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Trade Adjustment Assistance Available For Farmers, David J. Goeller Oct 2003

Trade Adjustment Assistance Available For Farmers, David J. Goeller

Cornhusker Economics

The Trade Act of 2002 (P. L. 107-210) amended the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U. S. C. 2551, et seq.) to add a new chapter, Chapter 6, which establishes a program of trade adjustment assistance for farmers. The statute authorizes an appropriation of not more than $90 million for each fiscal year 2003 through 2007 to carry out the program.

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Supreme Court Rules City Can Regulate Animal Feeding Operation, J. David Aiken Oct 2003

Supreme Court Rules City Can Regulate Animal Feeding Operation, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

The construction of large swine facilities has been very controversial in Nebraska for the past several years. A major focus of the “hog wars” has been county livestock zoning regulations. In Nebraska livestock facilities are subject to state environmental regulation by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and to local zoning regulations if the county is zoned (or if the livestock facility will be located near a zoned community). The number of zoned counties has more than doubled in the last decade, from 36 to at least 80. Most of the newly zoned counties have adopted zoning in order …

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The Regional Impact Of Adding Additional Dairy Cows And Facilities To The I-29 Corridor Of South Dakota, Gary Taylor Oct 2003

The Regional Impact Of Adding Additional Dairy Cows And Facilities To The I-29 Corridor Of South Dakota, Gary Taylor

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

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Basis Variation In Nebraska, Roger K. Wilson, Richard T. Clark, Lynn Lutgen Sep 2003

Basis Variation In Nebraska, Roger K. Wilson, Richard T. Clark, Lynn Lutgen

Cornhusker Economics

Choosing an appropriate basis is critical to using futures and option markets. The NebGuide The Importance of the “Basis” in Trading on the Futures Market,1 states, “If the producer plans to use hedging as a marketing strategy he must first understand basis and its patterns for his local area. He must know how the basis changes over time and how much fluctuation can occur over a short period. He must understand that hedging will not entirely eliminate price risk from marketing. The basis has to be estimated as it can be the key to receiving the expected price, or better. …

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Cattle Prices Are Record High, Aren’T They?, Dillon Feuz Sep 2003

Cattle Prices Are Record High, Aren’T They?, Dillon Feuz

Cornhusker Economics

Holy Cow! Can you believe the current cattle market? Fed cattle prices in Nebraska exceeded $90 per cwt. the week of September 7-13. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange September Feeder Cattle contract traded over $100 per cwt. A set of 5-weight steer calves sold for $120 per cwt. in North Platte on September 9. These are record high prices. But how high are these prices in relationship to other prices, or when you adjust them for inflation? Before answering that question, let’s first consider what has brought the market to this point.

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Bioenergy, Safety Net Tools Are Producers’ Top Priorities For Next Farm Bill, Bradley Lubben, Farm Foundation Sep 2003

Bioenergy, Safety Net Tools Are Producers’ Top Priorities For Next Farm Bill, Bradley Lubben, Farm Foundation

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

Bioenergy and the structure of safety net programs are of high interest to farmers and ranchers as the next farm bill is debated, according to more than 15,000 farmers and ranchers in 27 states surveyed by Farm Foundation’s National Public Policy Education Committee (NPPEC).

Producers ranked renewable energy, enhancing opportunities for small and beginning farmers, and assuring a safe and affordable food supply as their top three goals for the next farm bill. “All the goals presented to producers to rank were decades-old rationales for farm programs with the exception of bioenergy, an issue that has seen explosive growth in …

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Some Musings On Taxation, Bruce B. Johnson Sep 2003

Some Musings On Taxation, Bruce B. Johnson

Cornhusker Economics

I may be wrong, but it seems to me we are witnessing a profound shift in American politics and that only seems to be accelerating these days. The shift is in regard to government fiscal policy - particularly the revenue/taxation side. From the federal level down through the state levels to local levels, we see a “fiscal crisis” of varying degrees of severity. There is a lot of political rhetoric. Yet neither political party seems to be engaging in any serious debate (probably because they are too busy finger-pointing and passing the buck). The leaning down of government and “cutting …

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Fall Crop Insurance Decisions, Matthew A. Diersen Sep 2003

Fall Crop Insurance Decisions, Matthew A. Diersen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

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Corn And Soybean Conditions Deteriorate, Darrell R. Mark Aug 2003

Corn And Soybean Conditions Deteriorate, Darrell R. Mark

Cornhusker Economics

What started out as a relatively good crop year for Nebraska rapidly changed during mid-summer. With the drought of 2002 fresh on producers’ minds this spring, many were relieved to receive enough precipitation and good planting weather to get the corn and soybean crop off to an above average start. A return to hot and dry conditions across much of Nebraska and other Corn Belt states in 2003, however, has resulted in a deterioration of crop conditions and lower yield expectations.

