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Variability of Wheat Yields in the Great Plains

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  • Larson, Donald K.
  • Thompson, Layton S.

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Excerpts from the Preface: Rainfall and crop yields fluctuate widely in the Great Plains, making predictions of production difficult. In 1951, E. Lloyd Barber of the U. S. Department of Agriculture wrote a report entitled, "Variability of Wheat Yields by Counties in the United States." It contained average wheat yields and coefficients of yield variability by counties in the United States for 1926-48. The period covered years of extreme drought as well as years of bountiful rainfall. Favorable weather in the Southern Plains since 1948, except during 1952-56, and great strides in technology have tended to improve and stabilize yields in the Great Plains. The study reported here extends Barber's study through 1962 and shows average wheat yields and yield variability for 1926-48 and 1940-62 in 9 Great Plains States. It also includes coefficients of yield trend and yield variability for the entire 1926-62 period.

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  • Larson, Donald K. & Thompson, Layton S., 1966. "Variability of Wheat Yields in the Great Plains," Miscellaneous Publications 320826, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:320826
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320826
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    1. Helmers, Glenn A. & Atwood, Joseph & Watts, Myles J. & Held, Larry J., 1986. "Fixity and Capital Costing Assumptions in Agricultural Risk Research With Implications to Livestock," Regional Research Projects > 1986: S-180 Annual Meeting, March 23-26, 1986, Tampa, Florida 271999, Regional Research Projects > S-180: An Economic Analysis of Risk Management Strategies for Agricultural Production Firms.
    2. Walker, Melvin E., Jr. & Lin, Kuang-Hsing Terence, 1978. "Price, Yield, And Gross Revenue Variability For Selected Georgia Crops," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 10(1), pages 1-5, July.
    3. True, Arthur W. & Hardaway, Irene L., 1967. "Economics of Agriculture -- Reports and Publications Issued or Sponsored by USDA's Economic Research Service, October 1965-September 1966," Miscellaneous Publications 321238, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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