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China and the United States in producing corn, soybeans, and hogs. The results show that the U.S. Midwest (defined in this … substantial advantage in land and labor productivities in producing corn and soybeans, especially compared to China's South and … West producing regions. However, China's Northeast region, a major corn- and soybean-producing area, has a very competitive …
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corn and ethanol markets and explore statistical evidence for the link. We propose that a long-run no-profit condition is … established in distant futures markets for ethanol, corn, and natural gas and then use the theory of storage to define an inter …
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The United States is a large net exporter of corn seeds. Seed trade, including that of corn, has been expanding, but ….S. corn seeds with a detailed analysis of trade costs impeding export flows to various markets, including costs associated … on an explicit specification of derived demand for seed by foreign corn producers, estimated based on data from 48 …
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regression analysis to test whether corn and soybeans have become more drought tolerant. Results indicate that corn yield losses … rates in the Corn Belt are too high. …
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growing feedstock for ethanol (corn, sorghum, wheat, sugarcane, and other grains) and major crops competing with feedstock for …
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most commodities and increased their use in food production, ceteris paribus, although corn has benefited more than sugar … crops in the technical progress. Commodity programs have raised the price of sugar and decreased the price of corn; high … fructose corn syrup (HFCS) became an inexpensive substitute for sugar in food beginning in 1970. However, the effect of this …
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Three recent reports have estimated the market impacts of domestic offset programs, including afforestation, contained in the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). The magnitude of these estimated impacts motivates this study. We show that with carbon prices as low as $30 per metric...
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In a marketing environment, the demand conditions, the costs of shipping and storing grain varieties, the interest rate on farm loans, and the distribution of cropland in the area are important determinants of growers' planting decisions. In this article, I focus on a market for two...
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The geographic concentration of production of main field crops in several growing regions is a distinctive feature of U.S. agriculture. Among many possible reasons for spatial concentration, I study here the effects of the distribution of end users and terminal markets on acreage allocation. The...
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Marketing assistance loan (MAL) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) programs differ in their treatment of basis. This paper analyzes marketing decisions under these programs when producers are differentiated by location with respect to the terminal market. The developed model may help explain the...
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