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Milk Prices Coming Down; 1996 Grain Prices In Review; 1996 - A Mixed Year For South Dakota Livestock Producers, Donald Peterson, Alan May, Gene Murra Dec 1996

Milk Prices Coming Down; 1996 Grain Prices In Review; 1996 - A Mixed Year For South Dakota Livestock Producers, Donald Peterson, Alan May, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Increased Hog Production In South Dakota: One Possible Solution - Contracting, Gene Murra Nov 1996

Increased Hog Production In South Dakota: One Possible Solution - Contracting, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra Oct 1996

Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


South Dakota Nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department Of Economics Sep 1996

South Dakota Nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department Of Economics

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation And Outlook, Alan May, Gene Murra Aug 1996

Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation And Outlook, Alan May, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Will The World Experience Hunger And Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane, Gene Murra Jun 1996

Will The World Experience Hunger And Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen Jun 1996

South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson, Gene E. Murra May 1996

1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson, Gene E. Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Trade: Growth And Impact, Gene Murra, Richard Shane Apr 1996

Agricultural Trade: Growth And Impact, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty And Environmental Quality In South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible In Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, Richard Shane Apr 1996

Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty And Environmental Quality In South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible In Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz, Gene Murra Mar 1996

Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Cattle Trends: Review And Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra, Richard Shane Feb 1996

Cattle Trends: Review And Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Do Price Supports Decrease Variability In Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact On Production And Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson, Richard Shane Jan 1996

Do Price Supports Decrease Variability In Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact On Production And Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: Herds West And East Of The Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra Jan 1996

Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: Herds West And East Of The Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Culture, Ideology, And Community: The Dynamics Of Accommodation And Resistance To Restructuring Of The Mexican Sugar Sector, Donna Chollett Jan 1996

Culture, Ideology, And Community: The Dynamics Of Accommodation And Resistance To Restructuring Of The Mexican Sugar Sector, Donna Chollett

Anthropology Publications

Neoliberalism has provoked profound and diverse consequences for rural Mexico, escalating the agricultural crisis for producers and workers in various sectors. Against this context, recent improvements in the sugar sector raise interesting questions about its relative economic success under the neoliberal paradigm. This article contrasts two cane zones--one that experienced economic recovery and another affected by abandonment of the sugar mill--to argue that in the interstices of modernizing neoliberalism, cane growers and mill workers who were subjected to politics of exclusion struggle to ensure the survival of their culture, community, and economic livelihood.


Leaner Environmental Policies For Agriculture, David E. Ervin, Elisabeth A. Graffy Jan 1996

Leaner Environmental Policies For Agriculture, David E. Ervin, Elisabeth A. Graffy

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Farmers and ranchers face a most troubling dilemma. Complex political forces have mapped two quite different paths to environmental management-a rollback of federal regulations or a buildup of traditional subsidies. In the words of a famous modern philosopher, "When you reach a fork in the road, take it!" But either choice poses risk for the industry and will not likely ameliorate nettlesome environmental problems. A third path could help the industry maintain competitiveness and meet environmental challenges. This path uses me latest science to identify agroenvironmental problems and emphasizes economically attractive technology to sustain environmental improvements.


The Effects Of Family Planning On Malnutrition In Bangladesh, Ridwan Al-Rahman Jan 1996

The Effects Of Family Planning On Malnutrition In Bangladesh, Ridwan Al-Rahman

Masters Theses

Some of the best historical and archeological evidence has claimed that about a million years was required for the human race to reach the 250 million mark by the beginning of the Christian era. Pestilence, famine and war had then reduced the population increase to a tiny fraction of 1% per year, requiring 16 centuries for the world population to double to 500 million. However, by 1850, 250 years later, the population doubled to the one billion mark. As of 1993, approximately one and a half centuries later, the world population stood at about 5.5 billion. According to United Nations …


Testing The Monopsony-Inefficiency Incentive For Backward Integration, Azzeddine Azzam Dec 1995

Testing The Monopsony-Inefficiency Incentive For Backward Integration, Azzeddine Azzam

Azzeddine Azzam

In theory, monopsony at one stage in a vertically related market provides an incentive for backward integration into the adjacent competitive stages. By integrating backward, a monopsonist internalizes the monopsony inefficiency due to underemployment of the factor produced upstream. However, little is known about the importance of such incentive in practice. In this paper, the author provides an empirically implementable model to test the monopsony-inefficiency incentive for vertical integration. For illustration, the model is applied to the U.S. beef slaughter industry. Findings seem to support the monopsony-inefficiency incentive for backward integration by the industry into the live cattle market.