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Hog Markets Live Hog Prices At Risk, Allen Prosch

Cornhusker Economics

Live hog prices are very strong when compared to current hog supply. Supplies for the week ending April 10, 2004 were up 2.2 percent over the previous week, and 3.9 percent over the corresponding week in 2003. The national net carcass price was down -3.9 percent week over week, but up 23.4 percent over 2003. Monday’s (April 12, 2004) cash quotes in the mid-west ranged from up $2.00 in Peoria to up $1.50 in Sioux Falls. Average for cash quotes was up about $1.00.

Acreages May Affect Future Cash Prices, Lynn Lutgen

Cornhusker Economics

The area in the United States planted to corn in 2004 is estimated at 79.0 million acres. This is a slight increase from 2003. This trend is up from last year due to growers hoping to take advantage of increasing prices in the Corn Belt. In areas such as the Southeast and Southern Great Plains the number of acres planted to corn is decreasing, while soybeans and cotton are becoming more common because of favorable prices. Nebraska corn growers are expected to plant 8 million acres of corn in 2004, down slightly from previous years.

Consumer Knowledge And Acceptance Of Agricultural Biotechnology Vary, Jennifer S. James

Agribusiness

Results from consumer surveys reveal some basic conclusions about consumer attitudes toward agricultural biotechnology. First, consumers do not agree about whether biotech foods are good or bad. Second, a small group of people strongly opposes them. Third, the majority of consumers are uninformed about the technology and how food is produced. Relatively small but vocal anti-biotechnology activist groups are successful at influencing public opinion because of consumers’ lack of knowledge, creating a role for universities and government agencies to provide clear, objective and accessible information.

La Crise Du Vin Français ? L’Effet Des Évolutions Sociaux Et Culturelles Sur L’Adaptabilité De L’Économie Du Vin Français = French Wine In Crisis? The Effect Of Culture And Social Changes On The French Wine Economy, Andrew Mckibben

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

On lit souvent dans les journaux français qu’il y a une crise du vin. Le terme « une crise du vin » doit d’abord être plus spécifié pour vraiment comprendre l’état actuel de l’économie du vin. Ces articles font références aux plusieurs d’indications économiques et sociales que le vin français souffre d’une demande qui baisse et qui baissera de plus en plus. En citant des statistiques et des chiffres, il paraît qu’il y a un problème dramatique.

Depuis les années cinquante, lorsque la consommation du vin a atteint son niveau le plus haut, la consommation nationale, et mondiale, est fortement …

National Animal Identification, Darrell R. Mark

Cornhusker Economics

Animal identification on a group or individual head basis is increasingly being discussed by animal agriculture producers, allied industry associations and governmental officials. While efforts to initiate a national animal identification system date back several years, recent concerns over animal diseases (e.g., foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and animal terrorism have greatly accelerated plans in the past year. Serving as the general guideline for the national identification plan is the U.S. Animal Identification Plan (USAIP) developed by an industry, state and federal partnership.

Cattle Market Volatility, Dillon Feuz

Cornhusker Economics

It seems to me that the fed cattle market has become more volatile since BSE was discovered in North America last May. Is this the case? Have prices for box beef and for feeder cattle become more volatile? Doing some quick analysis to see if in fact this was true, I looked at week to week changes in the USDA reported Choice Box Beef Cutout Value, the price of fed cattle in Nebraska on a live weight basis and the price of 750 pound steers in Nebraska.

Nebraska’S Ag Real Estate Market Heats Up, Bruce B. Johnson

Cornhusker Economics

“Bullish” conditions in the state’s agricultural land markets have fueled robust advances in both land values and cash rental rates for most of the state. A combination of favorable factors, including higher crop and livestock prices, low interest rates, and strong demand from both farmers and non-farmer investors has led to solid advances.

The Role Of Industry Attributes In Determining The Pattern Of U.S.-Canada Intra-Industry Trade In 1997, Bashir Qasmi, Scott Fausti

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

Trade flow patterns associated with U.S. - Canada bilateral trade by industry groups are investigated (Food and live animal products, manufacturing products, chemical products, and machinery and transportation products). The analysis uses the OECD data for 1997 U.S.-Canada bilateral trade flows combined with the U.S. industry characteristics data from the U.S. Economic Census. Levels of intra-industry trade, measured by the Grubel Lloyd Index, were regressed on a number of industry characteristics using OLS techniques. Empirical results indicate that selected measures of product differentiation, market power, and market structure are important influences upon U.S.-Canada bilateral trade in the selected industries. Finally, …

Dairy Economics In 2004, H. Douglas Jose, Rick Kment

Cornhusker Economics

After more than two years of overall depressed milk prices, there is a brighter light on the horizon for dairy producers. September Class III milk futures closed at $15.69 on March 5. The February Class III price of $11.89 is the highest February price since 1998. The graph on the next page shows the current futures projections for 2004 compared to the Class III price for the last two years. It shows prices averaging more than $4 per cwt. higher than 2003 over the next 5 to 6 months.

