News tagged with agricultural economists
Study: Price gap threatens Chicago Board of Trade's wheat futures market
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A commodity market that has long helped wheat growers and processors manage price risks could lose its relevance unless the Chicago Board of Trade bridges a wide gap between futures and cash prices, a new University of Illinois ...
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Economists: Tough measures needed to cure economic ills
Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ailing financial industry is going to need strong medicine to pull out of a deepening credit crunch brought on by risky loans and deregulation, Purdue University economists said Monday.
New tools for sustainable farming
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Environmentalists are just as fond of talking about it as are politicians, economists or marketing experts - "sustainability" has become a buzzword. The problem is that the term sustainability can refer to ...
Ethanol's agricultural impact is mixed
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Purdue University economists say converting more corn into ethanol might profit many interests, but not all in the agriculture industry would benefit.
Media source impacts ag biotech communication
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Communication between the public and government is a necessary component of public trust. For many modern issues, constituents trust that their legislators understand the science behind these topics and pass legislation for ...
Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...
Maize research reduces poverty in west and central Africa
Oct 28, 2009 |
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An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays ...
Making Climate Forecasts More Useful to Farmers
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate forecasts are becoming more useful to farmers and ranchers, thanks to research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators.
Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, ...
Economists: Ancestral history explains roots of income inequality
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Two Brown University economists have created a new data set explaining differences in the world's current per capita gross domestic products (GDPs). In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, ...
Hardy New Corn Lines Released
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Six new inbred maize lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have now been registered in the United States by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS plant pathologist Robert ...
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