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about consumers' WTP and to identify potential marketing strategies for the introduction of the disease-resistant tree. On …, and income had significant effects on the WTP. Marketing implications include the need to provide information at the point …
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This study examines the impact of cool season grass quality characteristics on pricing and net returns in niche equine feed markets. A hedonic analysis of Timothy grass hay prices in Nevada was performed to determine the implicit values of its quality characteristics. A Monte Carlo simulation...
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Shifting patterns of corn use as a result of the ethanol boom may be causing basis levels to change across the United States, creating the need for methods to predict basis levels in dynamic conditions. This study develops a new and straightforward economic model of basis forecasting that...
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The storage-at-a-loss paradox—stocks despite inadequate price growth to cover storage costs—is an unresolved issue of long-standing interest to economists. Alternative explanations include risk premiums for futures market speculators, convenience yields from holding stocks, and...
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establishing a better position for marketing their vegetables on a year-round basis. This case study discusses the results of both …
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A new paradigm is needed in extension marketing programs. Attempts to help producers time the market, either through … cask sales or futures trading, appear to be of little benefit. Marketing extension programs need to place less emphasis on … outlook and futures trading and more emphasis on simple marketing strategies that people really use. An empirical example of …
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Conversion to combine harvesters has resulted in Louisiana sugarcane growers delivering a more perishable product to raw sugar factories. Dextran formation increases as the time between harvest and milling is extended. Milling of freshly cut sugarcane reduces the formation of dextran and...
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This study investigates whether U.S. corn merchants can effectively manage the overnight price risk of cash corn purchased after the Chicago Board of Trade closes at 1:15 p.m. on either the electronic Project A market or in the corn contract traded on the Tokyo Grain Exchange. While neither...
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