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| Miller, Jamie; Boxall, Peter C.; Unterschultz, James R.. |
| A simulation model of a ranch based in Southern Alberta was developed to evaluate the on-ranch economics of adopting different grazing management strategies to improve riparian health in rangeland. Under low cost scenarios, there are positive economic incentives to adopt strategies to maintain riparian zones that are already in good range condition. However, riparian zones in fair or poor range condition may require additional economic incentives to encourage ranches to adopt more costly management strategies. The economic incentives to adopt costly management strategies are highly sensitive to the riparian zone area, shape and rates of decline/improvement. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24120 |
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| Lyster, N.V.; Lerohl, Mel L.; Unterschultz, James R.. |
| Feed peas are relatively high in energy and protein and compete with other feed grains and protein crops in the livestock feed market. Prior to 1995, a futures market did not exist for this commodity. To meet industry demand for a hedging and forward pricing mechanism, the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) introduced a feed pea futures contract in November 1995. This study investigates the Canadian feed pea market prior to and during the startup of this first WCE feed pea futures contract. In particular, the study explores whether the WCE could have conducted an analysis using then-existing data that would have assisted in the design and establishment of the futures contract. The primary research objective was to determine the ability of the Winnipeg feed... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45693 |
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| Unterschultz, James R.; Mumey, Glen. |
| Secondary asset market data for combines and tractors are used to estimate and separate out historical economic depreciation, embodied technological change and time value change. Combines and tractors generally exhibit constant geometric economic depreciation on a year to year basis. Depreciation rates vary by manufacturer. Farm investors can use these manufacturer specific depreciation rates reported here to estimate terminal asset values. The study found significant seasonal differences in machinery depreciation rates. A major source of error in forecasting terminal asset values comes from changes related to time. There is a predictable time component to the constant quality asset index that has not been investigated in previous studies. Unanticipated... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24119 |
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| Gurung, Rajendra Kumar; Unterschultz, James R.. |
| Questionnaires were mailed to cooperatives in the mid-western states of the U.S. and selected provinces in Canada to evaluate the impact of type of organization and level of competition on the choice of cooperative pricing and payment methods. Traditional marketing cooperatives are more likely to choose the “spot market cash price” for payment to members and are more responsive to increased competition in commodity markets. New Generation Cooperatives are more likely to choose a “pooled” price, and appeared indifferent to short run increased competition in commodity markets. The type of cooperative has an impact on the pricing and payment methods used to pay for commodities supplied by members of the cooperative. The reasons for these differences may be... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46579 |
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| Unterschultz, James R.; Quagrainie, Kwamena K.. |
| Financial principles of project investment analysis deal with the cost and benefit flows over time. Invariably, the correct future cash flows and exact risks are unknown. The agricultural academic literature devotes substantial energy to discussing the estimation of the cash flows but it is relatively silent on applied estimation of risk. Empirical studies on agri-food ventures have made little or no attempt to estimate appropriate risk adjusted discount rates or other risk measures. Choice of discount rate has been arbitrary. Thus little guidance has been given to practitioners analysing agri-food investments as to the appropriate risk adjusted discounts rates. The Capital Market Line provides a relatively straightforward way to calculate risk premiums... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24131 |
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| Adamowicz, Wiktor L.; Arnot, C.; Boxall, Peter C.; Dridi, Chokri; Goddard, Ellen W.; Jordan, M.; Forbes, K.; Laate, K.; Myshaniuk, K.; Parlee, B.; Petigara, M.; Unterschultz, James R.; Zimmer, N.. |
| This report summarizes a series of projects undertaken by staff and students in the Department of Rural Economy which examine various socio-economic aspects of chronic wasting disease and its effect on a range of stakeholders in Alberta. The four projects included exploring impacts on the cervid farming industry, hunters, the general Albertan public, and certain Aboriginal groups. General results from these studies are presented with references that provide a more thorough analysis and discussion. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Chronic wasting disease; Socio-economic impacts; Aboriginals; Farming industry; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q12; Q26; Q28. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98686 |
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| Steiner, Bodo E.; Lan, Kevin; Unterschultz, James R.; Boxall, Peter C.; Laate, Emmanuel; Yang, Danyi. |
| A survey among cow-calf producers was conducted during 2006 in Western Canada, to assess producers’ preferences towards participation in beef alliances. Producers’ choices were analyzed by varying the degree of vertical coordination in hypothetical lliance participation, while controlling for producer and farm-specific characteristics to explore risk, transaction cost and incentive considerations in participation decisions. Estimates from the attribute-based choice experiments suggest that information sharing regarding animal performance, revenue-risk and residual claimancy are important factors for producers driving alliance choices. Overall, cowcalf producers are willing to move toward higher levels of vertical coordination based on individual animal... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Beef value chain; Vertical coordination; Canada; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q13; C83; D22.. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122441 |
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| Kim, Renee B.; Unterschultz, James R.; Veeman, Michele M.. |
| Japan imports 6.3 MMT of wheat annually and consumes almost 35 percent of this in the form of noodles. The purpose of this paper is to report on a study that evaluates the preferences of Japanese millers for the various characteristics of wheat and flour that are used in noodle making in Japan. The study used stated preference methodologies (SPM), that were developed and pre-tested through initial interviews with Japanese flour millers. In total, 57 purchase and quality managers for 22 Japanese milling companies were surveyed by means of direct interviews and 41 respondents completed the full SPM survey. Multinomial logit models of millers preferences were developed and tested and the parameter estimates of these are reported in the paper. This elicited... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36403 |
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| Unterschultz, James R.; Gurung, Rajendra Kumar. |
| This study examines the factors affecting choice of pricing and payment practices by traditional marketing and new generation co-operatives for commodities delivered by their members. These factors include the demographic variables related to type of co-operative organization, level of competition in commodity market, and risk-return perceptions of members and co-operatives. Data for the analysis were obtained through a mail survey. Questionnaires were send to one hundred and ninety five (195) co-operatives in mid-west states of the U.S.A. and Canada. Altogether 93 co-operatives responded to the survey. Mean score analysis, factor analysis and multinomial logit analysis were done. The results indicate that traditional marketing co-operatives are more... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24045 |
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| Unterschultz, James R.; Jeffrey, Scott R.. |
| Livestock operations in Alberta have a significant impact on the economy. Manure is a by-product of livestock production. The review of the science on manure examined the environmental impacts of manure. These impacts include water pollution, air pollution, climatic change, and soil degradation. There are several technologies that may be used to manage manure on-farm and off-farm. These include nutrient recycling through soil application and composting. Composting reduces the volume of manure, but increases the nitrogen losses from the manure This review, using a very simplistic approach, estimated that more than 6.3 million tonnes of manure were generated in Alberta in 1996. Other studies have estimated significantly higher annual manure production.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24057 |
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