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February 17, 2022
Crop Insurance Papers
similar to total expenses. In other words, crop
insurance effectively … can cover expenses in the event of lower harvest prices
and/or … coverage level, with
most other underlying policies having …
January 24, 2025
2018 Farm Bill
at higher
prices in the event of yield losses at the county … Corn example
The other factor in the ARC/PLC decision … Refreshers on ARC, PLC, and other Important Items
A major …
Breakout Sessions
Fuel & energy (fuel, vehicle, irrigation energy, & utilities)
• Other inputs (repairs, machine hire, farm insurance, property taxes,
organization fees, conservation costs, interest, farm rents, opportunity cost of
equity)
• … ‐0.01
But remember,
the model did not predict well!
Changing management (e.g., increasing input levels) can
offset the effects of the models using just the weather
events.
In conclusion,
• The model was fit to 331 KFMA members for whom continuous
records were available from 1993‐2011
• …
March 1, 2015
USDA METSS Project
expenditure on U.S. goods, an event that increases during recessionary … economic stimulant. When these events shift the demand for U.S … and capital. Tractors and other farm production
equipment …
October 29, 2015
Grain Market Outlook
This trend in the value of the U.S. trade weighted dollar index is especially significant to the U.S. wheat
market. A higher U.S. dollar exchange rate relative to other major currencies generally makes it more
expensive for foreign buyers of U.S. wheat to exchange their country’s currencies for U.S. dollars – which they
would then in turn use to purchase U.S. wheat exports (i.e., which are denominated or “priced” in U.S. dollars).
Although this is not the only factor negatively impacting U.S. wheat exports, it is a very important one which
currently works against U.S. wheat being an affordable, competitive export seller in World wheat trade. …
May 18, 2015
Grain Market Outlook
or above in coming months
appear limited – unless unexpected, substantial crop production or export availability problems occur in either
the U.S. or in other major coarse grain produc … … orn futures contract, representing current grain
market price prospects through late June 2015, when the CME SEPTEMBER 2015 corn contract will assume
market leadership. Local basis adjustments are currently being made off JULY 2015 corn futures for spot cash
corn and grain sorghum price bids in North America as well as other World grain markets. Th …
August 31, 2016
Grain Market Outlook
per bushel –
above the Finney County marketing loan rate of $2.19 per bushel. When fall harvest begins it will be possible
that cash prices could fall to the loan rate in these areas due to lack of available storage space in these and
other areas in the state of K … eas in the state of Kansas.
Other market factors to conside …
September 30, 2016
Wind Energy Leases
Disabilities Act of 1990, and other federal laws and regulations … electrical generators convert other forms of energy into electricity … electrical generators con-
vert other forms of energy into
electricity …
September 1, 2009
Assessing Business Opportunities
Abstract
Business development is crucial for sustained economic progress and individual well‐being.
This paper describes how to provide support for business development efforts in communities
in conflict environments or only recently emerged from conflict environments. It uses the
Cascade Approach® to provide a clear and practical framework for developing businesses that
are carefully and deliberately discovered by people who are passionate about them and are
capable of marshaling the requisite resources to transform ideas into exploitable value.
The author is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State
University. He may be reached by telephone at (785) 532‐3520 and by email at
vincent@ksu.edu.
There are worksheets accompanying this paper and they are available at www.Agmanager.info.
Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1
Research Problem and Paper Outline ......................................................................................... 1
PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................... 3
The Geography of Economic Thought ........................................................................................ 3
Our Assumptions Are Not Necessarily Universal ........................................................................ 4
Establishing the Purpose for Action ............................................................................................ 6
PART II: OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY AND ASSESSMENT.................................................................. 8
Defining the Person Searching for Opportunities ....................................................................... 8
The Conscious Search for Opportunities .................................................................................... 9
Assessment of Identified Opportunities ................................................................................... 11
Transforming Opportunities into Exploitable Value ................................................................. 12
Marshaling of Strategic Resources ........................................................................................... 16
Assigning Responsibilities ......................................................................................................... 18
PART III: FROM STRATEGIC THINKING TO STRATEGIC ACTION .................................................... 19
There Are No Islands ................................................................................................................. 19
Executing the Ideas ................................................................................................................... 20
There Are No Linearities, Expect Breakdowns .......................................................................... 22
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 23
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 24
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Practical Strategies for Business Development in
Conflict and Post‐Conflict Environments
Vincent Amanor‐Boadu
August 2009
INTRODUCTION
Conflicts can have adverse effects on people’s decision‐making capacity
and influence their relationships. This is because conflicts affect the
sensemaking that people bring to events and situations. Entrepre …
November 10, 2016
2016 Crop Insurance Workshop Presentations
not qualify as market readiness
operations (minimal, on farm, in field or close proximity to field)
must be adjusted out of the commodity’s revenue. This is
because these costs are not at risk from a commodity production
point of view and are not allowed to be covered under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act. Leaving market readiness costs in
the insured revenue was a change provided by the 2014 Farm Bill
to help make whole‐farm insurance more convenient and
simpler for producers growing specialty crops for specialty
markets.
If other crop insurance is purchased at the CAT level, the farm is
not eligible for WFRP.
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If a farm has allowable revenue higher than the maximum, it is
not eligible for WFRP.
If farms have too much revenue from animals/animal products
or greenhouse/nursery, they are not eligible for WFRP.
If growing the actual crop (not just the plant) then the crop
would be listed as, for example, tomatoes, not
greenhouse/nursery.
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Revenue for the year will be determined using …