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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Commodity programs"”.
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Farmer participation in government commodity programs: A multiyear risk management analysis
Government programs for agricultural commodities affect planting decisions and farm income for many producers. Many proposals to reduce federal expenditures are being considered for reform in the 1995 Farm Bill. In order to determine the effect of these proposals on both farmers and government, the …
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An evaluation of production and marketing strategies for eastern Virginia cash grain producers
… year resulted in participation in the government commodity programs at all levels of risk aversion and for each crop and soil type. Elimination of government commodity programs from the model resulted in two major findings: wheat and barley doubled cropped with soybeans preformed well on both soil …
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Integrated production and marketing risk management for cash grain producers of Virginia's Northern Neck region:a target MOTAD analysis
… contracting, and participation in government commodity programs and crop insurance programs. Unlike most previous studies which have treated the decision-making process as a single period process, this study formulates the problem as a recursive two-stage model. The mean forecast deviation …
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Assessing the Economic Viability of Arkansas Farms under the 2018 Farm Bill
… recent update of the agricultural safety net. Commodity programs and federal crop insurance are two key components of today’s agricultural safety net, and many times, these programs may be the difference between a net loss and a positive net income for many producers. The objective of this …
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Cross-compliance as a soil conservation strategy: a case study of the North Fork of the Forked Deer River basin in western Tennessee
… Stabilization and Conservation Service commodity programs, Commodity Credit Corporation loans, Small Business Administration loans, and Federal Crop Insurance. Cross-compliance strategies were then designed such that program benefits would be contingent upon a farmer's compliance with …
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Have the National Resources Inventories advanced conservation policy?
… changed dramatically. Not only has the number of programs multiplied and the scope of issues expanded, but a once-casual link between commodity programs and conservation activities has been formalized. One reason for the changes may have been an effort within the USDA's conservation agency, …
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Meeting Development Objectives with Agricultural Research: Priority Setting in Zimbabwe
… the research objectives, defining the list of commodity and non-commodity programs to be prioritized, defining the agro-ecological zones and collecting technology related data and published information. Researchers, extension workers, and farmer representatives were interviewed using a …