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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Farm Business"”.
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Adjustments in a farm business in response to an energy crisis
Comparing farms using different corn tillage methods, farms using reduced corn tillage had higher returns to fixed resources than farms using conventional corn tillage in all cases, except when energy prices were increased by 50, 75, and 100 percent. At these higher energy price increases, since …
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The Potential for Innovative Farm Business Structures in the Australian Grains Sector
… innovations. Organisational innovations in farm business models, such as joint ventures (JVs) may offer opportunities to overcome these constraints and provide new pathways for owner-operator family farms to boost productivity. JVs retain the strengths of family farm models while capturing …
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Linkages Between Tenure, Risk, and Time Attitudes: Effects on Farm Business Decisions
Results of this study show that farm businesses can be analyzed in a life-cycle model, in which tenure, production, financing, and investment decisions can be jointly optimized. In this inter-temporal stochastic setting, the degree of risk aversion and changing time attitudes play important roles …
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A Flow-of-Funds Analysis of the United States Farm Business Sector
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Lender Response to Federal Crop Insurance: Their Effects on Farm Business Performance (Survey, Simulation Model)
Prior research has explored the benefits of farmers' participation in the Federal Crop Insurance program. Generally, these studies have implicitly assumed independence between participation in the program and the firm's financial organization. The objective of this study is to explore if a …
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Factors influencing the adoption of whole farm plans : a Wairarapa case study : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Applied Science in Agricultural Extension at Massey University
… SLUI programme. This programme relies on whole farm plans (Whole Farm Business Plans) as the core tool to address erosion on hill country farms. Several regional councils in New Zealand, like Horizons, rely on whole farm plans and continue to seek ways to achieve a high level of voluntary …
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An economic study of fire cured tobacco farming in Appomattox County, Virginia in 1936
… In order to secure information as to the farm practices followed in the area, the Soil Conservation Service and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station conducted a farm management survey of the area during the summer of 1936, covering the 1935 farm business. This survey was repeated …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FACTORS DETERMINING RUMINANT LIVESTOCK DISTRIBUTION IN THE FAR SOUTH WEST
… the livestock and meat producing industries from farm to consumer which impinge on the processes and pattems of livestock distribution from farm to slaughter. These changes are identified and described. A farm business survey of lowland beef and sheep finishers was undertaken, prior to the 2001 …
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An economic study of small farms in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1940
… are great variations in returns to different farms for a given year, due to differences in (1) size of business, (2) labor efficiency, (3) rates of production, and (4) balance of the farm business. The dominant factor is size of business, since it exerts influence on each of the other factors. …
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Development of a family agribusiness transition planning tool
This research identifies common family farm characteristics, outlines the various elements of succession planning, and describes the motivations and objectives surrounding the composition of a succession plan. Business, retirement, and estate planning elements were integrated to develop a …
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An empirical investigation into the uptake, motivations and constraints and the factors affecting farmers’ renewable energy investment intentions
… (RE) production and associated enterprises onfarms in the UK has been lower than expected suggesting that the UK government’s energy, agricultural and climate change objectives may not be achieved. The aim of this research is to investigate why this is the case by assessing the uptake, …
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Machinery investment and use
… in planning the internal organization of a farm business. The specific objectives of this study were: 1. To determine the average replacement cost of various machines used by farmers in Northeast Missouri. 2. To determine what machines farmers in this area have and to what extent they use …
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The effects of financial structure on the profitability of Illinois agriculture
Using data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management, this study analyzes how financial structure impacts the profitability of grain and livestock farms in Illinois from 1996 to 2009. Various datasets were assembled to sort farms into pure grain farms, and then sub-sample datasets for the …
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Financially Optimal Culling Strategies for Western Canadian Cow-Calf Producers
… production and financial data from 16 ‘typical farms’ in the Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network (COP Network). Managing the breeding herd inventory composition through culling and replacement decisions impacts the future cashflows and the value of the herd. Average values from 16 …
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Farm Financing Strategy and the Lending Policy From Financial Institutions
… applicability of capital structure theories to farm businesses. Farm business performance under different combinations of financial strategy scenarios is simulated for a 10 year period to determine the benefits for both farmers and lenders in the agricultural credit relationships. Based on the …
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Ūkininko ūkio veiklos pelningumo ir jį lemiančių veiksnių analizė /
… profitability indicators of Zigmas Zigmaitis farm in the years 2015 – 2019 and identifies factors determing the alteration of profitability indicators. The analysis of Lithuanian and foreign authors’ scientific articles and periodical scientific literature on finances and profitability of …
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The production of light horses
… Although mechanical power is utilized on some farms, the motor has not usurped, and cannot usurp, the place of the light horse for purposes which he is peculiarly adapted. In spite of the fact that the successful feeding, care, and management of light horses comprises an important aspect of …
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Database Marketing Management Strategies for Agricultural Lenders
… the use of those products and services with farm business characteristics. Information is also obtained on the interest rate sensitivity of the producers and correlated with farm business characteristics. The importance of technology and strategic alliances and other influences in the …
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