2020-04 PAER Special edition: COVID-19 impact on agriculture

April 17, 2020

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In this Purdue Ag Econ Report (PAER) special edition, we look at COVID-19 impacts on agriculture and related topics, including:

  • Retail food markets
  • SBA help for business
  • Ethanol demand
  • U.S. soybean and wheat exports
  • Threats to local government revenue
  • Online grocery pricing
  • Consumption and risk behavior after natural disasters

Articles in this Publication:

Retail Markets Get a Boost During COVID-19

Author: Jayson Lusk, Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Agricultural Economics

SBA Help for Small (and Family) Businesses

Authors: Renee Wiatt, Family Business Management Specialist, and Maria I. Marshall, Professor and Director of Purdue Institute for Family Business

COVID-19 Weakens Ethanol Demand Leading to Reduction in Corn Usage Forecast

Authors: Farzad Taheripour, Research Associate Professor and James Mintert, Professor and Director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture

Short-Term Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Soybean and Wheat Exports

Author: Mindy Mallory, Associate Professor, Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Endowed Chair of Food & Agricultural Marketing

Changing Crop Net Return Prospects

Author: Michael Langemeier, Professor of Agricultural Economics

Threats to Local Government Revenues from the Coronavirus Recession

Author: Larry DoBoer, Professor of Agricultural Economics

COVID-19 and Online Grocery Prices

Author: Chinonso Ezenwa Etumnu, Ph.D. Candidate Agricultural Economics

Specialty Farm Households’ Consumption and Risk Behavior After Natural Disasters

Authors: Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural Economics, Michael Gunderson, Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Jayson Lusk, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics

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