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The Comment Corner 2013 has been a time of strategy and broad vision for the Center for Food and Agricultural Business. We have finalized our strategic plan for the next three years, and we are very excited about what we have planned. We’re going to continue doing what we do best — agribusiness management research and education — but we are expanding the products and services that we offer in innovative and exciting ways. Right now, we’re in the midst of research and analysis for the Large Commercial Producer Project. We’ve gathered the raw data from the survey, as well as some initial statistics. Results will be featured at our 2013 National Conference for Agribusiness. We are also in the initial phases of developing a fundraising effort for the center that will support graduate students working with center professors on cutting-edge, broadly applicable agribusiness management research. These projects will help move the industry forward, while also developing the industry’s human capital through a graduate program that results in well-trained thought leaders of the future. We’ve been able to attract resources in this area already, and I’m looking forward to sharing more specifics about this effort soon. In alignment with the strategic plan, we have engaged a web consulting firm called SmallBox based in Indianapolis. We are working through a discovery process to significantly enhance our web presence — not only our website, but also our social media and content delivery — to work toward our goal of becoming the preeminent thought leader in the agribusiness industry. Hail Purdue! Economist: Livestock producers should expect bright future More efficient  land use, a stalled demand for corn ethanol and increased demand for meat in developing countries should help boost the livestock industry in coming years, according to a Purdue University agricultural economist. Farzad Taheripour, a research assistant professor of agricultural economics, used Food and Agriculture Organization and U.S. Department of Agriculture data, paired with Purdue's Global Trade Analysis Project model, to guide analysis of global economic issues. Read More.
AgEcon Undergraduate Awards
The programs are designed to coax rather than compel businesses, industries and in some cases individuals to reduce, for example, airborne emissions, agricultural runoff or the use of toxic chemicals with incentives ranging from expert advice and public recognition to an easing of some regulatory restrictions and market advantages. |
May 2013 Issue
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AgEcon Events June 10-11, 2013 - 2013 GTAP Advisory Board Meeting June 26-27, 2013 - 81st Annual Indiana Farm Managment Tour June 26, 2013 - Master Farmer's Banquet
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of Agricultural Economics’ undergraduates shined during this weeks’ College of Agriculture Undergraduate Awards Program. The program is hosted by Purdue’s Office of Academic Programs and Purdue’s Agricultural Council. Fourteen of the twenty-two Agricultural Council members call the Department of Agricultural Economics’ home, so numerous Agricultural Economics students were on stage giving student responses, introducing other speakers, and distributing certificates.
Several Agricultural Economics students were also recognized for their accomplishments. 
For about two decades voluntary pollution abatement programs have shifted in and out of popularity with national — popular in the George W. Bush administration, not so much under President Obama — state and even international policymakers.