Trey Malone, Michigan State University
Republicans say they’ve slashed taxes on small breweries. But big alcohol may be the biggest winners.
By: The Washington Post - January 3, 2018“These guys are going to make an extra amount of money, which is incredible,” said Trey Malone, an economist at Michigan State University who has researched the beer industry. “It’s one of the industries booming right now anyway.”
"The underlying studies date back to publications in the 1990s, but it really dates back to science from the 1980s," said Thomas Hertel, Purdue distinguished professor of agricultural economics, whose findings were published in Nature Communications. "It was optimistic on the benefits to agriculture from rising temperatures."
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Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation
Mary Kay Thatcher plans to retire from AFBF
By: AgriPulse - January 3, 2018After working for the American Farm Bureau Federation for 31 years, Mary Kay Thatcher plans to retire from the organization at the end of the month. Thatcher, who currently serves as Senior Director of Congressional Relations at AFBF, is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable farm policy experts in the United States. She primarily lobbies on farm programs, crop insurance, conservation, and credit issues.
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Chris Hurt, Purdue University
What’s ahead in 2018: Soybeans will pay the bills
By: AgriNews and National Hog Farmer- January 1, 2018Chris Hurt, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, predicted corn prices will be the lowest they have been in 16 years during a talk presented by Hoosier Ag Today at the Indiana-Illinois Farm and Outdoor Power Equipment Show.
"The underlying studies date back to publications in the 1990s, but it really dates back to science from the 1980s," said Thomas Hertel, Purdue distinguished professor of agricultural economics, whose findings were published in Nature Communications. "It was optimistic on the benefits to agriculture from rising temperatures."
Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Jayson Lusk Brings Data to Bear on Controversial Food Questions
By: foodtank - December, 2017Jayson Lusk is a Distinguished Professor and the Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. He is one of the most-cited food and agricultural economists of recent decades and has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and working papers.
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Marc F. Bellemare, University of Minnesota
Metin Çakir, University of Minnesota Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, University of Minnesota Lindsey Novak, University of Minnesota Jeta Rudi, California Polytechnic State University
Waste Not, Want Not ... Wait?
By: Pacific Standard - December 22, 2017The newest research on food waste becomes relevant in light of these questions. Earlier this year, the organization Food Forward, a produce recovery organization based in Southern California, suggested that "before we dive in the dumpster, it's important to know that the information we have is not perfect." It is, in fact, far from it. Food Forward adds: "[A]ll our knowledge about food waste comes from studies which use various different methods to estimate how much food is being lost or thrown away." Addressing this concern, researchers writing in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics asked what very few of us bother to ask: "Is 'food waste' really wasted food?" What they found requires us to rethink our understanding and approach to food waste.
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Craig Dobbins, Purdue University
Chris Hurt, Purdue University
Purdue Releases 2018 Ag Economic Sector Forecasts
By: Hoosier Ag Today - December 27, 2017Professor Craig Dobbins says that reducing input costs has been a priority for farmers since 2013, but cash rents are slower to come down than most. Dobbins says that, “Reductions in cash rents have occurred. The cash rent per bushel of corn in 2013 was $1.43. Purdue’s projected cash rent for 2018 is $1.13 a bushel, down 21 percent over the last four years. Professor Chris Hurt says corn farmers have produced record crops three of the past four years. With ending stocks carrying over, 2017 will have one of the lowest average marketing prices in years.
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C. Parr Rosson, Texas A&M University
William Messina, University Florida Steven Zahniser, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Report: N.D., Minn. farmers vulnerable to Cuba policies
By: The Jamestown Sun - January 1, 2018North Dakota and Minnesota are two of the top states in the U.S. to be hurt — or helped — by the openness of U.S.-Cuba trade policies, a recent report says. A study report was prepared by C. Parr Rosson, head of the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University, William Messina, an agricultural economist at the University Florida, and Steven Zahniser, agricultural economist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Kerry Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
Weston’s agrifood sales program blazes unlikely path for top students at Texas A&M
By: San Antonio Express News - December, 2017That seminar he took on the fundamentals of sales stuck with Graham Weston, Texas A&M University class of 1986, as he co-founded and helped build Rackspace Hosting into a business that last year sold for $4.3 billion. As it turned out, a skilled sales force was crucial to the company’s success. Looking back, Weston felt it was time to help get rid of the stigma of connecting a product line with customers.
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