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RI-PRF Crop Insurance Program Design
(2019-07)
The Rainfall Index Pasture Rangeland, and Forage (RI-PRF) crop insurance program insures revenues for producers based on rainfall, a single peril. This thesis looks for ways to improve the design of the program as well as ...
Influence of perception, recession and income strata on consumer demand for protein sources
(2018-05)
U.S. Consumers see retail beef products in the meat case labeled as produced with no added hormones (NAH). However, they also see similar labels on pork and chicken products despite the fact that added hormones are not ...
Three essays on the effects of calorie labeling in full service restaurants
(2012-07)
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Essays on the Rural Opioid Crisis
(2019-05-01)
Rural areas in the U.S. have been notably affected by the opioid crisis, resulting in higher rates of opioid-related deaths and misuse than their urban counterparts. This dissertation assesses the effectiveness of existing ...
Production economics of potential perennial and annual biomass feedstocks
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The first essay determines the lowest cost lignocellulosic biomass feedstock production system for western Oklahoma from among seven alternatives at each of two locations. Field experiments were ...
Incorporating behavioral principles in primary data analysis with application to beer demand
(2017-05)
Recent advancements in microeconomics have resurrected a need for modern economists to grapple with principles of consumer behavior. This dissertation uses the American beer market as a starting place to present three ways ...
Switchgrass as a dedicated energy crop: Fertilizer requirements, land use, yield variability, and costs
(2015-12)
The U.S Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandates that 36 billion gallon of renewable fuels be marketed annually (if produced) by 2022 including 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels. Switchgrass ...
Economic approach on allocation of irrigation water under salinity based on different soils for potential irrigated agriculture using the EPIC crop model
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The objective of this study was to understand the long term effect of using irrigation water with water and soil salinity on cotton yield based on the 15 soil types along the Elm and North Fork ...
Measuring bilateral market power between processors and retailers: An application to the U.S. beef industry
(2013-12)
The U.S. agricultural food processing and retailing industries have become increasingly concentrated. Therefore, numerous studies have investigated the impact of changes in market structures. This paper examines the ...
Comparative analysis of expected utility of futures, options, and livestock risk protection insurance: Which hedging tool is desirable for small, medium, or large sized feeder cattle producers whose farms are low, average, or high management risk
(2019-12)
Feeder cattle producers have multiple tools available to mitigate price risk. Few use these tools, with a common reason set of reasons being lack of knowledge and quantity requirements that do not match actual production. ...