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suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …
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Many Thoroughbred stallions are being bred to increasing numbers of mares. This practice raises the question of how progeny value is affected by an increased supply of foals by the same sire, which ultimately influences the sire’s value. This paper addresses that question. Three of the...
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Our objective is to identify the determinants for success among USDA’s Value- Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program recipients. Business development has become an important program in departments of agricultural economics. Market share was found to be an important determinant of VAPG...
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use and perceptions of the Internet and e-commerce in agribusiness companies. Agribusiness firm managers were surveyed in … 2004 to identify agribusiness use of the Internet and e-commerce and to solicit their perceptions about the Internet and e …-commerce. The survey was developed from a similar survey conducted in 1999. In 2004, agribusiness firms were using e-commerce more …
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This study generates an econometric model of the allocation of political contributions by food firms. It combines information about food firms' total expenditures for political influence with the behavioral assumption of profit maximization to test the hypothesis that food manufacturing firms do...
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including agribusiness in their Bachelor's and Master's teaching programs. Ph.D and research programs appear to adjust more … exploited. If business schools decide to compete for agribusiness students in the future, missed opportunities with other …
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students from the University of Georgia enrolled in the first agribusiness study-abroad course, entitled "International … Agribusiness Marketing and Management: Focus on Mexico," at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa during the Maymester 2000. Their …
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Thoroughbred racehorses are commonly characterized as unprofitable investments. Previous studies, grouping all racehorses together, estimate that over 80% of all racehorses in training fail to earn enough to recover the variable costs of training. However, these studies are not truly...
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This paper examines determinants of consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for grass-fed and organic dairy by using survey data collected from several south-eastern states. Ordered and Heckman probit regression techniques were used to identify the significance of consumer characteristics...
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Pricing and technological innovation are discussed within the context of the beef industry’s value-based marketing initiative. Cash and contract marketing practices for fed cattle are addressed with respect to slaughter volume and pricing methods (live, dressed, and grid). A methodology...
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