Consider the combination of circumstances that have fueled the strong land market and whether increases will continue.
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How do these price changes affect the welfare of western North Dakotans? Additionally, what are the impacts of these economic activities on the rest of the state?
As market conditions faced by a cooperative change, cooperative business leaders may seek funds to make additional investments or to maintain the ability to compete within a given region.
Listening is not easy and can be especially challenging in a number of situations.
Free markets and economic liberty tend to coincide with economic growth and prosperity.
As a new industrial crop, energy beets are expected to help meet the need for renewable feedstocks to replace high-cost fossil fuels.
The CTR will focus on risk and commodity trading, in addition to finance, portfolio analysis and management.
The most important questions about ACRE enrollment are whether the state will be eligible for an ACRE payment and for how much.
Farmers have experienced high demand and prices for their crops the past few years. However, farmers and experts agree that these conditions cannot be sustained forever.
North Dakota’s economy has been largely insulated from the primary factors affecting national and world economies.
Can we produce enough food to feed the world population in 2050?
One of the first steps is understanding that projections of future oil activity do not exhibit the classic boom-and-bust cycles the state has experienced in the past.
Standard demographic models and methods historically used to project population are inadequate because of the very rapid rate of change in western North Dakota and the unique nature of the Williston Basin workforce.
The means of transporting and disposing of this wastewater has become an issue.
Remember that prices for each market class of cattle have different seasonal patterns, so at times 2013 prices for some market classes (feeder calves in particular) likely will be below last year.
Some researchers have rated oranges higher than apples in their power to “keep the doctor away.”
Recognizing the concerns of surface owners who do not own the minerals, North Dakota law has been modified through the years to offer the surface owner more property protection rights.
Following a number of years in which wheat acres declined in North America and mostly shifted to corn, soybeans, canola and cotton, a number of events unfolded that helped spawn the recent interest in GM wheat.
Most likely Congress and the president will enact a temporary fix rather than deal with the nation’s long-term fiscal problems, which would require a comprehensive reform of the tax system and entitlement programs.
The first step in assessing market conditions and assigning subjective probabilities to price movements is to become familiar with the underlying supply and demand conditions for the crop under analysis.
Specialty crops play a major role in North Dakota’s agriculture.
The interest in flexible rents by landowners often is a result of a large rise in commodity prices, which has occurred this year.
There are two approaches, short-run and long-run perspectives, to study obesity.
Waterfowl hunting provides huge economic benefits to both private industry and the state.
Business retention and expansion programs help communities assess their business environment.
The crop insurance revenue guarantee will fall but costs likely will remain high, at least initially. Potentially, this can expose producers to a large financial loss.
Risk analysis is a major and vital component for short- and long-term successful growth and profitability.
As of July 2012, hand-held cell phone use by all drivers is banned in 10 states.
Economics is a useful tool for analyzing how different factors affect a business.
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