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Chinese consumers’ preference for selected food safety attributes of milk powders
(2015)
A series of milk safety scandals have occurred in China since the early 2000s that not only led to thousands of consumers falling ill, but also caused the deaths of infants. The milk scandals scared many consumers in ...
Optimal machinery use intensity for a large farm in west central Manitoba
(2011-08-26)
Farmers in Western Canada are continually assessing where to invest their next dollar. In considering a farm expansion and the machinery assets they need to match their current farm size or a possible expansion.
This ...
An economic analysis of removing the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk authority and rail deregulation in Western Canada
(2012-01-07)
Wheat is the most common cereal crop grown by farmers in Western Canada and is mainly used for export. The marketing structure for wheat in Western Canada is unique. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), a statutory marketing ...
The impacts of a co-operative versus a private monopsony marketing structure in Western Australia on the wheat grower
(2011-08-26)
The Western Australian Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) has been described as a regional monopsony due to its control of the supply chain. Currently, CBH is a grower owned co-operative, however recently it has been considering ...
An integrated supply and demand analysis of Canadian rapeseed and vegetable-oil products
(2014-04-16)
In recent years, events abroad and in Canada's agricultural economy have resulted in the rapid expansion of all segments of the Canadian rapeseed industry; in particular in production, exports, processing and utilization. ...
Producers' decision making process in grain marketing: a study in the Canadian market
(2011-12-21)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how Western Canadian wheat producers’ make their marketing decisions. In Canada, wheat, durum wheat, and barley produced for human consumption and export are marketed through ...
An empirical investigation into the determinants of bias in trade policy
(2011-12-19)
Limao and Panagariya (L&P, 2007) modify Grossman and Helpman’s (1994) lobbying model in an attempt to understand why anti-trade bias is the predominant pattern in observed trade policy. L&P (2007) propose that governments ...
Farm profit-maximization in western Canada : process, pricing, and planning in the marketing of commodity crops
(2006)
Ideally, a farmer would sell all of his or her crops when the market is believed to be peaking, at a price representing a profit to the farm. In practice, there are constraints to doing so including the fundamental challenges ...
An analysis of the Western Canadian feed grain market
(2002)
Both feed grain prices and livestock production in Western Canada have been affected by regional, national and international government programs. This study analyzed export prices realized by the Canadian Wheat Board's ...
