodity Title Provisions in the Administration's 2007 Farm Bill Proposal
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-06)
This report explains the farm level impacts that three of the provisions from the Administration's 2007 farm bill may have on Missouri representative farms.
Patterns of Public-Sector and Private-Sector Patenting in Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2005)
Over the past 20 years, patenting in agricultural biotechnology has grown even faster than the rapid increase in US utility patents. Private firms, universities, and the federal government all increased patenting in agricultural biotechnology...
Assessment of references to agriculture in a middle grade science textbook
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The central purpose of this study was to assess the degree of bias toward agriculture within a middle grade science textbook. Literary formats used to reference agriculture within the text were also assessed. A content analysis was used to identify...
A Review of “Wheat Antioxidants”
(Journal of Agricultural & Food InformationTaylor & Francis, 2009)
The article reviews the book "Wheat Antioxidants," edited by Liangli L. Yu.
Fertilizer and Fuel Outlook for Fall 2005
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-09)
As producers begin to review their balance sheets after harvest, many will find the squeeze of not only lower commodity prices, but substantially higher costs. This fall outlook summarizes costs for 2005 and provides insight ...