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An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
Important changes have occurred since 1950 in the agriculture of the State Economic Area 2b, a sixteen county area in northeast Missouri. The changes have been induced by broad movements in economic and technological forces affecting the agriculture...
Indexes of the influence of weather on corn yields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964)
findings from weather-related studies, (3) to construct weather indexes for the crop reporting districts and the State using the most suitable technique. The initial comparison of techniques was confined to seven counties in Central Missouri. Weather data...
Factors influencing use of split-lines of credit and internal capital rationing among PCA borrowers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
Farmers’ use of credit has been studied extensively because debt capital is an integral part of present-day agricultural financial management. However, very little is known about split-lines of credit or multiple sources of credit financing...
Technical response functions for corn -- an economic analysis of nitrogen fertilizer experiments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
of the three counties where the experiments were located. To avoid the consequences of one set of environmental conditions and to obtain more general results experiments were repeated by the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station during the period 1961...
Pricing arrangements for one grade of milk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
"The dairy industry has experienced an accelerated rate of change in recent years. These changes have been widespread, affecting the entire industry rather than isolated segments such as production, marketing, or consumption. ...
Investor capital, taxes and the structure of cattle feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
of cattle feeding are a relatively minor part of the total capital invested in agriculture. However, new forms of cattle feeding financing makes the investment increasingly attractive to nonagricultural investors. Large size cattle feeding firms, formed...
An analysis of livestock marketing patterns in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1960)
"Missouri is fortunate in its strategic location near the heart of the grain belt east of the Great plains cattle producing areas and on the western fringe of concentrated centers of population. A combination of favorable factors have contributed...
Expectation formulations and optimal decisions in cattle feedlot problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
of expectations in decision models, very little has been done in agricultural economic research. This study consists of an investigation of the role of expectations in decision problems of the type just sketched. More specifically, the investigation is carried out...
A study of types of farming in the U.S. by the farm management survey method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
of Agricultural science. This study was made from the 1910 Census. The object sought in this investigation in farm management is to secure the elementary facts which must be utilized in organizing and conducting the business of the farm in such a way as to give...
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
for various resources r which would provide guidance for making investment decisions; and (3) to derive policy recommendations for the purpose of agricultural development in Southern Honduras. A survey of 449 randomly selected sample farms, including 686...
Location pattern of the meat packing industry, 1950-1965
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
generalized understanding of industrial location forces in the modern setting. The organization of the study was: A. To review literature of spatial economic theory. B. To develop a theoretical framework to analyze the location pattern of an industry. C...
An analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Cooperative farm supply organizations are very important in Missouri’s agribusiness economy. During the period 1969-1970, farm supply cooperatives accounted for 26% of the feed, 28% of the seed, 31% of the fertilizer and lime, and 49...