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FarmEcon LLC is an agricultural and food industry consulting firm located near Indianapolis, in Carmel Indiana. We are capable of performing a wide range of consulting assignments (see Custom Studies, Recent Projects and About Us) and we are also the home of AgSCAPE, a county-level database of key U.S. crop and livestock estimates.
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Recent Public Presentations and Studies 1/11/2010 NTF Outlook Presentation The PowerPoint slides presented by Dr. Elam at the NTF annual meeting are available here 11/12/2009 Penn State Dairy Nutrition Conference
The PowerPoint slides presented by Dr. Elam at the Penn State conference are available here10/20-23/2009 Poultry Meetings, Vienna, Austria
The PowerPoint slides presented by Dr. Elam at the Elanco Center of Excellence meeting in Vienna are available here7/20/2009 Feedstuffs Article on Global Meat Demand The article highlighting the relationship between global consumer spending and total meat production can be downloaded here. Canadian Poultry and Egg Processor Council Slides The FarmEcon LLC slides presented at the June 9, 2009 CPEPC meeting can be downloaded here.PCO Demand/Supply/Cost Outlook Slides The FarmEcon LLC slides presented at the March 7, 2009 PCO meeting can be downloaded here. NTF Annual Meeting Turkey/Feed Cost Outlook Slides The FarmEcon LLC outlook slides (1.6 mb) presented at the February 5, 2009 NTF convention in Orlando can be downloaded here. International Poultry Exposition Talk, 1-30-09 The poultry feed cost outlook presented at the IPE on Friday, January 20, 2009 can be downloaded here. Choices Article on Biofuels Policy The AAEA journal Choices published a special edition on biofuels. The FarmEcon LLC paper that appeared in Choices is available here. BeefEx Presentation on Biofuels and Feed Prices Gold Coast, Australia, October 8, 2008 The paper is available here. Does ethanol production affect gasoline prices? One of the claims of the pro-ethanol lobby is that increased ethanol production is holding down the price of gasoline in the U.S. In a statistical analysis of the U.S. gasoline market Dr. Elam shows that increased ethanol production since January, 2000 has had no effect on either gasoline prices or refinery margins. Wholesale gasoline prices are explained by crude oil prices, gasoline inventories, refinery utilization rate, season of the year and a series of one-time events in 2005-2007. The complete paper is available here. Elanco Turkey Tech Presentation, August 13-14, 2008 Click here to open/save the FarmEcon LLC presentation at the Elanco Turkey Tech meetings. National Chicken Council meeting, Hilton Head, July 22, 2008Click here to open/save the FarmEcon LLC presentation at the NCC meeting. Texas A&M Ag Forum, Austin Texas, June 9, 2008 Click here to open/save the FarmEcon LLC presentation at the Texas A&M meeting, June 9, 2008. Cost of biofuels policy to the U.S. Economy Ethanol production, spurred on by federal subsidies, is increasing corn demand and causing sharply higher feed costs for producers of meat, poultry and dairy products. Despite the largest corn plantings on record and near-record yields, corn prices remain well over their 3-year average. Given the corn prices that ethanol producers can afford at $100+ per barrel oil and current ethanol subsidies it appears that feed costs have permanently moved to a much higher plateau. Dr. Elam recently published a study on the effects of Federal ethanol subsidies on feed and food costs. This study was sponsored by the National Turkey Federation, the National Chicken Council and the American Meat Institute. A copy of the full study is available here. A copy of the study presentation to National Chicken Council/U.S. Poultry and Egg Association Food Media Seminar, April 7, 2008, is available here. This paper is also available from the "Balanced Fuel and Food" website. An update of this study, including an expanded analysis of the effects of the 2008/2009 RFS done for Balanced Food and Fuel is available here. Published September 27, 2007: 10 Myths About Food-Based Bio-Fuels The facts behind bio-fuels produced from foodstuffs are not what you may read and here. Dr. Tom Elam named as a Poultry USA "Top Gun" consultant
Thomas E. Elam, PhD
President
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