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  • The feasibility of utilizing financial futures hedging by the agricultural borrower

    Creator:
    West, Peter
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    Borrowed funds finance a majority of equipment purchases and production costs in agriculture. The costs of borrowing, however, have not been stable nor has the determination of interest payments remained the same in recent years. As interest rates become increasingly volatile and variable rate loans replaced constant rate loans, the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    O'Connor Borrowed funds finance a majority of equipment purchases and production costs in agriculture

  • An analysis of Pacific Northwest live hog futures basis

    Creator:
    Mendez, Juan, 1959-
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    Unstable prices have been a chronic problem in the U.S. hog industry during the past 15 years, and several studies illustrate the need for price risk avoidance tools for hog producers. One such price risk management tool is the use of live hog futures markets. This study explores if Pacific...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . 1986 TITLE: An Analysis of Pacific Northwest Live Hog Futures Basis Abstract approved: Carl O'Connor

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

    Creator:
    Reed, Stephen Paul
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    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...
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    Abstract Approved: Carl O'Connor The cattle industry in the Pacific Northwest is characterized by a

  • An evaluation of strategies for hedging feeder cattle in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Gatti, Andrew Leo
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    Over the past decade, feeder cattle backgrounders in the Pacific Northwest have been subject to sharp price fluctuations for their output. The result has been variable profits and losses. This situation creates a need for management and marketing techniques which can provide Pacific Northwest cattle ranchers with protection against price...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved Carl w. "O'Connor Over the past decade, feeder cattle backgrounders in the Pacific Northwest

  • Expectations, reservation demand and the stability of agricultural markets

    Creator:
    Beare, Stephen Carroll
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    , my mother and father, I offer my love and appreciation. To Carl O'Connor, I offer my friendship and

  • A mean residence time relationship for lateral cavities in gravel-bed rivers and streams: Incorporating streambed roughness and cavity shape

    Creator:
    Jackson, Tracie R., Haggerty, Roy, Apte, Sourabh V., and O’Connor, Ben L.
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    Accurate estimates of mass-exchange parameters in transient storage zones are needed to better understand and quantify solute transport and dispersion in riverine systems. Currently, the predictive mean residence time relies on an empirical entrainment coefficient with a range in variance due to the absence of hydraulic and geomorphic quantities driving...
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    shape Tracie R. Jackson,1 Roy Haggerty,2 Sourabh V. Apte,3 and Ben L. O’Connor4 Received 20 October

  • Harvest maturity indices of sweet cherries for brining

    Creator:
    Tvergyak, Paul J.
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    Oregon's Willamette Valley sweet cherry growers have developed a market for large, high quality, stem-on brining cherries. The maturity indices pull force (PF), percent soluble solids (SS), and weight (Wt) were chosen as being the most probable indicators of maturity. The rate of change of PF during the harvest period...
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    Masters Thesis
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    MATURITY INDICES OF SWEET CHERRIES (PRUNUS AVIUM L. )^FOR BRINING )rFOR BRIlv ti J—r* Abstract

  • The architecture of a multimedia multiprocessor

    Creator:
    Choi, Keung-Sik
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    The multimedia capabilities of computers have recently become the focus of computer developers due to the increasing demand for advanced computer graphics and new media capabilities, such as video conferencing, 3-D visualization, and animation. To support these multimedia capabilities, specialized graphics hardware, such as MPEG encoding/decoding card, 3-D graphics card,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: Ben Lee The multimedia capabilities of computers have recently become the focus of computer

  • The architecture of VIS multimedia extension

    Creator:
    Kwon, Young-Kyong
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    In the past, multimedia technology focused mainly on designing high quality audio and graphical imagery as well as providing adequate performance levels that the users demand for multimedia applications. However, the concept of multimedia has expanded into New-Media that involves variety use of multimedia data in consumer-oriented applications, such as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Ben Lee In the past, multimedia technology focused mainly on designing high quality audio and

  • Women's studies : a new program for the community college

    Creator:
    Goltra, Raylene Denise
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    The purpose of this study was to present the new women's studies program for the community college. The study advocated consciousness raising for females at all levels of public instruction, but this paper was limited to the community college. The program outlined would seek to help women to assume a...
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    Dissertation