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Plan Market Strategies Early In The Marketing Year, Lynn Lutgen Aug 2003

Plan Market Strategies Early In The Marketing Year, Lynn Lutgen

Cornhusker Economics

On August 12, 2003 USDA released it’s first survey driven report on crop conditions in the U.S. Immediately following the report the market rose dramatically. One always needs to ask why. First, this is the first production report that uses actual crop data and second, the production numbers were well below what the trade had expected. As we move towards harvest for row crops we need to begin to watch the market for opportunities and potential change. Of course wheat has already been harvested, but we must not only be aware of present conditions but look for potential change on …

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Hot Issues And Cool Rules, Bradley Lubben Aug 2003

Hot Issues And Cool Rules, Bradley Lubben

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

When President Bush signed the Farm Bill on May 13, 2002, much of the focus was on the new commodity and conservation programs and how they had changed relative to the 1996 Farm Bill. However, near the end of the Farm Bill was some language that has become one of the most contentious issues today.

Title X, Section 10816 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) addressed country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules for beef, lamb, pork, fish, fruits, vegetables, and peanuts. The legislation called for voluntary guidelines to be implemented no later than September 30, …

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Importance Of “Who Pays” As An Environmental Policy Variable, Ray Supalla Aug 2003

Importance Of “Who Pays” As An Environmental Policy Variable, Ray Supalla

Cornhusker Economics

Environmental goods and services often have characteristics which make it necessary to publicly provide them at no direct cost to the users or beneficiaries. With environmental goods and services, or more generally public goods, charging people for the product in a private market context is usually inefficient because of low marginal costs, and often not possible because those who don’t pay for the good cannot be excluded from its benefits. As a result, historically most environmental goods have been publicly provided via public investment, law, regulatory action or some combination of regulatory and investment programs.

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Is Mandatory Price Reporting Good For The Cattle Industry?, Azzeddine Azzam Aug 2003

Is Mandatory Price Reporting Good For The Cattle Industry?, Azzeddine Azzam

Cornhusker Economics

On April 2, 2001 the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act, mandating collection and reporting of transaction data for cattle, swine, lambs and other livestock products. What prompted the Act, which was pushed through Congress by some livestock organizations, was concern over price discovery in the light of increased concentration in the livestock industry and increased use of captive supplies. As more and more animals are transacted through contracts, the argument goes, less and less price information becomes available for independent livestock producers.

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Extension Educators' Perceptions Of Risk Management Training Needs, Steven W. Martin, Oscar Vergara, George F. Patrick, Keith H. Coble, Thomas O. Knight, Alan Baquet Aug 2003

Extension Educators' Perceptions Of Risk Management Training Needs, Steven W. Martin, Oscar Vergara, George F. Patrick, Keith H. Coble, Thomas O. Knight, Alan Baquet

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

Risk management is a key issue for farmers and also receives significant national and local political attention. Because much of the outreach in this area is delivered through the Cooperative Extension Service, research on how Extension educators perceive their clients' needs and their own demand for additional training is important for educational programming.

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated a risk management education competitive grants program during 1998. The information reported here is partial output from one of the surveys conducted by …

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Sustainable Agricultural Growth In The Al-Ahsa Oasis Of Saudi Arabia: Harmonizing Wto Goals, Environmental Constraints, And National Food Security Issues, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mass Aug 2003

Sustainable Agricultural Growth In The Al-Ahsa Oasis Of Saudi Arabia: Harmonizing Wto Goals, Environmental Constraints, And National Food Security Issues, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mass

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Local agricultural practices in Saudi Arabia today are shaped by local land, labor, and technological conditions, by national governmental regulations, subsidies, and price controls, and by the global impacts of foreign competition and goals of international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). Human and natural forces over which local oasis residents have no control exert more influence upon their social and economic life than do daily agricultural tasks. These forces are recognized by Saudi national planners, for agricultural development is very important to the government and to oasis dwellers in Saudi Arabia. Reducing the loss of foreign exchange, …

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Mathematical Formulas For Calculating Net Returns From Participation In Government Programs, Crp, And Crop Insurance Alternatives, Dustin L. Pendell, William R. Perry, Jeffrey R. Williams, G. Art Barnaby, Bradley Lubben Aug 2003

Mathematical Formulas For Calculating Net Returns From Participation In Government Programs, Crp, And Crop Insurance Alternatives, Dustin L. Pendell, William R. Perry, Jeffrey R. Williams, G. Art Barnaby, Bradley Lubben

