Replaced with revised version of paper 04/21/04.

Budgets were used to estimate additional identity-preserved wheat production costs that ranged from $0.81 to $5.35 per bushel. A survey was developed to estimate the feasibility for country elevators to market identity-preserved wheat and the premiums required to do so; estimated premiums...

Researchers have been preoccupied with finding ways to select among various functional forms of demand system. This study addresses this concern by proposing a formulation which obviates the need to choose among various functional forms. The approach is tested using four functional forms of the...

There is a strong competition from low-priced imported catfish fillets resulting in a declining market share for domestic farm-raised catfish fillets. To match the competition, catfish processors are embarking on pricing policy measures that are volume-oriented instead of profit- or...

After over eight years of trading, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter futures contract remains thinly traded, possibly impeding price discovery. Pricing efficiency was assessed using cointegration techniques and error correction models. Results suggest that market efficiency could not be...