objective of this study is to employ a Just-Pope production function to examine the relationship between fertilizer inputs, soil … fertilizer, temporal diversity, and PBR wheat cultivars are associated with increased yield variance. Mean wheat yield is reduced … contrast, higher soil quality and PBR wheat cultivars increase mean yield. The wheat yield increases attributed to PBR range …

This study investigates productive efficiency for a sample of Missouri crop-only (specialized) and integrated crop …

The study analyzes the effect of risk aversion on the optimal level of fertilizer by employing a pooled time … heteroscedastic specification of production function, fertilizer was found to be a risk-increasing input, but the effect of risk … aversion on the optimal fertilizer use was estimated to be moderate. Explanations for the low average rate of application of …

fertilizer prices and the value of poultry litter. Results suggest that a well functioning market would be able to remove excess …

Farm supply cooperatives are an important component of the retail agribusiness industry in the United States. The …

The transition from agricultural producer to agribusiness entrepreneur is littered with obstacles not associated with … production practices and budgets. These familiar industry institutions are not available for use in the agribusiness environment …

efficiency or scale. The cooperative industry’s productivity was primarily associated with the grain, fertilizer, and … agrochemical product lines. Policies that raise fertilizer prices would encourage a cooperative to be technically more productive …. In general, policies that raise prices of grain, fertilizer, and agrochemicals would encourage a cooperative to be more …