News and analysis related to Montana and the northern Great Plains.
Key insights: The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting brings together the most recent…
Key insights: Since 2000, pulse crops planted acres have increased by over 1,000% in the…
Joe Janzen and I have been looking into whether and why organic farms pay more…
In the course of everyday life, most of us will need the services of an…
Key Insights: U.S. exporters have increasingly begun to face trade disruptions on two fronts: from…
Key insights: President Trump has noted that he will “make it up’ to U.S. farmers…
A couple weeks ago I visited a friend’s sheep ranch in western Idaho for Fourth…
Over the past two years, I have used many of my blog posts to highlight…
Hello from the North! I’m at the Western Ag Econ Association meetings in Anchorage, Alaska,…
Key insights: Trade disputes with major agricultural export countries are likely to result in lower-than-projected…