The Economics Commentator is a newsletter published by the Department of Economics. It is written for farmers and ranchers, agriculturally-related and small-town business managers, and public official and policymakers. The newsletter provides recent market information, research findings, and other information about economic conditions and changes in South Dakota.
Submissions from 1997
Crop Revenue Coverage: Price and Yield Protection; Livestock Outlook: 1997, Burton Pflueger and Gene Murra
Crop System Diversity: Historical Perspective and Current Policies, Thomas L. Dobbs and Linda M. Dumke
Impact of South Dakota Agriculture 1991-1995, Martin K. Beutler
Introduction to Value Based Marketing for Fed Cattle; Hay Prices Expected to Hold Into Early Summer, Scott W. Fausti and Donald Peterson
Livestock and Meat Trade; Sheep and Lamb Outlook, Gene Murra and Gene Murra
Price Comparisons for Organic Crop Products, Thomas L. Dobbs and Lisa Carr
Seasonal Corn and Soybean Pricing; Benchmarks for Your Beef Herd: Where to Find Them, Dick Shane and Gene Murra
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Rental Practices: 1997, Burton Pflueger and Larry Janssen
The Stock Market: Herd Mentality and Rationality; World Meat Production and Trade: Some Selected Comments, John Sodney and Gene Murra
Value Based Marketing for Fed Cattle: Part II Grid Pricing; Migration, Housing Rural Renewal, Scott W. Fausti and John A. Sondey
Submissions from 1996
1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson and Gene E. Murra
Agricultural Trade: Growth and Impact, Gene Murra and Richard Shane
Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty and Environmental Quality in South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible in Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, and Richard Shane
Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: herds West and East of the Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor and Gene Murra
Cattle Trends: Review and Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra and Richard Shane
Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation and Outlook, Alan May and Gene Murra
Do Price Supports Decrease Variability in Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact on Production and Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson and Richard Shane
Increased Hog Production in South Dakota: One Possible Solution - Contracting, Gene Murra
Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra
Milk Prices Coming Down; 1996 Grain Prices in Review; 1996 - A Mixed Year for South Dakota Livestock Producers, Donald Peterson, Alan May, and Gene Murra
Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz and Gene Murra
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger and Larry Janssen
South Dakota nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department of Economics
Will the World Experience Hunger and Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane and Gene Murra
Submissions from 1995
Cattle Situation: Short and Long Term; Rolling Hedge: Multiple Year Marketing Strategy, Gene Murra and Richard Shane
Developing a Market Plan For Calves; Changes in Hog Prices, Dillon M. Feuz and Gene Murra
Economic Analysis of Two Cost-Share Programs to Improve Ground Water Quality; Fencing: A Marketing Alternative, Burton Pflueger, Lon Henning, Thomas Dobbs, and Richard Shane
Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Management Systems on Wetland Areas in East-Central S. D.; Weather: Wet, Drought, Frost, Corn & Soybean Outlook, Eric Stebbins, Larry Janssen, Diane Rickerl, and Richard Shane
Evaluation of Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Corn Production in Brookings County; Hog Comments, Douglas R. Franklin, Eric S. Stebbins, and Gene Murra
Grain Marketing Alternatives, Richard Shane
Hay Inventories Up, Prices Mixed to Lower; Cattle Inventory Report: Jan. 1, 1995, Donald L. Peterson and Gene Murra
Implications for South Dakota Counties of Decreases in Federal Farm Program Supprt Payments; Grain Price, Exports, and Frost, Thomas L. Dobbs, Janice M. Meehan, and Richard Shane
Nutrient Loadings on South Dakota Farmland: Feedlot Livestock Waste; Hog and Pig Report Comments, Donald C. Taylor and Gene E. Murra
Seasonal Cattle and Hog Prices: Sioux Falls, S.D. 1980-1994; Hog and Cattle Comments, Dillion M. Feuz and Gene Murra
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Rental Practices: 1995, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen, and Laural Venhuizen
South Dakota Farmer-Rancher Preferences For Agricultural Policy After 1995; Business Consulting at SDSU, Bashir A. Qasmi, John A. Sondey, and Richard Shane
The Hog Industry: Can the Little Guy Compete?; Crop Market Alternatives, Gene E. Murra and Dick Shane
Submissions from 1994
Conservation Reserve Program Land Use Decisions in South Dakota, Larry L. Janssen, Martin Beutler, and Tecleberhan Ghebremicael
Crop Yield Protection 1994; A Diverse and Changing Cattle Feeding Industry, Burton Pflueger and Gene Murra
Feeding Versus Selling Cull Cows; Marketing Plan Execution, Dillion M. Feuz and Richard Shane
Grain Outlook: 1994, Richard Shane
Grain Price Outlook: 1994; Cattle and Hog Situation and Outlook, Richard Shane and Gene Murra
Health Care Reform; Crop Condition and Progress Reports, Ardelle Lundeen and Richard Shane
Impacts of Changing Techonolgy On Rental Shares; Early, Quick Harvest Pressures Row Crop Prcies, Larry Madsen and Richard Shane
Slaughter Cattle Pricing; Hog Comments, Dillion M. Feuz and Gene Murra
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Rental Practices: 1994, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen, and Karen Brovold
State and Local Tax Policy; Non-Trader Use of Futures: Sell or Store, Scott W. Fausti and Richard Shane
Stewardship Payments: A Potential New Policy Direction for the 1995 Farm Bill; Cattle and Hog Outlook: 1994, Thomas L. Dobbs and Gene E. Murra
Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding: S.D. Versus Neighboring Major Cattle Feeding States; Livestock Outlook, Donald C. Taylor and Gene Murra
The Price of the Yen: Does it Matter?; Slaughter Cattle Outlook, John Sondey and Gene Murra