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

The purpose of this report is to provide a revised version of the publication, “Mathematical Formulas for Calculating Net Returns from Participation in Government Commodity Programs including Marketing Loans” (Williams and Barnaby, 1994). The change in design of the government commodity programs and development of several crop insurance alternatives has been significant since the previous paper was published. The formulas for calculating net returns incorporate provisions from the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and several crop insurance designs developed in the 1990s. Individuals conducting research or education programs will be able to use this revision for reference …

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Carbon Trading In Europe Is On The (Near) Horizon, Gary D. Lynne Jul 2003

Carbon Trading In Europe Is On The (Near) Horizon, Gary D. Lynne

Cornhusker Economics

The European Parliament just recently committed the 15-European Union countries to forming a greenhouse gas market trading in carbon equivalents starting January 1, 2005, consistent with each country also ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. Other European countries will also likely be included, for a total of twenty-seven countries. Trading will be among as many as 10,000 to 12,000 industrial and public firms (e.g., electric utilities burning coal) that account for almost one-half the emissions of greenhouse gases in Europe. The precursor to trading will be the setting of emissions caps on 1) each country; 2) on each industry within each country, …

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Interpreting Bids From A Vickrey Auction When There Are Public Good Attributes, Sean P. Hurley, James B. Kliebenstein Jul 2003

Interpreting Bids From A Vickrey Auction When There Are Public Good Attributes, Sean P. Hurley, James B. Kliebenstein

Agribusiness

This paper provides a model that allows for interpreting bids in a Vickrey auction when the good has public good attributes. It also examines information obtained from a Vickrey auction, which collected consumer’s willingness-to-pay for pork products that had embedded environmental attributes, and applies the new interpretation to the bids.

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Dairy Cow Ownership And Child Nutritional Status In Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson, Lucy Mwangi, Steven J. Staal, Philip K. Thornton Jul 2003

Dairy Cow Ownership And Child Nutritional Status In Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson, Lucy Mwangi, Steven J. Staal, Philip K. Thornton

Agribusiness

This study examines the hypothesis that dairy cow ownership improves child nutritional status. Using household data from coastal and highland Kenya, three econometric model formulations are estimated. Positive impacts on chronic malnutrition are observed for coastal Kenya. No negative effects on acute or chronic malnutrition are found for either region.

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A Tale Of Two Premiums—Examining Bids From A Multiple Round Vickrey Auction With Differing Information Sets, Sean P. Hurley, James B. Kliebenstein Jul 2003

A Tale Of Two Premiums—Examining Bids From A Multiple Round Vickrey Auction With Differing Information Sets, Sean P. Hurley, James B. Kliebenstein

Agribusiness

Two definitions of willingness-to-pay derived from a Vickrey auction with multi-product and multiple rounds with different information sets are examined. These definitions are examined in the context of valuing pork products with embedded environmental attributes and we show how information can have adverse effects on a base product of comparison.

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The Base Capital Plan For Managing Cooperative Equity, Jeffrey S. Royer Jul 2003

The Base Capital Plan For Managing Cooperative Equity, Jeffrey S. Royer

Cornhusker Economics

Equity management is always challenging for agricultural cooperatives, which generally rely on patronage-based methods for accumulating equity and are frequently subject to competing pressures from current and former patrons. Current patrons, who must pay income tax on patronage refunds, may seek to have a greater proportion of refunds paid in cash. Meanwhile, former patrons may press to have retained patronage refund allocations redeemed in a more timely manner. Faced with these demands, many cooperatives have experienced considerable difficulty in maintaining adequate levels of equity capital.

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Dairy Policy And Price Volatility, Charles F. Nicholson, Thomas Fiddaman Jul 2003

Dairy Policy And Price Volatility, Charles F. Nicholson, Thomas Fiddaman

Agribusiness

The US dairy industry is shaped by a patchwork of regulations accumulated over a long history of intervention to achieve various, sometimes conflicting, policy goals. Price supports have long been a central feature of dairy markets, but were largely withdrawn beginning in 1988. Since that time, there has been a dramatic increase in the variability of farm milk and milk product prices. The origins and desirability of volatility has been the subject of much debate; unfortunately models in existence to date have shed little light on the question due to their adoption of essentially non-dynamic methods. This article introduces a …

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South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Cash Rental Rates: 2003, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen Jul 2003

South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Cash Rental Rates: 2003, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

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The New Eu Regulation On Gmos: Causes And Consequences, Konstantinos Giannakas Jul 2003

