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

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

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.

A Thread Of Evidence: Shaker Textiles At South Union, Kentucky, Jonathan Jeffrey, Donna C. Parker

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Textile production was one of the many routine tasks performed in the early American home. Those who joined communal groups, like the Shaker converts at South Union, Kentucky, brought to the colony knowledge of these activities. Shakers manufactured fabric – linen, silk, and woolens – in about the same manner as most of their contemporaries, only on a larger scale. Though few of their contemporaries left documentation regarding the tedious tasks involved in textile production, the South Union Shaker community, located in Logan County, kept intimate accounts of daily activities through journals, diaries, day books, and correspondence which included records …

Incorporation Of Reservoirs Into Irrigation Supply Systems To Simplify Flexible Operations, John L. Merriam, Stuart W. Styles

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

No abstract provided.

Economic Indicator Maps For Rural Development In The East, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Economic Development

Legislation and social policy require the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service to help diversify the economies and improve the well-being of rural America. This document provides county-level information on 12 economic indicators, including economic diversity and recreation dependency, from both national and regional perspectives for States in the East, including all States east of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota.

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

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 …

Strategic Planning And Performance: Helping Directors And Managers Communicate, Jay E. Noel, David J. Schaffner

Agribusiness

The results from a survey of California agricultural marketing cooperatives illustrate the importance of boards of directors and management evaluating their strategic planning and performance. This evaluation process improves communication between the two groups, and determines where they agree or disagree on the importance of specific planning factors, competitive forces, strengths, weaknesses, distinctive competency, and performance of their cooperative.

The Australian Family Farm: Is It Soon To Be An Illusive Myth?, Fiona M.H. Mckenzie

Research outputs pre 2011

This paper examines the challenges faced by Western Australian rural enterprises since 1961 and the effects of economic and demographic change on the agricultural industry over the last thirty years.

Increasing capitalisation and technological advances have led to major shifts in the way the business of farming is conducted. There is evidence to suggest that these changes have contributed to an oversupply of agricultural products, the development of large-scale agri-business firms and a general depopulation of the agricultural sector.

The family farm has always been considered the backbone of Australian agriculture but there is evidence to suggest that in this …

Profitability Of South Dakota's Commercial Banks, C. Lamberton

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

Over the recent seven year business cycle of 1988-94, South Dakota banks have seen their profitability improve significantly. This has contributed to a strengthening of the banks in the state and in their ability to meet the financial needs of their customers and communities. The data in this report show that while bank earnings have been strong, the gains have not been distributed evenly across banks of all sizes. The data also demonstrate the related differences in loan portfolios among the banks of varying size. This report describes the improved profitability, the sources of the improved profits, and the distribution …

Managing Self-Help Groups (Shgs) Linkage Programme For Effective Savings Mobilisation And Credit Delivery., Ernest E. Eyo

Bullion

The article is an address by Eyo Ernest on the operations and problems of the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) Linkage Programme for Effective Savings Mobilisation and Credit Delivery*to date with a view to providing a basis for deliberation during the workshop and the role of banks ln the implementation of the Programme.

Financing Farmers' Cooperative Societies Under The Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Acgsf): The Self-Help Groups (Shgs) Linkage Option., O. E. I. Ucheagwu

Bullion

This paper examine the performance of Cooperative Societies in credit utilisation under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGSF) for ease of presentation, the paper is divided into five parts. Part Ideals with the establishment of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS). Part II focuses on the performance of Cooperative Societies under ACGS. Part III discusses the concept of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) Linkage Programme as an improved model in rural credit Administration. Part IV examines the problems and prospects of SGHs as viable channels of credit; while Part V contains some recommendations and conclusion.

Agribusiness, The Environment And Sustainable Economic Growth In Nigeria., G. E. Ukpong Dr,, G. O. Evbuomwan, E. U. Ukeke, F. O. Afemo

Bullion

The paper reviewed the performance of agribusiness in Nigeria in recent years and some major environmental problems which affected it, with a view to making some suggestions capable of fostering sustainable environment and growth of agribusiness in the interest of all economic agents.

The Hog Industry: Can The Little Guy Compete?; Crop Market Alternatives, Gene E. Murra, Dick Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

An Allais Measure Of Production Sector Waste Due To Quotas, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

In this paper we adapt a partial equilibrium approach of Allais and Diewert to measure the efficiency loss in the producing sector due to quotas. The measure of waste is the additional profits available due to reallocation subject to constraints that the welfare of persons and firms outside the sector is unaffected. An example is presented using the tobacco quota program in the U.S.

Evaluation Of Irrigated And Non-Irrigated Corn Production In Brookings County; Hog Comments, Douglas R. Franklin, Eric S. Stebbins, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Developing A Market Plan For Calves; Changes In Hog Prices, Dillon M. Feuz, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 2 Summary, Lon D. Henning, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable fa practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No. 2 is located in Moody County and followed a corn-soybean oats rotation on the acres focused on in the analysis prior to enrollment …

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 1 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Burton W. Pflueger, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area.

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 3 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No.3 is located in Minnehaha County and has corn, soybeans, oats, alfalfa, and clover. It is a dry-land operation that …

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 4 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No. 4 is located in Brookings County and followed a continuous corn rotation prior to enrollment in the Water Quality …

Implications For South Dakota Counties Of Decreases In Federal Farm Program Supprt Payments; Grain Price, Exports, And Frost, Thomas L. Dobbs, Janice M. Meehan, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1995, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen, Laural Venhuizen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Review Of The Major Options For The Marketing Of Nigeria's Agricultural Commodities, M. O. Ojo, E. E. Inang, E. U. Ukeje

CBN Occasional Papers

The main aim of the paper is to critically review past commodity marketing systems in Nigeria, highlight some of the weaknesses which constrained their efficiency, as well as assess the performance of the present system and determine the advisability of retaining or modifying the present marketing arrangement. The performance of the Commodity Boards before their abolition in 1986 was adjudged unsatisfactory. However, since the abolition of the Boards, it has been observed that the new produce marketing arrangement has introduced some dynamism into commodity pricing as produce prices for the first time have been determined by the combined forces of …

Economic And Environmental Impacts Of Agricultural Management Systems On Wetland Areas In East-Central S. D.; Weather: Wet, Drought, Frost, Corn & Soybean Outlook, Eric Stebbins, Larry Janssen, Diane Rickerl, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting Post-Crp Land Use Intentions In The Northern Plains, Larry Janssen, Tecleberhan Ghebremicael

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

Post-CRP land use intentions of Conservation Reserve Program contract holders in South Dakota are examined. Results from logistic regression models indicate CRP crop base acres, farm commodity and conservation program provisions, and livestock/hay management are major factors affecting post-CRP land use plans.

Cattle Situation: Short And Long Term; Rolling Hedge: Multiple Year Marketing Strategy, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Economic And Environmental Contributions Of Wetlands In Agricultural Landscapes, Larry Janssen, Diane Rickerl, Eric Stebbins, Tom Machacek

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

The purpose of this project was to determine key environmental and economic relationships between agricultural practices and wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of eastern South Dakota. Water quality and water quantity variables were the key environmental parameters examined. Economic cost and returns by farm management system and wetland proximity were the key economic parameters. The three farm management systems examined were conventional (CON) transitional no-till (TNT), and organic (ORG). The TNT and CON management systems used synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides. The ORG system used no synthetic fertilizers and generally no chemical pesticides. The ORG system had greater …