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Record W1976763363 · doi:10.12735/as.v2i2p01

Break-Even Profitability for Food-Grade Specialty Soybeans

2014· article· en· W1976763363 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Juan Mayta

Bibliographic record

VenueAgricultural Science · 2014
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences
TopicSoybean genetics and cultivation
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsProfitability indexSpecialtyBusinessAgricultural economicsAgricultural scienceAdvertisingEconomicsEnvironmental scienceFinanceMedicineFamily medicine

Abstract

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Cultivar selection for specialty soybeans is mainly based on seed-yield performance, disease resistance, and value-increasing seed attributes. However, adoption of food-grade specialty soybean cultivars by farmers for commercial production requires studies on profitability and economic factors. This research evaluated the profitability of small-seeded, large-seeded, and high-protein specialty soybeans using break-even (BE) analysis to establish guidelines for cultivar selection and adoption based on economic feasibility. Differential costs for seed and weed control were considered in the BE analysis of two different planting systems: conventional (Scenario I) and herbicide tolerant (Scenario II) soybeans. Average BE premiums were $2.74, $4.26, and $1.30 bu-¹ under Scenario I, and $2.02, $4.57, and $0.66 bu-¹ under Scenario II for small seeded, large seeded, and high-protein test lines, respectively. At current premium level of $3.50 bu-¹ for small seeded, $2.50 bu-¹ for large seeded, and $1.50bu-¹ for high-protein specialty soybean, BE yields for these three types of specialty soybean should be 76.46, 85.21, and 89.28% of the check’s yield when compared with conventional soybean; and 77.47, 92.92, and 90.71% of the check’s yield when compared with Roundup Ready soybean, respectively. Additional positive returns will be expected when the current premiums offered in the market are higher than the BE premium of a specialty soybean cultivar, or when the actual yields of this cultivar are higher than the BE yield at current premiums. Based on the economic feasibilities, the present study proposed a new model for the selection and adoption of specialty soybean cultivars, both in breeding programs and for commercial production.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.008
Threshold uncertainty score0.016

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.023
GPT teacher head0.228
Teacher spread0.205 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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