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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"US agriculture"”.
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Transformation in US Agriculture: Insights from Energy Price Shocks, Ecosystem Service Enhancements, and Renewable Energy Developments
Agriculture in the US is undergoing significant transformation in response to shifting energy markets, environmental challenges, and renewable energy policies. Using economic simulation and econometric models, this dissertation explores how changes in energy prices, renewable energy policies, and …
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Crop modeling for assessing and mitigating the impacts of extreme climatic events on the US agriculture system
<p>The US agriculture system is the world’s largest producer of maize and soybean, and typically supplies more than one-third of their global trading. Nearly 90% of the US maize and soybean production is rainfed, thus is susceptible to climate change stressors such as heat waves and droughts. …
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Stochastic Technology, Risk Preferences, and the Use of Pollution Inputs
… these findings might help clarify the ""underuse puzzle"" observed in previous studies of aggregate pesticide use in US agriculture. These studies may have interpreted the effect of positive marginal risk premium for aggregate pesticide use as puzzling pesticide underuse."
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Exploring Potential Innovative Marketing Approaches for US Agribusinesses
Agribusinesses are multifaceted businesses that may be involved in all the phases of agricultural production, processing, manufacturing, distributing, and retailing. Although US agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry, the majority of agribusinesses are considered small firms, having less …
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Comprehensive Poultry Supply Chain Model with Vertical and Horizontal Linkages: Implication of Domestic and International Shocks
<p>According to USDA FAS, in 2017, the US was the largest broiler-producing country with 18.696 million metric tons and the second largest exporter of broiler products with 3.075 million metric tons (Brazil is the largest exporter with 3.847 million metric tons). Thus, around 83% of US production …
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Essays on persistent management skill
… is analyzed based on yearly Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) panel data across 9,831 farms from 1996 through 2014. Agricultural producers operate in a volatile environment, facing a number of sources of risk. A key question is whether farmers who are more highly skilled can …