College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

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  MSU dairy cattle judging team performs well in 1st contest of the season

  Published on January 21, 2020
  The team placed third overall and fourth in oral reasons out of 11 teams.

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  PBS Interviews Professor Scott Swinton on Becoming a University Distinguished Professor

  Published on December 19, 2019
  PBS's WKAR television station recently interviewed AFRE faculty member Scott Swinton about being named a 2019 University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.

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  FSP Leaves a Major Impact on Myanmar and its Young Agricultural Researchers

  Published on November 22, 2019
  AFRE researchers in the FSP program spent 5 years studying Myanmar's agricultural transformation in an effort to inform policy and promote the country's research capacity.

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  AFRE Job Candidates for Winter/Spring 2020

  Published on November 21, 2019
  AFRE is pleased to announce our PhD job-market candidates for winter and spring 2020.

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  Precision farming comes into its own

  Published on October 7, 2019
  Precision agriculture affects farmers both large and small; adoption rates depend on cost versus value produced

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  Research on Farm Input Subsidies has Important Implications for African Policymakers

  Published on October 3, 2019
  University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE), Thomas Jayne, recently spoke to African policymakers at the African Green Revolution Forum in Ghana.

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  New Report Uncovers the “Hidden Middle” of Africa’s Agricultural Economy

  Published on October 3, 2019
  In collaboration with AGRA, Food Security Group researchers from AFRE are reshaping the debate among Africa’s agricultural policy makers.

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  Assistant Professor Job Opening

  Published on September 30, 2019
  Michigan State’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics is hiring an Assistant Professor (Tenure System) in Production and Farm Management Economics.

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  FSP Research Featured in The Economist

  Published on September 13, 2019
  Research by AFRE graduate student Myat Thida Win and Associate Professor Ben Belton regarding agricultural mechanization in Myanmar has been featured in The Economist. This research was funded by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy.

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  David Ortega Shares Insights to New Import Taxes Underscoring China's Role As Growing U.S. Food Supplier

  Published on September 6, 2019
  David Ortega, AFRE’s Associate Professor and a collaborator on FSP’s Africa Great Lakes Coffee (AGLC) project shares insights on new import taxes underscoring China's role as growing U.S. food supplier

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  AFRE Student Receives $20,000 Top Hat Scholarship

  Published on September 5, 2019
  AFRE student Emma Rice is one of five award recipients for the first annual Top Hat Scholarship.

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  Michigan State University agricultural economists discuss possible effects of wet spring and delayed planting on food prices

  Published on August 27, 2019
  David Ortega and Jim Hilker, faculty in MSU’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, say impacts of delayed planting on food costs likely won’t be known until after the fall harvest.

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  Another Successful Year for MSU AFRE at AAEA 2019

  Published on August 14, 2019
  Faculty, graduate students, staff and alumni represented MSU at the 2019 AAEA conference in Atlanta on July 21-23, 2019.

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  Four MSU affiliates elected to Board of U.S. Society for Ecological Economics

  Published on August 5, 2019
  MSU faculty and students are hoping to make big contributions to the field of ecological economics.

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  AFRE Job Candidates for Fall 2019

  Published on July 19, 2019
  AFRE is proud to announce our PhD job-market candidates for Fall 2019.

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  FSG Work Highlighted in Blog Post by Chief Economist of USAID

  Published on July 15, 2019
  Chief Economist of USAID Dr. Louise Fox has highlighted FSG work by FSG's Thom Jayne and Milu Muyanga in her most recent blog post:

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  ABM Senior: Finding AFRE and Practicing Her Passion

  Published on July 8, 2019
  AFRE student Brooke Vilminot is spending her summer interning at Archer Daniels (ADM) in Toledo, Ohio after finding her home at Michigan State in the AFRE Department.

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  MSU earns $11 million USAID grant to help developing nations improve food security policymaking

  Published on July 1, 2019
  Michigan State University has received an $11 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development to implement a new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence.

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  AFRE faculty member named University Distinguished Professor

  Published on June 27, 2019
  Scott Swinton, professor in the Michgan State University’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics receives prestigious faculty honor based on service, teaching and scholarly achievements.

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  Carrying on a Legacy: FIM Senior at RS Hanline

  Published on June 25, 2019
  MSUAFRE student Lauren Bednarski is interning at RS Hanline for summer of 2019 in hopes of continuing her family’s legacy back home.

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  MSU AFRE student interning at McCormick & Co.'s global headquarters

  Published on June 17, 2019
  MSU AFRE student Jenny Pendell is interning with McCormick & Co. for summer of 2019. Pendell is studying Food Industry Management.