Browsing by Author "Nixon, Clair J."
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Richardson, James W.; Nixon, Clair J. (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1986)
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Bailey, DeeVo (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The marketing of agricultural commodities is a significant determinant in overall farm profitability and/or solvency. No past research has attempted to analyze the relative merits of different marketing strategies for ...
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McAllister, Kristen Dawn (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Analysis was done to determine if small-scale wind energy could be economically feasible on a cotton farm with 1,200 irrigated acres, a house, and a barn. Lubbock and Midland were locations chosen for this model farm and ...
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Seo, Sangtaek (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Agricultural producers face uncertain agricultural production and market conditions. Much of the uncertainty faced by agricultural producers cannot be controlled by the producer, but can be managed. Several risk management ...
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Larsen, Ryan A. (2012-10-19)Measuring, modeling, and managing risk has always been an important task for researchers. Many of the traditional assumptions relied on in risk research, such as the assumption of normality and single period optimization, ...
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Schuchard, Laura Mae (2012-10-19)The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has become increasingly important in Texas due to the high level of program participation, particularly in the high plains of Texas. There is also a seemingly large amount of CRP ...
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Crane, Laurence M. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Capital accumulation in American agriculture has undergone an evolution over the last century. The increasing substitution of capital for labor, new technologies, and global product and financial markets, have made it more ...
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Allison, Marc S. (2011-10-21)The world of energy is changing. With rising energy costs and concerns over the supply of energy materials, more research is being conducted into alternative sources of fuel and microalgae is one of the sources being ...
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Rutland, Christopher T. (2012-10-19)Since World War II, concern for the environmental impacts of human activities has grown. Agriculture plays a significant role in several impact categories including global warming. Governments, including the U.S., have ...
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Lau, Michael H. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)This study analyzes the economic and geographic effects of alternative locations on risky investment decisions in a probabilistic framework. Historically, alternative locations for multi-million dollar investments are often ...
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Nixon, Clair J. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)The ability of the Texas agricultural production sector to provide food and fiber products at reasonable prices to a growing population has always aroused concern among Texas consumers. With retail livestock product prices ...
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Hagerman, Amy D. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Agricultural cooperatives are a unique form of business whose performance is tied closely to the financial health of their farmer members. The changing business environment in Texas and other parts of the Midwest has put ...
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Van Tassell, Larry W. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Uncertain forage production created by variation in climatic conditions and encroachment of undesirable brush species provide much of the business risk facing range livestock producers. This study focused on the evaluation ...