Top Farmer Conference: January 10, 2025

As one of the most successful and longest-running management programs specifically crafted for farmers, the Purdue Top Farmer Conference is a one-day event for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals looking to navigate the complexities of today's agricultural landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers and hear from farm management experts and agricultural economists from Purdue, Farm Credit Services of America, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Acres, a land value data analytics company.

Brady Brewer

Brady Brewer

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Brady Brewer

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

DeLay, N. D., Brewer, B. E., Featherstone, A. M., & Boussios, D. (2022). The Impact of Crop Insurance on Farm Financial Outcomes. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, View Publication

Kuethe, T. H., Brewer, B. E., & Fiechter, C. (2020). Loss Aversion in Farmland Price Excpectations. Land Economics.

Barnard, F. L., Foltz, J., Yeager, E., & Brewer, B. E. (2020). Agribusiness Management. Routledge.

Brewer, B. E., Bergtold, J., Feathersone, A. M., & Wilson, C. (2019). Farmer’s Choice of Credit Between the Farm Credit System, Commercial Banks, and Nontraditional Lenders. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 44(2), pp. 362-379. View Publication

Li, X., Brewer, B. E., & Escalante, C. (2018). Pre-recession efficiencies and input allocation decisions of agricultural and critically insolvent banks. Applied Economics, 50(32), pp. 3515-3531. View Publication

Centner, T. J., Brewer, B. E., & Leal, I. (2018). Reducing damages from sulfoxaflor use through mitigation measures to increase the protection of pollinator species. Land Use Policy, 75, pp. 70-76. View Publication

Ferreira, S., Liu, H., & Brewer, B. E. (2018). The Housing Market Impacts of Wastewater Injection Induced Seismicity Risk. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 92, pp. 251-269. View Publication

Brewer, B. E., & Featherstone, A. M. (2017). Agency cost of debt: evidence from Kansas farm operations. Agricultural Finance Review, 77(1), pp. 111-124. View Publication

Rusiana, H., Brewer, B. E., Escalante, C., & Dodson, C. (2017). Effects of Business Maturity, Experience, and Size on Farms Economic Vitality: A Credit Migration Analysis of Farm Service Agency Borrowers. Agricultural Finance Review, 77(1). View Publication

Brewer, B. E., Wilson, C. A., Featherstone, A. M., & Langemeier, M. R. (2014). Multiple vs single lending relationships in the agricultural sector. AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW, 74(1), pp. 55-+. View Publication