On September 18th, the USDA announced the second round of payments from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) that would…
Author: Eric Belasco
Eric Belasco
Eric Belasco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He received both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He conducts research in the areas of agricultural marketing, risk management, farm policy, and financial engineering. Examples of this research include evaluations into grid pricing risk, the use of forward contracts in mitigating profit risk, modeling revenue risk in cattle production, and characterizing the link between weather and production indicators.
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The big news story recently has been the recent COVID-19 outbreaks in meat processing facilities, the potential labor shortage, and…
The USDA recently provide additional details on the second iteration of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) to be implemented over…
With the ongoing saga regarding the China-US trade dispute, it’s easy to get consumed with the constant drama. While Montana…
In 2014, the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance product was introduced by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). This product…