EFFECTS OF LOCATION BASIS VARIABILITY ON HEDGING OF SLAUGHTER HOGS IN THE SOUTH

Livestock Production/Industries,

AN INPUT-OUTPUT APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE FLOW OF FUNDS TO AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL MARKETS

Industrial Organization,

LOCATION BASIS VARIABILITY EFFECTS ON SLAUGHTER CATTLE HEDGING IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHERN PLAINS

Livestock Production/Industries,

FACTORS AFFECTING EFFICIENCY OF FEEDER CATTLE HEDGING IN KENTUCKY

Livestock Production/Industries,

EFFICIENT CASH AND HEDGED ENTERPRISE COMBINATIONS IN FEEDER CALF BACKGROUNDING OPERATIONS

Livestock Production/Industries,

ANALYSIS OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES OF GRAZING CONTRACTS VERSUS FUTURES AND OPTION CONTRACTS

A stochastic budget simulator and generalized stochastic dominance are used to compare the risk management properties of grazing contracts to futures and option contracts. The results show that the risks of backgrounding feeder cattle are reduced significantly for pasture owners in a grazing contract. However, the risks of the cattle owner in a grazing contract are not significantly reduced. The results show that generally risk adverse pasture owners prefer grazing contracts to integrated production when traditional hedging is used to manage price risks. In addition, grazing contracts compare favorably with put option contracts for some pasture owners.Backgrounding, Futures contracts, Grazing contracts, Options contracts, Risk management, Risk and Uncertainty,

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, Part 2

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, November 5, 2001. Pritham, who was born in New York City in 1955, talks about her background (Swiss); serving in the Army Nurse Core; serving stateside, in Germany, and in Korea; initial training; Vietnam; Gulf War; husband; typical day; toll on family; public support; funny moments; husband’s experiences in the military; his views of the military; travel; male/female relationships in the military; relationships among the women; harassment; her thoughts about the military. Text: 24 pp. transcript. Time: 01:30:05. Listen: Part 1: mfc_na3238_c2345_01 Part 2: mfc_na3238_c2346_01 Part 3: mfc_na3238_c2346_02https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/1059/thumbnail.jp

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, Part 1

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, November 5, 2001. Pritham, who was born in New York City in 1955, talks about her background (Swiss); serving in the Army Nurse Core; serving stateside, in Germany, and in Korea; initial training; Vietnam; Gulf War; husband; typical day; toll on family; public support; funny moments; husband’s experiences in the military; his views of the military; travel; male/female relationships in the military; relationships among the women; harassment; her thoughts about the military. Text: 24 pp. transcript. Time: 01:30:05. Listen: Part 1: mfc_na3238_c2345_01Part 2: mfc_na3238_c2346_01Part 3: mfc_na3238_c2346_02https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/1058/thumbnail.jp

Changes in salivary estradiol predict changes in women’s preferences for vocal masculinity

Although many studies have reported that women’s preferences for masculine physical characteristics in men change systematically during the menstrual cycle, the hormonal mechanisms underpinning these changes are currently poorly understood. Previous studies investigating the relationships between measured hormone levels and women’s masculinity preferences tested only judgments of men’s facial attractiveness. Results of these studies suggested that preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s faces were related to either women’s estradiol or testosterone levels. To investigate the hormonal correlates of within-woman variation in masculinity preferences further, here we measured 62 women’s salivary estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone levels and their preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s voices in five weekly test sessions. Multilevel modeling of these data showed that changes in salivary estradiol were the best predictor of changes in women’s preferences for vocal masculinity. These results complement other recent research implicating estradiol in women’s mate preferences, attention to courtship signals, sexual motivation, and sexual strategies, and are the first to link women’s voice preferences directly to measured hormone levels

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, Part 3

Ursula Pritham, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, November 5, 2001. Pritham, who was born in New York City in 1955, talks about her background (Swiss); serving in the Army Nurse Core; serving stateside, in Germany, and in Korea; initial training; Vietnam; Gulf War; husband; typical day; toll on family; public support; funny moments; husband’s experiences in the military; his views of the military; travel; male/female relationships in the military; relationships among the women; harassment; her thoughts about the military. Text: 24 pp. transcript. Time: 01:30:05. Listen: Part 1: mfc_na3238_c2345_01 Part 2: mfc_na3238_c2346_01 Part 3: mfc_na3238_c2346_02https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/1060/thumbnail.jp