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An analysis of risk management strategies for southern Alberta feedlots

Creator:: Freeze, Brian S.
Abstract:: Feedlot finishing of beef cattle in Southern Alberta involves income risk due to the variability of prices of feeders, feed and finished cattle. Several strategies are available to reduce this risk, including hedging of cattle on feed, participation in a Federal- Provincial government and producer established income stabilization program for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ,-,^, _. . A. Gene Nelson Feedlot finishing of beef cattle in Southern Alberta involves income risk due to

Expectations, reservation demand and the stability of agricultural markets

Creator:: Beare, Stephen Carroll
Abstract:: The distribution of agricultural production for continuous consumption requires the capacity to maintain inventories which are large relative to the rate of utilization. As a result, the demand for inventories is a critical element in the pricing of agricultural commodities. A component of inventory demand, referred to here as reservation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A methodology for evaluating the economic impact on directed fisheries of by-catch losses in the foreign and joint-venture groundfish fisheries

Creator:: Queirolo, Lewis E.
Abstract:: The principal objective of this analysis is the development of a methodological approach that would permit a more complete evaluation of the physical and economic consequences of prohibited species by-catch (PSC) losses, such as occur in the harvest of groundfish. To achieve efficient management of the several marine species involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thank Dr. A. Gene Nelson, Department Head, for his kind support and assistance and acknowledge the

Entrepreneurship, policy, and resource use : the production of and competition for salmon

Creator:: Clark, Jerry E., 1949-
Abstract:: Fisheries economics is a recognized body of research which is characterized by the joint study of economics, the biological characteristics of fishery resources, and the policies (regulations) used in the management of fisheries. This thesis is composed of three papers, each of which is primarily associated with one of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: it impacts returns for pink and chum salmon. Walter et al. (1978) examined zooplankton

An application of transfer function and econometric procedures to employment impact analysis: Grant County, Oregon

Creator:: Lin, Tsae-yun Daphne
Abstract:: This study centered upon two objectives. First, to demonstrate and apply a statistical method, the transfer function, and to test its usefulness in regional economic modeling and regional impact ana1ysis; and second, to obtain a better understanding of the causal relationships among total employment, government employment, lumber and wood products...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A short run price forecasting model for slaughter steers and slaughter cows in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Reed, Stephen Paul
Abstract:: The cattle industry in the Pacific Northwest is characterized by a large number of producers. Individual contributions to the market have little effect in moderating potential fluctuations in the prices received for the various classes of cattle. Price volatility is of constant concern to producers in planning future production, with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: from current and past prices, and the rate of change in prices between periods. Nelson and Spreen

An econometric model of Pacific Northwest feeder cattle basis

Creator:: Vanderpool, Cynthia Ann
Abstract:: Fluctuating feeder cattle prices have a direct affect on the revenue variability of feeder cattle producers. Hedging in the commodity futures market is a marketing strategy which can, if properly used, reduce the financial risk of feeder cattle producers. If the closing basis value is known when a hedge is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Gene Nelson and Ron Oliveira for their helpful suggestions and answers to empirical considerations

Economics of soil loss control on the Mission-Lapwai Watershed, Idaho

Creator:: McNamee, William A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: [Nelson, 1977]. The date of the data as well as the source are important. This should be noted as

Price elasticities in commodity trade models and external trade statistics

Creator:: Emami, Ali
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the source of the external trade statistics in measuring the price responsiveness of foreign demands and relative price competitiveness of the major exporting countries in trade of agricultural commodities in international markets. In particular, the papers included in this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Gene Nelson, Head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, who provided me moral

Ecomomic theory and research framework for a multi-output production system : rice-fish culture technology in the Philippines

Creator:: Tagarino, Rogelio N.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: graduate fellowship, Drs Gerard Rixhon and Gerald Nelson and the Agricultural Development Council (ADC

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An analysis of risk management strategies for southern Alberta feedlots

Expectations, reservation demand and the stability of agricultural markets

A methodology for evaluating the economic impact on directed fisheries of by-catch losses in the foreign and joint-venture groundfish fisheries

Entrepreneurship, policy, and resource use : the production of and competition for salmon

An application of transfer function and econometric procedures to employment impact analysis: Grant County, Oregon

A short run price forecasting model for slaughter steers and slaughter cows in the Pacific Northwest

An econometric model of Pacific Northwest feeder cattle basis

Economics of soil loss control on the Mission-Lapwai Watershed, Idaho

Price elasticities in commodity trade models and external trade statistics

Ecomomic theory and research framework for a multi-output production system : rice-fish culture technology in the Philippines

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