Agribusiness Economics & Management

There are a number of transportation issues that affect the transportation of fresh fruit and vegetable between different regions of the United States. One driving issue is federal and state regulatory policies and rules that affect the capacity of the transportation sector to adequately service the domestic and international markets for U.S. produced fresh fruit and vegetables. This symposium will provide discussion on the impact of those regulatory policies on fresh fruit and vegetable regional competitiveness issues.

Government programs and policies play a key role in agricultural markets. With the passage of acts like Sarbanes-Oxley and Food Safety Modernization, the expectation is government will play an increasing role. These papers examine how government policies ranging from immigration enforcement to sugar policy impact agribusiness firms.

The papers in this session examine leadership, employee recruitment, management transitions, and the impact of management on margins, all key factors in determining the success of agribusinesses.

There are many approaches that can be used by agribusiness firms to manage risk. This session examines how factors such as contract farming, disaster assistance, yield variability, and momentum profit.

The papers in this session examine a variety of issues related to pricing agricultural products. The papers include several studies that utilize willingness to pay methodologies and hedonic pricing techniques.

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Pricing issues are relevant to the marketing, general strategy, and overall profitability of a firm. The presentation in this session present a variety of models and approaches used by agribusinesses to examine price formation and response.