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Agricultural contracting and the scale of production.
Key, N. - 2004
This study presents evidence that contracting is positively associated with the scale of production for six major U … likelihood of an operation contracting increases with its scale. This relationship is strongest in the cattle and hog sectors … scale and contracting are proposed, including imperfect capital markets, contractor transaction costs, input leverage …
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Price and Cost Impacts of Concentration in Food Manufacturing Revisited
Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Liron-Espana, Carmen - In: Journal of Agribusiness 23 (2005) 1
This study estimates the elasticities of wholesale food prices, cost efficiency, and market power with respect to industrial concentration in 35 food processing industries, modifying the model of Lopez, Azzam, and Lirón-España (2002). In contrast to the results of their earlier analysis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519355
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How much do farmers value their independence.
Key, N. - 2005
attributes associated with both business arrangements. The benefits to growers from contracting (such as risk reduction) may be … estimate (1) the difference in expected net returns between contracting and independent production, (2) the premium a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429478
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Price transmission in Iranian wholesale-retail meat market : implications for market power
Omrani, Mohammad; Shahiki Tash, Mohammad Nabi; Akbari, Ahmad - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 7 (2017) 3, pp. 594-601
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Networking in Meat Production Systems: The Influence of Cooperative Structures on Farmers’ Participation
Deimel, Mark; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1
Against the background of increasing competitive pressures and growing requirements with regard to food quality and safety, the significance of network-wide collaboration in food production has been pointed out in recent years. With this in mind, it is the objective of this paper to analyse pig...
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Effect of Corn Price on Profitability of Control Vs Phytase Enhanced Diet of Hogs
Atreya, Ajita; Vitale, Jeffrey D.; Stoecker, Arthur L.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
Economic Simulation model (SIMETAR) was used to investigate the effect of future corn price on profitability of control and phytase enhanced diet of hogs. The completed simulation model was used to estimate probability distribution for control vs lower excretion diet profitability under...
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Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Hog Farms, 2004
McBride, William D.; Key, Nigel D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
Hog production in 2004 was characterized by wide variation in the types, sizes, and economic performance of operations. Operations specializing in a single production phase generated more than three times the product value, on average, of those using the traditional farrow-to-finish approach....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005480347
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Understanding NREGA: A Simple Theory and Some Facts
Sinha, Uday Bhanu; Mukherjee, Diganta - eSocialSciences - 2010
A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage that even if competitively determined may not be adequate for the poor household to reach their target income; what they consider as means of a decent living. Envisaging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682006
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Impact of climate change on food price in the affected provinces of El Nino and La Nina phenomenon : case of Indonesia
Fajri, Halimah Cahyaning; Siregar, Hermanto; Sahara, Sahara - In: International journal of food and agricultural … 7 (2019) 4, pp. 329-339
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268004
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Optimal Incentives Under Moral Hazard and Heterogeneous Agents: Evidence from Production Contracts Data
Dubois, Pierre; Vukina, Tomislav - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
contract under moral hazard with heterogeneous agents. Using micro level data on swine production contract settlements, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979624