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1999
This paper examines alternative risk management strategies in terms of their effectiveness for three representative Alberta farm operations. Stochastic dynamic simulation methods are used to model financial performance for these farms, and alternative risk management programs are compared in...
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1996
Unterschultz, Jim, Vincent, Michel, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
The province of Quebec is one of the major domestic markets for Alberta beef products. In 1994, Alberta accounted for 54.5% of beef imports into Quebec. Other competitors who also supply beef to Quebec include Ontario, the US, and Australia/New Zealand. Australia/New Zealand provide mostly...
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1996
Unterschultz, Jim, Lerohl, Mel, Price, Mick, Vincent, Michel
In 1995 interprovincial beef exports accounted for 57% of Alberta beef production, while international beef exports only represented 24%. Quebec accounted for approximately 50% of the interprovincial beef exports from Alberta and 28% of Alberta beef production. The Quebec beef market has four...
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1997
Novak, Frank, Unterschultz, Jim
This research investigates flexible pricing and payment alternatives (FPPA) that can be incorporated within the CWB pooling system for wheat. FPPA allow the CWB to remove some or all of the price uncertainty within a crop year to participating farm managers and let them arrange cash inflows more...
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Hedging Alberta Government's Oil and Gas Revenue: Is Acting Like a Farmer a Viable Strategy?
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Hotz, Joffre, Unterschultz, Jim
The provincial government of Alberta in Canada experiences a significant annual revenue variability arising from changes in crude oil and natural gas prices. This research evaluated whether Alberta's non-renewable revenue risk could be managed using a derivatives hedging program. Results from a...
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Investment Analysis of Agri-Food Ventures: What Risk Premia are Appropriate? The Silence of the Literature
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Unterschultz, Jim, Quagrainie, Kwamena K.
Financial principles of project investment analysis with the cost and benefit flows over time. Invariably, the correct future cash flows and exact risks are unknown. The agricultural academic literature devotes substantial energy to discussing the estimation of the cash flows but it is relatively...
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1997
Unterschultz, Jim, Vincent, Michel, Veeman, Michele M., Kuperis, Peter
The Pacific Northwest of the United States, Washington and Oregon, constitutes a major export market for Western Canadian pork. Exports of fresh pork from British Columbia and Alberta to the Pacific Northwest increased from 16,491 tonnes in 1988 to 19,505 tonnes in 1995. The Pacific Northwest is...
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Reducing Investment Risk in Tractors and Combines with Improved Terminal Asset Value Forecasts
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Mumey, Glen, Unterschultz, Jim
Secondary asset market data for combines and tractors used to estimate and separate out historical economic depreciation, embodied technological change and time value change. Combines and tractors generally exhibit constant geometric economic depreciation on a year to year basis. Depreciation...
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Reflecting Productivity Losses due to Erosion in Physical and Financial Accounts for Agricultural Soils
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The paper describes an approach to estimating the long-term impact of soil erosion, and applies that approach to data from the Province of Alberta, Canada. This paper relies upon a soil classification system established in Canada, known as the Canada Land Inventory (CLI). It also employs...
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1996
Mumey, Glen, Unterschultz, Jim
A farmer planning to use Net Present Value (NPV) analysis on machinery requires estimates of operating benefits over time, an estimate of terminal or salvage values and a risk-adjusted discount rate. Using financial market information and related Root Mean Square Errors on machinery value...