Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
A list of upcoming seminars can be found our Events page. If you have questions about the Seminar Series, please contact Dr. Jennifer Ifft.
2025-26 Seminars
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Brian Adam, Bryn Swearingen, Hannah Brooks, and Steven Ramsey |
USDA Economic Research Center | “Insiders’ Perspectives of USDA’s WASDE Outlook Process," Thursday, September 18, 2025. |
| Guy Low | Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany | "Perspectives on the Economic Performance of Mixed Farms and Agroforestry Systems in Europe" on Thursday, October 9, 2025. |
| Dr. Kyle Emerick |
Tufts University |
“Targeted Subsidies for Water Conservation in Smallholder Agriculture," Thursday, October 16, 2025. |
| Dr. Sofia Berto Villas-Boas | University of California - Berkley |
“Consumer Observational Learning Among Brands and Generics Considering Strategic Supply," Thursday, October 30, 2025. |
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Dr. Nelson Villoria |
Kansas State University |
"Export Competitiveness Effects of U.S. Ethanol Mandates: An Ex-Post Assessment," Thursday, December 4, 2025. |
2024-25 Seminars
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Dr. David Just |
Cornell University |
"Lottery Selection and Probability Weighting: Testing Robustness to Extremes using the New York State Lotto," Thursday, September 26, 2024. |
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Dr. Yusuke Kuwayama |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
“Intra-Seasonal Modeling of the Economic and Hydrologic Impacts of Managed Aquifer Recharge," Thursday, October 17, 2024. |
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Dr. Dan Bigelow |
Oregon State University |
“The Impact of Preferential Property Tax Treatment on Land Development," Friday, November 8, 2024. |
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Dr. Marin Skidmore |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
"Water Quality and the Conservation Reserve Program: Empirical Evidence from the Mississippi River Basin," Thursday, November 14, 2024. |
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Dr. Sandro Steinbach |
North Dakota State University |
“Assessing the Impact of the Trade Facilitation Agreement on Agri-Food Global Value Chain Integration,” Friday, February 7, 2025. |
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Dr. Nicole Karwowski |
Montana State University |
"Spillover Effects of Renewable Energy: Re-examining Wind Turbine Impacts on Crop Yields via U. S. Parcel-level Evidence," Thursday, March 13, 2025. |
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Dr. Lanier Nalley |
University of Arkansas |
“Potential Response of Mexican Consumers to a Ban on U. S. Genetically Modified Maize Imports,” Thursday, April 24, 2025. |
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Dr. Vincenzina Caputo |
Michigan State University |
“A Novel Approach to Agri-Food System Policy and Market Analysis: The Basket-Based Choice Experiment,” Friday, May 2, 2025. |
2023-2024
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Dr. Elinor Benami |
Virginia Tech |
"Rain Check: Examining How Fine-Scale Precipitation Data Affects U.S. Weather Index Insurance Payouts," Thursday, May 9, 3:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Golam Saroare Shakil |
Gates Foundation |
"Economic Burden of Livestock Diseases: A Vertically Integrated Partial Equilibrium Livestock Model," Wednesday, April 24, 10:30 a.m. |
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Dr. Juan Sesmero |
Purdue University |
"Out-of-Equilibrium Behavior and Inference on Firm Conduct: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments," Thursday, March 28, 2024, 3:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Seungki Lee |
The Ohio State University |
"Measuring Imported Crop Price Shocks in a Small Open Economy," Thursday, February 29, 2024, 3:30 p.m. |
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Srishti Slaria |
University of Kansas |
“100% Clean Electricity by 2035? The Impact of Extreme and Exceptional Drought on Hydroelectricity in the Pacific Northwest,” Friday, November 3, 2023, 3:30 p.m. |
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Andrew Rosenberg |
USDA’s Economic Research Service |
"Impacts of an increase in federal assistance for cover cropping: Evidence from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program,"Friday, October 6, 2023, 3:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Molly Sears |
Michigan State University |
“Valuing Recycled Water for Irrigation: Direct and Indirect Benefits to Coastal Agriculture," Thursday, September 21, 2023, 3:30 p.m. |
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Dr. William Secor |
University of Georgia |
"The Effect of Precision Scheduled Railroading on Agricultural Shipper Service," Thursday, August 31, 2023, 3:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Molly Sears |
Michigan State University |
“Valuing Recycled Water for Irrigation: Direct and Indirect Benefits to Coastal Agriculture,"Thursday, September 21, 2023, 3:30 p.m. |
2022-2023
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Dr. Tomas Nilsson |
Olds College of Agriculture and Technology |
"Adoption of Agriculture Technologies in Canada," Tuesday, May 16, 2023. |
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Dr. Ali Hill |
Colorado State University |
"Air Pollution, Weather, and Agricultural Worker Productivity," Tuesday, March 28, 2023. |
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Francisco Scott |
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City |
"Supply Shocks and Vertical Relationships: Evidence from the US Beef Market," Thursday, March 9, 2023. |
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Dr. Jared Hutchins |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
"Do Livestock Producers Breed Using Selection Indices? Evidence from US Dairy Bull Prices," Thursday, February 23, 2023. |
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Dr. Wesley Burnett |
USDA ERS |
“On-Farm Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in U.S. Agriculture,”Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Dr. Lawson Conner |
Arkansas State University |
“RMA Projected Prices and Asymmetric Effects on Prevented Planting Claims," Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
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Dr. Maoyong Fann |
Ball State University |
“State Ownership and Cost-effectiveness of Environmental Policy: Firm-level Evidence”, Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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Dr. Amy Hagerman |
Oklahoma State University |
“'Do Good Work': Recruiting and Developing Extension Faculty That Excel”, Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
2021-2022
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Dr. Courtney Bir |
Oklahoma State University |
"Quail-an Enterprise for Consideration in Farm Management", Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
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Dr. Margaret Jodlowski |
The Ohio State University |
"Health Insurance and Off-Farm Work" on Friday, April 15, 2022 |
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Dr. Hongli Feng |
Iowa State University |
“Will Tests Lead to More Informed Antibiotic Use? An Application in Veterinarian Diagnostic Decisions” on Monday, April 11, 2022 |
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Dr. Jason Brown |
KC Federal Reserve Bank |
“Great Expectations and Exuberant Borrowing: Evidence from Fracking Leases” on Thursday, March 24, 2022 |
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Janic Bucheli |
ETH Zurich |
“Weather Effects On The Probability Of Wheat Downgrading”, February 10, 2022 |
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Dr. Jim Mintert |
Purdue University |
"The Ag Economy Barometer: What Have We Learned So Far?”, January 11, 2022 |
2020-2021
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Dr. Karl Rich |
Oklahoma State University |
"Advances in socioeconomic approaches to assess animal disease impacts: examples from the developing world," Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
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Dr. Aleks Schaefer |
Oklahoma State University |
"Exporting Scarcity? Sustainable Groundwater Regulation in an International Marketplace," Friday, October 8, 2021 |
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Dr. Harun Bulut |
National Crop Insurance Service |
“Reevaluating the Use of Volatility Factor in Crop Insurance Premium Rating," Thursday, September 23, 2021 |
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Dr. Jihoon Cho |
Kansas State University |
"The Value of Subjective and Objective High-Frequency Service Quality Data: An Empirical Analysis"Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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Dr. Matt Gammans |
Michigan State University |
"Double Cropping as an Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States,"Thursday, April 22, 2021 |
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Dr. Minfeng Tang |
Kansas State University |
"Seasonal Variation in Fed Cattle Profitability Including Both Production and Price Risk," Thursday, April 8, 2021, 2021 |
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Dr. Gabe Sampson |
Kansas State University |
"Irrigation and Land Value Response to Ethanol Market Expansion in Kansas," Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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Dr. Diane Charlton |
Montana State University |
“Seasonal Farm Labor and Criminal Activity in the United States," on Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
2019-2020
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Dr. Tatyana Deryugina |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
“Does When You Die Depend on Where You Live? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina,” Tuesday, March 3, 2020 |
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Dr. Eric Edwards |
North Carolina State University |
"Historical Evidence of Increased Climatic Resiliency due to Irrigation in the United States," Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Dr. Bowen Chen |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
"Conservation Tillage Mitigates Drought Induced Yield Losses in the Corn Belt," Thursday, December 12, 2019 |
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Dr. Ben Schwab |
Kansas State University |
"The Transition to Legal Cannabis Production: Evidence from Northern California" Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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Dr. Tom Hertel |
Purdue University |
"Trade in Technology: A Potential Solution to the Food Security Challenges of the 21st Century" Thursday, October 17, 2019 |
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Dr. Metin Cakir |
University of Minnesota |
"Retail Price Premiums for Organic Fresh Fruits and Vegetables" Tuesday, October 1, 2019 |
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Dr. Gyuhyeong Goh and Dr. Jisang Yu |
