INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE: WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS?

Agribusiness,

TAX POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE

Public Economics,

Business Challenges in Commercialization of Agricultural Technology

Technology has been a major driver of both the agricultural productivity increases of the past century and the financial success of many farm and agribusiness firms. The challenges of bringing new technology to market in the agricultural industry are changing - it is no longer adequate to conceive a new invention and convince farmers with a strong marketing campaign that they should adopt the technology that results from this invention. One of the plenary sessions at the 2003 IAMA meetings in Cancun focused on the challenges and opportunities in creating value from new technology. Participants included: Michael Boehlje, Center for Food and Agricultural Business, Purdue University; Lynn White, Vice President, Global Ag Services, Deere; Marcello Arguelles, CEO of Biosidus; and Greg Clarke, Technical Director, FXA Group. This synopsis attempts to capture the key observations of the session presenters and the discussion that followed.Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,

MEGATRENDS IMPACTING AGRICULTURE

Agricultural and Food Policy,

MEGATRENDS IMPACTING AGRICULTURE

Farm Management,

MINNESOTA'S RURAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Agricultural Finance,

Syngenta and Sustainability: Implications for Corporate Strategy

This poster was inspired by a case study developed by Syngenta, a global crop protection and seed company, in collaboration with Purdue University. As a company dedicated to promoting innovation, delivering value, and being a leader in its industry, Syngenta faces both challenges and opportunities with respect to the sustainability debate. This poster presents the major issues of sustainability in a global context, in an agribusiness context, and finally in the specific case of Syngenta. The concluding discussion represents the perspectives of a group of agribusiness professionals that discussed this case study in an executive education program on the Purdue University campus.Sustainability, strategy, agribusiness, Agribusiness, Food Security and Poverty,

The Increasing Multifunctionality of Agricultural Raw Materials: Three Dilemmas for Innovation and Adoption

Bio-economy, industry convergence, renewables, disruptive innovation, multifunctionality, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Demand and Price Analysis, Q10, Q27, Q42, Q47,

The Use of Non-Deposit Funds by Rural Commercial Banks: An Application of Poly-Period Linear Programming

The past trends in capital and credit requirements of U.S. agriculture are well documented. While farm numbers and farm labor declined by more than fifty percent from 1950 to 1973, total assets for the U.S. farming sector Increased from $132,5 billion to$385.5 billion and debt from $12.4 billion to$73.6 billion [l4, p.l ] During this period of substantial growth in the agricultural capital market, there has also been a significant change in the market share of debt held by various financial intermediaries. In the non-real estate debt market. Production Credit Associations have Increased their share of the total outstanding debt report ed by financial institutionsfrom 13.7 percent in 1950 to 30.1 percent in 1973, Commercial banks* share of this farm debt category has decreased from 72,3 percent to 65,2 percent during the same period. [l4, p, 20] A similar shift has occurred in the real estate market. While the market share for Federal Land Banks Increased from 16.2 percent in 1950 to 26.1 percent in 1973, the share held by conmerclal banks decreased from 16.8 percent to 13.9 percent. [U, p. 15

Risk Sharing and Transactions Costs in Producer-Processor Supply Chains

Industrial Organization,