Contracting for canola in the Great Plains states
By: William W. Wilson and Bruce Dahl
Contributors: Dahl, Bruce L.; North Dakota State University. Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Series: Agribusiness and applied economics report -- no. 663; Agribusiness & applied economics report -- no. 663.
Publisher: North Dakota State University, Dept. of Agribusiness & Applied Economics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fargo, ND
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Oil industries; Canola; Agricultural contracts
Description: Canola has become an important crop in the last decade in the U.S. Production of canola is risky and competes with other crops which have a range of risk reduction mechanisms. Alternative contracting strategies were evaluated by comparing returns to labor and management for growers and gross margins for processors. Alternative contracting strategies included no contract, fixed price with and without act of god provisions, and an oil premium contract. Grower returns and processor gross margins were simulated and resulting distributions were evaluated using stochastic efficiency with respect to a function. We estimated certainty equivalents and ranked contract preferences for both growers and processors by region in North Dakota. Grower and processor risk preferences varied by region. Producers and processors preferences differed for contract alternatives in the Northwest, Northeast and Eastcentral regions and were in agreement in the Northcentral region. This suggests that development of a single contract that would be widely adopted across the state would likely have to be altered by region to be acceptable to growers and processors.
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