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Value enhancement marketing strategies for cull beef cows
(2012-12)
This study compares alternative marketing strategies with the traditional practice of marketing spring-calving cull cows in the fall immediately after weaning. Specifically, this dissertation investigates value-added ...
Three studies on Mexican agriculture
(2012-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This dissertation is composed of three studies aimed to analyze several aspects of the agricultural sector in Mexico including efficiency, agricultural Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the ...
Three essays on the effects of calorie labeling in full service restaurants
(2012-07)
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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 ...
Essays in food demand and production in Mexico
(2012-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The first essay analyzes separability among preferences of the major food groups in Mexico. A two-step censored model and separability restrictions were conducted to determine if beans and potatoes ...
Analyses of retained ownership and value-added management practices by cow-calf producers
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This research is composed of three essays about value-added management practices by cow-calf producers. The first essay estimates the real option value of retaining ownership of beef calves past ...
Chloride control and irrigation management: A GIS integrated approach to economic feasibility for cotton
(2012-12)
This study estimates the net agricultural benefits of preventing nearly 500 tons of salt per day, sufficient to preclude irrigation or potable water use, from entering the Elm Fork of the Red River near the Texas border ...
Three essays: Reservoir management; switchgrass land leasing; and its environmental impact
(2012-12)
First essay determines the optimal lake levels for Lake Tenkiller that maximizes the total net economic benefits derived from both marketed and non-marketed uses under stochastic inflows. It was found that for Lake Tenkiller ...
Food and nutrient demand in Indonesia
(2012-12)
This study estimated and analyzed the impact of economic (price and expenditure) and demographic variables on food and nutrient demand in Indonesia using the data set collected from the national social and economic survey ...