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Machine learning: A potential forecasting tool
(2017-12)
Technical analysis involves predicting asset price movements from analysis of historical prices. Many studies have been conducted to determine the profitability of technical analysis. A composite prediction is considered ...
Economic thresholds of Wheat streak mosaic, feedlot cost of gain prediction, and joint adoption of cow-calf production practices
(2019-05)
Wheat streak mosaic (WSM), caused by Wheat streak mosaic virus, which is transmitted by the wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella Keifer), is the most widespread and economically important virus disease affecting winter wheat ...
Three Essays: Valuation for and Marketing Spillover of Discolored Beef and Employer Willingness to Pay for Recent College Graduate Attributes
(2019-07)
This dissertation is comprised of two essays focusing on discoloration in retail beef, with the third essay evaluating the value to employers of recent college graduate attributes.
Anaerobic digester adoption on animal feeding operations
(2015-05)
The livestock industry may create environmental problems such as nutrient pollution in water bodies and the discharge of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but anaerobic digestion could be a viable solution. In an ...
Consolidation and market power in the U.S. beef processing industry
(2006-07)
Scope and Methods of Study: This study contains two essays. The purpose of the first essay was to separate processors' potential market power from retailers' potential market power. Pricing rules for processors and retailers ...
Spatial Price Transmission, Transaction Costs, and Econometric Modelling and Modelling Salmonella Spread in Broiler Production
(2019-07)
Transaction costs are major determinants of price transmission across space and must be accounted for when modelling price transmission. This article contributes to literature by evaluating the impact of not properly ...
Value of parsimonious nutritional information, consumer-oriented foods cluster, and predicting food price
(2016-12)
This dissertation focuses on three topics that relate to consumer behavior and the food industry. The first chapter investigates consumers' beliefs about the tastiness and healthfulness of 173 food items in a framed field ...
Food Pantry's Contribution Towards Reducing the Needs-Gap
(2019-05-01)
This research estimates the contribution of a local food pantry's food assistance program in helping lower-income households. The assistance provided is measured by the extent to which it closes households' needs-gaps, ...
Assessing the Rate of Success of Alternative Farm Transition Strategies
(2019-05-01)
Research suggests only 30 percent of family owned businesses successfully transfer from the founding generation to the second generation. These success rates continue to decline when transferring to subsequent generations. ...