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AbstractLabor productivity growth in the agribusiness sector represents a mixture of strong and weak performance. While labor productivity growth on United States farms has been considerably above average for several decades, the record of performances of labor productivity in food retailing, transportation, food service, and selected food processing industries has been poor. Opportunities for both systems wide and firm level improvements in productivity are outlined. Improved productivity growth in the agribusiness sector of the United States economy can contribute to a lower inflation rate, improved competitiveness of American food and fiber producers, and an increase in the standard of living, among other benefits.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<269::AID-AGR2720020302>3.0.CO;2-#

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis article evaluates potential change in Central Plains grain logistics systems, focusing on a supply area in northwest Kansas and export markets at the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast. Employing a network model, total efficiency gains as well as changes in storage and transport costs are measured. Specific logistical changes that are evaluated include construction of trainloading facilities (subterminals) and increases in rail rates. Construction of subterminals results in substantial system cost savings and nearly all export wheat moves through the subterminal‐unit train marketing channel. Rail rate increases of 15% result in only minor changes in marketing patterns and intermodal substitutio

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<279::AID-AGR2720020303>3.0.CO;2-U

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe measurement of selling effort in the food processing industries has improved in several ways. An FTC data set on both advertising and promotional expenses is used to estimate some determinants of variations in the intensity of selling effort. They are found to be related to market sales concentration, the number of brands being sold, elaborateness of packaging, and product perishability. A second analysis finds that the intensity of food‐manufacturer selling efforts is nonnegatively associated with grocery wholesalers' or retailers' gross margins. The latter finding challenges the view that manufacturer advertising provides information that ultimately benefits consumers through lower retail price

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<293::AID-AGR2720020304>3.0.CO;2-R

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe impact of beginning equity, credit limits imposed by lenders, and changes in land values on farm survival, changes in equity position and farm success (measured by the probability of a positive net present value of returns) are evaluated. Whole‐farm, Monte Carlo simulations for Texas part‐owner and tenant rice‐soybean operations were completed over the period 1984 through 1988. Results indicate that extending additional credit to part‐owner and tenant operators in a high debt position (over 50%) will allow continued operation, but continued operation significantly increases the likelihood of a loss of farm equity and loan losses to agricultural lenders. Deterioration in land values increases the need for a higher equi

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<321::AID-AGR2720020305>3.0.CO;2-9

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe current trend to boxed beef is supported by this study of 10 different retail beef handling systems when both costs and returns are considered. However, on a purely cost basis the least costly system was for the retailer to centrally cut beef at his/her warehouse. The highest ranking system on a total returns basis was a special type of boxed beef called tray‐ready beef. In this new system the packer trims and retail cuts the beef, but reassembles it and ships it as boxed beef. The retailer has only to package it for retail sal

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<339::AID-AGR2720020306>3.0.CO;2-W

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractLinear and nonlinear cash breakeven analyses are applied to a pecan shelling firm to assess the feasibility of acquiring a long‐term loan for operating capital. The linear analysis is used to find effects of varying volume under average price conditions. The nonlinear breakeven is developed and applied to capture the effects of changing margins due to aggregate production changes. Combination analyses are used to examine effects of changes in market share and aggregate productio

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<359::AID-AGR2720020307>3.0.CO;2-N

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractRetail food sales tend to decrease systematically as the time since payday increases. While the pattern of weekly sales is similar from store‐to‐store, the percentage variation of sales from the first to the last week of the month is greater for stores with low income customers than for similar stores with higher income customers. Meat department sales demonstrate the greatest variability, produce department sales the least. Retail costs, both labor and overhead, appear to increase with increased sales variability. Weekly sales variation has possible implications for the location and ownership of supermarkets, the design of in‐store sales experiments, and pricing prac

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<375::AID-AGR2720020308>3.0.CO;2-I

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(198623)2:3<::AID-AGR2720020301>3.0.CO;2-M

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

年代:1986

数据来源: WILEY