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2008
Risk & Profit Conference
August 14-15, 2008 Manhattan, KS
| Risk and Profit is an annual conference hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics that provides an opportunity for key agricultural decision makers to interact with each other and with faculty. |
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2008 Risk and Profit Conference Proceedings |
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| TITLE | Author/Presenter | FILE |
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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| SESSION I: The Economic Outlook: A Fed's Eye View |
Jason Henderson Kansas City Federal Reserve |
PDF (slides) |
| SESSION II: The 2008 Farm Bill: A New Era in Farm Policy? |
Troy Dumler Kansas State University |
PDF (paper) PDF (slides) |
| SESSION III A: Livestock Outlook |
James Mintert Kansas State University |
PDF (slides) |
| SESSION III B: Grain Outlook |
Mike Woolverton Kansas State University |
PDF (slides) |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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| 1. Managing the Threat of $3 Corn | Art Barnaby | PDF (slides) |
| 2. Current Issues Affecting Retail Agribusinesses and Cooperatives | PDF (slides) | |
| 3. Financial Planning and FINPACK Analysis | PDF (slides) | |
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4. Labor Efficiency and Productivity |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper) |
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5. Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? (Part I of II) |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper 1) |
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| 6. Global Supply and Demand: Can We Feed the World? (Part II of II) |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper 2) PDF (paper 3) |
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| 7. Super-Sized Crop Farms: What Does It Take? |
Terry Kastens Kevin Dhuyvetter |
PDF (slides) |
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8. Cover-Crop Economics: Costs, Risks, and Adoption |
PDF (slides) | |
| 9. Credit Scores of Kansas Farmers |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper) |
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10. Livestock: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why? |
PDF (slides) | |
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11. Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigated Agriculture in NW Kansas |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper) |
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12. Strong Dollar/Weak Dollar: An Economist’s View on the Value of the US Dollar and Its Impact on Agriculture |
Paul Clark,
Kara Ross, Kelly Chen |
PDF (slides) |
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13. Food Crisis or Malthus Apologists? Explaining the Reactions to Global Food Price Inflation |
Vincent Amanor-Boadu | PDF (slides) |
| 14. A New Risk Era? Are Traditional Risk Management Tools and Strategies Still Effective? |
Kevin Dhuyvetter Ted Schroeder |
PDF (slides) |
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15. Cost of Gain and Death Loss Trends in the Cattle Feeding Sector |
PDF (slides) | |
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16. Using a Computer Based Irrigation Decision Tool (WARAT) to Assess the Risk of Limited Irrigation in Northwest Kansas |
Paul Clark,
Bill Golden,
Leah Tsoodle |
PDF (paper) |
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17. Kansas Ethanol Production and its Effect on Crops, Livestock, Trucking, and a Community |
Josh Roe Dan O'Brien |
PDF (paper) |
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18. A New Risk Era? How Will Crop Rental Arrangements Be Impacted? |
Kevin Dhuyvetter Terry Kastens |
PDF (slides) |
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19. Web Ways: Intelligent Internet Interaction |
PDF (slides) PDF (paper) |
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| 20. Farm Tax and Retirement Planning in Good Economic Years | Kent Miller, Lynn Hennigan | PDF (slides) |
| Previous Risk & Profit Conference Proceedings (2002-2007) |
| Kansas State University is
committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to
all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical,
vision or hearing disability, call the telephone number listed for the
conference location you wish to attend or Clyde Howard, Director of
Affirmative Action, Kansas State University, TTY - (785) 532-4807.
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, as amended. Kansas State University, County Extension Councils, Extension Districts and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Fred A. Cholick, Director. |
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