Search
Now showing items 1-20 of 45
Energy use in meat processing in the Midwest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
that the American economy is heavily dependent on the two fossil energy sources (natural gas and petroleum) which are in danger of depletion. Almost three-quarters of U.S. energy consumption is based on less than 10 percent of its known energy reserves. The food...
Indexes of the influence of weather on corn yields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964)
weather-technology interaction. Some evidence was presented to support the belief that average experimental plot yields vary sore than mean yields for larger producing areas. Using actual yield deviations from the trend in plot data, as Stallings suggested...
An empirical study of advertised retail meat prices in a metropolitan area
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
in per capita supply of meat. It was found that each store had a tendency to follow the advertising pattern practiced by it during the immediate past, whereas over the long run they tend to reshuffle the mix of items going into their ads. Furthermore...
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...
Work stock management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The object of this investigation is to arrive at some conclusion or determine, if possible, the most satisfactory means or methods of management of the work stock or work animals on the farms in actual operation.
An analysis of the impact of the changes in the delivery procedure of the fresh shell egg futures contract
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
was attributable to the bias towards the long traders yielded by the inplant delivery provision. No evidence was found that the prediction ability of futures prices was affected by the changes in the delivery procedure. No distant futures prices were generally a...
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....
An economic analysis of potential water resource development for agriculture in the Blackwater-Lamine River Basin, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
and land use shifts will be the most important factors in expanding future output of agricultural products because these factors apply to the entire land base. The adoption of more efficient technology alone could increase agricultural output by 23 percent...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
different products. The final part of the analysis involved an effort to establish an optimum farm size, and to project the number and type of farms that could exist in the area based on land capabilities and cost economies at a theoretical optimal level...
Job turnover among displaced agricultural workers within the Mississippi Delta area of Eastern Arkansas : extent, costs, and criteria of cause
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
regions are subject to high rates of "job switching." In most of the panel firms the rate of labor turnover was highly variable and reached extreme periodic highs and lows. Estimates made on monthly, quarterly and yearly bases were all high relative...
The economics of land disposal of municipal effluent
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
experience with the use of municipal effluent for agricultural purposes through the use of examples; and 4. to economically analyze two comparable systems of advanced wastewater treatment--namely, in-plant carbon absorption advanced treatment versus the land-based...
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 ...
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...
Identification of the Missouri public's perception of natural resource problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
generally determine the quantity and quality of public goods and services to be supplied. This determination is based on an array of factors including agencies’ budgets and Executive or Legislative Branch preferences. The public’s preferences can be conveyed...
A simultaneous equation analysis of selected terminal hog markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
and institutions and practices become virtually a proxy for a larger body... In livestock marketing, there must be a central value determining mechanism if we are to have an exchange system. Total decentralization is bedlam and unworkable. Even as central markets...
The distribution of farm labor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
It is important that a farmer know the labor requirements in the productions of the various crops and in the production of the various classes of livestock, and that he know what influence a combination of crops and stock ...
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 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 ...
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...
Financial conditions facilitating growth in local farmer cooperatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
"The main objective of this study is to identify and describe the financial conditions which support growth in local farmer cooperatives in the Plains States and the Midwestern States. Achieving the following sub-objectives ...