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Some Effects of Rice Quality on Rough Rice Prices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

B. Wade Brorsen ,
Warren R. Grant  and
M. Edward Rister
B. Wade Brorsen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Economics, Purdue University
Warren R. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
M. Edward Rister
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Abstract

Quality discounts and premiums for rough rice in Texas rice bid/acceptance markets are analyzed. The most important quality factors determining the value of rough rice are head yield and peck. A one percentage point reduction in peck damage raises the price received per hundredweight of rough rice by $.13 to $.68 across markets and years. Since peck damage can be reduced by controlling the rice stinkbug, evaluation of alternative methods for better control of this pest in Texas rice fields is needed.

Keywords

rice pricesquality factorshedonic pricingpeckstinkbugsred riceweed seeds
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 131 - 140
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988

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