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A feedlot beef cattle production function study with an economic analysis of corn-silage rations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
cattle can be based. Agricultural economists have suggested the need for a better factual understanding and knowledge of the supply response of individual agricultural commodities. Bishop and Toussaint suggest that a major reason for studying individual...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
economy, the land was taken as the basic resource in the area. The Soil Conservation Service and the University of Missouri had previously classified the soils of the state of Missouri according to their capabilities with respect to various agricultural...
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...
Estimation of demand parameters : an empirical analysis of consumer behavior in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
Demand analysis is a key element of economics. It has the attractive feature of being important in theory as well as in application. Its purpose is to explain consumer behavior in the market place, i.e., demand analysis ...
Transaction costs and market thinness in crop byproduct markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Studies in crop byproduct literature have looked more at the nutrient impacts, rather than analytical cost implications of crop byproducts in livestock feed rations. Thin market studies stated the lack of product volume ...
The portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives: an integrated framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A portfolio problem within agricultural cooperatives arises as a result of the traditional cooperative's property rights structure. As members' investment is tied to patronage, this traditional structure prevents them from adjusting cooperative...
The investment horizon issue in user-owned organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This research addresses the issue of an investment constraint in user-owned agricultural organizations called the horizon problem. Scholars have suggested the restrictions on the transferability of residual claimant rights and the restricted...
An analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
structure cannot be made. In 1945, a study was conducted by Herman M. Haag at the University of Missouri which examined the financial results of business operations of 110 local cooperative associations from 1939 to 1942. Specifically, this study described...
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the United States concluded a...