2017-06 PAER

June 1, 2017

A Special Thank You To Gerry Harrison
Author: Chris Hurt, Professor of Agricultural Economics

Corn And Soybean Storage Returns In A Wild Decade
Author: Chris Hurt, Professor of Agricultural Economics

GMOS: Purdue Puts Science Forward For The Public
Author: Jessica Eise , Director of Communications, Department of Agricultural Economics

Introducing PIFF: The Purdue Initiative For Family Firms!
Authors: Maria Marshall, Professor of Agricultural Economics and PIFF Director, and Renee Wiatt, Family Business Management Specialist

Financial Vulnerability In The Current Downturn: A Stress Test Of Midwestern Corn-Soybean Farms
Authors: Michael Boehlje, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics and Michael Langemeier, Professor of Agricultural Economics

Articles in this Publication:

A Special Thank You to Gerry Harrison

Corn and Soybean Storage Returns in a Wild Decade

GMOS: Purdue Puts Science Forward for the Public

Introducing PIFF: The Purdue Initiative for Family Firms!

Financial Vulnerability in the Current Downturn: A Stress Test of Midwestern Corn-Soybean Farms

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