Regional And Multilateral Trade Negotiations, E. Wesley F. Peterson

Cornhusker Economics

In 2002, The U.S. Congress passed legislation giving the executive branch of the government authorization to participate in international trade negotiations. Trade Promotion Authority (previously known as “Fast Track Negotiating Authority”) stipulates that ratification of trade agreements negotiated by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative will be voted either up or down with no amendments by Congress which, under the U.S. Constitution, is the body empowered to enter into foreign treaties and agreements. Trade Promotion Authority was allowed to lapse in 1994 after completion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Uruguay Round Agreement of the …

Levy-Funded Research Choices By Producers And Society, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, John W. Freebairn

Agribusiness

Commodity levies are used increasingly to fund producer collective goods such as research and promotion. In the present paper we examine theoretical relationships between producer and national benefits from levy-funded research, and consider the implications for the appropriate rates of matching government grants, applied with a view to achieving a closer match between producer and national interests. In many cases the producer and national optima coincide. First, regardless of the form of the supply shift, when product demand is perfectly elastic, or all the product is exported, domestic benefits and costs of levy-funded research all go to producers and they …

Us Dairy Product Trade: Modeling Approaches And The Impact Of New Product Formulations, Charles F. Nicholson, Phillip M. Bishop

Agribusiness

Several domestic and international developments increased interest among the US dairy industry in world markets during the 1990s. One development was the passage of the NAFTA and Uruguay Round (URA) trade agreements in the mid-decade, and their successors, the current “Doha Round” of international trade negotiations now underway. Another development during the 1990s was additional (positive) experience gained by the US dairy industry in export markets. Much of this experience came about because increases in world market prices for butter and powder in 1995-96 made US exports more competitive. The Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) is also credited with improving …

Biotechnology And The Law: A Consideration Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Social Issues, Michael D. Mehta

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “Recent advances in biotechnology are expected by many to improve crop yield, reduce reliance on agricultural inputs like pesticides and herbicides, alleviate world hunger, improve the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, assist in the discovery of genes that trigger diseases like cancer, and make more efficient our legal institutions through DNA testing. Clearly, innovations in biotechnology are a powerful force for social change, and they pose unique challenges and opportunities for legal scholars and institutions. This section of the Pierce Law Review focuses on the interface between law and technology by examining how innovations in biotechnology accelerate debates about …

An Examination Of Brain Drain In Nebraska Counties And Communities: Retention Of The Population Cohort Age 10-19 Years Of Age In 1980 Through 2000, John C. Allen, Randolph L. Cantrell

Cornhusker Economics

The release of the U.S. Census as well as Agricultural Census has recently been a time of anxiety for many policy makers and rural residents. The continued decline in rural population and in farm and ranch operators poses some serious questions about the demographic future of rural Nebraska. One way to gain a deeper understanding of how changes in population structure may affect Nebraska is to examine census data using a cohort methodology. By tracking a cohort of population over time we begin to understand how the structure is changing at a county and place (community) level.

The Lb775 Tax Incentive Program, Richard K. Perrin

Cornhusker Economics

Passed by the Nebraska Unicameral in 1987, LB775 is a bill that was triggered by pressure to keep ConAgra from leaving the state. It offers income tax credits, sales tax refunds and property tax exemptions to companies who make investments that meet minimum levels of investment and employment. Such projects must be approved in advance by the State Department of Revenue.

Considering Crop Revenue Insurance Alternatives, Roger Selley, H. Douglas Jose

Cornhusker Economics

Revenue Assurance (RA) is a multi-peril crop revenue insurance program that will be offered for the first time in Nebraska in 2004. RA has been available in some other states for several years. Crop Revenue Coverage, another multi-peril crop revenue insurance program, continues to be available in Nebraska for corn, soybeans, grain sorghum and wheat. RA is not available for grain sorghum. RA has subsidized premiums similar to the CRC. One of the unique features of RA is the Whole Farm Unit option which offers significant premium discounts.

Crop Insurance In South Dakota: Sunflowers, Oats, Grain Sorghum, And Millet, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Ask Cafio: A Medium For Interactive Cyberreach, Azzeddine Azzam

Cornhusker Economics

The Center for Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization (CAFIO) has recently launched a program in Interactive CyberReach. Named “ASK CAFIO” and sponsored by a small grant from the Nebraska Rural Initiative, the program’s objective is to provide two-way communication between academic researchers and the public. Researchers provide research-based answers to questions about the economics of competition in the agricultural and food marketing chain, and in return receive feedback from the public about important and potentially researchable issues. The targeted users are journalists, policy makers, farmers and ranchers, business people, students and anybody with access to the World Wide Web who …

