News and analysis related to Montana and the northern Great Plains.
The latest on the 2018(?) farm bill
Hello from the North! I’m at the Western Ag Econ Association meetings in Anchorage, Alaska,…
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Higher Ag Loan Interest Rates: A Sneaky Impact of Tariffs and Policy Uncertainty?
Key insights: Trade disputes with major agricultural export countries are likely to result in lower-than-projected…
Brexit: Implications and Parallels
The Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics at MSU led a class of students to…
Miners vs. Conservationists: the Battle over Initiative 186.
There is an ongoing political battle happening in Montana between conservationists and the mining industry.…
The Future Role of Risk Management in Agriculture
I had the opportunity last spring to speak with the Montana Agricultural Bankers Association in…
2018 Tax Changes: Should Charities be Concerned?
One change from the recent tax reform law is that the number of tax payers…
Fungicide and the economics of the disease triangle
Sometimes, the decision of whether to apply fungicide, or any other pesticide, is easier than…
How a Brazilian Supreme Court Decision Could Have Long-term Effects for US Agricultural Markets
Key insights: In early April 2018, the Brazilian Supreme Court upheld a 2016 law that…
Traceability: When Is It Worth It?
In a previous post, I described some of the potential gains to improving traceability in…
Coal Bounced Back in 2017. Will it Continue?
About a year ago President Trump signed a major executive order primarily designed to rescue…