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Three Essays on U.S. Household Food and Diet Preferences
(2019-05-01)
This dissertation focuses on U.S. household food and diet preferences. The first study seeks to determine the effect of rising interest in gluten-free food(s) on retail demand for U.S. foods and ultimately on producer and ...
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 essays on market power in the U.S. cattle procurement market
(2011-05)
This study consists of three essays. The first essay tests the causality between captive supply and cash market price in the U.S. cattle procurement market. Three causality tests, the Granger test, the Sims test, and the ...
Information technology in agriculture: The value of implementing a whole-chain traceability system to transfer information in beef industry and using eye-tracking technology to improve conjoint analysis
(2018-05)
Information technology has been widely used in agricultural industries. This dissertation evaluates the benefits of two newly-developed information technologies, whole-chain traceability in the beef industry and eye tracking ...
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 ...
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 ...