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Adoption of nutrient management practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
-farm income on adoption of conservation practices. The contribution of the current study is to provide a conceptual model which shows that off-farm work has positive impact on adoption of capital incentive practices and negative impact on adoption labor...
Three essays on the Conservation Reserve Program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
in the program and net reductions in area planted to crops, and 3) the impact of the U.S.-China bilateral trade conflict and associated government payments on the land returned soybean production after CRP contracts expire. For the first and third questions...
Nudging meat eaters towards plant-based meat alternatives : an online supermarket experiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
We implement a non-hypothetical online grocery shopping experiment to study the impact of health and environment related information nudges on consumers' purchases of meat and plant-based meat alternatives. More specifically, we exogenously...
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...
Effects of partially decoupled payments on production decisions and their relation to farmers' demographics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
for which they have the most base acreage in response to: 1) a base acreage update in 5 years that would be affected by current planted acreage; 2) a $25 increase in ARC/PLC payment per base acre; and 3) a $25 increase in market receipts per acre...
A partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry scenarios and comments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using a partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry, the author evaluates alternative recovery scenarios from the current African Swine ...
Insights for rural health care provider retention : a quantitative survey analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
volunteering reduces providers' likelihood to consider leaving by 10 percent. Additionally, providers who engage in entrepreneurship by investing in part or all of their practice are 12 percent less likely to consider leaving, all else being equal. I also find...
The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
developments: (1) a framework to define LRFSs; (2) a model on the metaphysics of social objects and their kinds; and (3) an Organizational Species Concept to consistently identify organizational forms. Together these developments enable an ecological approach...
Phytase : anatomy of an invisible win-win technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Phytase is an enzyme that frees the phosphorous and other nutrients bound in phytate so they can be digested by non-ruminant animals. Phytase has the potential to decrease the cost of feed and decrease the phosphorous in ...
Social indicators of efficiency and equity convergence in four distressed regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
indicators can be used to monitor and guide practical policy actions....
Two essays on food manufacturer resilience: regional factors and workforce challenges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, suggesting practices that may help both business managers as well as policymakers strengthen food manufacturer resilience....
Analysis of the economic value associated with the adoption of beef reproductive technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Beef cattle herd improvement to meet growing demand for higher quality beef has been an aspiration within the cattle industry since inception. Throughout the heartland, progressive cow-calf producers invest and adopt research-proven practices...
Estimation of demand parameters : an empirical analysis of consumer behavior in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
models for forecasting future markets, planning merchandising and advertising, and devising promotional programs can be improved with demand analysis. Traditionally, most of the estimates of demand parameters in empirical analysis were based on single...
Essays on applied econometrics : applications of the futures markets and the international tourism demand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
factors affecting crop basis patterns helps agribusiness persons and producers make better strategies. Based on the spatial analysis, I find an increase in lagged basis, futures liquidity, differenced cash prices and seasonality strengthen the grain basis...
A partial equilibrium model of Afghanistan wheat market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study focuses on the construction of a structural economic model for the wheat market in Afghanistan. We create two models with alternative approaches to model closure, one based on a price linkage approach and the other using a trade linkage...
Three essays on phosphorus runoff and water quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
national water quality and political economy data and by investigating a national survey of soybean producers, this dissertation found implications to increase adoption of environmentally friendly policies and practices. Solving this problem will require...
The measurement of decoupled payments' effects on U.S. agricultural production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
In the current WTO negotiations, the developing and the developed countries take an opposite view regarding the criteria for green box subsidies supposed to be decoupled from current production levels and prices. This study ...
Three essays on the potential economic impacts of biotech crops in the presence of asynchronous regulatory approval
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
are analyzed. Based on the analysis, conclusions were drawn on the likelihood of various adoption scenarios, the possibility of trade disruptions, and the possibility of redistribution of innovation rents in the event of asynchronous regulatory approval...
Energy use in meat processing in the Midwest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
availability. This threat was particularly evident during the winter of 1976-77 when cold weather forced economic hardship on many people and businesses. When energy consumption data are viewed from the standpoint of energy types, it is apparent...
Contract practices and contract design in the U.S. hemp industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and practices happening at this time on the market. Further studies are needed for understanding the implications in the long run of some findings, such as widely used cooperative arrangements between the contracting parties....