2023 Agricultural Economics Conference Agenda

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome
Carrie Ashe, MSU Extension, Associate Director
Eric Belasco, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Department Head

9:15 - 9:35

Ag Outlook
George Haynes, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

9:40 – 10:00

The Impact of Weather and Safety Net Programs on Cattle Cycle
Eric Belasco, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

10:05 – 10:35

Sell-by-Dates, Product Shelf-Life, and the Market Implications
Yang Yu, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

10:35 – 10:50

Break

10:50 – 11:10

Agriculture Impacts of Water Scarcity in the Short and Long Term
Nick Hagerty, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

M.L. Wilson Lecture:  Agricultural Land Markets and the Influence of Foreign Investment
Mykel Taylor, Associate Professor and Alfa Eminent Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

12:40 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 1:50

Updates from State Agencies
Ian Foley, Montana Department of Agriculture
Mike Honeycutt, Montana Department of Livestock

1:50 - 2:10

Applications of Optics in Precision Agriculture
Paul Nugent, MSU Precision Ag Faculty

2:15 - 2:35

Precision Agriculture: Technology in Livestock Systems
Sam Wyffels, MSU Department of Animal and Range Science

The Effects of Wetland Conservation on Agricultural Production
Nicole Karwowski, MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics