Hedging is one of the most important risk management decisions that farmers make and has a potentially large role in the level of profit eventually earned from farming. Using panel data from a survey of Georgia farmers that recorded their hedging decisions for 4 years on four crops, we examine the role of habit, demographics, farm characteristics, and information sources on the hedging decision...

This paper develops an econometric model to analyze the onfarm impact of adoption of genetically engineered (GE) crops on pesticide use and yields after controlling for other factors. The model, which corrects for self-selection and simultaneity and is consistent with profit maximization, is used to estimate the relationship between Bt corn adoption and insecticide use and yields using data fro...

E-commerce is snowballing with advancements in technology, and as a result, understanding complex transactional data has become increasingly important. To keep customers engaged, e-commerce systems need to have practical product recommendations. Some studies focused on finding the most frequent items recommend customers. However, this approach fails consider profitability, crucial aspect for co...

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Recent research on the impact of institutions su¤ers from historical, theoretical, and methodological problems. The historical issue is whether the initially poorer countries became wealthier, as Acemoglou, Johnson, and Robinson (2002) would have us believe. The theoretical question is whether the institutions that should matter are those that protect property rights or those that coordindate i...

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As the farming landscape changes, farmers are now more than ever required to be in control of their farming businesses. The successful extension program, Feeding Pastures for Profit (FPFP), supports dairy farmers through providing the principles, skills and tools to make profitable feed management decisions on a daily basis. Aside from increasing the profitability of participants in the program...

As greenhouse gas emission is initiating climate change, renewable power resources like wind energy are aiding nations to accomplish the carbon neutrality goal as proposed in Paris treaty of 2015. In this paper, a novel dynamic assignment process factors for crossover and mutation methods genetic algorithm expanding yearly profit farm at Jafrabad India. The research solutions confirm supremacy ...

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