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    FormatWorking Paper (39)Thesis (3)Paper (1)SubjectPork industry and trade (8)Pork -- Prices (7)Agriculture -- Moral and ethical aspects (4)Pork industry and trade -- Economic aspects (4)Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects (3)... View MoreDate Issued2000 - 2100 (43)Author/ContributorJames, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (13)Grimes, Glenn (9)Plain, Ronald L. (9)Valdivia, Corinne B. (8)Parcell, Joseph L. (7)... View MoreSubject: PlaceUnited States (12)Missouri (4)Bolivia (2)Andes (1)AdvisorCook, Michael L. (Michael Lee), 1943- (1)Parcell, Joseph L. (1)Valdivia, Corinne B. (1)Thesis DepartmentAgricultural economics (MU) (3)Language (ISO)English (43)

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    The Economic and Social Value of Floodplain Agroforestry to Rural Development 

    Valdivia, Corinne B.; Raedeke, Andrew; Hodge, Sandra S.; Green, John J.; Godsey, Larry D., 1967- (2002-02)
    agents and agencies involved with agriculture, and processors. Information from these qualitative interviews (Raedeke, et al.) was followed by a formal survey, to elicit information on the social, economic and production characteristics of farmers...

    Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Characteristics and Importance to Climatic Uncertainty 

    Materer, Susan; Valdivia, Corinne B.; Gilles, Jere Lee (2002-02)
    This paper details the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries around the world. Farmers, communities, and households that live in risky environments, have developed intricate systems of diversification that help secure...

    Analysis of a Climatically Variable Production Function 

    Materer, Susan; Valdivia, Corinne B. (2002-02)
    Analysis of a small agropastoral community in Bolivia during a climatically vulnerable year, provided insight into how households diversify and change productions strategies in order to secure income and food consumption. ...

    Women in Higher Education: Social Sciences at Land Grant Universities in the U.S. 

    Rastegari-Henneberry, Shida; Valdivia, Corinne B.; Wells, Betty Lynn, 1950- (2002-02)
    increased by almost fifty percent; however, this growth may be misleading. The purpose of this paper in this Conference of Women in Higher education is to present the numbers that provide a picture of the professional situation of women at land grant...

    Benefits of COOL to the Swine Industry 

    Plain, Ronald L.; Grimes, Glenn (2003-05)
    The 2002 Farm Bill contained a controversial provision mandating country of origin labeling (COOL) of certain unprocessed foods (beef, pork, lamb, fish, seafood, peanuts, fruits and vegetables) sold through non-small grocery stores (i.e. stores...

    Economic Impact of U.S. Pork Trade, 1986-2008 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L. (2009-04)
    The changes in U.S. pork trade in the past 23 years are quite impressive. U.S. pork exports have grown from 86 million pounds carcass weight equivalent in 1986 to 3.1 billion pounds in 2007. This paper discusses the changes ...

    Economic Impact of U.S. Pork Trade, 1986-2006 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L.; Meyer, Steve (2007-01)
    The changes in U.S. pork trade in the past 21 years are quite impressive. U.S. pork exports have grown from 86 million pounds carcass weight equivalent in 1986 to 3 billion pounds in 2006. This paper discusses the changes ...

    Economic Impact of U.S. Pork Trade, 1986-2007 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L. (2008-02)
    The changes in U.S. pork trade in the past 22 years are quite impressive. U.S. pork exports have grown from 86 million pounds carcass weight equivalent in 1986 to 3.1 billion pounds in 2007. This paper discusses the changes ...

    Cash Ethanol Cross-Hedging Opportunities 

    Franken, Jason R. V.; Parcell, Joseph L. (2002)
    Increased use of alternative fuels and low commodity prices have contributed to the recent expansion of the US ethanol industry. As with any competitive industry, there exists some level of output price risk in the form ...

    U.S. Pork Imports and Exports 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L.; Meyer, Steve (2006-05)
    The changes in U.S. pork trade in the past 20 years are quite impressive. U.S. pork exports have grown from 86 million pounds carcass weight equivalent in 1986 to 2.66 billion pounds in 2005. This paper discusses the changes in pork trade since 1986....

    Analysis of USDA Mandatory Hog Price Data 2002-2006 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L. (2007-06)
    The USDA Mandatory Price Reporting System's price data reports started in 2001 as part of the Livestock Reporting Act of 1999. This analysis summarizes reports for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

    Analysis of USDA Mandatory Hog Price Data 

    Grimes, Glenn; Plain, Ronald L. (2006-05)
    hogs purchased by packers between midnight and midnight. These reports cover about 90% of the federally inspected hog slaughter. This analysis summarizes reports for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005....

    Finding Solutions to Ethical Problems in Agriculture 

    James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (2002-05)
    This paper distinguishes between two types of ethical problems. A Type I ethical problem is one in which there is no consensus as to what is ethical. A Type II ethical problem is one in which there is a consensus as to what is ethical...

    Performance Evaluation of the U.S. Hog Slaughter Industry 

    Bullock, J. Bruce, 1940- (2003-05)
    is not different from the performance that would be generated by a perfectly competitive industry. This paper derives the theoretical relationships between hog and pork prices, and hence the farm-wholesale price spread, that would exist in a perfectly competitive...

    Economic Feasibility of Impermeable Lagoon Covers 

    Massey, Raymond E., 1957-; Lazarus, Bill; Fleming, Ron; Miner, Ron; Williams, Doug; Lory, John A. (John Albert); Safley, Mac; Shanklin, Dennis (2002-04)
    This paper addresses the economic feasibility of complying with the proposed rule of “a zero discharge requirement from the production area that does not allow for an overflow under any circumstances,” presented as “Option 5” on page 3060...

    The Effect of Trust on Public Support for Biotechnology: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, 1997-1998 

    James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (2002-05)
    The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which trust directly affects public support for biotechnology, particularly in applications to food production and genetic modification of crop plants. Unlike previous research in which trust...

    The Ethical Challenges Farming: A Report on Conversations with Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers 

    James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (2004-09)
    Interviews with Missouri corn and soybean farmers reveal what farmers consider are important ethical challenges in agriculture. In contrast to the literature, which characterizes ethical challenges in term of philosophical debates about soil...

    Trust in Scientists and Food Manufacturers, with Implications for the Public Support of Biotechnology 

    James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (2005-07)
    The purpose of this paper is to determine what factor affect trust in scientists and food manufacturers, and to examine how trust in these institutions affects public support for biotechnology. Data from the U.S. Biotechnology Study reveal...

    For a Sustainable Agriculture, We Need More Adam Smith, Not Less 

    James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (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...

    The Ethics of Constrained Choice: How the Industrialization of Agriculture Impacts Farming and Farmer Behavior 

    Hendrickson, Mary; James, Harvey S. (Harvey Stanley), Jr. (2004-06)
    The industrialization of agriculture not only alters the ways in which agricultural production occurs, but also impacts the decisions farmers make in important ways. First, constraints created by the economic environment of farming limit what...
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