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How is the Ag Sector doing Financially?
Prices in agricultural markets are lower than several years ago. This is likely not new…
March Madness 2017: Agricultural Issues Edition
It’s March Madness season and you can never have too many brackets to fill out.…
Tariffs: An Often Effective (But Potentially Costly) Policy Measure
There has been recent discussion in the White house of using tariffs to achieve certain…
What is the Difference Between Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Agreements?
One question that has come up recently is whether there is a difference between bilateral…
Long Term Care Partnership Insurance: A tool to protect your farm or ranch
Many agricultural producers have spent a lifetime building their business which they hope to pass…
Seed Market Outlook and the Dow–DuPont & Bayer–Monsanto Mergers
I recently had the pleasure of presenting at the 2016 Montana Seed Trade Association’s annual…
More Schools, Fewer Farm Workers
Rural Mexico in Transition Out of Farm Work In a recent article, Ed Taylor and…
The Long Run View of Cattle Market Fundamentals
I always look forward to seeing all the participants at our annual outlook conference and…
Rural and Urban Economies
One thing that really caught my attention during the election coverage earlier this month was…
European Consumers May Not Be as Averse to GMO Foods as Previously Thought
Imagine two questions: On a scale of 1–5, rank how willing you would be to…