John Anderson, Andrew McKenzie, and Scott Stiles – economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture – discuss the current market situation for Arkansas’ major commercial row crops.

John Anderson, James Mitchell (University of Arkansas), and Josh Maples (Mississippi State University) discuss crop insurance instruments available to help livestock producers manage forage production risk.  

This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA through a grant from the Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center under Award Number 2021-70027-34722.

John Anderson, Andy McKenzie, Alvaro Durand-Morat and James Mitchell with the Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness department explore potential agricultural market implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The following materials and/or data sources were referenced in this Relevant Risk episode:

The Story of Rising Fertilizer Prices by Aaron Smith (UC-Davis), https://asmith.ucdavis.edu/news/story-rising-fertilizer-prices

Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration,  https://www.eia.gov/

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Arkansas Daily Grain Bids, https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2960.pdf

CME Group Grain and Oilseed futures quotes, https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/agriculture.html#products

John Anderson and Mike Popp from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness are joined by Trent Roberts, U of A System Division of Agriculture soil fertility specialist, to discuss soil fertility management in an environment of record high fertilizer costs. Visit fryar-risk-center.uada.edu for more information.

John Anderson and Andy McKenzie with the Fryar Price Risk Management Center talk with Ed Fryar, founder of the Center, about his experience with risk assessment and risk management over the course of his career in the poultry industry.

John Anderson and James Mitchell discuss the cattle and beef markets, focusing on calls for policy intervention related to fed cattle pricing practices.

Welcome to Relevant Risk from the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence. In this inaugural episode, director of the Fryar Center John Anderson sat down with Andrew McKenzie, the associate director of the Center, to introduce the podcast and discuss the overall aims of the Fryar Risk Management Center of Excellence.