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Farmer outlook declines
Last year around this time, I wrote about a survey Anton and I ran, asking…
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What is the Role of Hutterite Communities in Montana Agriculture?
Recently, I had the opportunity to contribute to a study examining the economic contributions of…
Food Insecurity in the Northern Great Plains
On October 22, 2019, the Urban Institute published an interactive study that describes county-level food…
How do Local Oil Booms Impact Agriculture?
There is a large literature in Economics on a phenomenon called the “Resource Curse”: the…
How Will Tariff Uncertainty Affect the Agricultural Import Market in China?
The United States and China are making progress towards a partial trade agreement for the short…
Cannabusiness in the Big Sky: Montana Hemp Update 2019
This spring I wrote about hemp as a relatively new, rapidly expanding crop in the…
The 2019 wheat market looks a lot like it did in 2016
Back in August 2016, I wrote a post that started off as, “Despite the one…
USMCA to Increase Exports of Capital-Intensive Agricultural Products
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides important opportunities for U.S. agricultural producers. Canada and Mexico…
The Keystone XL Pipeline: What’s in it for Montana?
The Keystone Oil Pipeline has been a decade-long saga of on-again, off-again construction and never-ending…
Dairy Margin Coverage in the 2018 Farm Bill
While dairies may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about…