Todd Kuethe

Agricultural economist specializing in farm real estate, policy, and finance at @PurdueAgEcon. Editor, Agricultural Finance Review. All views are my own.

[Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture @PUCommercialAg]

Pig farming today looks nothing like it did even three decades ago. In our newest #AgCast episode, Indiana producer Brian Martin breaks down how consolidation, labor shortages, and shifting production systems have reshaped the U.S. hog industry.
https://t.co/BbPsEAnr3h

#Purdue @ToddKuethe @PurdueAgEcon

[Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture @PUCommercialAg]

🧵1/ Corn & soybean basis levels are running stronger than average across much of the Eastern Corn Belt this fall. 🌽🌱 What’s driving it — and how does your local market compare?
🔗 Read the latest analysis from @PurdueAgEcon Josh Strine : https://t.co/I0D3gr8A2w

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One of our students made this outstanding video to help promote our study abroad trips through @PurdueAgEcon. Check it out! https://t.co/7ZebhLAIh9

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Glad I moved here in 2019!

[Purdue Men's Basketball @BoilerBall]

👊 The people are excited.

Sold out of season tickets for the sixth straight season (since 2019-20).

[Dewey J. Robertson @deweyjrobertson]

Are farmland price expectations “rational”?

My thesis research digs into 40+ years of survey & market data to find out how farmers form price beliefs and why it matters.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/VzxOXWK6lV

#AgEcon #Farmland #Economics #AgTwitter

[Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture @PUCommercialAg]

From #Purdue to the Senate Ag Committee, Matt Erickson shares his journey into ag policy, how farm bills are made, and why bipartisan input from producers matters.@PurdueAgEcon #FarmManagement
🚨Don't miss the latest episode of Purdue Commercial #AgCast.
https://t.co/ICQRqshhXt

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@BenBrownMU Color me impressed!

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@BenBrownMU Crawford R-I

[Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture @PUCommercialAg]

🎙️ What’s it really like shaping ag policy on Capitol Hill?
Matt Erickson—former chief economist for the U.S. Senate Ag Committee—joins @PurdueAgEcon's @ToddKuethe & Chad Fiechter to break it down.
🎧 Listen now
https://t.co/1FPmrYoev3

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Check out our new podcast series on the Purdue Commercial AgCast! Episode 1 features Matt Erickson, former Chief Economist of the Senate Ag Committee, on the real story behind Farm Bill talks in D.C. 🎧 Tune in: https://t.co/uHhpH60XVr #AgEcon #FarmBill #Podcast

[Purdue Ag Econ @PurdueAgEcon]

Congrats, 2024 AGEC thesis awardees! Binayak Kunwar received the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for “Impact of Commercial & Utility-Scale Solar Energy on Farmland Prices,” & Megan Hughes earned the Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award for “Essays in Agricultural Finance.” 👏

[Land Economics Journal @Land_Econ]

Open access article from the latest issue: “Information Rigidities and Farmland Value Expectations” by @chadfiechter, @ToddKuethe and Wendong Zhang. https://t.co/TC9PbnEggL

[Dewey J. Robertson @deweyjrobertson]

Being at Purdue has given me so many opportunities to work on critical issues in the ag economy! #boilerup

[Dewey J. Robertson @deweyjrobertson]

🚜🇺🇸 What’s ahead for U.S. farm policy in 2025? With Republicans controlling the White House and Congress, major shifts in #agpolicy are likely. Here’s what to watch on the #FarmBill, #trade, immigration, and more. See my full outlook report here: https://t.co/pmJqqHUhSw🧵👇

[Shon Ferguson 🇨🇦🇸🇪 @_ShonFerguson]

🚨 We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher in international economics at the Department of Economics, SLU.
🌍 Focus: agrifood trade modelling
🔬 Core: Analyze disruptions in agrifood trade due to adverse shocks
📅 Apply by: 28 February 2025

https://t.co/3kgRaKACYT

[Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) @GTAP_Purdue]

***Job Posting***

#Purdue University - Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Economics of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices (#CSAP)

Closing Date: March 15

https://t.co/POA1gERKAp

#EconTwitter #EconJobs @GlassnetNetwork @PurdueAgEcon

[Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture @PUCommercialAg]

Farmland markets are evolving rapidly with the increasing availability of tract specific information about land use, productivity, & weather.
What does this mean for you❓

Aaron Shew from @acres_company & @PurdueAgEcon-omist, @ToddKuethe, will share how data analytics are changing the markets at #PTFC25, Jan. 10th.

🔗https://t.co/46YZpQVSp6

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@deweyjrobertson Um, I’m not sure it’s “well known” but great writers like Deidre McCloskey have argued this point for a very long time.

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@BenBrownMU @MUExtAgEnviron @Mizzou But did you say "this is the best thing since sliced bread"?