SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Schumann, Keith D.; Feldman, Paul A.; Raulston, J. Marc; Klose, Steven L..

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2007 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) January 2003 Baseline. The FLIPSIM policy simulation model incorporates the historical risk faced by farmers for prices and...

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the November 2002 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42699

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Schumann, Keith D.; Klose, Steven L..

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2007 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) November 2002 Baseline. The FLIPSIM policy simulation model incorporates the historical risk faced by farmers for prices and...

Comparison of Risk in Organic, Integrated and Conventional Cropping Systems in Eastern Norway

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42703

Lien, Gudbrand D.; Flaten, Ola; Korsaeth, Audun; Schumann, Keith D.; Richardson, James W.; Eltun, Ragnar.

This study exemplifies the first implementation experiences of Balanced Scorecard and the first results of them in Ukrainian agricultural enterprises. Essential prerequisites for the functioning of the BSC concept into practical agriculture will be discussed. Finally, some critical success factors to the BSC adoption by agricultural companies will be identified.

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the January 2004 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Balanced Scorecard; Strategic Management; Ukraine; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24251

Outlaw, Joe L.; Richardson, James W.; Herbst, Brian K.; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Raulston, J. Marc; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Klose, Steven L.; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Zimmel, Peter.

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2008 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) January 2004 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’ economic viability by...

THE USE OF BIOPHYSICAL AND EXPECTED PAYOFF PROBABILITY SIMULATION MODELING IN THE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF BRUSH MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42683

Schumann, Keith D.; Conner, J. Richard; Richardson, James W.; Stuth, Jerry W.; Hamilton, Wayne T.; Drawe, D. Lynn.

Woody plant encroachment restricts forage production and capacity to produce grazing livestock. Biophysical plant growth simulation and economic simulation were used to evaluate a prescribed burning range management technique. Modeling systems incorporated management practices and costs, historical climate data, vegetation and soil inventories, livestock production data, and historical regional livestock prices. The process compared baseline non-treatment return estimates to expected change in livestock returns resulting from prescribed burning. Stochastic analyses of production and price variability produced estimates of greater net returns resulting from use of prescribed burning relative to the baseline.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Biophysical simulation; Prescribed burning; Range management; Simulation; Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15452

DISTRIBUTION CHOICE UNDER NULL PRIORS AND SMALL SAMPLE SIZE

Feldman, Paul A.; Richardson, James W.; Schumann, Keith D..

Defining appropriate probability distributions for the variables in an economic model is an important and often arduous task. This paper evaluates the performance of several common probability distributions under different distributional assumptions when sample sizes are small and there is limited information about the data.

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the November 2002 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20012

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Klose, Steven L.; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Zimmel, Peter.

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2007 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) November 2002 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’ economic viability by region and...

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the August 2003 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42709

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Raulston, J. Marc; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Herbst, Brian K.; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Klose, Steven L.; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Zimmel, Peter.

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2007 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) August 2003 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’ economic viability by...

Economics of Atrazine Remediation for Representative Grain Farms in the Aquilla Watershed, Hill County, Texas

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42704

Sartwelle, James D., III; Richardson, James W.; Schumann, Keith D..

An economic analysis of alternative best management practices (BMPs) for atrazine remediation in Hill County, Texas, was performed by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. Using the farm-level economic simulation model FLIPSIM, AFPC scientists analyzed the financial effects of the alternative BMPs on the Texas Blackland Prairie representative farm. This farm consists of 2,000 dryland acres divided among corn (600 acres), sorghum (750 acres), wheat (250 acres), and native pasture (150 acres). This farm also maintains a small beef cowherd. Regularly updated, the AFPC maintains more than 95 farms across the nation that form the basis for probabilistic-based agricultural policy evaluation.

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42718

STOCHASTIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS USING MULTIPLE UTILITY FUNCTIONS

Schumann, Keith D.; Richardson, James W.; Lien, Gudbrand D.; Hardaker, J. Brian.

Evaluating the risk of a particular decision depends on the risk aversion of the decision maker related to the underlying utility function. The objective of this paper is to use stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) to compare the ranking of risky alternatives using alternative utility functional forms.

Stochastic efficiency analysis with risk aversion bounds: a simplified approach

Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19957

Hardaker, J. Brian; Richardson, James W.; Lien, Gudbrand D.; Schumann, Keith D..

