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 ...

. The cattle feeding industry in Missouri is characterized by relatively few large commercial feedlots and a large number of small feedlots. Primarily, the state’s cattle feeding facilities and cattle fed are held by individual farmer-feeders engaged in more...

The objective of this study was to determine if there were any barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting. Barriers are obstacles associated with the structure of the market. Data compiled to determine if any barriers ...

The relatively recent changes in the delivery system of fresh shell egg futures contract from cold storage warehouse delivery to egg packing plant delivery have met with widespread criticisms in regard to their validity ...

Studies in crop byproduct literature have looked more at the nutrient impacts, rather than analytical cost implications of crop byproducts in livestock feed rations. Thin market studies stated the lack of product volume and player count in a market...

. 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...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation provides an analysis of various aspects of the competitivity of the US corn seed industry. In the first essay I develop a price depend model of seed demand...

The beef cattle industry has a substantial impact on the United States economy. Genetic management is becoming a part of the total farm management plan. The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the process ...

"Objectives of the Study: The objective of this study was to make a case study of locational influences in meat packing in recent years, and thereby both to learn something about the location economics of that industry and ...

"OBJECTIVES: This study is concerned for the most part with isolating factors and characteristics which determine, or are associated with, the overall finanical management ability of the farm business operator. Specifically, ...

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, ...

"Since 1945 the movement toward increased use of power and machinery on farms has been something of a revolution. Mechanization of feed storage and feed processing activities are a part of this revolution on many Missouri livestock farms...

and technically feasible but as yet it has not been adopted in the region by food producers. Production activities under traditional technology entered the plan and a number of bottlenecks in the form of land preparation, weeding, and harvesting labour were...

Parochial (Amish and Mennonites) agriculture producers have been known for their stability (historically large numbers) (Kollmorgen, 1943). Though, more recently, the percentage of parochial members who are ag-producers has been steadily declining...

"Since the end of World War II the cattle feeding industry in the United States has been characterized by three major, and to a certain degree, related developments: 1. A marked expansion in numbers. In the two decades from 1945 to 1965 the number...

to enhance or abate the effect of job turnover. This study was undertaken to investigate labor turnover in a selected area of eastern Arkansas. The area was chosen because of the large number of displaced agricultural workers who were in the employ of small...

The Production Credit Associations' loan loss rates and amounts have increased in recent years. Lenders take a certain "calculated" risk in granting, extending additional credit or renewing a loan. Loan risks arise from ...

"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 ...

"Purpose of study: Several studies have been made of the amounts borrowed by farm people and the purposes for which the funds were used. However, little research has been done to determine the attitude of farm families ...

abreast of the agricultural situation. This study reports attitudes of leading Missouri farmers toward agricultural policy issues and examines selected economic and non-economic factors that give form to them. Among selected findings were a majority...