... economic costs the value of the coefficients decreased with successive size categories indicating economies of size associated with these costs Costs declined as size increased as fixed amounts capital ... replacements used up inthe annual production process, plus interest that the remaining capital could have earned in an alternative use These costs were computed based on 2005 replacement cost estimates ... premiums that make organic systems competitive with conventional systems This is among the first studies to describe the organic milk production industry inthe U. S and should be of interest to...
... cost is the sum of the average settlement costs, some other expenses such as vaccination and sanitation (sometimes called nonchargeable expenses), and processing costs Turkey Contracts During the ... complaints about excessive investments may be theoretically justified Vukina, Tomislav Vertical Integrationand Contractingin the U. SPoultry Sector 37 Conclusions Thepoultry industry is a significant ... economies of scale inpoultry processing and the large proportion of the value added in processing are two main reasons why processors became the industry coordinators Turkey production is mainly...
... law in Europe and used in slaughterhouses for other livestock inthe U. S stunning is not a requirement inpoultry processing inthe U. S Stunning renders the birds insensible to pain It is also ... their business structures, the infrastructure they use and create, the technologies employed inproduction and processing, the role of the farmer/growers inthe business structure and the niche ... all stages of production and processing by buying up businesses that formed the infrastructure inthe value chain (hatcheries, farms, feed mills, processing plants and trucking operations) Thus...
... significantly, this paper 19 presents new estimates for the industry s short run operating costs The results indicate that the industry operates at constant or slightly increasing returns to capacity utilization, ... increase inthe labor-energy (energy-labor) input ratio, that is, raising the input price increases the relative use of the other input consistent with a substitution relationship Because the Morishima ... 191-201 U. S Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/industry/ Uzawa, H (1962), "Production Functions with Constant Elasticities of Substitution”, Review of Economics & Statistics,...
... sulfonamides and tylosin were shown to be commonly used these last years in pig production not only in China, Russia and Southeast Asia, but also inthe European Union[46] and inthe Un ited States[47] ... three production poultry, broilers and laying hens, but not in sows (Table 2a) systems (farm household, semi-industrial and industrial) is In piglets, fattening pigs, breeding poultry and laying ... farm household and industrial At least 45 antibiotics representing more than 10 classes production systems is observed only for poultryproduction were used in pig and poultryproductionin the...
... findings answer the research questions Part 3: Conclusion summarizes the findings of the study, giving concluding remarks, implications, limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies ... the discourse will help them understand more comprehensively the political discourses Scope of the study The linguistic features of the inaugural address made by President G.W Bush inthe U. S election ... we may summarize as: (1) The addressor is a person who produces a piece of discourse (2) The addressee is a person who is the recipient of the discourse, thus possibly including the audience...
... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown inthe “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought ... applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, “Year Built” remains the year of original substructure construction ... for all structures inthe report database are retained, even when the structure has invalid or missing data in some data fields The number of structures with invalid or missing data in any given...
... of instrumental support and social integration is not surprising, given the small nativity differences inthe distributions shown in Table and discussed above DISCUSSION The large and growing ... adults within the household to assist with caring for the child and making decisions is expected to provide a support buffer against stressful circumstances that might otherwise lead to mothers' ... Again, although we recognize that this measure is not ideal, very small to nonexistent sample sizes prevent us from using a more stringent drinking measure inthe MCS 13 MCS, we distinguish among...
... banking services These services are consumed mainly by smaller customers such as small businesses, family farmers, and depositors of low to moderate wealth Small business lending Community banks’ ... as small business lenders is important because small businesses account for a significant share of total output and employment growth While there is no single definition of a small business, the ... concludes that the Federal Reserve therefore has a strong interest in understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLE OF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has...
... NIPA saving rate measures, a number of statistical and measurement issues have been debated inthe literature on the U. S saving rate evolution The literature on the subject is rather voluminous ... because (3) tells us that the two measures should in principle give identical results In practice, this is an interesting question because it should be obvious that, when calculating the quantities ... is little doubt that such households would/could finance their standards of living by selling assets in their net wealth, thus “cashing out” from their cumulated capital gains (see, e.g., Lusardi,...
