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.

Jayson Lusk

Jayson Lusk

Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Jayson Lusk

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Lusk, J. L. (2019). Income and (Ir)Rational Food Choice. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 166, pp. 630-645. View Publication

Rong, R., Grijalva, T. C., Lusk, J. L., & Shaw, W. D. (2019). Interpersonal Discounting. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 58, pp. 17-42. View Publication

Caputo, V., Lusk, J. L., & Nayga, R. (2018). Choice Experiments are Not Conducted in a Vacuum: The Effects of External Price Information on Choice Behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 145, pp. 335-351. View Publication

Mullally, C. C., & Lusk, J. L. (2018). The Impact of Restrictions on Farm Animal Housing on Egg Prices, Consumer Welfare, and Production in California. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100, pp. 649-669. View Publication

Kolodinsky, J., & Lusk, J. L. (2018). Mandatory Labels Can Improve Attitudes toward Genetically Engineered Food. Science Advances, 4(6), p. eaaq1413. American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Malone, T., & Lusk, J. L. (2018). A Simple Diagnostic Measure for Discrete Choice Models: A Note. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 45, pp. 455-462. View Publication

Lusk, J. L., & McCluskey, J. (2018). Understanding the Impacts of Food Consumer Choice and Food Policy Outcomes. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 40(1), pp. 5-21. View Publication

Lusk, J. L., Tonsor, G. T., Schroeder, T. C., & Hayes, D. J. (2018). Effect of Quality Grade Labels on Consumer Demand for Pork Chops in the Short and Long Run. Food Policy, 77, pp. 91-102. View Publication

Muller, L., Lacroix, A., Lusk, J. L., & Ruffieux, B. (2017). Distributional Impacts of Fat Taxes and Thin Subsidies. Economic Journal, 127(604), pp. 2066-2092. View Publication

Lusk, J. L., & Weaver, A. (2017). An Experiment on Cash and In-Kind Transfers with Application to Food Assistance Programs. Food Policy, 68, pp. 186-192. View Publication