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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...
Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
. In 1971, 62 counties out of 114 counties in Missouri were authorized to write all-risk crop insurance. In these 62 counties, 6,556,774 acres were harvested in the 1971 crop year; but only 168,013 acres, or 2.6 percent, were insured by the Federal Crop...
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...
Rice : an alternative crop for southeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
Missouri. The specific objectives will be to determine rice’s competitive position under the following situations: 1. Labor and water restrictions. 2. Water restrictions only. 3. Varied labor costs. 4. Varied land amounts. 5. Varied returns to rice."--Introduction....