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Fall 2014
Alberta is a region undergoing substantial agricultural land use changes due to rapid economic and population growth, however the extent of such changes and the driving forces behind have not been assessed in detail due to data limitations. This three-part study makes use of recent developments...
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Spring 2018
Since their first discoveries in the early 1990s in Canada, pig diseases, especially porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD), have plagued the Canadian pig industry, and the problem became more severe with the onset of porcine epidemic...
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Two Essays on Market Interdependencies, Price Volatility and Volatility Spillovers in the Western Canadian Feed Barley, U.S. Corn and Alberta Cattle Markets
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Over the last decade, Alberta cattle markets have experienced several extreme events, including the 2003 Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis and recent episodes of feed price surges. These events may have affected the price volatility of Alberta cattle and its interdependencies...