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Factors Affecting Quality Grade Discounts for Fed Cattle
Hogan Jr., Robert J.; Carlberg, Jared G.; Ward, Clement E. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Prices for Choice and Select grade fed cattle are derived from wholesale and retail beef markets. Choice-Select price discounts are a key component of fed cattle pricing, whether packers purchase fed cattle on a live weight, dressed weight, or grid. This study identifies supply, demand, and...
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Relationships among Prices across Alternative Marketing Arrangements for Fed Cattle and Hogs
Lee, Yoonsuk; Ward, Clement E.; Brorsen, B. Wade - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Reduced reliance on cash market prices for fed cattle and hogs raise questions about the role of cash prices in price discovery. We use seven years of weekly data from mandatory price reports to determine whether or not cash market prices are cointegrated with other procurement prices and then...
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Who Gained and Who Lost from Zambia's 2010 Maize Marketing Policies?
Nkonde, Chewe; Mason, Nicole M.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
benefited from the bumper crop and FRA‟s involvement in maize marketing. The FRA‟s high buy price and purchase of nearly 900 … key features of the 2010/11 GRZ maize marketing policies and their likely income distributional effects on various …
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Management Production Systems and Timing Strategies for Cull Cows
Amadou, Zakou; Ward, Clement E.; Raper, Kellie Curry; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/04/09.
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Malawi’s Maize Marketing System
Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
marketing margins, which shrink the wedge between producer and consumer prices. Moreover, Malawi faces major political and …
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The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa.
Traub, Lulama Ndibongo; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004
The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa Abstract: This article determines the effect of …
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Input Subsidy Programs and Commercial Market Development: Modeling Fertilizer Use Decisions in a Two-Channel Marketing System
Xu, Zhiying; Jayne, Thomas S.; Govereh, Jones - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/06.
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ELECTRONIC MARKET USE BY OKLAHOMA LAMB PRODUCERS
Koontz, Stephen R.; Ward, Clement E. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 18 (1993) 01
Socioeconomic and production system characteristics of a sample of Oklahoma sheep producers were employed to examine the decision to use or not use an electronic market for slaughter lambs. Producer attributes that influence electronic market use were identified with qualitative choice models....
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A Farm Gate-to-Consumer Value Chain Analysis of Kenya’s Maize Marketing System
Kirimi, Lilian; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
enable smallholders to develop more effective marketing strategies and to negotiate more effectively with traders, in order … to reduce marketing costs as well as the cost of modern inputs such as fertilizer to the farm gate. Rehabilitating the … marketing policy to adherence to more systematic rules-based policies. Nurturing credible commitment in regard to trade policy …
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Determining Key Factors of Influence on the Profitability of Retaining Cull Cows Beyond Culling
Amadou, Zakou; Raper, Kellie Curry; Ward, Clement E.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
Factors influencing the profitability of retaining and feeding cull cows beyond culling were investigated. First, a price response function is estimated using 19 years of monthly price data as reported by Agricultural Market Services (AMS). Net returns are then estimated using data from a three...
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