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Exhaustible resources and technological change in the United States agriculture, 1940-1969
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Technological progress has played an important role in American agriculture since the beginning of World War II. The rapid rate of growth of population and industrialization in the U.S. has to be met by a rapid rate of ...
Financial conditions facilitating growth in local farmer cooperatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
"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 ...
An analysis of the impact of the changes in the delivery procedure of the fresh shell egg futures contract
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
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 ...
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...
Factors influencing use of credit in American agriculture (including comparisons with India)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1961)
"Since credit is one of the most important ways of gaining control of agricultural resources, an understanding of the factors affecting its use is essential to the economic development of any country. Funds can be provided ...
A simultaneous equation analysis of selected terminal hog markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
this estimation procedure is presented in Chapter IV. Then in Chapter V, the results of the analysis are presented, followed by conclusions in Chapter VI....
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 ...
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
The study was conducted in the Valle and Choluteca Districts of Southern Honduras in 1974. The objectives of the study were (1) to identify input-output relationships for selected crops; (2) determine current and potential ...
Institutional effects on grain producer price-risk management behavior : a comparative study across the United States and South Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation analyzes the impact of the surrounding agricultural marketing environment on grain producers' hedging decisions. This dissertation hypothesize that supports such as producer income supports and grain price ...
A managerial-economics analysis of selected Midwestern Class I motor common carriers of refrigerated commodities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
At least 60 per cent of the food consumed in this country requires temperature control in the distribution process. Although regulated motor carriers transport important quantities of perishable products, the organisational ...
A semi-annual econometric model of the United States feed grain-livestock economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
The forecasting performance of agricultural commodity models has been critically evaluated following the extreme agricultural commodity price fluctuations of the early and mid 1970’s. One approach to improving intermediate ...
Estimating India's soy protein consumption and exporting soy products to India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
India holds a large percentage of the world's population at over 16%. India is a relatively poor country with an estimated per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $650 compared to the U.S. at $39,000 in estimated 2007 U.S. dollars. Studies...
Insights for rural health care provider retention : a quantitative survey analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Due to rural health disparities and an uneven distribution of health providers across the rural urban continuum, retaining the existing rural health care provider workforce may be an important strategy to maintain existing ...
Understanding how violence impacts rural mexico: a cross sectional analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Violence has negative impacts on the wellbeing of civilians, but it specifically has a stronger impact on the rural poor. In Mexico, the rural poor are often ignored in academic research and in policies that address violence, ...
Potential of India as a net exporter of cotton and cotton textile goods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
Among agricultural commodities, cotton and cotton textile goods are second only to tea in the contribution to India’s export earnings. This study was designed to explore the possibility of augmenting the supply of cotton ...
Alternate methods of coordination for agricultural producers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"Every economic system must perform three basic functions; it must decide: (1) what goods and services will be produced; (2) how they are to be produced, that is, by whom, and with what resources and in what technological ...
The investment horizon issue in user-owned organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
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 ...
Nudging meat eaters towards plant-based meat alternatives : an online supermarket experiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
We implement a non-hypothetical online grocery shopping experiment to study the impact of health and environment related information nudges on consumers' purchases of meat and plant-based meat alternatives. More specifically, ...
Three essays on the competitiveness of the US corn seed industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[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 portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives: an integrated framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A portfolio problem within agricultural cooperatives arises as a result of the traditional cooperative's property rights structure. As members' investment is tied to patronage, this traditional structure prevents them from ...