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2009
Risk & Profit Conference
August 20-21, 2009 Manhattan, KS
| Risk and Profit is an annual conference hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics that provides an opportunity for key agricultural decision makers to interact with each other and with faculty. |
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2009 Risk and Profit Conference Proceedings |
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GENERAL SESSIONS |
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SESSION I: Impacts of the Financial Market Crisis on the Agriculture Sector |
Allen Featherstone Kansas State University |
PDF
(Slides) PDF (Paper) |
| SESSION II: A Conversation With A Top Kansas Producer |
Lon Frahm Frahm Farms |
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| SESSION III A: Livestock Outlook |
James Mintert Purdue University |
PDF (Slides) |
| SESSION III B: Grain Outlook |
Mike Woolverton Kansas State University |
PDF (Slides) |
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SESSION IV: The Future of K-State in Addressing the Land Grant Mission |
Kirk Schulz Kansas State University |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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| 1. The Post-recession Economic Landscape for Food and Agriculture: Maintaining Our Competitiveness |
Mike Woolverton Dan O'Brien |
PDF (Slides) |
| 2. Macroeconomic Theories that Rule the World | PDF (Slides) | |
| 3. Optimal Level of Crop Insurance Combined with SURE | Art Barnaby | PDF (Slides) |
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4. Why Producers Should Consider Managing Supply Chain Risk |
PDF (Slides) | |
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5. Interest Rates |
PDF (Slides) | |
| 6. Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Why Packer Market Power is So Elusive |
John Crespi, Tian Xia, Rodney Jones |
PDF (Paper) |
| 7. Flexible Cash Rents | Kevin Dhuyvetter | PDF (Slides) |
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8. The Impact of Kansas Grain Industry Structure on Corn and Wheat Bids |
PDF
(Slides) PDF (Paper) PDF (Related Paper) |
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| 9. Country Of Origin Labeling |
PDF (Slides) PDF (Paper) |
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10. Strategically Speaking...: The Increasing Need for Strategic Thinking in Farm Businesses |
PDF (Slides) | |
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11. A Risk Analysis of Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation in Western Kansas |
PDF (Slides) | |
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12. Commodity Swaps |
PDF (Slides) | |
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13. Dry Land Farming Risk and Profit: How Are They Affected by Tillage & Opportunity Cropping in W. Kansas? |
Ray Smith, Robert Burton, Jr., & Alan Schlegel | PDF (Slides) |
| 14. Relative Efficiency of Kansas Wheat Farms | Michael Langemeier |
PDF (Slides) PDF (Paper) |
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15. KFMA Employee Management Survey |
Kevin Herbel, Kiel Roehl | PDF (Slides) |
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16. Productivity Convergence Across Kansas Farms |
Beth Yeager, Michael Langemeier |
PDF
(Slides) PDF (Paper) |
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17. Management Strategies Affecting Calf Marketability |
Lee Schulz, Kevin Dhuyvetter | PDF (Slides) |
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18. Is Conservation Tillage Conserving Dollars In Your Pocket?: A Deeper Look at No-Till on the Plains |
PDF (Slides) | |
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19. Managing Risk Using AgManager.info |
PDF (Slides) | |
| 20. The Obesity Epidemic--What it means for Agriculture | Bryan Schurle, Troy Dumler |
PDF (Slides) PDF (Paper) |
| Previous Risk & Profit Conference Proceedings (2002-2008) |
| Kansas State University is
committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to
all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical,
vision or hearing disability, call the telephone number listed for the
conference location you wish to attend or Clyde Howard, Director of
Affirmative Action, Kansas State University, TTY - (785) 532-4807.
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, as amended. Kansas State University, County Extension Councils, Extension Districts and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating, Fred A. Cholick, Director. |
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