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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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A Comparison of Models to Forecast Annual Average Potato Prices in Utah

Erikson, Glade R. 01 May 1993 (has links)
Potatoes are a capital-intensive crop. A farmer who is considering expanding his potato acreage must carefully consider revenue requirements to offset the high costs of raising the crop. A method to forecast annual farm potato prices would be useful not only to the farmer, who is considering potato acreage expansion (or contraction), but also to the potato buyers. Seven forecasting models were considered: (1) a simultaneous equation model (with five equations); (2) a Box-Jenkins type ARIMA model; (3) an exponential smoothing model; (4) a moving-ave rage model; (5) a trend model; (6) an "opposite" model; and (7) a current. or naive, model. The results reveal the following three things: (I) The "best" model was the trend model. This model gave the most accurate one-period out-of-sample forecasts of the models tested (as measured by the mean absolute error (MAE), the root mean squared error (RMSE), and Theil's U2 statistics). The simultaneous equation model could be considered as the next best model. (2) The forecast for the average Utah farm potato price for 1992 was about $5.40 per cwt. (3) The average Utah farm potato price for 1993 should be in the $5.51 to $5.95 range (the forecasts from the trend and simultaneous equation models, respectively).

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