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September 30, 2021
Projected Kansas Feedlot Net Returns
(as of 9/10/21’ … correlates with periods of lower farm prices
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Price … Cattle
• National Weekly Cattle Net Price Distribution
What …
October 1, 2021
2021 Crop Insurance Workshop Presentations
Projected Kansas Feedlot Net Returns
(as of 10/14/21’ … correlates with periods of lower farm prices
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Price … Cattle
• National Weekly Cattle Net Price Distribution
What …
February 8, 2019
What, When, Where?Women Managing the Farm ConferenceFebruary 8, 2019/Manhattan, KansasRich LlewelynEmail: rvl@ksu.edu/Phone: 785.532.1504
K‐State Dept. of Agricultural Economics
• … Government policy – trade, farm bill • Weather• Natural disasters• … Grain and soybeans stored on and off farms (January, March, July, September)– …
October 1, 2015
USDA METSS Project
Contents
Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ............................................... 1
Income, Expenditure Shares, Food Choices and Food Security in Northern Ghana ................................... 16
Do Adult Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Case Study from Ghana ............................. 23
A Cautionary Note on Comparing Poverty Prevalence Rates ..................................................................... 43
Securing Africa’s Middle Class: The Case of Northern Ghana .................................................................... 53
The Effect of Transaction Costs on Grain and Oilseed Farmers’ Market Participation in Sub‐Saharan
Africa: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana ......................................................................................... 64
Reducing Gender Differences in Agricultural Performance in Northern Ghana ........................................ 82
Production Efficiency of Smallholder Farms in Northern Ghana ................................................................ 99
Does Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Matter in Children’s Health Status? Insights from Northern
Ghana ........................................................................................................................................................ 115
Recent Evidence of Health Effects of Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ........... 130
1
Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern
Ghana
Yacob Zereyesus and Vincent Amanor‐Boadu
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University
March 2015
Introduction
The prevalence of extreme poverty is externally determined by the established poverty line. In recent
years, it has been based on a daily per capita expenditure of $1.25, measured in 2005 Purchasing Power
Parity (PPP). Using PPP aims to eliminate the effect of exchange rates.
PPP is based on the Law of One Price – in the absence of transaction costs and trade barriers, identical
traded goods will have the same price in all markets when the prices are denominated in the same
currency. This implies that in the presence of transaction costs and trade barriers, identical traded
goods do not have the same price in all markets.
PPP is calculated in three stages:
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January 1, 1999
Price Risk Management
price.
Using Futures Contract
In A Farm Marketing Program
There … contracts can be
used in a farm marketing program. First … futures
exchange. Your actual net sale price for the wheat
would …
Price Risk Publications
price.
Using Futures Contract
In A Farm Marketing Program
There … contracts can be
used in a farm marketing program. First … futures
exchange. Your actual net sale price for the wheat
would …
March 15, 2017
Grain Marketing Presentations
higher risk – causing lower net
returns in U.S. agriculture
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what they pay for farm assets, & grain-livestock …
March 13, 2017
Land Use Value Research, Land Rental
Rates
on Kansas non-
irrigated farm lease arrangements. Similar … surveys on Kansas non-irrigated farm lease
arrangement have been … surveys on non-irrigated farm lease
arrangements, the …
August 26, 2021
CATTLE INDUSTRY
Missouri Farm Bureau – Commodity Conference
Jefferson City, MO
August 26, 2021
Background on GT’s Approach
• … “Confusion” & “Increased Interest” correlates with periods of lower farm prices
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Price Discovery vs Price Level
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