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Pricing Fed Cattle on a Grid: An Analysis of the Incentive Mechanism over Time
Fausti, Scott W.; Wang, Gerald; Diersen, Matthew A.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
/disincentive market signals to encourage marketing on a grid and discourage marketing by the pen. If this trend continues, grid market …
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Factors Affecting Quality Grade Discounts for Fed Cattle
Hogan Jr., Robert J.; Carlberg, Jared G.; Ward, Clement E. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Prices for Choice and Select grade fed cattle are derived from wholesale and retail beef markets. Choice-Select price discounts are a key component of fed cattle pricing, whether packers purchase fed cattle on a live weight, dressed weight, or grid. This study identifies supply, demand, and...
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Relationships among Prices across Alternative Marketing Arrangements for Fed Cattle and Hogs
Lee, Yoonsuk; Ward, Clement E.; Brorsen, B. Wade - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Reduced reliance on cash market prices for fed cattle and hogs raise questions about the role of cash prices in price discovery. We use seven years of weekly data from mandatory price reports to determine whether or not cash market prices are cointegrated with other procurement prices and then...
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Effects of Brahman Influence on Breeding Female Prices in South Texas
Russell, Levi A.; Anderson, David P.; Bochat, Matthew T.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2014
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Supply Chain Basics: Niche Agricultural Marketing, The Logistics
Vanwechel, Tamara; Vachal, Kimberly; Berwick, Mark - Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
Many small and mid-size farm operators compete successfully in today’s agricultural marketplace by supplying specialty farm products. Growing numbers of consumers and commercial buyers are interested in purchasing farm products with specific qualities. These customer preferences may be as...
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Moving Food Along the Value Chain: Innovations in Regional Food Distribution
Diamond, Adam; Barham, James - Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture - 2012
This report examines the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of eight food value chains to glean practical lessons … about how they operate, the challenges they face, and how they take advantage of emerging opportunities for marketing … chains include: (1) Recruiting producers and developing producer networks; (2) Identifying, branding, and marketing …
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Marketing Maine Tablestock Potatoes
Berney, Gerald; Grajewski, Gregory; Hinman, Don; … - Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010
The Marketing Services Division of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) was asked by USDA’s Agricultural … existing efforts to assist Maine fresh potato farmers in their search for alternative marketing strategies, and reverse the … the course of the investigation, they determined that Maine producers needed help in marketing their products and turned …
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Have Farmers and Ranchers Lost Confidence in Futures Markets?
Amosson, Stephen H.; Anderson, David P.; Bevers, Stanley J. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
Agricultural producers have used futures markets to manage price risk, confident that 1) cash and futures prices move together over time, 2) cash and futures prices converge as the contract approaches expiration, and 3) funds held in margin accounts as a performance bond were secure in...
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The Virginia Wineries’ Websites: An Evaluation
Ferreira, Gustavo F.C.; Ferreira, Joao P.C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
the following four different dimensions: (1) general features of a website; (2) wine tourism; (3) marketing; and (4 …
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Management Production Systems and Timing Strategies for Cull Cows
Amadou, Zakou; Ward, Clement E.; Raper, Kellie Curry; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/04/09.
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