Agricultural economics is a multifaceted discipline that integrates economic principles with the complexities of food production, rural development, and sustainable natural resource management. At its ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030. Washington, DC: The ...

University of Delaware alumnus Rodolfo Nayga Jr. wants to know what people eat. When people ask the internationally renowned food economics researcher what he does for a living, that’s where he starts ...

New, groundbreaking research shows how, at a local scale, agricultural research and development led to improved crop varieties that resulted in global benefits to the environment and food system ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural Economics is measuring access to local food in Anderson, Indiana through a collaboration with the Madison County Local Food ...

Two months ago, in November 2025, President Trump directed the US Department of Justice to investigate allegations of price-fixing and collusion in the US meatpacking industry. In a Truth Social post, ...

Scott Hutchins testifies in Congress in 2019. President Donald Trump has nominated several individuals to high-ranking posts at the Agriculture Department, including Scott Hutchins to be the new ...

In order to succeed in agriculture, producers not only need to understand the science of growing crops and animals, but also the economics of running a business – fixed and variable costs, return on ...

The global pet food economy has become one of the fastest-growing and most influential market segments linked to contemporary agri-food systems, driven by ...

Kaitlyn Bradley, a senior agriculture and natural resources major at the University of Delaware, found that her hands-on experiences on farms and in the livestock industry come together with economics ...