Cornhusker Economics Newsletter

A weekly newsletter with current research and reports from various faculty and staff associated with the Department of Agricultural Economics. Includes weekly markets. Current and past issues can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat.

2009 Issues

• Using Economics Experiments to Understand Patent Licensing Behavior by Rita Abdelnour and Emie Yiannaka (11-18-09)
• NxBizSuccess: An Online Business Tool by Marilyn Schlake and Tonia Franklin (11-11-09)
• New 2010 Crop Enterprise Budgets by Roger Wilson and Matt Stockton (11-4-09)
• Defining and Measuring Poverty in Nebraska by Randy Cantrell (10-28-09)
• Managing Financial Stress by Dave Goeller (10-21-09)
• Looming Changes in the Energy Economy by Richard Perrin and Adam Liska (10-14-09)
• Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Ballot Issue Two by J. David Aiken (10-7-09)
• Nebraska to Modity NRD Dry Year Plans?   by J. David Aiken (9-30-09)
• Market and Welfare Effects of MandatoryCountry-Of-Origin Labeling in the Specialty Crops Sector By Alejandro Plastina and Konstantinos Giannakes (9-23-09)
• Price Discovery in Nebraska Cash Cattle Markets by Matt Stockton and Roger Wilson
• Agricultural Property and property Taxation by Bruce Johnson (9-9-09)
• California Animal Welfare Initiative Proposition Two by J. David Aiken (9-2-09)
• Three Counties Saw the Majority of Nebraska’s Housing Growth 2007 – 2008 by Randy Cantrell (8-26-09)
• Nebraska Republican River Policy Choices by J. David Aiken (8-19-09)
• The Myth of the Rational Market: Nudging Each Other Away from Fool’s Gold by Gary Lynne (8-12-09) (Revised 8/17)
  
• Nebraska Wins First Round in Republican River Dispute by J David Aiken (8-5-09)
• Making an ACRE Decision for 2009 by Bradley Lubben (7-29-09)
• High Plains Ag Lab Rotations Show Fallow Still Works in Western Nebraska by Paul Burgener (7-22-09)
• Margin Requirement Impacts on Live Cattle Futures Hedges by Yi Liu and Darrell Mark (7-15-09)
• New Ratios for Measuring Farm Success by Tina Barrett (7-8-09)
• Energy Issues in 2009 Unicameral by J. David Aiken (7-1-09)
• Agricultural Economics: The Year in Review by Alan Baquet (6-24-09)
• Reflections on the Effects of Commodity Price Increases on Economic Development in Africa by E. Wesley F. Peterson and Kepifri Lakoh (6-17-09)
• Nebraska Leads in Irrigated Land by Bruce Johnson and Ryan Lukassen (6-10-09)
• Weather Derivatives as a Potential Risk Management Tool for Irrigators by Raymond Supalla, Chris Thompson, and Brooks Neely (6-3-09)
• Evaluating the EDGE: What are the Impacts? by Marilyn Schlake
• North Central Risk Management Education Center by Cheryl Griffith (5-20-09)
• Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste by Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (5-13-09)
• Nebraska NAMA Big XII Champs! Karoline Kastanek and Rosalee Swartz (5-6-09)
• Who Suffers Most when Disease Outbreaks and Food Recalls Happen? The Case of Mad Cow Disease in the United States  by Sunil P. Dhoubhadel and Matt Stockton (4-29-09)
• NRD Plans for “Not-Quite” Fully-Appropriated Basin s  J. David Aiken, (4-22-09)
• Not Fully-Appropriated Basins Subject to New Restrictions by J. David Aiken (4-15-09)
• Has the Ethanol Industry Impacted Nebraska Land Values? Ben Blomendahl and Bruce Johnson (4-8-09)
• Grain Storage Costs and Rental Rates by Ross Miller and H. Douglas Jose (4-1-09)
• Nebraska Farmland Markets Plateau by Bruce Johnson and Ryan Lukassen (3-25-09)
• Economy Hard on Beef and Pork Demand by Darrell Mark (3-19-09)
• Analyzing ACRE by Brad Lubben (3-11-09)
• Cultivating Dreams - Harvesting Profits, Women In Agriculture 2009 by Megan Voss, Paige Bek and Maggie Holub (3-4-09)
• Optimism of Rural Nebraskans  by Rebecca Vogt (2-25-09)
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by Tina Barrett (2-18-09)
• Is Corn Ethanol Economically Viable in the Long Run? by Richard Perrin (2-11-09)
• Using Nebraska’s Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program by Dave Goeller (2-4-09)
• Variation of Environmental Regulation Stringency Among the Top Ten U.S. Hog Producing States by Gibson Nene and Karina Schoengold (1/28/09)
• Landowner Wind Energy Associations by J. David Aiken (1-21-09) 
  
• Empathy Conditioned Conservation: “Walking-in-the-Shoes-of-Others” as a Conservation Farmer by Robert Sheeder and Gary Lynne (1-14-09) 
  
• The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006:The 2009 United States Global Warming Act? by J. David Aiken (1-7-09)
  

