"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 have contributed...

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, ...

considered by the Missouri Inspection Bureau as near normal. Factors influencing the number and amount of losses from fire were (1) the amount of cleaning and drying equipment, (2) the method of harvest, and (3) the use of preventive devices. The number...

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...

. To determine the physical input-output relationships in feeder pig production in South Central, Missouri. 2. To determine the costs and returns of producing feeder pigs in South Central, Missouri. 3. To determine the relationships between size of enterprise...

to "small numbers" of producers. Model I was applied in the area surrounding Springfield, Missouri and Model II was applied to a single route in a somewhat isolated area. These models are based on a simulated route system. This allows the researcher to "run...

"Objectives of the study: The work has been guided by the following objectivess 1. To determine the potential need for farm machinery in Missouri Economic Area 8, with costs per unit of use maintained at reasonable levels. 2. To outline systems...

The following study was made to get an insight into the conditions and farm practices of six different types of farming in the United States from the standpoint of farm management. Previous work along this line indicates ...

of this paper, in so far as possible with the limited data at hand, is to learn what we can of the economic and social conditions of Boone County, Missouri, from the viewpoint of Farm Advisers just beginning work, to locate and consider a few of the farm...

"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. ...

Field crop irrigation is a relatively new production technique in Missouri. Prior to this investigation, only United information was available concerning costs and returns. The research reported here was assigned to determine (1) the costs...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this qualitative exploratory study is to analyze the process which led Missouri Farmer Association (MFA) to dramatically change its organizational structure...

dispatch with close supervision by a limited number of management personnel. Consolidated terminal production reports precluded the analysis of particular refrigerated shipments. Market analysis of active and potential customers would provide a means...

"During the period 1950-1957 one-third of the milk received in Federal Order Markets in the United States was in excess of bottling uses. The 14 markets included in this study had a surplus of 37 percent. Dairy farmers ...

structure cannot be made. In 1945, a study was conducted by Herman M. Haag at the University of Missouri which examined the financial results of business operations of 110 local cooperative associations from 1939 to 1942. Specifically, this study described...

This study addresses the issue of the current farm economic crisis and its impacts on the rural economy. Input-output model analysis of secondary data at the state and county levels is combined with a one- shot case study of one rural Missouri...

,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...

"Objectives: The overall objective of this study is to identify some characteristics and perceptions of large younger farmers who started into farming in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Particular attention was given to ...

"OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop optimal plans for 1975 dryland and irrigation farms in the Southwest Missouri Prairie Soil Region and to identify adjustments that might result from irrigation. Specific objectives were: 1...

This research addresses the issue of an investment constraint in user-owned agricultural organizations called the horizon problem. Scholars have suggested the restrictions on the transferability of residual claimant rights ...