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 1993
Dairy Outlook; Hog Comments, Donald Peterson and Gene Murra
Economics Department Alumni Survey; Wheat Price Outlook, Ardelle Lundeen and Dick Shane
Group Risk Plan A New Program From the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Burton Pflueger
Individual Stock Selection: A Place in the Investment Portfolio; Participation in 1993 Acreage Reduction Program Looks Profitable, John A. Sondey and Donald Peterson
Land Rental Adjustment Considerations; Future Prospects for Livestock Producers, Burton Pflueger and Gene Murra
Long-Term Economic Performance of Alternative, Conventional, and Reduced Tillage Farming Systems in East-Central and Northeast South Dakota; Grain Prices: Seasonal High May Be Past, Thomas L. Dobbs, Lon D. Henning, and Richard Shane
Milk Futures May Be Coming Soon; Winter Wheat Situation, Donald Peterson and Richard Shane
NAFTA and Its Impact on Northern Plains Agriculture; Test Weight Discounts and On-Farm Drying Decisions, John Sondey and Richard Shane
Outlook: Economy OK, but Significant Changes Coming For Agriculture, Donald Peterson
Partial Farm Budgeting; Value Based Marketing in the Beef Industry, Burton Pflueger, Dillion Feuz, and John Wagner
Roles and Limitations of Enterprise Diversification; Hog Outlook, Donald C. Taylor and Gene Murra
Seasonality In Corn and Soybean Prices Received By South Dakota Farmers; Grain: Sell or Store, Bashir A. Qasmi and Richard Shane
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Rental Practices: 1993, Larry Janssen and Burton Pflueger
Sustainable Beef Cattle Production; Livestock Outlook, Donald Taylor and Gene Murra
The Impact of "Arkansas Best" on Forward Pricing; Cattle Outlook, Gene Murra and Gene Murra
Submissions from 1992
Assessing Environmental and Economic Aspects of Farming; Livestock Outlook, John D. Cole, Burton Pflueger, and Gene E. Murra
Farm Management Innovators: Characteristics of Eastern South Dakota Farm Operations; Wheat Outlook, Douglas Franklin, Abdirizak Ahmed, and Dick Shane
Focus on Herd Size: South Dakota Beef Cattle; Winter Grain Market Potential, Donald C. Taylor, Dillion M. Feuz, and Richard Shane
Grain Basis in South Dakota; Corn and Soybean Price Outlook, Bashir A. Qasmi and Richard Shane
Impacts of BST Adoption with Alternative Government Policies; Cattle and Hog Outlook, Donald Peterson and Gene Murra
Is Publicly Funded Research in Agriculture Still Needed?; Grain Price Outlook, Donald Peterson and Richard Shane
Meat Consumption: A Few Comments, Gene Murra
Prospective Plantings and Crop Produciton Estimates, Dick Shane
South Dakota Agricultural Land Values and Cash Rental Rates: 1992, Burton Pflueger and Larry Janssen
Statewide Results of a Study of Sustainable Agriculture in South Dakota; Hog Comments, Thomas L. Dobbs, Donald C. Taylor, James D. Smolik, and Gene Murra
The South Dakota Cattle Feeding Industry; Wheat Market Possibilities, Dillion M. Feuz, Xiaohong Yu, Donald C. Taylor, and Richard Shane
Submissions from 1991
An Economic Analysis of the 1990-1991 South Dakota Retained Ownership Demonstration; Soviet Republics and Grain Prices, Dillon Feuz, John Wagner, and Richard Shane
Calculating Cost of Production; Livestock: 1991 Revisisted and 1992 Forecast, John Cole, Burton Pflueger, and Gene Murra
Oilseed Outlook; Fed and Feeder Cattle Situation and Outlook, Richard Shane and Dillion M. Feuz
Sales and Property Tax Contributions of South Dakota Agriculture: 1990, Martin K. Beutler
Submissions from 1989
Chapter 12 Farm Reorganization Bankruptcies in South Dakota; U.S. Wheat Supply and Demand 1989, Larry Janssen, Scott Peterson, Richard Shane, and Gene Murra
Conservation Complience Standards Relaxed; History: Is is a Predictor of Cattle Prices?, Burton Pflueger, Cindy Snyder, Gene E. Murra, and Richard Shane
Econmic Results of SDSU Alternative Farming Systems Trials: 1988 Compared to 1987; Outlook for Generic Certificates, Thomas L. Dobbs, Clarence Mends, and Donald L. Peterson
Forward Pricing Grain While Maintaining the Potential to Benefit From Price Increases, Brian H. Schmiesing
Frorward Pricing Grain with No Cancellation Penalties; Livestock Outlook, Brian H. Schmiesing and Gene Murra
Submissions from 1988
1988 Drought Effect on the Economy, Lynn Selzle-Wolters and Burton Pflueger
Cattle Outlook, Gene E. Murra
Crop Yeild Losses Under Irrigation Load Management Control, Donald C. Taylor
Economic Considerations in Producing and Feeding Quality Alfalfa Hay, Martin K. Beutler
Farm Credit Mediation in South Dakota: What Can Producers Expect?, Scott Peterson and Burton W. Pflueger
Grain Market Expectations, Richard Shane
Long Term and Recent Trends in South Dakota Farmland Markets, Larry Janssen
Pricing of South Dakota Hard Red Winter Wheat, Brian H. Schmiesing and Boyd M. Ober
Reduced Tillage Economics Research, Donald C. Taylor and Thomas L. Dobbs
Rural Development Policy Workshop, Ardelle A. Lundeen
South Dakota Livestock Industry: A review of 1987 and A Peak into 1988, Gene E. Murra and Clarence Mends
South Dakota's Sustainable Agriculture Farmers, Donald C. Taylor and Thomas L. Dobbs
Submissions from 1987
Aid For Third World Agricultural Development: Help Or Hindrance To U.S. Agriculture, Thomas L. Dobbs
Economics of Alternative Farming Systems, Thomas L. Dobbs, Lyle A. Weiss, and Mark G. Leddy
Farmer Experience With Conservation Tillage, Herbert R. Allen