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Eric Micheels – Page 2 – Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with reporters about current events in the beef value chain. (You can follow the links that were posted in an earlier post. As I was trying to think about the industry response from an agricultural economics perspective, where value chains are best seen as demand pull chains and consumers are not vilified for attempting to maximize utility, I tweeted out a link to my dissertation. Shows that 80 per...
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July 2016 – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. I and a colleague recently had a paper published in Agricultural Systems that examined absorptive capacity and social capital affect the number of new practices adopted on Western Canadian farms. If you’re interested in reading such things, you can find it here. Parody on it. Watch it here. I’m not sure what the editors are looking for…do they want a real review or a Reviewer Number Three review? July 26, 2016. This brings me to an important...
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Eric Micheels – Page 3 – Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Conferencing — WERA edition. I am sitting in the Las Vegas airport waiting to board my flight to Minneapolis having just left the last session of the Western Education and Research Activities conference that was held at the lovely Excalibur Hotel and Casino. One participant traveled all the way from Nigeria to attend the conference. It was great to see both old and new faces. June 11, 2013. June 11, 2013. Student: One of the best lecturers I...
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January 2017 – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Friday Assorted Links — Jan 27. Is behavioural economics a better way to think about food labels? Was Yogi Berra right all along? A big test for GM food products. Can genomics save the tomato? January 27, 2017. Leave a comment on Friday Assorted Links — Jan 27. Friday Assorted Links — January 20. Https:/ agfundernews.com/why-feeding-the-world-is-not-the-only-important-agtech-message.html. January 20, 2017. Either choice could be correct base...
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May 2016 – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with reporters about current events in the beef value chain. (You can follow the links that were posted in an earlier post. As I was trying to think about the industry response from an agricultural economics perspective, where value chains are best seen as demand pull chains and consumers are not vilified for attempting to maximize utility, I tweeted out a link to my dissertation. Shows that 80 per...
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Friday Assorted Links – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. I’ve always liked what Tyler Cowen and co. do at Marginal Revolution with their assorted links posts, so I thought I would give it a try. Http:/ www.amestrib.com/sections/opinion/columns/geoff-schumacher-the-great-butter-margarine-controversy.html. Http:/ www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/news home/Regulatory News/2017/01/FDA gives guidance on link bet.aspx? Http:/ www.producer.com/2017/01/case-made-for-labelling-but-questions-abound/. Nice ...
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Does Agriculture have an Agricultural Economics Problem? – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Does Agriculture have an Agricultural Economics Problem? I’m beginning to think that the agricultural community has an agricultural economics problem. I’ve come to this position following the news about Earls here. And the Canadian agricultural industry’s response. They’ve even begun to disparage the last bastion of purity, marketing. I guess marketing is only good when the label is promoting Canadian products? As I see it, the problem lies ...
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The Economics of Economics Textbooks – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. The Economics of Economics Textbooks. However, not all students take my course immediately after they take ECON 111 (for whatever reason). Therefore they get stung with the pain of selling their text back to the bookstore after ECON 111 only to have to buy a newer version at a higher price point a couple semesters later. The Economist had a recent post that discussed the steep increase in textbook prices. Through BC Open Campus. One negative...
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Transforming new practice to new profit – Eric Micheels
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Thoughts from an agricultural economist on a variety of topics. Transforming new practice to new profit. Recently, I and a colleague at the University of Saskatchewan published a paper. This brings me to an important unresolved question: how many bushels/dollars/hours are we leaving on the table because the technologies we have purchased are not being used to their full potential? If you have thoughts on this, please feel free to comment below. July 6, 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.