Browsing Agribusiness & Applied Economics Masters Theses by Title
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Lipoic Acid Supplementation in the Ovariectomized Ewe
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Inadequate concentrations of progesterone during gestation can result in impaired embryonic growth and losses. These losses may be attributed to an overactive mechanism of progesterone catabolism or improper luteal function, ... -
Logistic Strategies for an Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based Ethanol Production Industry : An Application to Northeastern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2008)A mixed integer programming model is developed to determine a logistical design for maximizing rates of return to harvest, storage, transportation, and bioreflning of herbaceous crop residue for production of biofuels and ... -
Mapping the Unconventional Monetary Policy of the Fed with Financial Market
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The value of currency in circulation and the value of the assets side of the balance sheet has become a choice variable for implementing policy under the monetary policy framework introduced by Ben Bernanke during the 2008 ... -
Margin-at-Risk for Agricultural Processors: Flour Milling Scenarios
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Historic market volatility has made risk management decisions by firms in the agricultural supply chain more challenging. Market risk measurement methods, such as Value-at-Risk, were developed in the financial industry to ... -
Marijuana Legalization Effect on Opioid Abuse: A Synthetic Control Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The opioid epidemic constitutes one of the worst drug crises in the history of U.S. State-level policies, in general, have done little to prevent prescription opioid abuse. A noteworthy exception to other clinical efforts ... -
Measures of Bank Performance, Liquidity Risk and Their Relationship with Farm Income Volatility
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of farm-level risk on bank performance in the state of North Dakota. Farm-level risk has been quantified into a single measure of the volatility of net farm income. ... -
A Meta-Analysis of Studies Addressing the Impact of GBH on Human, Animal Health and the Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The herbicide glyphosate has been tested and approved by both the FDA and the USDA, as evidenced by many published research papers, i.e., they are deemed safe for humans, animals, and the environment. However, evidence is ... -
Minimum Cost Beef Backgrounding Ration Utilizing Alternative Feedstuffs and Stochastic Prices
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Cattle producers on the Northern Great Plains have many feedstuffs available. Feedstuffs comprise a large portion of direct costs producers face, and to be profit maximizing producers they look to minimize this cost. This ... -
Modeling the Impacts of Changing Agricultural Patterns on Rainfall and Temperature in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Global climate change has been an issue of much concern for many years now with human activity being the main contributor to this phenomenon. However, some evidence in the United States Midwest suggests that there has been ... -
A Multivariate Approach to Forecasting Dairy Imports
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The global economy is becoming more connected with every passing year. Developing countries continue to lift themselves out of poverty and their markets are hungry for the opportunity to trade goods with nations all over ... -
Natural Disasters, Institutions, and Economic Recovery: Effects of Hurricane Katrina
(North Dakota State University, 2022)This study analyzes the effects of Hurricane Katrina on formal and informal institutions in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi to provide insights into the recovery trajectories of the states. I use the synthetic control ... -
North Dakota Banking Efficiency: A DEA Application to Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Banks Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis 2002-2012
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The Great Recession of the late 2000s had negative impacts across the United States economies with unemployment rates rising, bank failures, and other numerous economic problems. However, North Dakota was able to fend off ... -
North Dakota Beef Cow Operators: Identifying Current Management Practices and Factors that Influence Adoption Rates of Best Management Practices Relating to Surface Water Pollution
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Best management practices are methods that have been determined to be the most effective and practical means of preventing or reducing pollution. Best Management Practices (BMPs) relating to surface water pollution abatement ... -
Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies in Vegetable Preparation and Consumption
(North Dakota State University, 2007)Foodbome disease outbreaks have a tremendous impact on society, including foodbome illnesses, hospitalizations, lost work time, and deaths. These food-safety events have a significant influence in shaping consumers' ... -
On the Profitability of UAS-Based NDVI Imagery for Variable Rate Nitrogen Prescriptions in Corn and Wheat in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This study examines the grower’s decision to invest in precision agriculture technologies especially in-season variable rate nitrogen applications based on NDVI data collected from UAVs. NDVI, yield, soil, and other field ... -
Optimal Grain Production and Distribution in China
(North Dakota State University, 2006)The objective of this study is to evaluate the configuration of China's grain production pattern and the implications for agricultural trade. A spatial equilibrium model is developed to optimize grain production and ... -
Optimal Inventory Strategy Under Risk: A Contingent Claims Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Inventory management in the agriculture industry involves many sources of risk in terms of demand uncertainty as well as uncertain margins. Divulging an optimal inventory strategy can prove cumbersome to logistics managers. ... -
Optimization of Coverage Ratios for Basis and Freight Trading Portfolios
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Changing commodity prices create opportunities for traders to profit or experience substantial losses if risk is not managed. Extensive research has been presented regarding optimal hedging strategies using futures markets ... -
Optimization of Soybean Buying Strategies Using Derivatives
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The portfolio model of hedging framework, based off Markowitz (1952), is used to determine the best mix of futures, basis, and option contracts to hedge a soybean purchase from PNW 28 weeks in to the future. Eighteen options ... -
Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption and Usage in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The world population is projected to rise, and there is a growing concern of future food availability. Precision agriculture technologies are one solution to this problem as they aim to produce more food on less land. This ...