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Ag Econ News:
Newsletters
| K-State Agricultural Economics Newsletters | Author |
Release Date |
| In The Cattle Markets | LMIC | July 26, 2010 |
| Grain Outlook | O'Brien | July 12, 2010 |
| KFMA Monthly Newsletter or Archives | Langemeier, Herbel and KFMA Economists | July 19, 2010 |
Position Announcements
| Position | Location | Announcement |
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North Central Farm Management Economist |
Beloit, KS | |
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South Central Farm Management Economist NEW! |
Hutchinson, KS |
CHOICES: The AAEA Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource
Issues: 1st
Quarter 2010 
| Article/Title | Author |
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Theme Overview: Local Food—Perceptions, Prospects, and Policies |
Robert P. King |
| Just What Does Local Mean? | Michael S. Hand and Stephen Martinez |
| Local Food Consumers: How Motivations and Perceptions Translate to Buying Behavior | Yuko Onozaka, Gretchen Nurse, and Dawn Thilmany McFadden |
| Filling in the Gaps: Eight Things to Recognize about Farm-Direct Marketing | Larry Lev and Lauren Gwin |
| Can Local Food Go Mainstream? | Robert P. King, Miguel I. Gómez, and Gigi DiGiacomo |
| Catching the "Local" Bug: A Look at State Agricultural Marketing Programs | Kathryn A. Onken and John C. Bernard |
| Do Government Policies Grow Local Food? | Shermain D. Hardesty |
| Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems | Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf |
K-State Agricultural Economics Department Theses and Dissertations (Click HERE) NEW!
Access K-State Department of Agricultural Economics Student Dissertations
and Theses since 2005.
More will be added in the future. Includes M.S. and MAB theses, and Ph.D.
Dissertations.
Radio Interviews
| K-State Radio Network Interviews |
Date |
Listen or Download (MP3) |
| KSRN Livestock Market Outlook Weekly Radio Interview - Glynn Tonsor & LMIC | July 26, 2010 | Download |
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KSRN Grain Market Outlook Weekly Radio
Interview - Dan O'Brien
KSRN Grain Market Outlook Materials |
July 23, 2010 |
Download Materials |
| K-State agricultural economist Allen Featherstone provides a full rundown on the upcoming K-State Risk and Profit Conference for agricultural producers and agribusinesses, which revolves around a theme of managing the current economic volatility in production agriculture. | July 9, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Kevin Dhuyvetter talks about his recent trip to Australia, where he had a first-hand look at the beef industry there. He comments on cattle marketing and animal identification approaches in Australia that could have appeal to the U.S. beef sector. | July 7, 2010 | Download |
| Agricultural law specialist Roger McEowen from Iowa State University reflects on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on the injunction prohibiting Roundup-ready alfalfa from the marketplace...the legal principles that led to that decision, and what it means to the future of agricultural biotechnology. | June 30, 2010 | Download |
| K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby looks at the controversy over the unusually wide wheat price basis from a different angle: the impact that high basis level is having on wheat crop insurance coverage. | June 22, 2010 | Download |
| K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor comments on the USDA's proposed new rule, which could ultimately bar meatpackers from offering better prices to larger livestock producers over smaller ones without just cause...he'll talk about what such a rule would mean for producers and the beef industry as a whole. | June 22, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Michael Langemeier goes over his latest forecast on cattle finishing breakevens and returns for the remainder of the summer, and talks about the current feeding cost-of-gain trend. | June 14, 2010 | Download |
| More from the roundtable of KFMA economists about the indicators from the just-released Kansas net farm income summary for 2009, this time centering on how farmers and ranchers are contending with the heightened volatility in the markets and in farm and ranch expenses. Featured are K-State's Kevin Herbel, Dave Rempe, Todd Ziegler, Bryan Manny, Craig Althauser, Kent Miller and Gary Snyder. | June 1, 2010 | Part 1 |
| A roundtable session with economists with the Kansas Farm Management Association, about the just-released data on Kansas net farm income for 2009, and the trends seen in their respective regions: Dave Rempe, Todd Ziegler, Bryan Manny, Craig Althauser, Kent Miller, and Gary Snyder. | May 28, 2010 | Part 1 |
| K-State risk management specialist Art Barnaby shares his latest calculations on the payoff from the USDA's Average Crop Revenue Election program for 2010 wheat and feedgrains...that will be the subject of a special webinar for producers coming up this Friday. | May 12, 2010 | Download |
| From the KFMA, Kevin Herbel and Michael Langemeier review the association's just-released Kansas net farm income report for 2009, a widely-used indicator of the health of the Kansas farm economy. They break down the farm income levels by region and look at changes in farm and ranch expenses last year. | May 11, 2010 | Part 1 |
| K-State agricultural economist Troy Dumler offers his perspectives on the early discussions about the 2012 farm bill. He talks about how direct farm program payments may come under fire; how new farm program features like the ACRE and SURE programs will be considered in the debate; how crop insurance support will likely become an issue; and how the recent settlement with Brazil over the cotton subsidy issue could impact all crop price support programs under the next farm bill. | April 27, 2010 | Part 1 |
| K-State livestock economist Ted Schroeder reviews a new study of wholesale pork price reporting, discussing some of the shortcomings of the current voluntary reporting system, and whether making such reporting mandatory would lead to any improvement in pork price information. | April 6, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Kevin Dhuyvetter unveils a new computer tool from K-State that farmers can use to more effectively predict the costs and returns of investing in guidance and sprayer control systems. | March 30, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Rich Llewelyn covers the numerous informational features and tools that can be found on the K-State agricultural economics web site for farmers and ranchers to use in their everyday risk management. | March 29, 2010 | Download |
| Agricultural law specialist Roger McEowen, from Iowa State University, looks at management of farm employee medical benefits as a tax break, if the employee is a farm spouse, citing a recent Kansas tax court case relating to this. | March 25, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Troy Dumler offers several considerations on the economics of converting former CRP grasslands to grazing or haying resources...what kinds of returns producers can expect from that conversion. | March 18, 2010 | Download |
| K-State agricultural economist Rich Llewelyn reports on a new study of the economic risks associated with converting Conservation Reserve Program acreage to crop production, centered on the returns from a wheat-sorghum-fallow rotation on former CRP ground. | March 9, 2010 | Download |
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