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AbstractPrice forecasting models are used to demonstrate that revenues to the Washington apple industry would have been about $130 million higher in the 1988–1989 season if the Alar scare had not occurred. Because of the structure of the apple marketing system, virtually all of that loss would have been translated into a reduction of profits to growers. The persistence of the Alar story in the national media contributed to the severity of the loss. Objective measures are needed for evaluating alternative strategies for coping with such food safety scares in the futur

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<417::AID-AGR2720060502>3.0.CO;2-U

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

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AbstractThe challenge of managing a farm business is becoming more like that facing other types of business. As this happens, general management principles that have proven useful to nonfarm managers are likely to prove useful to farm managers. This article explores the applicability of a simple general management model to farm management. The model is found to apply, and in the process helps dimension the complexity and integrated nature of decision‐making on the farm. Further research is called for to extend the application of the general management approach to farm managemen

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<425::AID-AGR2720060503>3.0.CO;2-Q

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractImported sphagnum peat holds a significant share of the US market for horticultural growing media, but the price of the product is relatively high due to transportation costs. Low‐quality alfalfa may provide an effective substitute. The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics consumers want in a horticultural organic material, to determine the cost competitiveness of an alfalfa‐based substitute, and to determine the product's market potential. Results suggest that most consumers would accept alfalfa as a substitute. Production cost estimates range from $111.10 to $162.71 per short ton, depending on the quality of the raw material used. Due to lower transportation costs, the wholesale and retail prices of this new product are estimated to be about 30% lower than sphagnum p

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<443::AID-AGR2720060504>3.0.CO;2-J

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis study focuses on whether information systems improve farm management. Fifty New York dairy farms were selected based on their use of computerized information systems. Each computer user was matched with a non‐computer‐using farm. On‐farm interviews and business summaries were analyzed.Information systems provided the ability to do sensitivity analysis on planning decisions. Their speed of processing and accuracy contributed to control functions. Farmers with information systems spent more time on management tasks, but were more likely to delegate routine decisions. Farmer perceptions were that the systems had produced benefits that were equal to or exceeded

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<463::AID-AGR2720060505>3.0.CO;2-A

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractNumerous fruits and vegetables are priced according to the level of one or more quality characteristics. From a grower's perspective there is a trade‐off between quantity (yield) and the quality characteristics for which priced premiums are explicitly paid. This article develops a procedure to analyze such trade‐offs and applies it to the situation of Concord grapes. The quality attributes included were soluble solids (sugar), pH, acid, and color. Relationships among these attributes and yield were estimated using regression procedures. The estimated coefficients were used in a separable programming model in order to impute values for the attribu

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<475::AID-AGR2720060506>3.0.CO;2-2

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractRather than relying onex postmarket data, this study derives theoretically more appropriate measures of economic depreciation and capital gains based on the expectations of farmers. In this context, values of depreciable assets are highly sensitive to the pattern of expected future earnings and unexpected windfall gains. Experimental survey data obtained from a panel of Illinois cash grain farmers demonstrate the magnitude by which conventional accounting methods overstate economic depreciation and underestimate real capital gains. These biases make it difficult to appraise the financial well‐being of the agricultural secto

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<489::AID-AGR2720060507>3.0.CO;2-T

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAn import allocation was used to investigate Japan's citrus subsector and its import demand for citrus. Results of this study indicate that US fresh grapefruit exports to Japan would have to compete against imports of bananas and pineapples for the Japanese import dollars, and that US citrus juice exports would have to compete against the juices from Brazil and Israel.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<505::AID-AGR2720060508>3.0.CO;2-G

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe study presents the concept and development of a data system designed for collecting timely primary information to address consumer‐oriented research issues. The discussion focuses on the design and sampling procedures used in the establishment of a Consumer Information Management System (CIMS), and major issues related to the operation and maintenance of such a system. The CIMS provides an easy‐access and ready‐to‐use system which can serve many potential surveys individually or simultaneously as needed. The CIMS data base may be expanded via networking with similar operations among researchers in other parts of the

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<515::AID-AGR2720060509>3.0.CO;2-A

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199009)6:5<::AID-AGR2720060501>3.0.CO;2-O

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY