Immigration Policy Outlook for Agriculture
by Margaret Jodlowski (jodlowski.1@osu.edu) Immigration, especially its impact on the U.S. workforce, was a hot-button issue during the 2024 presidential election. President Trump has made it clear that increased immigration enforcement will be a key feature of his second term,…
Slow growth in real wages for Ohio’s agricultural workers
by Margaret Jodlowski (jodlowski.1@osu.edu) and Cassie Mavis Agricultural employers face the challenging balancing act of navigating tightening margins while needing to attract and retain workers on their operations. While farm labor issues are perhaps not the first thing that comes…
Cost Estimation for the Ohio Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
By: Zhining Sun and Haotian Wu, Ph.D. students and Ani L. Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Click here to access the pdf version of…
Characteristics of Ohio Women in Agriculture
By: PhD student Rae Ju and Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair, in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE), and Nanette L. Neal and Sarah Noggle, Extension Educators in Agriculture and Natural Resources in the College…
Farm Credit Mid-America Condition and Performance
By: Rae Ju, a Ph.D. student, Charles Smith, an undergraduate student, and Ani L. Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Click here to access the…
Foreign Investments in Ohio Farmland
By: Vishavdeep Sharma, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University, Rabail Chandio, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, and Ani L. Katchova, a Professor…
Ohio Farmland Trends and Preservation
By: Xiaoyi Fang and Zhining Sun, Ph.D. students and Ani L. Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University and Rabail Chandio, an Assistant Professor and Extension…
Ohio Crop Production and Enterprise Benchmarking for 2022
By: PhD student Xiaoyi Fang and Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair, in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE), and Clint Schroeder, Farm Business Analysis Program Manager, Ohio State University Extension. Click here to access the…
Farm Income Outlook for 2023
by Ani Katchova, Professor and Farm Income Enhancement Chair, AEDE, OSU Coming down from high farm incomes, high commodity prices, strong government support, and rising land values and cash rents in the last 3 years, the agricultural economy is showing…
Characteristics of Beginning Farmers in Ohio and Potential Impact of the Ohio Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
By: PhD students Xiaoyi Fang and Zhining Sun and Professor Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Chair, in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE), and Chris Zoller, Associate Professor and Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ohio State…
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