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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 in energy, environmental and regional economics
(2018-07)
This dissertation is comprised of three studies on the relationship between energy and environmental issues and the regional economy. The first study presents evidence that electricity influx to the U.S. Northeast increased ...
Three essays on broadband adoption
(2018-05)
This dissertation focuses on three issues surrounding broadband internet adoption. The first study examines the recent shift to mobile-only internet connections. The percentage of mobile-only households increased from 9% ...