AEDE Carbon Market Outlook 2022
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) As we enter into Outlook season here in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, it’s useful to provide a quick update on carbon markets. I recently wrote an outlook piece for the Ohio Soybean…
Energy costs on the march. Are solar, wind and other renewable energy to blame?
This column appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on October 15, 2021. See it here. by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University The last year has been crazy in energy markets. The grid in Texas…
The pathway to net zero emissions runs straight through the farm
by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University. [This post appeared in The Columbus Dispatch on August 5, 2021. Click here] These days, it seems, farmers can get paid for all kinds of stuff. While…
Biomass Energy from Forests Can Be Sustainable and Carbon Neutral
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Originally published by Inside Sources The issue of carbon neutrality for wood-based bioenergy just won’t go away. In recent months, Politico, The New York Times and CNN all have run high level stories that take the…
What’s going on with Lumber Prices?
Brent Sohngen, Professor Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. In case you haven’t noticed, lumber prices have increased a lot over the last year. Based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Lumber Price Index, which you can find here, lumber…
The Accuracy and Informativeness of Agricultural Baselines
by: Siddhartha Bora, a Ph.D. student and Ani Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri…
What’s all the buzz about climate change?
by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University There has been an avalanche of news about climate change. President Biden hosted a bunch of heads of state at a climate conference, and announced a pledge…
The Benefits of Ohio Public Natural Spaces
Brent Sohngen, Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Ohio doesn’t have a mountain, and we aren’t all that close to the ocean, but what Ohio lacks in altitude or coastal amenities, our natural areas make up for in attitude. …
Ohio Local Bank Market Conditions
by: Kevin Kim, a Ph.D. student and Ani Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University The US banking sector and local community banks faced great uncertainty in 2020 due to the pandemic….
Farm Bankruptcies Update: Fourth Quarter of 2020
by: Kevin Kim, a Ph.D. student and Ani Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University The number of Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings has not increased in the fourth quarter of 2020 nor…
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