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Hemp Has Been Added to USDA Farm Data

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Nearly 25 years ago, I was asked to evaluate the economic opportunity for growing industrial hemp in my role as economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation.  I wrote one rather concise report and distributed it to all the state … Continue reading →

Agribusiness Markets Go Well Beyond Food

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In the old days, agribusiness referred to a business providing farm inputs.  This broadly impacted everything involving goods and services connected to agricultural commodities.  Commodities are the raw products from crops and livestock that cannot be differentiated on product quality.  … Continue reading →