... items, to compare agribusiness firms to all firms in the market. The authors perform the analysis over time and also for companies with low, median, and high performance. They also perform Du Pont analysis to compare return on equity components between agribusinesses and all firms. Findings...

... with a mixture of livestock species and diversified crop operations has been replaced with commercial enterprises focusing on the production of a limited combination of commodities. Ashok K. Mishra can be contacted at: amishra@agcenter.lsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Du Pont...