Kansas State University |
"Bayesian Causal Inference with Some Invalid Instrumental Variables" Tuesday, September 17, 2019 |
2018 - 2019
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Dr. Tim Beatty |
University of California, Davis |
“Consumer Choice of Store Format: Response to Policy Incentives” Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 11 a.m. |
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Dr. Nicolas Legrand |
INRA |
"Bayesian Estimation of the Storage Model Using Information on Quantities" Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11 a.m. |
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Dr. Michel Robe |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne |
"Who Holds Positions in Agricultural Futures Markets - and How?" Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 11 a.m |
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Dr. Michel Roberts |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
"Variable Pricing and the Cost of Renewable Energy" Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 11 a.m. |
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Dr. Geoff Cockfield |
University of Southern Queensland |
"Visiting Fulbright Scholar Presentation" Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. |
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Dr. Simeon Ehui |
World Bank, Agricultural Global Practice |
"From Thousands to Millions: Selected World Bank Experience on Scaling up Innovation in Agriculture in Africa" December 13, 2018 |
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Dr. Leah Palm-Forster |
University of Delaware |
"Factors Affecting Enrollment of Leased Land in the Conservation Stewardship Program in Kansas"Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. |
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Dr. Nicholas Magnan |
University of Georgia |
"Information, Technology, and Market Rewards: Incentivizing Aflatoxin Control in Ghana" Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 1:30 p.m, |
2017 - 2018
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Dr. Ariel Ortiz-Bobea |
Cornell University |
"The Role of Nonfarm Influences in Ricardian Estimates of Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Agriculture" Thursday, April 26, 2108 at 11:00 |
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Dr. Timothy Richards |
Arizona State University |
"Immigration Reform and Farm Labor Markets"Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 11:00 |
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Dr. Lindy Robison |
Michigan State University |
"The Colonoscopy Decision: The Role of Social Capital and Relational Goods in Health Care Decisions" Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 3:45 |
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Dr. Fiona Burlig |
University of Chicago |
"Machine Learning from Schools about Energy Efficiency" Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 11:00 |
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Dr. Taro Mieno |
University of Nebraska |
"Do Agricultural Producers Really Change Their Irrigation Behavior Based on Neighbors Pumping" Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:45 |
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Dr. Ross Kingwell |
University of Western Australia |
"Intellectual Property Rights and Canadian Wheat Breeding for the 21st Century" Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Dr. Kent Kovacs |
University of Arkansas |
"Producer Discount Rates for Investment in Irrigation Efficiency" Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 3:45 |
2016 -2017
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Dr. Michael Kremer |
Harvard University |
"What Institutions are Appropriate for Generating and Disseminating Local Agricultural Information? Evidence from Kenya" Tuesday May 2, 1:00 p.m. |
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Dr. Mario Miranda |
The Ohio State University |
"Warehouse Receipt Financing for Smallholders in Developing Countries: Long on Imagination, Short on Logic" Friday, April 28 at 1:00 p.m |
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Dr. Allen Klaiber |
The Ohio State University |
"Price Based Land Use Policy and Development Density: Impacts on Urban Land Use Patterns" Tuesday, April 11 at 3:45 p.m. |
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Dr. Harrison Fell |
North Carolina State University |
"Fuel Prices, Restructuring, and Natural Gas Plant Operations" Tuesday, April 4 at 1:00 p.m |
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Dr. David Ubilava |
University of Sydney |
“The Role of El Nino Southern Oscillation in Commodity Price Movement and Predictability” Tuesday, March 28 at 3:45 p.m |
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Dr. Michael Delgado |
Purdue University |
“Third Party Certification and the Effectiveness of Voluntary Pollution Abatement Programs: Evidence from Responsible Care” Thursday February 23, at 1:00 p.m |
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Dr. Fenton Sands |
Sands International |
"On the Process and Outcomes of Development Policy Reforms in Ghana" Tuesday, November 8, at 3:45 pm |
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Dr. Tina Saitone |
University of California, Davis |
"Calf and yearling Prices in the Western United States: Spatial, Quality, and Temporal Factors in Satellite Video Auctions" Tuesday, October 25, at 3:45 pm |
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Dr. Jayson Lusk |
Oklahoma State University |
"Ex Post Analysis of Prop 2 in California" Tuesday, August 9, at 11:00 am |