Tag: agricultural and applied economics
Farmland prices are well above average trends
April 17, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance
Low mortgage rates and record income per acre may be driving farmland values higher than is sustainable.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Missouri, Ron Plain, University of Missouri
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Cattle and crop prices lower, a bullish dairy market
April 17, 2013 . Story: Jason Vance
University of Missouri agricultural economists predict a mixed bag of cattle, diary and crop prices in 2013.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, animal sciences, Beef, CAFNR, cattle, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Corn, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Drought, food, Outlook, plant sciences, Soybean, soybeans, University of Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, Animal Sciences, CAFNR, Extension, Feature, Plant Sciences •
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Plant Science researcher is honored in Nottingham
January 30, 2013
Story: Randy Mertens
J. Perry Gustafson, adjunct professor in the Division of Plant Sciences, will be honored by the University of Nottingham, UK, with a glasshouse complex named in his honor.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, International Agriculture, University of Missouri, USDA
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Missouri is steadily moving from a rural to an urban state
December 17, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Missouri’s northern rural counties continue to lose population while cities and a few small towns are steadily growing.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Missouri, Missouri population, Rex Campbell, rural sociology
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAFNR, Feature, Featured, Rural Sociology •
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Econ class gives students look at agriculture policy process
October 24, 2012 . Story: Jason Vance
At the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Agricultural Economics 4230 is a nontraditional class that gives students hands-on ag policy experience. Part of that experience is a trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with the people who are really making agricultural policy happen.
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, News You Can Use •
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Expect 8 percent jump due to drought's impact on livestock
August 9, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
The livestock industry is taking a direct hit by this summer’s drought, and that will impact consumers’ wallets next year, states a University of Missouri agricultural economist. “I expect to see food inflation, but it will take time,” said Scott Brown, research assistant professor in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). “The [...]
Tags: agricultural and applied economics, Agriculture, CAFNR, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Division of Animal Science, Drought, Scott Brown, University of Missouri
Categories: Agricultural and Applied Economics, Animal Sciences, CAFNR, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Feature, Featured •
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