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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 ...
Investing in United States Farmland: A Capital Asset Pricing Model Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This study examines the risk and returns to owning United States farmland. State, regional, and national farmland returns from 1998 to 2018 are analyzed via the capital asset pricing model. Results show that farmland may ...
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 ...
Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investments at Agricultural Cooperatives
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Industries related to agricultural cooperatives record some of the highest injury rates in the U.S. Therefore, agricultural cooperatives are highly motivated to invest in occupational health and safety (OHS). This thesis ...
Rail Car Trip Transit Time and the Effects on Grain Trading Company Profits
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This examines the logistic process of a grain trading company, and how logistics affect profits. Trip transit time is the amount of times a shuttle train moves back and forth from an elevator and a destination. In the years ...
Time-Varying Estimation of Crop Insurance Program in Altering North Dakota Farm Economic Structure
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study examines how federal farm policies, specifically crop Insurance, have affected the farm economic structure of North Dakota's agriculture sector. The system of derived input demand equations is estimated to ...
Evaluating the Role of Trade Openness and Trade Openness Risk on Agricultural Production Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The impacts of trade openness and trade openness risk on the technical efficiency of agricultural production were examined using an extended stochastic frontier analysis econometric model. This model simultaneously estimates ...
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' ...
An Econometric Analysis of Cost Changes in U.S. Trucking and the Implications of Implementing the NAFTA Trucking Provisions
(North Dakota State University, 2007)
The United States trucking industry underwent deregulation starting in 1980. There was much opposition to the process in fears that trucking companies would be adversely affected by increased competition. There were also ...
An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment and Exports of Processed Food Industries
(North Dakota State University, 2006)
This study examined the determinants of U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports of processed food. This study also examined the impact of U.S. FDI on U.S. exports on processed food. FDI and export models used for ...