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Indexes of the influence of weather on corn yields in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964)
yields in Missouri. The study was designed (1) to construct and evaluate Indexes of weather using existing techniques in a designated Central Missouri area, (2) to construct and evaluate indexes of weather in a designated area utilising the most recent...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
Important changes have occurred since 1950 in the agriculture of the State Economic Area 2b, a sixteen county area in northeast Missouri. The changes have been induced by broad movements in economic and technological forces affecting the agriculture...
Estimation of demand parameters : an empirical analysis of consumer behavior in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
is insufficient for the estimation of a large number of the required parameters. Recent studies of the theory of consumer behavior have provided a number of empirically useful hypotheses concerning the separability of the consumer’s utility functions...
Pricing arrangements for one grade of milk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
-the- road tankers has allowed expansion of marketing areas. Distribution of finished products over considerably enlarged areas has been hastened by technological advance in processing and packaging. The creation of the standby pool represents a forward step...
Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
in Missouri. The importance of Missouri commodities for the entire United States is summarized in Table 2. As the table indicates, corn, wheat, and soybeans account for a large portion of the number of crops insured by the FCIC in the United States."--Introduction....
Technical response functions for corn -- an economic analysis of nitrogen fertilizer experiments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"The main objective of this study is to estimate corn response functions for nitrogen and plant population using experimental data in three counties of Missouri. These response functions will be used in two ways: (a) to determine some economic...
A feedlot beef cattle production function study with an economic analysis of corn-silage rations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
: 1. To derive the production surface for feedlot beef steers fed various corn and corn-silage rations. 2. To complete an economic analysis which Includess a. Specification of economic optimum rations for various corn and corn-silage price ratios. b...
Scale and utilization economics in feeding cattle under three feeding systems : a feasibility study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1967)
of the number of cattle fed dropped from 60 percent to 47 percent. While at the same time the proportion accounted for by the southern plains and the western states advanced from 18 percent to 33 percent. 3. A shift in the structure in the industry from...
Exhaustible resources and technological change in the United States agriculture, 1940-1969
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
regression was employed to estimate relationships between aggregate agricultural output and seven selected inputs: Xlt = total farm labor (persons) at time t X2t = acres of land used at time t X3t = tons of nitrogen at time t X4t = tons of phosphate at time...
An inventory control model for fertilizer retailers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
economics. As a result, the fertilizer industry is constantly facing a storage problem. The products must be stored during the off-season at the manufacturing plant, at the distribution warehouse, or at the retail outlet. This study deals exclusively...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The United States beef sector has been modeled in many studies, perhaps, because beef represents a large proportion of the consumer food dollar and agriculture’s income. The predictive performance of these models has been, however, quite...
Potential of India as a net exporter of cotton and cotton textile goods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
at a faster rate on a larger base year yield in most countries than in India due to greater adoption of improved technology. India had the largest cotton acreage but lowest yield among the main producers. The second objective was to analyze cotton...
Expectation formulations and optimal decisions in cattle feedlot problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
in the context of a cattle feedlot operation. Several structural models describing the feedlot operation are developed. A number of objective functions are considered in connection with these structural models in which the expectation mechanism is regarded...
A simultaneous equation analysis of selected terminal hog markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
. These contracts differ depending upon whom the contracting corporation is, but the general purpose of the contracts is to stabilize hog supplies so that the buyers and sellers may operate under less uncertainty, whether the buyer be a feed manufacturer or a packer...
Investor capital, taxes and the structure of cattle feeding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
,000 head size have increased in numbers at a rapid rate in recent years. However, multi-lot cattle feeding firms have lots of widely varying sizes and in widely scattered locations. This pattern suggests considerations beyond production economies of size...
An analysis of farm type classification systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
. Complications exist when comparability is attempted among university criteria, Census c rite ria and U.S.D.A. programs such as "Costs and Returns on Commercial Farms". "Costs and Returns on Commercial Farms" are not actual farms but are farms constructed from...
An empirical study of advertised retail meat prices in a metropolitan area
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
. Weekly data for the advertised meat prices from different firms were obtained for a total of thirteen (1960-72) years by consulting the appropriate newspaper files in the Missouri Historical Society Library. The primary objectives of this study were...
The impact analysis of structural change in Korean agriculture with respect to the Korean-United States free trade agreement : dynamic simultaneous equation model approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The main objective of this study is the analysis of the impacts of the Korean-United States Free Trade Agreement. On April 2, 2007, Korea and the United States concluded a...
Structure and organization comparisons of U.S. large volume swine producers : a national survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
A national sample of hog operations marketing 1,000 head or more a year was taken in 1981. A mail questionnaire gathered the necessary information. A second survey grouped operations into three groups: feeder pig producers, pig finishers and farrow...
Uncertainty and the microfoundations of supply response : some theoretical considerations and an empirical application in the U.S. corn market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study has examined how a micro-level decision model which incorporates uncertainty can be reconciled with observed market behavior. Conditions under which a firm-market correspondence exists in a deterministic environment are well defined...