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Joe Janzen

@jjanzen.bsky.social
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Agricultural economist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 🇨🇦/🇺🇸. Farmdoc contributor, AJAE associate editor, NCCC-134 co-chair.

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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who owns US farmland? Farmdoc has a new tool to visualize foreign interest in US farmland, created by my colleagues Bruce Sherrick and Juo-Han Tsay at the TIAA Center for Farmland Research. Doing this isn't easy, because the numbers are actually very small.
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Foreign Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Land - farmdoc daily
Bruce Sherrick and Juo-Han Tsay - Using US land in Farms as the reference, foreign ownership interests amount to 0.67% of the total, and the remaining 99.33% is US owned. Forestland accounts for…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just in time for harvest, my latest for farmdoc Daily with students Austin Belman and Esteban Vizcarrondo studies how harvest pressure creates a temporary decline in local corn prices.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Come participate in a vibrant and growing forum for commodity markets research! The NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis will be back in Chicago, April 19-20, 2027. The call for paper proposals is out now. Submission deadline is Nov 20: farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/subm...
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This week I had the honor of being invested in a new position: The Clearing Corporation Foundation Endowed Associate Professorship in Derivatives Trading at the University of Illinois. I am extremely thankful to my department and college for entrusting me with this position.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Has the grain industry stopped investing in growth? I got to talk about trends in US grain storage capacity with Chad Moyer from Rural Radio Network. There is a concerning decline in the growth of total US grain storage capacity since 2020 that so far defies a single explanation.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The NCCC-134 Conference is live in the Loop in Chicago! It's two days of compelling research presentations and meaningful knowledge exchange on agricultural commodity markets, price forecasting, and market risk management.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
End of spring semester is the season for thesis defenses. We had a great one this week from my Masters student Yu-Chi Wang. Her thesis "The Effects of the Renewable Diesel Boom on the U.S. Soybean Complex: An Equilibrium Displacement Analysis."
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Each semester, I bring industry experts to my ACE 427 class on Commodity Price Analysis. Last Friday, we were fortunate to hear from Brian Splitt at AgMarket.net about the practice of technical analysis and the art of making a career change.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Higher corn/soybean prices got support from data in USDA's Plantings and Stocks Reports. Scott Irwin and I broke down the numbers in a post-report webinar, incl. corn use variability, pervasive soybean oil demand effects, and why US corn yields may defy expectations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PfF...
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Implications of Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks for Corn and Soybean Market Outlook
In this webinar archive from March 31, 2026, University of Illinois agricultural economists Joe Janzen and Scott Irwin break down the latest USDA Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports. Join…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Scott Irwin and I will be breaking down the latest USDA forecasts for corn and soybean plantings and grain stocks. Numbers are out at 11am CT. We'll be live at 1pm. (I can't speak on an empty stomach!) Register now (for free) and join us! farmdoc.illinois.edu/webinars
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Events Archive - farmdoc
The March 31st release of Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks data by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service is typically one of the most consequential data releases for corn and soybean…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Interested in research on commodity markets, trading, and pricing? We are less than 6 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Interested in research on agricultural commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 9 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My latest for @farmdocdaily: US grain storage capacity growth has stopped after decades of storage growth matching crop production growth. Capacity utilization is up, especially for on-farm storage, with implications for supply chains and future investments. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/02/us-g...
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US Grain Storage Capacity Growth Has Stopped - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - US grain storage capacity grew parallel to production from 2000-2019 but has stagnated since 2020. Combined with rising production, this led to record 80% on-farm capacity utilization in…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/the-...
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The Number and Composition of Legal Entities Engaged in Farming: Initial Evidence from FSA Payment Files - farmdoc daily
J.R. Glenn and Joe Janzen - Farm payments are intended to aid farmers by supporting incomes, reducing risk, and achieving conservation goals. However, payments may change farmer behavior in ways that…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/can-...
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Can China Reduce Soybean Import Demand? Evaluating Soybean Meal Reduction Efforts - farmdoc daily
Jilang Qing and Joe Janzen - China is the world’s largest soybean importer, relying heavily on foreign supplies—primarily from the United States and Brazil—to meet rapidly growing animal feed demand.…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/vola...
