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标题：The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Farmers
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作者：Dietz, Sarah N. ; Aulerich, Nicole M. ; Irwin, Scott H. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2009
页码：177-191
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982–2004. The results show that farmer benchmark prices for wheat in Illinois and Kansas fall in the middle third of the price range about half to three-quarters of the time. Consistent with previous studies, this refutes the contention that Illinois and Kansas wheat farmers routinely market the bulk of their wheat crop in the bottom portion of the price range. Tests of the average difference between farmer and market benchmark prices are sensitive to the market benchmark considered. The marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas is about equal to the market if a 24- or 20-month market benchmark is used, slightly above the market if a 12-month price benchmark is used, and significantly less than the market if the harvest benchmark is used. The sensitivity of marketing performance to the market benchmark considered is explained by the seasonal pattern of prices. While Illinois producers performed slightly better than their counterparts in Kansas, notable differences in performance across these two geographic areas is not observed.
关键词：benchmarks;Illinois;Kansas;marketing;performance;price;wheat