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The Farm Level Impacts of Replacing Current Farm Programs with a Whole Farm Revenue Program

Raulston, J. Marc; Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

This study evaluates the farm level economic impacts of implementing a whole farm revenue insurance program in lieu of current government program payments on agricultural producers in major production areas of the United States. Realizing a multitude of viable options exist, this study...

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Analyzing Crop Revenue Safety Net Program Alternatives and Impacts on Producers and Program Costs

Jansen, Jim A.; Lubben, Bradley D.; Stockton, Matthew C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

This study evaluates the policy effects of alternative program designs for federal revenue-based farm income safety net programs. Eight representative farms across Nebraska are used to stochastically simulate the financial impact of changing the current farm crop revenue-based safety net with a...

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Why farm support Persists: An Explanation Grounded in Congressional political Economy

Freshwater, David; Leising, Jordan - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

In the paper we provide an explanation of the persistence of the commodity titles in US farm bills that is grounded in core theories of the policy process from the political science literature. The political science literature explains policy continuity and policy change from a number of...

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Attitudes of College Students towards Agriculture, Food and the Role of Government

Carreira, Rita I.; Mane, R.; Danforth, Diana M.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008

In 2002 and 2007 we surveyed Agribusiness students’ attitudes about agriculture, farming, food and agricultural policies. Responses were analyzed by year and student characteristics including farm background, citizenship and gender. Citizenship was a significant variable explaining differences...

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Certainty Equivalent Farm Returns from Bt and Non-Bt Cotton

Banerjee, Swagata; Martin, Steven W. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2006

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/14/06.

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Exchange Rate Volatility in BRICS Countries

Maradiaga, David Isaias; Zapata, Hector O.; Pujula, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

This paper measures the impact of bilateral exchange rates, the world agricultural GDP and third-country exchange rate volatilities (Yen/USD and Euro/USD) on the BRICS agricultural exports using a vector autoregressive (VAR) model. Two measures of volatility are used: the standard deviation and...

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Dryland Wheat variety selection in the Texas High Plain

Park, Seong Cheol; Cho, Jaesung; Bevers, Stanley J.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

Selecting the best wheat varieties affects producers’ profit and financial risk. This study identifies the optimal … wheat variety selection using the portfolio approach at various risk aversion levels. Results showed that the optimal wheat … variety selection was significantly affected by changes in levels of risk aversion of decision makers …

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Agricultural Arbitrage, Adjustment Costs, and the Intensive Margin

Tack, Jesse B.; LaFrance, Jeffrey T. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations provides evidence that risk aversion and …

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An Economic Risk Analysis of Stocker Grazing on Conservation Tillage Small Grains Forage in Arkansas

Watkins, K. Bradley; Hignight, Jeffrey A.; Beck, Paul A.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

This study evaluates both the profitability and risk efficiency of grazing stocker steers on conservation tillage …. Stocker steer net return distributions by tillage treatment are constructed and ranked for risk efficiency using SERF. The … results indicate the NT system is the most profitable and most risk efficient of the three tillage systems, followed by the RT …

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Factors Influencing Private Landowner Restoration Investment Decisions in Coastal Louisiana

Dedah, Cheikhna O.; Kazmierczak Jr., Richard F.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

restoration and maintenance, land use, and degree of risk aversion are important factors in a landowner’s decisions to invest in …

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