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily
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Winter Oilseeds as a Response to Biofuels Feedstock Demand - farmdoc daily
Jacob Lionberger and Joe Janzen - Winter oilseeds like CoverCress and winter canola can supplement biofuels feedstock supply in the central Corn Belt by utilizing idle land between crop seasons. With…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Shared my (uncontroversial?) take that US farmers would not benefit from tariffs on Canadian fertilizer. I had fewer thoughts when interviewed on the recently announced ad hoc farm payments. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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U.S. eyes high tariffs on Canadian fertilizer, subsidies for farmers
Agriculture industry has been battered by months of trade war turmoil
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This semester, I had the pleasure of advising a student team from the Department of Ag and Consumer Economics in the CME University Trading Challenge: www.cmegroup.com/events/unive.... Yesterday, we engaged with CME staff and industry experts during the CME Group Day of Market Education in Chicago.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Very cool to see our farmdoc Daily article on farmers' use of futures markets (farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2024/12/risk...) cited by Joe Vaclavik this morning: youtu.be/WY0B3UD9Zhk?.... Data show the majority of grain farms, even large ones, don't have a brokerage account and aren't using futures.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
After a successful 2025 edition, the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis will be back in Chicago, April 20-21, 2026. I'm co-organizing. The deadline to submit presentation proposals is Nov 21: farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/subm... Submit papers now and join us in April!
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The farmdoc team at University of Illinois is fortunate to have great partners like FBFM who keep our analysis grounded in real-world data on farm finances and the agricultural economy.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I had the pleasure of speaking to an extraordinary group of state and provincial legislators at the International Legislators Forum in Deadwood, SD: agree.org/2025-interna... I talked about ongoing tariff shock and impacts on agricultural commodity trade. Hard to understate how big a change this is.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My latest for Farmdoc Daily: Are there really 97.3 million corn acres in the US this year? Jason Franken and I use acreage enrolled in Farm Service Agency farm programs to say yes. If anything, the 97.3 million acre guess released last week by USDA is a conservative one.
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Yes, There Are a Lot of Corn Acres: Evidence from FSA Acreage Data - farmdoc daily
Jason Franken and Joe Janzen - USDA NASS recently increased 2025 corn planted acreage estimate to 97.3 million acres. Analysis of acreage enrolled in USDA FSA farm programs suggests this may be…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My latest for @farmdocdaily: How big is the 2025 US corn crop? Or at least, how much of a yield increase is the market currently pricing in to new-crop futures prices? It might not be six bushels more than current USDA estimates, but it's close. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/07/the-...
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The Corn Market Works to Explain Itself - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - Despite USDA projections showing low corn ending stocks for 2025/26, new-crop December corn futures remain historically low. Markets are pricing in higher yields than USDA's 181…
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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I'm here to tell you it's possible to grow bananas in New England in your home. I'm also here to tell you that purely in terms of time/labor it's the dumbest thing I've ever done, and that people who think indoor farming will ever make a major contribution to the global food system are nuts.
Our bananas growing in a little cluster at the top of our banana tree, which is maybe 5 feet high. They're unripe but will be picked pretty soon.Our banana tree growing in our kind of foyer-ish-type space. You can see the bananas themselves peeking out from the top.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 09/06/2025
"To give a sense of the scale of the inefficiency, analysis we did in the Biden administration gave an example of Walmart’s blockchain usage that was up to 50 million times (not a typo) less efficient, in terms of compute, than a traditional database configuration."
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Crytpo: There's just no legit use case for it. But, man, are these bros lobbied up.
Our looonnnggg take on why private digital currencies and the blockchain are an accident going out to happen.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
US Amb to Canada, last week: annexation saga is “over”—“Move on. If the Canadians want to keep talking about it—that's their business. I'm not talking about it; Donald Trump is not talking about it. We've got too much on our plate" Trump, today: “They are considering the offer!”
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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Doing that sports fan thing where I occasionally remember last night's Game 7 and then have to stop what I'm doing to shake my head and go "holy crap, that actually happened".
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The 2025 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis (farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/attend) met this week at the Illini Center in downtown Chicago. We had 54 researchers attending and 25 presentations on new research in commodity markets.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Get ready for today's USDA WASDE report release. Read my recent article for farmdocDaily and remember that the April report tends not to move markets, and that's okay.
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Quiet Signals: Why Boring Crop Reports Matter - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - The USDA's monthly WASDE reports sometimes appear uneventful, but they systematically track agricultural commodity supply and demand changes. Despite some seemingly quiet…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Last chance to register for the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis. This academic conference on agricultural commodity markets meets April 14-15 at the Illini Center in Chicago. Program, venue and hotel info, and registration here: buff.ly/3Qx6Qg3
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Arise, centrist dads!
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 13/02/2025
President Trump's ‘reciprocal’ tariffs make no sense. How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay? by Doug Irwin www.wsj.com/opinion/reci...
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Opinion | ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Make No Sense
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Interested in research on commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 8 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
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Chris Petersen @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Elon hired Clarence Beeks of Lyndhurst Security to deliver the crop estimates on time with no deviations.
Clarence Beeks of Lyndhurst Security - Trading Places
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Daniel Bergstresser @dbergstresser.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Poem by Joseph Fasano
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Aaron Lorenz🇨🇦 @eh-lorenz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Peace, order, and Overtime Goals🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hear my latest thoughts on the grain markets. Todd Gleason and I will be live tomorrow morning with the first of our Illinois Farm Economics Summit online webinars. Register here: buff.ly/4aln8Sf
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Events Archive - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen will discuss corn, soybean, and wheat price prospects for 2025. He will provide an update on current global market fundamentals and consider what price expectations based on the latest…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Every year, grad students in my ACE 527 class take their research on agricultural and resource markets and adapt it for non-academic audiences. Then we share their work with the world over the holidays on @farmdocdaily.
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Peru’s Blueberry Boom: More Land, More Labor, More Berries to Savor - farmdoc daily
Nicolás Pazos and Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - From zero to global leader in just a decade, Peru's extraordinary rise in blueberry production has changed the global market. The country's success stems…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Every year, grad students in my ACE 527 class take their research on agricultural and resource markets and adapt it for non-academic audiences. Then we share their work with the world over the holidays on farmdocDaily.
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Risk Management and Reality: Farmers’ Use of Futures Markets - farmdoc daily
Aayush Raj Dhakal and Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - Despite being touted as essential risk management tools, futures and options markets are rarely use directly by farmers. Only 15% of Illinois grain…
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Every year, my grad students take some part of their research on agricultural and resource markets and adapt it for non-academic audiences. We take their work and share it with the world over the holidays on @farmdocdaily.
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Every year, my grad students take some part of their research and describe it for non-academic audiences. It's often the useful insight that isn't yet a full-blown research paper. I take them, edit, and share them with the world over the holidays on @farmdocdaily.
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How Financial Liquidity Helps Farms Perform in Tough Times - farmdoc daily
Francesco Franciosi and Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - After a period of high crop prices, US corn and soybean farmers now face challenging economic conditions. This study of Illinois grain farms offers…
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
2/2 This isn't such a big deal as I don't think there are many people who follow Chinese markets who didn't already take this for granted but, as the FT notes, for someone to say this out loud is "highly unusual even for a retired senior official."
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Last call for submissions! The paper proposal deadline for the 2025 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management in Chicago, Illinois is this Friday, November 22. Full details on how to submit are on our website: buff.ly/3ARmgYo
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
As a current search committee chair for an agricultural economics position (which you can apply to here: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...) I wholeheartedly endorse this.
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Assistant/Associate Professor, Economics of Agribusiness Management - Department of Agricultural and
Duties & Responsibilities
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
With trade prominent in the post-election zeitgeist, my latest for farmdocDaily explores the pre-election surge in US corn exports. How much did importers front load their purchasing activity? farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2024/11/corn...
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Corn Exports: Rocket Ship to Where? - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - U.S. corn export sales spiked in October, fueled by competitive prices and high demand, particularly from Mexico. This surge has lifted corn prices but aligns with USDA's mar...
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Many people assume that the incoming Trump admin will supercharge US oil and gas production growth by praising the industry just as the Biden admin saying occasionally critical things slammed on the brakes (it did not) Because all industries have a presidential vibes-based throttle
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Joe Janzen @jjanzen.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Doing research on commodity markets/trading/pricing? I’m organizing the next iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference. We’ve been gathering researchers to discuss all things agricultural markets and prices; we’ll do that again for the 43rd(!) time next April 14-15 in Chicago.
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Saving my favorite twitter 🧵as a bluesky one (w/ added ALT)! This #ThrowbackThursday, my favorite @IowaStateU story of all times (and I have A LOT). It has it all: craven administrators, powerful lobbies, principled superstar academics & of course, ag policy impacts! #PlusçaChange #PamphletNo5 1/
The cover of the original version of Pamphlet #5, the publication can be found at:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/23453517/Putting-Dairying-on-a-War-Footing-Wartime-Farm-and-Food-Policy-5
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