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Investor capital, taxes and the structure of cattle feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
of cattle feeding are a relatively minor part of the total capital invested in agriculture. However, new forms of cattle feeding financing makes the investment increasingly attractive to nonagricultural investors. Large size cattle feeding firms, formed...
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...
Pricing arrangements for one grade of milk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
"The dairy industry has experienced an accelerated rate of change in recent years. These changes have been widespread, affecting the entire industry rather than isolated segments such as production, marketing, or consumption. ...
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...
The politics of land reform in South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Land reform in the developing countries has been of particular concern to social scientists as well as politicians and revolutionaries because of the preponderant role of agriculture in the area. Economists have paid particular attention to land...
Social indicators of efficiency and equity convergence in four distressed regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to develop a rationale for evaluating social alternatives. Basically this involves formulating a set of social characteristics (social indicators) which mirror or proxy ...
Encounters and careers of postdoctoral students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
and experience in research before accepting the more permanent faculty appointment. Generically, these persons are referred to as "postdoctoral students." The postdoctoral is not particularly easy to describe. In the past, postdoctoral students were concentrated...
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
for various resources r which would provide guidance for making investment decisions; and (3) to derive policy recommendations for the purpose of agricultural development in Southern Honduras. A survey of 449 randomly selected sample farms, including 686...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
social condition which promotes self-realization and fair, impartial treatment, is only possible in a society committed to a special sense of community based upon human needs for status, security, and the sharing of moral and intellectual commitments...
A study of furor in Republican and Augustan literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
"The focus of this investigation is a study of the concept furor in Latin literature from the beginnings through the middle of the Augustan Age. The purpose is to show that the complex ideas behind the term furor developed ...
¹⁴C-DDT dynamics in a cold water model food chain
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The uptake, elimination, and metabolism of ¹⁴C-DDT in a maple leaf-scud-rainbow trout food chain was investigated using gas chromato graphy, liquid scintillation, and thin-layer chromatography-autoradiography. In this ...
An analysis of the financial structure of local farm supply cooperatives in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
cooperatives. The Farmer Cooperative Service has published a report dealing with the financial structure of 8,522 farmer cooperatives that operated in 1962. Although this report includes Missouri farm supply cooperatives, generalizations about their financial...