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| Miranowski, John A.; Moschini, GianCarlo; Babcock, Bruce A.; Duffy, Michael D.; Wisner, Robert N.; Beghin, John C.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Lence, Sergio H.; Baumel, C. Phillip; Harl, Neil E.. |
| Genetically modified organisms (GMO) crops have become increasingly popular with Iowa farmers over the past few years. The current genetic modifications are focused on pest management technologies. Although there were early efforts by environmental activists to disrupt the adoption of GMO technology, few concerns were raised by U.S. food retailers and consumers. The primary concern was getting European Union (EU) regulatory approval for each GMO crop variety event as late as spring 1999. The situation has changed dramatically in the last few months, and the current situation is highly uncertain. This paper provides the economic perspective on the issues surrounding non-GMO/GMO market segregation, the potential price impacts that may materialize with... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18232 |
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| Hayenga, Marvin L.; Wisner, Robert N.. |
| What are the advantages of concerns raised regarding the Cargill acquisition of Continental Grain company's grain merchandising business? The largest grain exporter acquiring the second largest exporter has raised some concerns regarding potential loss of competition, but also may make these firms with excess capacity more efficient and effective in competing for a larger U.S. share of the world market. This white paper pulls together the relevant data which was quickly available and provides some analysis which may prove useful in the dialog as the pros and cons of this acquisition are debated. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18251 |
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| Blue, E. Neal; Wisner, Robert N.; Baldwin, E. Dean. |
| This study was undertaken to update earlier work by the authors that analyzed selected preharvest pricing strategies utilizing options markets to establish a price floor for part of the crop in the spring, with additional pricing done by use of short hedges in early summer. The timing of implementing these strategies was moved back to late February if the previous year's U.S. crop was a weather-induced short crop. A weather-induced short crop as opposed to a government program induced short crop was defined as one in which U.S. production fell below the previous year's use and the U.S. average yield was at least 6% below a trend yield. Previous work by the authors indicated that selected pre-harvest strategies applied to actual farms in Iowa and Ohio over... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19010 |
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| Baldwin, E. Dean; Wisner, Robert N.; Blue, E. Neal. |
| Pre-harvest corn and soybean options-based pricing strategies, and crop yield and revenue insurance were applied to model farms in three states. These combinations reduced income variability while increasing net incomes relative to uninsured harvest cash sales. Adding crop insurances to pre-harvest pricing reduced net incomes from those with pre-harvest pricing alone, but produced larger incomes than uninsured harvest sales. The Ohio model farm was modified to reflect (1) a debt-free operation, (2) a cash renter, and (3) a buyer-renter operation. No strategy was able to cover opportunity costs on investments for types (1) and (3). For farm type (3), mean net cash-flow returns were negative for harvest cash sales, but positive when pre-harvest pricing was... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20843 |
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