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AbstractSurvey responses were used to develop career skill portfolios for a sample of former agriculture students. Cluster analysis identified three distinct career profiles differentiated by the relative need for communication skills; interpersonal skills; computer, quantitative, and management information; business and economics skills; and technical skills. Statistical tests supported the hypothesis that distinct skill and competency portfolios obtain differential values in labor markets. Results suggested that career advancement strategies should emphasize communication and interpersonal skills and that these skills be developed early in an employee's career.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<1::AID-AGR2720060102>3.0.CO;2-U

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

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAgricultural commodity analysts have systematically overpredicted livestock prices during the 1980s by using econometric forecasting models that do not account for changing economic conditions. This article compares the out‐of‐sample forecast performance of the Swamy—Tinsley stochastic coefficients model with ordinary least squares, Cochrane—Orcutt, and maximum likelihood procedures that estimate red meat and chicken prices. The ability of a stochastic coefficients model to adapt quickly to changing economic conditions helps make it almost uniformly superior to a fixed coefficients model in forecasting the quarterly retail price for beef and chicken. The Cochrane—Orcutt and maximum‐likelihood procedures appear to forecast pork pr

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<15::AID-AGR2720060103>3.0.CO;2-L

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

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractOne of the most common problems faced by analysts of agribusiness markets is that available data are aggregated to a degree that obscures the underlying decision process. This article reminds analysts of the implications of temporal data aggregation for market identification and its effects on the robustness of empirical results. Also, three major commodity market price series are analyzed to demonstrate how aggregation can affect empirical results. Finally, guidelines are suggested for selecting the appropriate level of aggregation for empirical problems.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<33::AID-AGR2720060104>3.0.CO;2-E

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

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis article looks at the evidence as to whether agribusiness manufacturers use their inventories of finished products to smooth their production processes. The data lend support to the production smoothing hypothesis for the case of condensed and evaporated milk; however, that support is weakened when seasonally adjusted data are used in the analysis. There is no evidence of production smoothing in flour milling. This negative result can be explained by the production‐to‐order characteristics of the flour milling indus

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<41::AID-AGR2720060105>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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AbstractThe 1971 and 1981 Census of Agriculture data are used to quantify the impact of the relative size of market on the structure of the Alberta cereal agriculture. The absolute size of market and the minimum efficient size of grain farm are introduced as separate variables. Three methods are proposed to measure the optimal farm size. The results would tend to indicate that where the relative size of market has changed the concentration has usually changed in the opposite direction. The study implies that cereal agriculture is increasingly taking on the characteristics of the nonfarm sector.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<53::AID-AGR2720060106>3.0.CO;2-2

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年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA conceptual framework for examining implications of excess slaughtering capacity in meatpacking is presented. Excess capacity stems from two sources: percentage plant utilization based on line speed and based on length of operating time per given period. Data from a mail survey of 310 meatpacking firms verified that significant size differences exist among slaughtering plants. Significant differences in percentage utilization were also found for some species. Results suggest larger fed cattle slaughtering firmscouldbe paying higher prices for cattle purchased.

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<65::AID-AGR2720060107>3.0.CO;2-V

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年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe formal relationship between price asymmetry and marketing margins is derived and illustrated with a weekly analysis of prices and margins for fresh lemons and Navel oranges in four retail markets. In the short‐run, retail prices and margins for both products were more responsive to f.o.b. price increases than they were to decreases, except for lemons in the Atlanta and Dallas markets and Navel oranges in the Atlanta market. Over time, retail price and margin adjustments to f.o.b. price changes appear to be symmetric with respect to price increases and decrease

ISSN:0742-4477    

DOI:10.1002/1520-6297(199001)6:1<75::AID-AGR2720060108>3.0.CO;2-P

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(199001)6:1<::AID-AGR2720060101>3.0.CO;2-Z

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

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY