
The Future Role of Risk Management in Agriculture
I had the opportunity last spring to speak with the Montana Agricultural Bankers Association in…
Eric Belasco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He received both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He conducts research in the areas of agricultural marketing, risk management, farm policy, and financial engineering. Examples of this research include evaluations into grid pricing risk, the use of forward contracts in mitigating profit risk, modeling revenue risk in cattle production, and characterizing the link between weather and production indicators.
I had the opportunity last spring to speak with the Montana Agricultural Bankers Association in…
Anton chats with Dr. Eric Belasco, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics…
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