2008 Issues

• Happy New Year! Markets Only
• Water Trading Can Reduce the Cost and Increase the Effectiveness of Groundwater Allocation by Christopher Thompson and Ray Supalla (1-9-08.pdf)
• Community Recruitment and Retention of New Residents by Bruce Johnson (1-16-08)
• Updating Custom Rates for 2008 by Doug Jose (1-23-08)
• Green to Gold: Business and Industry Moving Onto the Eco-Path by Gary Lynne (1-30-08)
• Managing Financial Risk through Boom and Bust by Dave Goeller (2-6-08)
• The Corn Ehtanol Boom and Food Prices by Richard Perin and Luke Beckmann (2-13-08)
• DNR Study Narrows Republican Water Options by J. David Aiken (2-20-08)
• Farm Lease Termination by J. David Aiken (2-27-08)
• The Outlook for Switchgrass as an Energy Crop by Richard Perrin and Brian Williams (3-5-08)
• 23rd Women in Agricultural Conference by Megan Voss (3-12-08)
• Nebraska Farmland Values And Cash Rents Rise Sharply by Bruce Johnson (3-19-08)
• Ethanol Byproduct Prices by Darrell Mark and Josie Waterbury (3-26-08)
• 2008 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates -- Part I by Doug Jose and Page Bek (4-2-08)
• 2007 Nebraska Farm Income Averages by Tina Barrett (4-9-08)
• The Return of Stagflation? by Jeffrey Royer (4-16-08)
• Potential Economic Impact of Drought on Rafting Activity by Prabhakar Shrestha and Karina Schoengold (4-23-08)
• The Economic Optimal Weight for the Replacement Beef Female by Matt Stockton and Roger Wilson (4-30-08)
• Another Successful Year for Nebraska NAMA by Laura Witte and Rosalee Swartz (5-7-08)
• Understanding Nature-Based Tourism: What North Dakota Can Tell Us by Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (5-14-08)
• North Central Risk Management Education Center by Cheryl Griffith (5-21-08)
• Community Vision is Important to New Residents by Charlotte Narjes and Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (5-28-08)
• Understanding the New Farm Income Safety Net by Bradley D. Lubben (6-4-08)
• Human Reactions to Today's Economic Realities: Some Thoughts by Bruce Johnson (6-11-08)
• Biodiesel Production: Focus on Palm Oil and Jatropha by Keprifri Lakoh and Wesley F. Peterson (6-18-08)
• Using Appreciative Inquiry in Community Development by Alan Baquet, Connie Hancock, and Charlotte Narjes (6-25-08)
• 4th of July edition -- Markets only
  
• The Republican River: Negotiation, Arbitration, and a Federal Water Master by J. David Aiken (7-9-08)
  
• Using Averages to Create Budgets by Tina Barrett (7-16-08)
• Co-Product STORE: An Economic Budget for Determining Co-Product Storage Costs by Josie Waterbury and Darrell Mark (7-23-08)
• Wheat Profits Reach Ten Year High by Paul Burgener (7-30-08)
• Making a SURE Decision Now for Potential Disaster Assistance Later by Bradley Lubben (8-6-08)
• A Republican River Water Bailout? by J David Aiken (8-13-08)
• Resolving Water Use Conflicts by “Walking-in-the-Shoes” of Others: The Case of Tuttle Creek Lake by Robert Sheeder and Gary Lynne(8-20-08)
• Proposed Anti-Affirmative Action Constitutional Amendment by J. David Aiken (8-27-08)
• Will Agricultural Research Make Future Irrigation Reductions Easier?   by Raymond J. Supalla (9-3--08)
• 2008 Nebraska Farm Income Prospects by Bruce Johnson (9-10-08)
• Using Hedge Information as a Risk Management Tool for Feeder Cattle by B. Williams, M. Stockton, R. Wilson (9-17-08)
• Calf Finishing Versus Background/Yearling Finishing Systems: Where’s the Profit? by Rebecca M. Small and Darrell R. Mark (9-24-08)
• The Effect of Marketing Cooperatives on Innovation by Kyriakos Drivas and Konstantinos Giannakas (10-1-08) 
• Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards by J. David Aiken (10-8-08)
• Ethanol and Low Carbon Fuel Standards by Richard Perrin (10-15-08)
• Putting a Value on "Sweat Equity" by David Goeller (10-22-08)
• Leasing Decisions for the Volatile Year Ahead by Bruce Johnson (10-29-08)
• Simple Rules That May Help Ranchers Select Replacement Heifers for Increased Pregnancy Rates and Reduce Dystocia by Matt Stockton and Roger Wilson (11-5-08)
• Moving to the Nebraska Panhandle: A Broad Picture of the Decision Process by Charlotte Narjes (11-12-08)
• Can Genetically Engineered Nutraceuticals Win Back Skeptical Consumers? by Karoline Kastanek and Emie Yiannaka (11-18-08)
• No Newsletter --Markets Only (11-26-08) 
• Cow Size, Perhaps More Than Just A Production Efficiency Decision by Matthew Stockton, Dillion Feuz, and Roger Wilson (12-3-08) 
• New Rural Residents: Insights into their Decision to Stay or Leave by Charlotte Narjes and Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (12-10-08)
  
• Planning Your Business in the Volatile Economy of 2009 by Doug Jose (12-17-08)

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