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U.S. Beef Exports to the EU Could More Than Double
The United States produces, arguably, some of the highest quality beef in the world. Countries…
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A Glance at the Rural Economy
Nonmetro population grew in 2016-17 for the first time in a decade. Declining rural unemployment,…
Value-Added and Direct-to-Consumer Sales: Montana Highlights from the 2017 Agricultural Census
The results of the 2017 USDA Ag Census were released last week. (Both Anton and…
Census of Agriculture: Information on Everything Agriculture
Once every five years the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts the Census of Agriculture. …
More Big Farms, Fewer Small Farms? Depends on Where You Live
After over a year in waiting, results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture were finally…
Time to break up agribusiness monopolies?
There is growing recognition of America’s historically high levels of industry concentration, and it’s looking…
Who is Average?
A keynote speaker at a recent Risk Management Conference explored the question “What does the…
To Pea or Not to Pea? That Is the 2019 Planting Question
If Hamlet had been a farmer in 2019, perhaps he would also struggle with making…
Pulse Crop Prices Dropped by 30-50%. Are Pulses Being Replaced by Wheat in Montana ?
The 2018/19 marketing year has been a rough one for U.S. pulse crop producers. Relative…
New Tool for Tracking Wheat Prices and Basis: msuextension.org/basis
Note: This post also appears in the latest issue of Lives and Landscapes. The MSU…