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Wednesday Nov 19, 2014
Wednesday Nov 19, 2014
Dr. Corinne Alexander discusses food prices in this episode of the Purdue Agricultural Economics Podcast. She talks about the history of Thanksgiving food prices over the years and how they have fluctuated due to agricultural production. Curious about the years to come? She covers that as well!
Monday Nov 10, 2014
Monday Nov 10, 2014
Graduate student Jim Flock talks about global food security and how Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) Bags are helping to solve food losses around the world. He also touches on the challenges of education and training in less-developed countries in order to fully utilize the potential of technologies such as PICS bags.
Tuesday Oct 28, 2014
Tuesday Oct 28, 2014
In this episode, Dr. Jacob-Ricker Gilbert talks about his research in Africa dealing with input subsidies and agricultural production. He discusses the differences and similarities between the culture in Africa and in the United States as well as the factors of production in Africa and how those affect the economic growth of the countries.
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
In the second Purdue Agricultural Economics Podcast, Ken & Jessica meet with Dr. Roman Keeney to discuss the Farm Bill, how it affects farmers and changes that were made in the legislation. This important discussion relays the impact that policymakers have on the agricultural industry and how producers can adjust to the changes made in Washington.
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Ken & Jessica kick off the Purdue Agricultural Economics Podcast Series by chatting with Professor Chris Hurt about this year’s record crop production and how it will affect our food prices. Dr. Hurt also touches on how this surplus in production will upset grain farmers’ profits and the outlook for the industry in the coming years.