Drive Through Arcata Bottom Interview With Ike Moxon (2004), Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Ike drove and Susie took notes. We started out by trying to identify the remaining dairies on the Bottom: 1. Cardoza (Masonic Lodge property on Jackson Ranch Road, formerly Richard Moxon's place; 2. John and Jack Mason's on Foster; 3. Louie Ferreira on Lanphere Road; 4. Jose Homem at north end of Seidell Road, old Pontoni place; 5. Collenberg on Mad River Road where road turns to the west; 6. Gomes on Parton Lane near Janes Road and on West End Road; 7. Domingo Santos on Vaissade Road; 8. Nicholson on Mad River Road; 9. unknown on west side of …

Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments 2003-2004, Bruce B. Johnson, Raymond J. Supalla, Aaron Raymond

Nebraska Farm Real Estate Reports

Nebraska’s agricultural land values moved sharply upward across the state during 2003 and into 2004, recording an average gain of 9.2 percent for the 12 months ending February 1, 2004. This average increase was the largest annual percentage gain in 14 years. And it followed on several years of fairly stable land values. Virtually all land classes showed gains, and in all areas of the state–even in areas of serious multi-year drought, where previous-year value declines had occurred. The highest-priced land in the state is now center pivot irrigated cropland in Eastern Nebraska as the market preference for this irrigated …

California Irrigation Water Restrictions For Endangered Species Protection Held To Be Unconstitutional, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

It finally happened. For the first time, a court has held that restrictions imposed under the Endangered Species Act constituted a Fifth Amendment taking of Property. So begins a 2002 law review article [Benson, “Tulare, ESA and the Fifth Amendment,” 32 Env L 551] analyzing Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist v US, 49 Fed Cl 313 (2001). In Tulare, the U.S. Court of Claims ruled for the first time that the federal government was required to pay irrigators for water they did not receive due to endangered species habitat requirements. In December 2003 the same court ruled that the …

Producer Perceptions Of Research Needs And Transgenic Crop Adoption In South Dakota, Evert Van Der Sluis, Angella Van Scharrel

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Legality Of State Corporate Farming Restrictions, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

On August 19, 2003 the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that South Dakota’s constitutional “Amendment E” restricting corporate farming, violated the interstate commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. SD Farm Bureau v Hazeltine, 340 F3d 583 (8CA 2003). Because much of Amendment E’s language is identical with Nebraska’s corporate farming constitutional amendment (Initiative 300), the decision implies that I300 could also be unconstitutional.

Discontinued Voluntary Price Reports For Live Cattle: Will They Be Missed By Producers?, Scott Fausti, He Sun, Matthew Diersen

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

One consequence of federal mandatory livestock price reporting regulations for the cattle industry was the discontinuation of eight regional voluntary price reports for slaughter cattle. The economic implication for market transparency in those affected regional markets is investigated. Agricultural Marketing News Services data were collected from discontinued price reports for a five-year period, along with aggregated regional price reports that were not eliminated under the new price reporting regime. Both sets of price reports were analyzed to determine if any of the price series, which continued to be published as mandatory reports, could be used by producers as a replacement …

Farmer Views On The Emerging Carbon Market, Gary D. Lynne, Colby Kruse

Cornhusker Economics

Global warming is caused when excessive amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons trap the heat from solar energy in the atmosphere. During the past two centuries, soils have been a net source of greenhouse gases, especially carbon. A recent trend in policy dealing with global warming has been to investigate the possibility of utilizing agricultural practices to aid in lessening the global warming problem, rather than contributing to it. One focus has been to increase soil organic matter, thus using the soil as a sink for carbon. Other benefits of increasing organic matter (sequestered and stored carbon) …

Farm Level Transgenic Crop Adoption Rates In South Dakota, Angella Van Scharrel, Evert Van Der Sluis

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Next Steps Toward Storing Carbon In Nebraska, Gary D. Lynne

Cornhusker Economics

The Nebraska Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee (2001) recently identified a number of options that Nebraskans might consider. In no particular order of priority (from pp. 37 - 41 in the Report), the Committee highlighted:

Labor Costs And Production Efficiency, Glenn A. Helmers

Cornhusker Economics

Efficiency in crop and livestock production has always been considered to be the key to understanding the economic competitiveness of different farm sizes. Differences in efficiency is considered to be the driving force behind farm consolidation and resulting changes in farm size structure. The tool used to portray efficiency is termed a long-run average cost function, showing the cost per unit of production at different farm sizes. The long-run average cost function is conventionally shown as "L" shaped with significantly large decreases in cost of production until moderate sizes are reached, with little decline thereafter. Under this framework we might …

The Doha Round - 2004 Version, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, United States Secretary of Agriculture: Papers

Thank you, Sherman Katz. It is a pleasure always to participate in this CSIS Seminar, which is becoming an annual reunion for former USTRs. Trade is always on the front burner of world affairs, but that burner is especially hot at the moment! And it is as hot here in the U.S. as it is anywhere. So let's turn to the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, and see where we stand.

Arcata Bottom (2004), Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Arcata Bottom land management and agricultural records spanning from the 1850s to the 1970s.

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