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Retaining Farm Workers: Are Non-Wage Benefits a Determining Factor?
Evidence suggests that improving labor conditions on Mexican export farms might make it more difficult…
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The Future of Montana’s Energy Mix
Last August Northwestern Energy, Montana’s largest electricity supplier, released an “Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan,”…
8 Charts About the Opportunities and Challenges for Montana’s Organic Sector
I was recently invited to be part of a panel at the 2019 Montana Organic…
The Proposed Farm Workforce Modernization Act
In a 2018 USDA ERS report, my coauthors and I identified 4 indications that the…
Economic News to Be Thankful For
There are plenty of things in the world to be worried about, and day-to-day news…
Farmer outlook declines
Last year around this time, I wrote about a survey Anton and I ran, asking…
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…