The New Eu Regulation On Gmos: Causes And Consequences, Konstantinos Giannakas

Cornhusker Economics

On July 2 the European Parliament approved a new regulation governing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) that includes a requirement for products with more than 0.9 percent of biotech material to be labeled as: “This product is produced with GMOs.” The regulation also includes provisions for tracing GMOs at all stages of production. The regulation is expected to be approved by the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and pass into law before the end of the summer. The introduction of strict traceability and labeling requirements by the European Union (EU) is the latest event in an on-going dispute between the EU …

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French Quality And Eco-Labeling Schemes: Do They Also Benefit The Environment?, Thomas Dobbs, Genevieve Nquyen, Sherry Bertramsen, Bruno Legagneux Jul 2003

French Quality And Eco-Labeling Schemes: Do They Also Benefit The Environment?, Thomas Dobbs, Genevieve Nquyen, Sherry Bertramsen, Bruno Legagneux

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

In this paper, results are reported for analyses we recently conducted to examine the environmental effects of major 'quality' and 'eco-labeling' schemes in use in the Midi-Pyrenees region of the south of France. Schemes analyzed are described in the next section. Following that, the data and methods of analysis are explained. Next, results of statistical analyses are presented. These results are complemented by qualitative results drawn from in-depth case studies of three food quality schemes. Conclusions and policy implications are presented in the last section of the paper.

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Eliminating Fallow: What Is The Best Transition Crop Back To Winter Wheat?, Paul Burgener Jul 2003

Eliminating Fallow: What Is The Best Transition Crop Back To Winter Wheat?, Paul Burgener

Cornhusker Economics

Dryland crop production has been a key component in the economy of the Central Great Plains for over 100 years. Although the river valleys and some underground water sources have provided small areas of irrigation, dryland crop production is dominant. With additional demands on the limited water resource in this region, dryland crop production is expected to increase in importance in the future.

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Livestock Friendly County Zoning Bill Enacted, J. David Aiken Jul 2003

Livestock Friendly County Zoning Bill Enacted, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

On May 22, 2003 the Nebraska Unicameral adopted Legislative Bill 754 (1) to allow the Nebraska Department of Agriculture to designate counties as livestock friendly, and (2) to change procedures for county livestock zoning permits. LB754 is the latest chapter in an ongoing legal and political battle over livestock production. LB754 was signed by Governor Johanns and will take effect August 31, 2003. This newsletter briefly reviews LB754 within the context of recent livestock production controversies.

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Model State Land Use Legislation For New England, New England Environmental Finance Center, Muskie School Of Public Service Jul 2003

Model State Land Use Legislation For New England, New England Environmental Finance Center, Muskie School Of Public Service

Legislation

Sprawl is neither the ordained nor the inevitable outcome upon the New England landscape. A coordinated response to sprawl by the public and private sectors is possible, and could dramatically improve land use patterns and reduce the cost of local government. For the New England states, such a response would include, among other elements, legislation to eliminate existing gaps in the land use laws of each state – gaps that presently encourage or sanction sprawling development. It would also include incentives for municipalities to think beyond their borders and to act with greater efficiency and effect. It is the purpose …

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Focus Spring/Summer 2003 Jul 2003

Focus Spring/Summer 2003

FOCUS: Economic Issues for Nebraskans

Contents:
Anti-corporate Farming Laws and Industry Structure: The Case of Initiative 300 and Cattle Feeding by Azzeddine M. Azzam, John R. Schroeter, and J. David Aiken
Grandfathered Corporations and Initiative 300 by J. David Aiken
New Generation Cooperatives Are Part of UNL’s Educational Effort by Lynn H. Lutgen
Switchgrass—A Biomass Energy Crop for the Great Plains? by Richard K. Perrin, Kenneth P. Vogel, and Marty R. Schmer
Market Journal Presents Analysis of Agricultural Markets and Risk Management Strategies by H. Douglas Jose
Off-farm Employment and Income in Nebraska by Ram Valluru, H. Douglas Jose, and Dennis M. Conley
MBA in …

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Investing In Hope: Aids, Life Expectancy, And Human Capital Accumulation, Rui Huang, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, E. Wesley F. Peterson Jul 2003

Investing In Hope: Aids, Life Expectancy, And Human Capital Accumulation, Rui Huang, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, E. Wesley F. Peterson

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

A three period overlapping generations model is developed to investigate the impact of shorter life expectancy due to disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa given the dramatic reduction in life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS and the potential lasting effects on growth. Our results indicate that as life expectancy shortens so does schooling inducing a lower growth rate of income. These relationships are even more pronounced for the African continent than for the rest of the world.

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