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Soybeans are one of the most valuable crops in the world and are characterized by their multi-purpose uses: food, feed, fuel and other industrial usages such as paint, inks, and plastics. Out of 183.9 million tons of world supply/demand of soybeans in 2001-03 year, about 10% of them were...

Implications of real cash balances as a productive input in agricultural production are explored. A system of aggregate input demand functions for agriculture including real cash balances is formulated and estimated, assuming that producers minimize input costs for a given output level....

A U.S.-Nebraska linked quarterly econometric model is used to examine i~?acts on the corn, beef and hog industries from immediate and gradual removal of price supports. The results indicate that the agriculture sector is more adversely affected from removal of price supports gradually than...

A U.S.-Nebraska linked quarterly econometric model is used to examine i~?acts on the corn, beef and hog industries from immediate and gradual removal of price supports. The results indicate that the agriculture sector is more adversely affected from removal of price supports gradually than...

Data limitations often limit the time framework in which agricultural commodities are modeled and prices forecasted. Our research provides a technique to alleviate this constraint. By combining an annual econometric model with a quarterly ARIMA model, quarterly forecasts can be made which...

In Hawaii, marketing and production conditions have led to shrinking market shares for local farm produce. The primary limiting factor to maintaining and expanding the market share of Hawaii-grown produce is inconsistent and unreliable supply, compounded by inadequate market coordination.