The existing system for sensing, recording, and reporting climatic conditions has been developed mainly in response to demands of specific clients. Weather conditions provided for airline navigation, agricultural production management, and severe storm tracking, are three examples. Thus, the...

The international components and the overall structure of this model are based on recent work by Huyser (1983). The U.S. Structure and components of the model are based on recent work by Ash (1984) and earlier work by Baumes and Meyers (1980) and Meyers and Hacklander (1979). The roots of all...

The financial crisis in agriculture has been a reality for some farm families since early 1980. As with any industry-wide upheaval, it was slow developing. And its origins can be traced back at least a decade. Today we know more about farm financial conditions than at anytime since the crisis...

Changes in relative prices or terms of trade, i.e., the ratio of farm output to farm input or nonfarm output prices, have significant implications for the farm economy. If the prices farmers receive for their outputs increase (decrease) relative to the prices they pay for their inputs, the...

Commodity modeling is like many other endeavors in science and in life—we continue to strive for completeness and perfection but may never be satisfied with the current level of our accomplishments. This is a productive attitude, because it always generates incentives for continued effort...

Granger Causality tests are run to examine the causal relationships between the trade deficit, another macroeconomic variable, and U.S. prices. The results show that strong causal relationships run from the trade deficit to agricultural prices but not to nonagricultural prices. Results of...

The primary purpose of the Agricultural Planning Project (APP) was to strengthen the capabilities of Thailand's Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) to carry out policy advisory, problem identification and analysis, planning, data management, and integrated project preparation functions. The...

Endogenizing the exchange rat in trade models over the period of fixed and flexible exchange rate systems poses an econometric problem in the estimation because of the fixity of the exchange rate under the fixed exchange rate system. An econometric technique, the grafted polynomial approach, is...

A simultaneous equation model of the soybean sector in Taiwan is developed and estimated. The model integrates domestic supply and demand for soybeans, soymeal, and soyoil, in addition to the livestock market. The impacts of economic growth and policy changes upon the soybean market are...

This model was developed to quantify the trade and policy linkages for feed grains among the major importing and exporting regions. It is intended primarily for use in making intermediate-term projections and conducting policy impact analysis. Thus it is a relatively small partial equilibrium...