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| Blank, Steven C.. |
| University agricultural economics programs were surveyed to assess the changes of the past decade. Undergraduate enrollments increased significantly while graduate enrollments were unchanged on average. Overall, agricultural economics departments became much larger relative to the average size of colleges of agriculture. Despite some changes in expectations concerning future growth areas, most programs appear to have been successful in meeting students' demands. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32313 |
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| Blank, Steven C.. |
| A major part of Australian cattle trade takes place in markets for animals which do not meet the specifications for the trade steer contract. However, producers, processors and marketers of cattle which are nondeliverable on the futures market may be able to make use of the futures market through the process of cross hedging. The aim is to determine whether or not various types of Australian cattle could, in fact, have been cross hedged successfully in the past using the existing Australian cattle futures contracts. Cross hedging is evaluated over time, space and product form to assess the potential for cross hedging that has existed since the Sydney Futures Exchange's cattle contract was first offered for trading. No attempt will be made to identify... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 1984 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22433 |
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| Blank, Steven C.. |
| This paper assesses the impact of introducing role playing, case studies, and simulation games into undergraduate courses in agricultural economics. An educational impact model is used in a qualitative evaluation of the teaching aids and to generate hypotheses. Quantitative experimental results are used to test the hypotheses. Results indicate that each aid can improve students' performance when used in appropriate situations. However, there is a definite trade-off between student contact time requirements and the effect of these aids. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32523 |
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| The paper discusses the linkages between the "globalization" of agricultural markets over recent decades and the decisions being made by individual farmers and ranchers in the United States. It is noted that technological advances lead to globalization of agricultural commodity markets and profit pressures. The continuing profit squeeze in agricultural production is having a significant effect on the cropping choices of America's farmers. When possible, acreage is being shifted out of low-revenue-generating crops and into higher-revenue-generating crops. This shift makes crop portfolios more risky over time, thus encouraging farmers to consider diversifying out of agriculture. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cropping choices; Globalization; Profit; Risk; Safety-first; Agricultural Finance; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15013 |
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| Blank, Steven C.. |
| A new interpretation of commodity futures price theory is evaluated because, currently, many products exhibit price behavior which cannot be explained with existing theory. A method for classifying products according to the particular price theory relevant to them is provided. The classification method uses the futures price dependence enforced by arbitrage opportunities in spot market as its base. The futures markets for beef cattle and corn are used as examples. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28955 |
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| Blank, Steven C.; Erickson, Kenneth W.; Moss, Charles B.. |
| To remain viable, agriculture in each location must offer returns that are competitive with those from alternative investments and sufficient to cover producers' financial obligations. Economic theory says that rates of return converge over time as resources flow into more-profitable industries and out of less-profitable industries, causing factor price changes. Both traditional growth and trade theories say factor markets will adjust to equalize commodity returns over time. This study examines spatial relationships in agriculture's profitability over time. Results show temporal and spatial convergence of returns consistent with trade and development theories. However, there are profit patterns unique to state/regional agriculture, raising policy... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Convergence; Return on assets; "risk of ruin"; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31212 |
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| Erickson, Kenneth W.; Blank, Steven C.; Moss, Charles B.; Mishra, Ashok K.. |
| This paper examines the effects of structural changes on the distribution of net value added and the difference between net value added and agricultural income over time. We present and discuss the changes in the distribution of net value added (land, labor, capital, and farm operator income) over time. Net value added by U.S. agriculture grew significantly from $18 billion to 1960 to $95 billion in 1996. We examine regional differences in net value added using the Theil entropy measure. The inequality (dispersion) of net value added increased over time. The increased inequality represented both increases in regional dispersion in net value added and increases in the average inequality in net value added in each region. Thus, the net value added is... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36232 |
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| Blank, Steven C.. |
| This paper presents a brief assessment of the recent futures and options literature with reference only to agricultural markets. The discussion centers on the markets social value and economic value to firms. Issues currently unresolved are highlighted, in some cases by presenting hypotheses contrary to standard positions. Overall, the current literature describes these markets as having positive social value and serving useful functions at the firm level, but existing theory and empirical methods are criticized for many weaknesses. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Marketing. |
| Ano: 1989 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32449 |
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| This study suggests a new single index model (SIM) application procedure which enables users to more easily assess the risk/return tradeoff among crop portfolios. A decision criterion is presented, based on a new crop portfolio performance measure derived here. The new procedure aids in reducing problems of data sensitivity often faced when using quadratic programming or standard SIM techniques. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32057 |
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