... well-defined inputs and measurable outputs Inputs include the characteristics of the students and their parents, the type and amount of purchased inputs provided by the schools themselves, and the social ... complexities of dealing with education funding during a state budget crisis The study also offers some conclusions T K–12 Education inthe U. S Economy number of small business starts, and the residential ... 15.7 Source: Authors’ analysis of data from the General Social Surveys responses to the question: “I am going to name some institutions in this country As far as the people running these institutions...
... substitutes for animal protein in their diets The rural people have access to bush meat such as grass cutter, rodents, rats, snails, fish and even crabs Thus, the study observed that the nearer thepoultry ... increasing egg production by about 23.7% by adopting the technology and techniques used by the best-practiced poultry farms One of such measures is addressing the issue of negative elasticity ... eggs is assured The T.E for rural areas decreases due to sparse population and relatively low demand for eggs as a result of low-income base of people inthe rural areas and presence of substitutes...
... suggest this will include: z etermining why women s representation in news media occupations is inverse to the D proportion of women with journalism and mass communication degrees z ssessing ... editors, and supervisors in 2011 Figure shows gender representation in newsrooms since 2011, according to the ASNE Newsroom Census Figure1 Gender Representation in Newspaper Newsrooms, 1999-2011 ... approaches to improving the status quo Current data suggest this will include: z etermining why women s representation in news media occupations is inverse to the D proportion of women with journalism...
... throughout the growing season for resistance to the most common lettuce diseases, such as lettuce mosaic virus (LMV) and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum These diseases will be discussed in “Diseases of ... threshing may begin Threshing is best done early inthe day, when residual morning moisture helps reduce losses due to shattering, and reduces presence of tiny stems (“sticks”) as a seed contaminant ... well, but extreme heat during flowering can damage the seed Rain during harvest can cause seed shattering, sprouting of seeds inthe seed heads, and encourage discoloration and diseases of the seed...
... consumer does not report the loss within two business days, they could lose up to $500 because of an unauthorized transfer The consumer also risks unlimited loss, including all of the money in ... after the death of a spouse, the remaining spouse may be asked to reapply if the account was based on the deceased spouse s income and the creditor has reason to believe that the surviving spouse ... credit bureau must report the results of the investigation back to the consumer within 30 days after receiving notice of the consumer s dispute If the investigation does not result in any changes to...
... Metrics considered or used by EPA included the use of its research results to support regulations, surveys to gauge client satisfaction with its products, average time spent in producing assessments, ... efficiency per se Operationally, though, OMB seeks to address these process efficiency questions using measures of outcomes QUESTION In exploring the question, “What is a ‘sufficient’ measure of efficiency?”, ... assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards of objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study...
... of other observations This also increases the chances that most farmers misdiagnose coccidiosis or confuse it with other diseases that lead to similar symptoms, leading to questions about the ... January 2004 Of these, 47 questionnaires were not completed Five trained enumerators from the Mushagashe Agricultural Research and Extension Services administered the questionnaires The main aspects ... most African societies, males are the heads of the households.6 Traditional medicines are widely used inthe smallholder sectors, and the use of the A vera and A spicata plants was not influenced...
... Emerging Infectious Diseases asbestos, irritants, and other respirable dusts were at best unpatriotic, and possibly traitorous As the dust has settled and the trauma receded into our memories, it is ... those requirements in respect to the appointment of competent supervisors The Ministry of Labour s role is to enforce regulations under the Act Inthe case of respirators, the Ministry uses as ... patients Studies of cross-infection for contagious airborne diseases (in uenza, measles, TB, for example) have found that placing patients in single rooms is safer than housing them in multibed spaces,...
... maintained This renders the initial supply S to shift to SThe upward supply shift causes a decrease inthe producer surplus by area (a + b + c + d) However, the total loss in producer surplus ... declining levels of support or increases inthe milk quota may reduce market milk prices, while an increase of production input prices, such as feed grains, may increase costs, thus quota rents ... to the dairy sector, existing CAP instruments such as milk quotas, super levies, intervention prices, dairy premiums, processing aids, export subsidies and import tariffs still affect the supply...