Additional articles and publications available to the public
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Although well over 50% of the work done at FarmEcon LLC is client confidential, we do also publish work that is available to the public. Links to selected articles, presentations, and papers are found below:
Papers and Studies:
Food Costs are Eating American Family Budgets, January, 2013
Corn Price Supply-Use Ratio and Ethanol, December, 2010 (Elam-Meyer)
Iowa Turkey Federation Presentation, November, 2010
Ethanol Has Made the Traditional Feedgrain Balance Sheet Obsolete, Feedstuffs, November, 2010
Paper on Chicken Industry Competition, May, 2010
Projections of Global Meat Production Through 2050 (Feedstuffs)
Beef Imports Help the U.S. Cattle Industry (Calf News) 4-2005
AAEA Choices article on ethanol policy, 9/2009
Presentations and Presented Papers:
AMI Meat and Poultry Research Conference Presentation, January 31, 2013
NCBA Beef Technology Workshop Presentation 7/24/12
Global Meat Markets - Overview.pdf
Organic Beef and Dairy Paper, Tempe AZ, 2/22/07
Work done (with Dr. Rod Preston) for the Growth Enhancement Technology Information Team:
Beef Technology Paper
Outlook Presentations:
U.S. Turkey Outlook - 2010
U.S. Turkey Outlook - 2011
U.S. Turkey Outlook - 2012
International Poultry Exposition Presentation, Atlanta, 1/30/09
CPEPC broiler, turkey and egg outlook, Moncton NB, 6/9/09
Ethanol Papers:
Food Costs are Eating American Family Budgets, January, 2013
Ethanol Production: Economic Impact on Meat and Poultry Consumption, Value, and Jobs
Need for RFS reform paper, 2012
Need for RFS reform slides, 2012
Ethanol and gasoline prices, 2009 article
Ethanol and recent corn prices - emerging relationships (Co-author Steve Meyers)
Ethanol Has Made the Traditional Feedgrain Balance Sheet Obsolete, 11-25-2010