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Development Of New Generation Cooperatives, Mike Turner
Development Of New Generation Cooperatives, Mike Turner
Cornhusker Economics
Dr. Mike Cook, Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri and his students have interviewed over 50 newly created agricultural cooperatives. The purpose of this study was to determine the steps taken to establish a new business. In each case the newly formed business was to establish a value-added opportunity for agricultural producers. The steps taken included the following:
Factors Affecting The Coordination Of Agricultural Production And Marketing, Jeffrey S. Royer
Factors Affecting The Coordination Of Agricultural Production And Marketing, Jeffrey S. Royer
Cornhusker Economics
Agricultural markets depend considerably less on open market transactions than 40 years ago. Increasingly, the production and marketing of agricultural products have been coordinated by forward contracting, production and marketing contracts, and vertical integration. The degree to which these alternative marketing mechanisms have been employed varies across commodities and products. Production contracts, marketing contracts, and vertical integration dominate in several livestock markets, including broilers, turkeys, eggs and milk, and in most specialty crop markets, including fruits, vegetables and sugar beets. Market transactions have continued to be more important for field crops and the cattle and hog markets although contract production …
Production And Financial Standards For The Pork Industry, Allen Prosch, Larry Bitney
Production And Financial Standards For The Pork Industry, Allen Prosch, Larry Bitney
Cornhusker Economics
The 1996 summary for the Nebraska Swine Enterprise and Analysis Program shows that there is a lot of difference between average, the high 1/3 and the low 1/3 of producers when it comes to a profit. Producers in the average group showed a 27% rate of return on capital, while those in the top 1/3 showed a return of 49%. Total cost per cwt. for an average producer on the records program was $50.71 while the producers in the high profit 1/3 produced that pork for $44.96 per cwt.
Coping With Potholes In Your Farm Transition Pathway, Part Ii*, Paul H. Gessaman
Coping With Potholes In Your Farm Transition Pathway, Part Ii*, Paul H. Gessaman
Cornhusker Economics
Transferring a family-operated farm or ranch between generations presents many challenges. Typically, the transfer requires inter-generational transitions in management, ownership, and control of the operating unit. These transitions can occur a little at a time over a period of years. Or, they can happen very quickly when a divorce, a death, a disability, a dispute, or a departure quickly remove a person from production unit activities. Whether the transition is slow or quick, the life situations of two or more generations of individuals and families are changed.
Multi-Year Hedging Of Corn, 1973-1995, Dennis M. Conley
Multi-Year Hedging Of Corn, 1973-1995, Dennis M. Conley
Cornhusker Economics
Multi-year hedging involves placing a hedge for more than one year and then unwinding it as physical product is sold. A recent study analyzed two-year hedges for corn in an attempt to capture the higher prices that occurred over the 23-year period of 1973- 1995. Cash prices were for No. 2 yellow corn at Omaha on October 15, or the nearest business day. Futures prices were from the December contract month at the Chicago Board of Trade.
Coping With Potholes In Your Farm Transition Pathway, Part I, Paul H. Gessaman
Coping With Potholes In Your Farm Transition Pathway, Part I, Paul H. Gessaman
Cornhusker Economics
Sooner or later transitions emerge in personal and business life. Some are based on opportunities: land or other resources become available at an affordable cost, family members acquire and use new skills, new markets open, new technology is released, someone joins the family through marriage or adoption, or another form of good fortune occurs.