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Do Canadians care about dairy animal welfare? Exploring consumer perceptions and preferences
(2014-08-21)
Research on consumer perceptions towards dairy animal welfare is lacking in Canada. Though consumers are aware of animal welfare issues in other animal industries, the dairy industry remains largely ignored. This thesis ...
Short of time or short of money? - A two constraint demand system on Canadian food consumption
(2014-08-25)
This research develops a food demand system model based on the Linear Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS). The major contribution of this research is that the opportunity cost of time on food cooking/cleaning up is modeled ...
Developing market sentiment indicators for commodity price forecasting using machine learning
(2017)
The objective of this study is to develop a market sentiment model for financial markets using machine learning, and to illustrate these methods using commodity price data. A market sentiment model may capture the fundamental ...
Examining quota values with consideration for risk
(2016)
The objective of this thesis was to determine the effect of income volatility risk on quota values in the Canadian dairy industry. A quota valuation model was developed to explain the relationship between quota value and ...
Can increasing whole and fractioned pea flour consumption in Canada reduce healthcare expenditures?
(2016)
The implication of increasing consumption of functional foods, such as pulse-containing products, reveals the potential to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD) and thereby achieves ...
The effects of untying Canadian food aid on the price sensitivity of commodity procurement decisions
(2017)
Ninety percent of Canadian food aid donations were tied to domestic procurement sources until 2005. Procurement restrictions were reduced to 50% in 2005 and were eliminated in 2008. Implementing agencies are now free to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Use of NBPT-DCD formulated urea to reduce N2O emissions and N losses from fall banded fertilizer
(2011-09-20)
A two-year field study and two incubation studies were conducted to evaluate incorporating urea with a urease and nitrification inhibitor to reduce N2O and N losses from fall banded fertilizer. In each year of the field ...
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 ...