A method of stochastic dominance analysis with respect to a function (SDRF) is described and illustrated. The method, called stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF), orders a set of risky alternatives in terms of certainty equivalents for a specified range of attitudes to risk. It can be applied for conforming utility functions with risk attitudes defined by corresponding ranges of absolute, relative or partial risk aversion coefficients. Unlike conventional SDRF, SERF involves comparing each alternative with all the other alternatives simultaneously, not pairwise, and hence can produce a smaller efficient set than that found by simple pairwise SDRF over the same range of risk attitudes. Moreover, the method can be implemented in a simple...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117962

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the August 2005 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Outlaw, Joe L.; Richardson, James W.; Herbst, Brian K.; Knapek, George M.; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Raulston, J. Marc; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Klose, Steven L.; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Zimmel, Peter.

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2002-2009 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) August 2005 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’...

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the January 2005 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42133

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2002-2009 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) January 2005 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’...

Farm Level Comparison of H.R. 2646 and S. 1731

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42135

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Anderson, David P.; Schumann, Keith D.; Feldman, Paul A.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Gill, Chope; Kaman, Paul; Houston, Christy M.; Womack, Abner W..

The provisions in the House (H.R. 2646) and Senate (S. 1731) farm bills are analyzed with respect to their impacts on 94 representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. The analysis incorporates both historical price and production risk for the farms so the “safety net” aspects of the bills can be compared. Representative crop livestock and dairy farms for major production regions across the county are analyzed. Information to describe and simulate these farms comes from a panel of farmers in each local area. The farm panels are reconvened frequently to update their farm’s data. The representative farm data base has been used for policy analysis for more than 15 years. The simulation model used for the analysis was developed by AFPC scientists.

Representative Farm Analysis of the H.R. 2646 Farm Bill Proposal

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42716

Richardson, James W.; Smith, Edward G.; Womack, Abner W.; Anderson, David P.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Klose, Steven L.; Schumann, Keith D.; Feldman, Paul A..

Economic Outlook for Texas Representative Cotton Farms Given the August 2003 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42726

Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Raulston, J. Marc; Anderson, David P.; Sartwelle, James D., III; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Herbst, Brian K.; Klose, Steven L..

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 on representative Texas cotton operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2001-2007 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in Texas’ major cotton production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative cotton farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) August 2003 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’ economic viability by region through the life of the 2002 Farm...

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the December 2004 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42685

The farm level economic impacts of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. The analysis was conducted over the 2002-2009 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming and ranching operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) December 2004 Baseline. The primary objective of the analysis is to determine the farms’...

AN INTERACTIVE ILLUSTRATION OF FARM PROGRAM PROVISIONS

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42672

Klose, Steven L.; Schumann, Keith D.; Knapek, George M.; Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Anderson, David P..

Explaining the details and the impacts of government program provisions to agricultural producers can be a challenge for extension educators. This paper introduces a visual interactive tool that demonstrates the calculations of government payments established in the 2002 farm bill. Additionally, the paper explains how the tool is created in Microsoft® Excel and may be used in other areas.

Representative Farms Economic Outlook for the January 2001 FAPRI/AFPC Baseline

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35031

Richardson, James W.; Anderson, David P.; Smith, Edward G.; Womack, Abner W.; Feldman, Paul A.; Schumann, Keith D.; Outlaw, Joe L.; Klose, Steven L.; Schwart, Robert B., Jr.; Ochoa, Rene F.; Kristinek, Jennifer.

The farm level economic impacts of projected long term prices under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIR) on representative crop and livestock operations are projected in this report. For this report the FAIR Act will be referred to as the 1996 Farm Bill. The analysis was conducted over the 1996-2005 planning horizon using FLIPSIM, AFPC’s whole farm simulation model. Data to simulate farming operations in the nation’s major production regions came from two sources: - Producer panel cooperation to develop economic information to describe and simulate representative crop, livestock, and dairy farms. - Projected prices, policy variables, and input inflation rates from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)...

Comparison of Risk Between Cropping Systems in Eastern Norway

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42783

Lien, Gudbrand D.; Flaten, Ola; Schumann, Keith D.; Richardson, James W.; Korsaeth, Audun; Eltun, Ragnar.

The aim of this study was to compare production and policy risk of organic, integrated and conventional cropping systems in Norway. Experimental cropping system data (1991-1999) from eastern Norway were combined with budgeted data. Empirical distributions of total farm income for different cropping systems were estimated with a simulation model that uses a multivariate kernel density function to smooth the limited experimental data. Stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) was used to rank the cropping systems for farmers with various risk aversion levels. The results show that the organic system had the greatest net farm income variability, but the existing payment system and organic price premiums makes it the most economically viable...