Dr. Anton Bekkerman is a former associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He currently serves as the director of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. Bekkerman's primary areas of research are grain marketing, basis and price forecast modeling, understanding how grain prices are affected by changes in supply chain infrastructures and quality demands, and analyzing the economic trade-offs of adopting alternative dryland cropping systems in Montana. Although Bekkerman grew up on the east coast, he had made a small step toward production agricultural after ranching a flock of six backyard chickens.
Anton was recently a guest on the Northern Pulse Growers’ podcast series, discussing the various factors that may be…
The following is a summary of an undergraduate research project conducted by Jamie Douglas, an agricultural business student in the…
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Anton was recently a guest on Lane Nordlund’s podcast series, discussing how the COVID-19 public health emergency is affecting…
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