agricultural and resource economics
Climate Change, Crop Yields and Risk Management for Farmers
Farmers are adjusting to the way climate change affects crop yield.
Not Goodbye, Just See ‘Ya Later: Mitch Renkow Retires
Mitch Renkow will be retired effective July 1, 2020 but we are pleased to announce he has been awarded emeritus status with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Are Greater Cattle and Grains Production the Solution to the Coming Worldwide Hunger Catastrophe?
Is “more food” the answer? This study uses World Bank data and path/structural equation modeling to determine the veracity of this position versus another.
Second Edition of Feitshans’ Ag Law Textbook Released
Agricultural and Agribusiness Law: An Introduction for Non-Lawyers by Emeritus Professor Ted Feitshans is now available.
Industrial Hemp Regulatory Update
The Agricultural Marketing Service will host a listening session on industrial hemp production on March 13, 2019, from noon–3 p.m. This webinar will be free and open to the public. Registration is available and is limited to 1,000 people.
Impact of Minimum Wages on the U.S. Agricultural Sector
Increasing minimum wages in recent years have many agribusiness owners and farm operators worried. What is the impact of state and federal minimum wage laws on farm profits, products and profitability?
What’s the Value of Lost Recreation Days from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
Roger von Haefen, co-authored a paper recently published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management titled “Estimating the Value of Lost Recreation Days from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.”
Walden: 6 Ways North Carolina Will Be Different in 2050
The year 2050 seems distant, but it really isn’t. We’ll be there in only 32 years. But our state will be different.
Natural Gas Prices, Not ‘War On Coal,’ Were Key to Coal Power Decline
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural gas and the availability of wind energy – not by environmental regulations.