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Individuals exposed to odors from livestock facilities do not report annoyance uniformly. The reaction to a detectable odor depends on perceptions of the odor and its source which are mediated by odor attributes and personal factors. Correlations among these factors were tested in a rural...
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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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suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …
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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 not lobby against farm policies. The results support the hypothesis …
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dotcoms since early 2001 has led to a debate regarding the future direction of E-commerce and its potential relevance for … agribusiness. This study examines the economic implications of E-commerce for agribusiness within the framework of New …
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This paper investigates the effect of technological change on the demand for, and supply of, hired farm workers in the United States for the period 1950 to 1992. Particular attention is given to the proxy for technological change. We have used total expenditures, both by public and private...
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