Agricultural Economics
Crop report panel says, ‘We’re in uncharted territory’ in terms of yield and revenue projections for Indiana’s cash crops
Monday, August 12th, 2019 • University News Story
‘This was not a normal year,’ said Greg Matli, Indiana state statistician for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service, regarding the 2019 USDA crop report. ‘Nothing like 2019 has happened in our his…
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Data: Indiana farmers markets as affordable as grocery stores
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Ariana Torres discusses prices with a grower at the Lafayette Farmers Market. Photo by Tom Campbell By Brian Wallheimer In the midst of National Farmers Market Week, a Purdue agricultural economist wants to dispel a persistent myth – that consumers can find better produce prices at the grocery store. Prices at a farmers market are…
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New to Purdue? Former freshmen share how they found friends, academic success and themselves
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
By Chad Campbell As one of over 600 freshmen joining Purdue’s College of Agriculture in August 2018, Cole Pearson worried about getting lost in the crowd. Doubly so, since he felt like he was missing half of himself since Pearson’s identical twin brother chose a different university. “He and I are very tight,” explained Pearson….
Read MoreConfidence in the ag economy soars; producers confirm large prevented plantings of corn and soybeans
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 • University News Story
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading jumped to 153 in July, up 27 points from June, and up 52 points from May. Improving crop conditions after an extraordinarily wet planting season, combined with a late spring/early summer crop…
Read MorePurdue panel responds to USDA’s August crop report and current agricultural economic climate
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 • University News Story
Rain delayed planting followed by extreme heat and, of course, the ongoing issues surrounding Chinese tariffs will all be discussed at this year’s response to the USDA August Crop Report, held at the Indiana State Fair.
Read MoreSen. Mike Braun to visit the Davis Purdue Agricultural Center
Monday, August 5th, 2019 • University News Story
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana will visit Purdue University’s Davis Agricultural Center on Wednesday (Aug. 7). He will be available to speak with media at the end of his visit at 6 p.m.
Read MorePurdue professor appointed to the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 • University News Story
Joseph Balagtas, associate professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, has been selected to serve as a senior economist, with a focus on agricultural and food policy, to the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreRainey appointed new director of Purdue Soybean Center
Monday, July 22nd, 2019 • University News Story
Karen Plaut, the Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture, has appointed Katy Martin Rainey as the new director of the Purdue University Soybean Center. Rainey, an associate professor of agronomy, specializes in soybean genetics and plant bre…
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GTAP 10 Data Base release nears as the world needs it most
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
by Chad Campbell “I suspect there isn’t a trade minister on Earth that hasn’t heard of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP). There’s not a trade agreement in the world that is signed without numerical analysis using the GTAP Data Base or a GTAP Model.” While these claims may sound exaggerated, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe,…
Read MorePurdue agronomists offer prevent plant option recommendations
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 • University News Story
Farmers who weren’t able to plant because of flooding and excess rainfall this spring will benefit from the recent announcement by the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), who recently changed the haying and grazing date restriction for prevented plant…
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