Christopher A Hurt

Agricultural Economics

Professor

Phone

765.494.4273

Office

Krannert Room 575

Email

hurtc@purdue.edu

Professor Hurt joined the department in 1981. He teaches an undergraduate course in livestock and meat marketing. Professor Hurt's areas of specialty include examination of family farm market problems, pricing strategies, and livestock futures market problems, pricing strategies, and livestock futures market performance.

In extension education, he provides analysis for participation in government programs, teaches marketing principles and alternatives, evaluates the livestock industry structure, and provides price analysis and outlook of live cattle and live hogs. Recently he has examined the factors influencing the structural changes in the pork industry, and evaluated the adoption of new technologies in moderate size midwestern farms.

Professor Hurt helps coordinate a fee-based market newsletter and report service published jointly with the University of Illinois. He serves as editor of the Purdue Agricultural Economics Report. Professor Hurt has received the USDA Superior Service Group Award, an American Agricultural Economics Group award, as well as two Indiana Extension Service Awards.

Awards & Honors

(2018) AAEA 2018 Premier Forecast Award: Combined Livestock and Crop Prices. AAEA.

(2018) AAEA 2018 Premier Forecast Award: Livestock Prices. AAEA.

(2017) Certificate of Distinction. Purdue Ag Alumni Association.

(2016) MS/MBA Founders Award. Advisor-Top MS/MBA Capstone Project.

(2010) 2009 Quality of Communications Award. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

(2010) College of Agriculture Team Award: Integrated ethanol Co-Products Team. Purdue College of Agriculture.

(2005) 2005 Team Award for Soybean Rust Educational Programming. Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialist Association.

(2003) Most Quoted Purdue Web Person. Google Searchers Anonymous.

(2003) Outstanding Individual Extension Award. American Ag Economics Association.

Selected Publications

Edwards, A., Mintert, J. R., & Hurt, C. A. (2019). Practical Alternatives for Forecasting Corn and Soybean Basis in the Eastern Corn Belt throughout the Crop-Marketing Year. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 44, 571-590.

Visualizing the Indiana Farmland and Cash Rent Adjustments. (2017). Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, (August), 11-12. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20August%202017.pdf

Hurt, C., DeBoer, L., Paarlberg, P., Alexander, C., Miller, A., & Dobbins, C. (2005). 2005 Agricultural Economy Can't Match Last Year. 15-Oct. Retrieved from http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/pubs/paer/2005/paer0205.pdf

Hurt, C. (2005). 2005: Another Great Hog Year? 8. Retrieved from http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/livestockoutlook/html/012005/012005.html

Hurt, C. (2005). Agricultural Economy to Tighten in 2006. 18-19.

Hurt, C. (2005). Can Hog Prices Hold On? 2. Retrieved from http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/weekly/html/052305.html

Alexander, C., Hurt, C., & Lara-Chavez, A. (2005). Cash Market Storage Returns for Corn. 4-Jan. Retrieved from http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/pubs/paer/archive.asp

Hurt, C. (2005). Cattle Expansion Underway. 8. Retrieved from http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/livestockoutlook/html/022805/022805.html

Hurt, C. (2005). Cattle Market Absorbs Canadian Cattle. 2. Retrieved from http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/weekly/html/102405.html

Hurt, C. (2005). Cattle Prices Face Downward Pressure. 8. Retrieved from http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/livestockoutlook/html/080805/080805.html