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Determinants of Illinois farmland prices
This study examines the determinants of Illinois farmland prices. Hedonic models are utilized to represent and analyze the defining characteristics of Illinois farmland. Models are applied to Illinois Department of Revenue farmland transfer data from 1979 to 2010. Particular attention is given to …
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A Dynamic Programming Analysis of Optimal Farmland Investment Decisions: An Application to Central Illinois High-Quality Farmland
The purpose of this research is to examine farmland investment decisions using a dynamic programming framework. Consideration is given to the dynamic, stochastic nature of farmland returns, the linkages between farmland returns and farmland prices, and the effects of the above dynamic factors on a …
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Factors affecting foraging by breeding farmland birds
… and song thrush <i>Turdus philomelos</i>) on farmland, in relation to microhabitat and the availability of invertebrates. Fieldwork was conducted on a lowland mixed arable farm in Leicestershire over the breeding seasons 2000 - 2002. Telemetry was used to monitor adult song thrushes and …
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Farmland Price Discounts and Farm Capital Structure
… (1993) for financial institutions liquidating farmland, and by Pulvino (1998) for the aircraft industry. Discounts are smaller than those found by Scott (1991) for financially distressed farmers.
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Regional Factors Affecting Farmland Values in Illinois
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Suitability of energy cropping on abandoned metal contaminated farmland.
A great deal of research is being undertaken globally on the viability of alternative energy sources given the potential effects of climate change and increases in oil prices. Energy cropping is one of many emerging technologies for producing renewable energy that is being widely researched around …
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An agricultural use value, computer assisted, mass, farmland appraisal system
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences,
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Farmland Risk-Return Characteristics and Fama-French 5 Factor Model
… entities directing their focus towards farmland investments, there has been a burgeoning interest in the distinctive risk-return profile of farmland, especially when contrasted with conventional financial assets like stocks. Building on the foundational work of scholars such as Barry …
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Soil-Landscape Maps for Farmland Valuation in Woodford County, Illinois
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The role of farmland in a mixed asset investment portfolio
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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The incidence of U.S. agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates
… the effect of agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates in the United States. Rental agreements are primarily between farmers and non-farmer landlords, but no evidence exists concerning the incidence of subsidies on these two groups. By exploiting a unique policy change in 1996 and …
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A Model Study of Prime Farmland Protection For Platte County, Missouri
The loss of prime farmland to urban expansion in the United States continues to be of concern to planning experts as well as private land owners. This thesis examines the need to protect prime farmland from urban development in Platte County, Missouri, a suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area. …
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Returns to farm real estate: analysis of an Illinois farmland portfolio
Previous research on returns to farmland derived data from aggregate U.S. or regional sources. A distinction of this document is that an actual portfolio of Illinois farms are evaluated. This thesis extends past research by analyzing a longer and more current period. The results suggest that …
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Revitalizing farmland in Massachusetts : an analysis of the development rights program
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.
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AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF US FARMLAND PRICES, 1941 TO 1980 (UNITED STATES)
<p>The value of farmland in the United States comprises approximately seventy-five percent of the total value of farm assets. U.S. farmland prices have risen steadily since 1940. The period of 1970 to 1980, however, exhibits an increased rate of growth in average farmland values.</p><p>Rapid …
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Below- and aboveground farmland biodiversity in relation to local and regional management
Die Ausdehnung von Ackerland, Plantagen und Weideland in den letzten Jahrzehnten sowie die Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft auf lokaler und regionaler Ebene sind Hauptgründe für den Biodiversitätsverlust. Intensivierung auf lokaler Ebene ist durch einen vermehrten Einsatz von Maschinen, Spritz- …
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Population genetics of the farmland sawfly <em>Dolerus aeneus</em> (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
Over the last 50 years populations of certain farmland birds have undergone severe declines over the same timescale that agriculture has intensified. The larvae of grassland sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) are a key component of the fledgling diet and it is thought that agri-intensification has …
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Impacts of flood-mediated disturbance on species of High Nature Value farmland
High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) refers to traditional agricultural landscapes which support high levels of biodiversity. HNVf is declining across Europe, through both intensification and abandonment, raising concerns about the conservation of species associated with it. One argument is that such …
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Tocopherol (vitamin E) content in invasive browse species on underutilized Appalachian farmland
The tocopherol (Vitamin E) content of forage from three invasive shrub species was measured to assess the value of the shrubs as a source of vitamin E for goats browsing on overgrown Appalachian pastures. Plant leaf clusters were collected from multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb.), autumn olive …
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