Little is known about the actual behavior of farmers who are offered forward contracts for renewable resources. The present survey explores farmers’ acceptance of sugar beet supply contracts. We find that the farmers’ responses are not in line with forecasts that are based on critical prices derived from naïve gross margin comparisons. Instead, farmers take into account that the contractual obligation to supply a certain amount of beets in combination with the volumetric production risk produces an asymmetry in revenues. They also consider risk and dynamic changes of the relative competitiveness of sugar beet and competing crop alternatives. We furthermore find that the past matters: a subsequent improvement of a contract offer that is made...
Using data from a survey of Pennsylvania food processors, we investigate what firm-level characteris...
Contract farming may be defined as agricultural production carried out according to a prior agreemen...
This study employed a stated choice experiment survey to identify southeastern U.S. farmers’ prefere...
Bislang ist wenig über das Verhalten von Landwirten bei Vertragsangeboten für die Lieferung nachwach...
This study analyze what contracting terms provides sufficient incentives for farmer’s to enter into ...
For a sustainable development of energy production in biogas plants, the continuous supply with subs...
Contract farming is a vital tool to connect farmer and industry. However, contracts participation be...
While contract farming provides opportunities to link smallholder farmers to markets, its sustainabi...
Marketing methods play a vital role in the efficiency of any supply-chain relationship. The relation...
With growing interest in cellulosic biofuels production, U.S. farmers may soon be called upon to pro...
The importance of understanding customers\u27 characteristics is something that farm input retailers...
. We consider four environments in which agricultural producers might operate, and for each of these...
This study employs a stated choice experiment survey to identify producer preferences for contracts ...
With the modernization of global agri-food systems, the role of contract farming is increasing. This...
The advent of multinational brewing companies to the Ethiopian brewery sector has contributed to the...
Using data from a survey of Pennsylvania food processors, we investigate what firm-level characteris...
Contract farming may be defined as agricultural production carried out according to a prior agreemen...
This study employed a stated choice experiment survey to identify southeastern U.S. farmers’ prefere...
Bislang ist wenig über das Verhalten von Landwirten bei Vertragsangeboten für die Lieferung nachwach...
This study analyze what contracting terms provides sufficient incentives for farmer’s to enter into ...
For a sustainable development of energy production in biogas plants, the continuous supply with subs...
Contract farming is a vital tool to connect farmer and industry. However, contracts participation be...
While contract farming provides opportunities to link smallholder farmers to markets, its sustainabi...
Marketing methods play a vital role in the efficiency of any supply-chain relationship. The relation...
With growing interest in cellulosic biofuels production, U.S. farmers may soon be called upon to pro...
The importance of understanding customers\u27 characteristics is something that farm input retailers...
. We consider four environments in which agricultural producers might operate, and for each of these...
This study employs a stated choice experiment survey to identify producer preferences for contracts ...
With the modernization of global agri-food systems, the role of contract farming is increasing. This...
The advent of multinational brewing companies to the Ethiopian brewery sector has contributed to the...
Using data from a survey of Pennsylvania food processors, we investigate what firm-level characteris...
Contract farming may be defined as agricultural production carried out according to a prior agreemen...
This study employed a stated choice experiment survey to identify southeastern U.S. farmers’ prefere...