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| Siebert, John W.; Hagerman, Amy D.; Park, John L.. |
| The fast-growing US ethanol industry has historically been characterized by large downstream investments made by farmers. The authors assess the value which the stock market may hold for downstream investment by farmers as well as by ethanol manufacturers themselves. The model framework used herein expands on the original VEST framework developed by Siebert, Jones and Sporleder. A word of caution, the model herein is not intended to provide an on-going, risk-reducing business strategy. However, it can and does provide a quick method to calculate the reasonableness of a downstream investment request that a farmer (or any business person) might be challenged to consider. Although virtual stock market investments may certainly assist in value added... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Corn; Equities; Ethanol; Value added; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q32. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53737 |
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| Hagerman, Amy D.; Looney, J. Chris; McCarl, Bruce A.; Anderson, David P.; Ward, Michael P.. |
| This study evaluates how the availability of animal tracing affects the cost of a hypothetical Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the Texas High Plains using alternative tracing scenarios. To accomplish this objective, the AusSpread epidemic disease spread model (Ward et al., 2006) is used to simulate a High Plains FMD outbreak under different animal tracing possibilities. A simple economic costing module (Elbakidze, 2008) is used to determine the savings in terms of animal disease mitigation costs from rapid, effective trace-back. The savings from increased traceability are then be compared to the cost of a functional National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Initial results indicate that rapid, effective tracing reduces the overall cost of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Foot and Mouth Disease; Economics; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56500 |
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