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Hanson, Gregory D.. |
Financial analysis of an ethanol/electricity cogeneration plant indicates a rapid payback of investment and a high internal rate of return. This is primarily because cogeneration of steam for generation of electricity and biomass conversion to ethanol results in increased engineering efficiency compared to alternative ethanol alone production processes. Economic sensitivity testing included alternative price levels, interest rates, capacities, costs, and a "stand alone" case with no federal government excise tax subsidies. Supply and price analyses suggest the procurement of locally produced feedstock in Alabama and surrounding states is feasible. The robustness of the economic analysis provides support for consideration of ethanol cogeneration as a... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29978 |
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Boggess, William G.; Anaman, Kwabena A.; Hanson, Gregory D.. |
Despite the contention that risk and uncertainty play an important role in agriculture in North Florida and South Alabama, very little is known about producers' perceptions of risk. This paper describes the procedures used and the results obtained from a statistically random survey of farmers' perceptions of the importance of various sources of risk and alternative risk management practices. Initially, farmers were asked to define risk and then to rank various sources of risk and management responses to risk based on the relative importance of each to their operation. Summary statistics, Chi-squares analyses, and logistic regression techniques were used to analyze the data. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. |
Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29992 |
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Parsons, Robert L.; Hanson, Gregory D.; Musser, Wesley N.; Freund, Roland; Power, Lehan. |
A financial training program designed by Cooperative Extension specialists was provided to over 2,000 USDA/FSA borrowers from the Northeast during the period 1994-1999. Key to the success of the workshops was an in-depth, user friendly curriculum that evolved over time, eventually replacing satellite-feed instruction with pre-taped videos. Cluster analysis classified nearly 70% of workshop participants as "Low Finance Priority" or "Low Finance Knowledge." Farmers in these clusters received a relatively greater educational benefit from the program than those not in these clusters. Impact analysis indicated that perceived annual gain in farm net worth from application of workshop tools ranged from approximately $5,000 to $10,000. The training addressed the... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31298 |
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Hanson, Gregory D.; Martin, Neil R., Jr.; Flynn, John B.. |
The effects of several production/management, price and risk factors upon channel catfish profitability are analyzed with a multiperiod mixed-integer linear programming model. Factors analyzed include pond size and optimal stocking rates, alternate levels and trends in catfish prices, pond production losses and level of family consumption withdrawals. Model results indicate that channel catfish offer the potential to significantly increase farm rates of return while providing an avenue of intensive farm growth, without expanding the land base of the farm. However, the long range financial success of the firm was very sensitive to several of the management and risk factors examined. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty. |
Ano: 1984 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29618 |
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Kinnucan, Henry W.; Cacho, Oscar J.; Hanson, Gregory D.. |
A multiperiod programming model was used to simulate the effects of lower marginal income tax rates, the soil and water conservation deduction, and the cash tax accounting option on firm growth for a "representative" farm operating in the Alabama Black Belt region. Results show the lowered marginal income tax rates associated with the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) of 1981 provide a positive growth stimulus to the modeled firm as measured by accumulated net worth over a 10-year planning horizon. The soil and water conservation deduction in general provides greater tax relief to the modeled firm than either the ERTA income tax rate changes or the cash tax accounting provision. Important complementary and substitute relationships were found to exist... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Political Economy. |
Ano: 1986 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29792 |
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Winsten, Jonathan R.; Parsons, Robert L.; Hanson, Gregory D.. |
This study analyzes the use and profitability of three distinct feeding systems; confinement feeding, traditional grazing, and management-intensive grazing from a randomly selected sample of northeastern dairy farms. The confinement feeding farms were significantly larger and produced more milk per cow, while the farms using management-intensive grazing incurred the lowest production costs. Both confinement feeding and management-intensive grazing generated significantly higher rates of return to farm assets relative to farms using a mixed system. Multiple regression analysis confirms the critical importance of herd size, milk production per cow, debt level and veterinary expenses to farm profitability in all production systems. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31299 |
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Herrmann, Robert O.; Rauniyar, Ganesh P.; Hanson, Gregory D.; Wang, Guoquing. |
Factors affecting the frequency of purchase of fish and other seafood for at-home and restaurant consumption by Northeastern consumers were investigated. Cluster analysis identified six groups of consumers with similar perceptions of the attributes of fish. Demographic and cluster membership variables were employed in logistic regressions to identify the characteristics of frequent at-home use and restaurant purchasers. At-home purchase was more likely to be frequent among respondents with white collar occupations, older ages, urban/suburban and New England residence, recreational fishing participation, and membership in one of five attitudinal clusters. Restaurant purchase was more likely to be frequent among whites and among those with higher... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics. |
Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31437 |
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