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An analysis of Canadian business risk management programs and potential program enhancements
(2021-04-19)
Agriculture is an important industry in Manitoba. The Canadian government recognizes the risk associated with Manitoban and Canadian farms through income support programs known as Business Risk Management Programs. In ...
Crop yield impacts from rotations in Manitoba
(2021-05-27)
Primary agriculture and agriculture manufacturing, as one of the dominant industries in Manitoba, generates jobs, agricultural products, and boosts economic output. Crop rotation, swapping out different crops over seasons, ...
Information content of time durations of limit order book updates
(2022)
The limit order book (LOB) of an exchange contains detailed information about the trading process. Research performed using LOB data has focused on bid-ask spreads, quotes and depths at different LOB levels. However, other ...
Using the information contained in the limit order book to predict volatility
(2022)
Price volatility is a research area of much interest in agricultural commodity markets. Most studies in the extant literature have used daily data for volatility estimation and forecasting, which was aligned with the ...
The effect of algorithmic trading on agricultural commodities market quality
(2020)
The growing use of algorithms has significantly changed trading. These changes have
been subjected to an ongoing debate in the finance literature. Some studies have found that algorithmic trading (AT) has a positive effect ...
Crop Yield Estimation Using NDVI: A Comparison of Various NDVI Metrics
(2021-03)
The objective of this study is to examine and compare multiple Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) metrics for estimating crop yield. There are several terms used to describe NDVI metrics including: process ...
Public preferences for quota buybacks in the context of Canadian supply management deregulation
(2022-08-08)
This project examines supply management deregulation from a public preference perspective. It utilizes data collected in a nationally representative survey of Canadian adults conducted between December 2018 and January ...
Do old limit orders contain information?
(2022-08-24)
Studies in agricultural futures markets have shown that limit orders carry significant information and contribute to the price discovery process. This means that orders arriving to the exchange contain information coming ...
Economic feasibility of incorporating pea coproducts in a Manitoba cow-calf operation
(2022-08-27)
Low-cost feeds that fulfill the nutritional needs of cattle are critical to the profitability of livestock operations. Feed, accounting for 50-60% of total production costs, is the primary expense associated with most ...
Satellite based remote sensing for estimating crop yield: examining the use of various functional forms and vegetation indices
(2022-08-25)
This research includes two studies on estimating crop yield using satellite-based vegetation indices. For the first study, the objective is to compare eight different functional forms for estimating U.S crop yield using ...