Download or read book Production Model and Consumer Preferences for Texas Pecans written by Christopher James Chammoun and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High prices in any industry, agricultural especially, tend to spur new investment opportunities. Recent prices for pecans have been high relative to their historical pattern, suggesting investment opportunities for pecans. Prior to any investment, the investor needs to know what products consumers are demanding and how profitable it is to grow those products. This study assessed Texas consumers' preferences for pecan products and the profitability of growing pecans in the central Texas region. A choice experiment was conducted amongst Texas consumers to reveal consumers' preferences and determine their willingness-to-pay for the attributes comprising pecan products. A stochastic production model was formulated to determine the profitability of three different types of pecan orchards: a native orchard with no irrigation, an improved varieties orchard with irrigation, and an improved varieties orchard without irrigation. Results from the choice experiment indicated that consumers preferred large size pecans, native variety pecans, pecan halves, United States-grown pecans, and Texas-grown pecans. The choice experiment also found that consumers were heterogeneous in their preferences for all attributes except pecan variety and U.S. origin. Results from the stochastic production model indicated that the most profitable pecan orchard in central Texas was the irrigated improved orchard.

Download or read book The Influence of Information and Product Labels on Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Pecans written by Sharon P. Kane and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pecans, with a $560 million U.S. agricultural production value, remain a largely unexamined area of consumer preferences, willingness to pay (WTP) for attributes, or valuations of mandatory country of origin (COO) labeling requirements. Recent approval of a Federal Marketing Order (FMO) for the U.S. pecan industry highlights the importance of consumer valuation as stakeholders pursue avenues to address marketing and consistency-of-standards challenges in this sector. Key to investigating consumer valuations are product labels, on which vital information is conveyed by producers and manufacturers to consumers at point of sale. Clear and effective labels not only allow consumers to align their preferences with available options, but hold potential economic gains when product information garners a price premium for desired attributes. Employing choice experiments and random nth price experimental auctions in a series of research sessions with adult consumers in two Southeastern U.S. cities, this study assesses how consumers respond to product attributes and label details in different information contexts for purchases of shelled pecan halves. From the data collected in the research sessions, we address the following: 1) consumers' willingness to pay for select initiatives proposed in conjunction with the FMO regarding pecan attributes, 2) directly eliciting the consumers' value of obtaining information about attributes vs. WTP for particular attributes in pecan purchases under alternative labeling scenarios, and 3) the influence of consumer risk and ambiguity attitudes on consumer preferences for single or mixed country of origin products. Findings indicate that, in choice experiments, consumer ethnocentric tendencies and purchasing patterns play a role in defining differences among consumer taste preferences and WTP, while efforts to educate consumers about attributes are essential. Overall, despite significant taste heterogeneity, consumers generally are most willing to pay a premium for pecans of U.S. origin over other attributes, though there is some evidence from the experimental auctions that the value of origin information diminishes in a more complex information environment. However, in the presence of risk or ambiguity regarding knowledge of product provenance, consumers prefer mixed origin over any risk of obtaining the single origin product from their lowest ranked preference country.

Download or read book Pecan Production 101 written by Steve Upson and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pecan is an important crop in the SouthernGreat Plains. Recent USDA cropstatistics report 175,542 acres of pecansin Texas and 141,765 acres in Oklahoma,with the majority of the acreage consistingof native pecans. Spurred on by recordprices received by growers in 2010 dueto increased global demand for pecans,many new commercial, improved cultivarorchards are being established andneglected orchards are being renovated.

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Download or read book Pecans Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of miscellaneous publications and state agricultural experiment station bulletins by various authors on pecan culture.

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Download or read book Food and Drink in American History 3 volumes written by Andrew F. Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 1715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages serves as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American history courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants. The expression "you are what you eat" certainly applies to Americans, not just in terms of our physical health, but also in the myriad ways that our taste preferences, eating habits, and food culture are intrinsically tied to our society and history. This standout reference work comprises two volumes containing more than 600 alphabetically arranged historical entries on American foods and beverages, as well as dozens of historical recipes for traditional American foods; and a third volume of more than 120 primary source documents. Never before has there been a reference work that coalesces this diverse range of information into a single set. The entries in this set provide information that will transform any American history research project into an engaging learning experience. Examples include explanations of how tuna fish became a staple food product for Americans, how the canning industry emerged from the Civil War, the difference between Americans and people of other countries in terms of what percentage of their income is spent on food and beverages, and how taxation on beverages like tea, rum, and whisky set off important political rebellions in U.S. history.

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