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Agricultural loan evaluation with discriminant analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
As each year passes, the farmers' needs for adequate credit adapted to their particular type of businesses, become more evident, The shift in the past half century to a mechanized agriculture has greatly increased farm credit needs. The total real...
Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Net farm income varies greatly from year to year and uncertainty of income is a characteristic of the farm business. Although the total production of agricultural products indicates a trend toward stability, there is considerable variations...
An analysis of record systems for farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)
This study was designed to provide information as to the efficiency of EDP farm record systems in meeting the record requirements of large multiple-enterprise farming operations. Because of the many questions raised about electronic farm record...
An economic analysis of potential water resource development for agriculture in the Blackwater-Lamine River Basin, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
This study estimates the potential future agricultural benefits of flood control and drainage development in the Blackwater-Lamine River Basin, Missouri. A linear programming model was used to derive solutions for three future demand...
A feedlot beef cattle production function study with an economic analysis of corn-silage rations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The Problem and Objectives: The basic Impetus for this study is well summarized by Heady’s comment: Although economics deals quite largely with the maximization (profit, national product) or minimization (cost, resource outlay) of quantities...
Estimation of demand parameters : an empirical analysis of consumer behavior in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
makers, it is important to obtain concise and accurate estimates of them. Public policy makers must have reliable estimates of demand parameters for the scientific study of economic growth and development and for the rational formulation of economic...
Application of the systems approach : an information and decision model for the hog enterprise
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
of simulation models for planning hog management. Section Two of this study is devoted to the development of a complete information and decision model for planning Missouri hog farms. The specific objectives of the study and the construction of the model...
Scale and utilization economics in feeding cattle under three feeding systems : a feasibility study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1967)
the traditional corn belt farmer-feeder who feeds cattle primarily as a complementary enterprise and who views cattle as a means of utilising his surplus labor and some farm-produced feedstuffs for which a market is either non-existent or negligible-a shift from...