The Farm Bill is a large omnibus bill that covers many titles, including commodity programs, and accounted for $23.9 billion in government spending in 2006. The purposes of this study are to determine if commodity variables are the only variables that are closely correlated to government commodity payments, and if government payments are distributed equitably by Farm Resource Region, based on the inequitable distribution of payments cited by other researchers. Data included economics, operator characteristics, farm typologies, tenure, and geographic variables. Kendall’s correlations and location quotients examined the relationship between these variables and government payments. Choropleth maps were created to visually examine the relationships. This study found that corn, soybean, wheat, and cropland variables were strongly correlated to government payment variables, supporting the hypothesis. However, other variables were also strongly correlated to government payment variables, and payments varied widely by Farm Resource Region. The hypotheses were rejected. / Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 16, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-99).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136).

This thesis is focused on evaluation of the disposal of financial subsidies in the agricultural company in the South-Czech region in years 2003 {--}2007. The company is noted as ``A{\crqq}. The theoretic part defines investments and their financing. There are mentioned methods of investment efficiency evaluation in this part and further appraisal of investment from the point of view of requirement, range and effect. The practical part includes characteristic of the chosen agricultural company and evaluation of impact of received subsidies.

Magister Legum - LLM / The aim of the research is to establish how trade distorting agricultural subsidies have impacted South Africa’s agricultural exports. The research will explore trade distorting subsidies and how South Africa’s trade liberalisation approach relative to its trading partners have impacted South Africa’s trade output, as well as suggesting effective policy recommendations for South Africa’s agricultural trade going forward.

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Congress has directed the Department of Agriculture to perform research and establish a pilot program to determine the feasibility of using regulated agricultural commodity options trading for the benefit of farmers to protect them from fluctuations in the value of their commodities. The purpose of this study is to examine the prospects for using put options in place of current farm income support programs. It focuses on the feed corn program in its analysis. It also examines available literature on the subject of using futures and options contracts to replace current farm programs. The study uses the Black model for the pricing of options on futures contracts to estimate prices of options that would provide a level of income protection similar to that afforded by the current income support program for corn farmers. It goes on to estimate the fair value of the implicit put options granted by the Federal government for the 1982 - 1989 crops of corn and compares those values to actual program costs. The results suggest the possibility that program costs are higher than they need be because government price and income guarantees are provided at a cost in excess of the fair market values of the current program's implicit options and that transfer of some or all of the risk-bearing role to the private sector would result in reduced government costs. / Master of Arts

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In an effort to reduce its dependency on mining, (since independence at 1966) the successive governments of Botswana (GoB) have continued to foster national development by diversifying the country’s economy, with agribusiness development strategies at the forefront of discussions. Over decades, a significant number of policies on agri-support have been developed towards this mission. Nevertheless, the performance of the sector continues to decline considerably. Despite its potential to promote and develop small-scale farmers, literature on agri-support programmes has indicated that without scrutiny and continuous evaluation of the programmes in place, the strategy can be another way of which governments lose money. This study examines the Botswana Young Farmers Fund programme that finances aspiring young farmers to start up or expand their agri projects. More particularly, the study investigates how this model in the context of young farmers, impacts and contribute to the development of the agricultural sector in Botswana. The study identified challenges and opportunities of the YFF programme. The major challenge which is also applicable to the general sector, identified by the case study suggests that the agricultural environment in Botswana is fragile, therefore seeks relevant agribusiness development strategies that are tailor-made for specific challenges faced by the sector.