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Valuation of Crop and Livestock Reports: Methodological Issues and Questions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

J. Bruce Bullock
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri
Daryll Ray
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
Boubaker Thabet
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University

Extract

It is an understatement to say that the Statistical Reporting Service is not the farmers' and ranchers' most popular USDA agency. Many agricultural producers are quick to express their concerns that SRS production reports have a negative impact on farm prices and farm incomes. There appears to be a widespread feeling among producers that release of information about their current and planned production levels results in a transfer of wealth from producers to other groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1982

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