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| Miller, Ashley D.; Bastian, Christopher T.; McLeod, Donald M.; Keske, Catherine M.; Hoag, Dana L.. |
| Open space provides a range of benefits to many people of a community, beyond the benefits that accrue to private landowners. Parks and natural areas can be used for recreation; wetlands and forests supply storm-water drainage and wildlife habitat; farms and forests provide aesthetic benefits to surrounding residents. Moreover, undeveloped land can give relief from congestion. Agricultural lands are an important source of open space, but many of these lands are under great development pressure. One tool that is currently being used to aid in the preservation of open space by landowners is conservation easements. The rate of land protection by state and local land trusts has tripled since the beginning of the decade, and the West is the fastest growing... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6724 |
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| Hoag, Dana L.. |
| The Cooperative Extension Service is an outstanding success story for education, but a model whose value is now in question. I focus on economic principles that apply to the question, "Is it time to end Extension, and if not, how can it be saved?" Six principles are identified: public goods, competitive advantage, privatization, long-run sustainability, business practices, and political economy. There is cause to support Extension, but leadership is needed to establish a common direction and to implement changes. Strategic planning would be helpful to identify these changes and to make Extension's value known to clientele and policy makers. Includes biography of Dana L. Hoag. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Abolish Extension; Cooperative Extension Service; Economic value; Save Extension; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30982 |
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| Thilmany, Dawn D.; Hoag, Dana L.. |
| Although marketing principles and strategies are taught in all major agribusiness management programs in the country, few agribusiness student groups use these very principles in the planning of their own activities. This article describes a market research project developed by the AgriBusiness Association at Colorado State University (CSU) as an example of how to integrate coursework with an undergraduate agribusiness organization's program of activities. In addition to reinforcing marketing principles learned at CSU, the project taught students the importance of setting objectives, research design, and data analysis. Many of the findings were used to plan and improve the club. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness clubs; Marketing; Undergraduate students; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14689 |
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| Koontz, Stephen R.; Hoag, Dana L.; Brethour, John R.; Walker, Jodine L.. |
| The cattle industry batch markets animals in pens. Because of this, animals within any one pen can be both underfed and overfed. Thus, there is a production inefficiency associated with batch marketing. We simulate the value of sorting animals through weight and ultrasound measurements from original pens into smaller alternative marketing groups. Sorting exploits the production inefficiency and enables cattle feeding enterprises to avoid meat quality discounts, capture premiums, more efficiently use feed resources, and increase returns. The value of sorting is between $15 and $25 per head, with declining marginal returns as the number of sort groups increases. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle feeding; Production efficiency; Simulation; Sorting; Value-based marketing; Ultrasound; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C15; D21; D23; Q12. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47266 |
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| Hoag, Dana L.; Lacy, Michael G.; Davis, Jessica. |
| Little is known about producers' willingness to use manure. Past studies have focused on substitutability for fertilizers. We surveyed crop producers in a cattle-dense region of the Colorado Plains about whether and why they apply manure, focusing on how pressures (like owning cattle) or preferences (pro and con) affect their adoption. Using logistic regression, findings show that pressure and preference (PS/PF) significantly affect adoption. A producer with high PS/PF was 10 times more likely to use manure than one with low PS/PF. Policy and decision makers can use such findings to inform education and policy aimed at increasing the land application of manure. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Economic benefits; Economic costs; Management; Manure application; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30915 |
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| Keske, Catherine M.; Brandess, Andrew; Hoag, Dana L.; Pearson, Calvin. |
| As is the case with most rural agricultural communities, western Colorado is dependent on fossil fuels transported from distant sources. This results in vulnerability to fuel supply disruptions and price shocks (Ederington et al., 2011; Yu, Wang, and Lai, 2008). A predictable and locally derived fuel source may provide stability to the agricultural production supply chain as well as to local commerce (Tareen, Wetzstein, and Duffield , 2000; Western Organization of Research Counsels, 2009). This research project evaluates the economic feasibility of bio-butanol as a locally grown biofuel in western Colorado as a means to encourage farm-level and regional energy sovereignty. |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Biobutanol; Biofuels; Marginal Lands; Western Colorado; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124047 |
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| Roka, Fritz M.; Hoag, Dana L.. |
| Produced as a joint product, economic theory suggests that manure value could influence livestock management decisions such as herd size and optimal market weights. This study examines the concept of manure and its connection with optimal replacement age or market weight. A model of a swine finishing operation representative of North Carolina conditions is developed. Over the range of conditions considered, manure value is negative and does not affect market weights. The marginal per head change in manure value is small relative to the marginal per head change in net returns from pork production. Further, economies of scale with respect to irrigation cause manure value to increase with herd size. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Manure value; Market weight; Response surface; Swine; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15234 |
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| Hoag, Dana L.; Ascough, James C.; Frasier, W. Marshall. |
| Computers change rapidly, yet the last survey on computer use in agriculture was in 1991. We surveyed Great Plains producers in 1995 and used logit analysis to characterize adopters and non-adopters. About 37% of these producers use computers which is consistent with the general population. We confirmed previous surveys emphasizing the importance of education, age/experience, and other farm characteristics on adoption. However, we also found that education and experience may no longer be a significant influence. Future research and education could focus on when and where computers are most needed, and therefore when adoption is most appropriate. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Agriculture; Computers; Farmers; Great Plains; Logit; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15144 |
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| Ferrer, Stuart R.D.; Hoag, Dana L.; Nieuwoudt, W. Lieb. |
| A direct elicitation of utility approach is used to measure risk preferences of commercial sugar cane farmers in the Mzimkulu, Sezela and Eston sugarmill areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Arrow- Pratt absolute risk aversion coefficients are elicited, adjusted for both range and scale of the data, to allow both inter and intra study comparisons of risk preferences. Of 53 farmers surveyed, two refused to participate in lottery games for religious or moral reasons. Of the remainder 57.2 percent were risk averse, 29.6 percent risk neutral and 13.2 percent risk preferring. On average they were risk averse although risk preferences vary significantly amongst individuals. Regression analysis indicates that on average sugar cane farmers are averse to a possible loss in... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54447 |
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| Koontz, Stephen R.; Hoag, Dana L.; Walker, Jodine L.; Brethour, John R.. |
| This research examines returns to cattle feeding operations that sort animals prior to marketing using ultrasound technology. The returns to sorting are between $11 and $25 per head depending on the number of groups the pens into which cattle can be sorted. Sorting faces declining returns. These returns can also be viewed as the costs imposed by institutional constraints that limit co-mingling of cattle. Through sorting, cattle feeding operations are able to reduce meat quality discounts, increase meat quality premiums, increase beef carcass quality characteristics, more efficiently use feed resources, and increase profits. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36499 |
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