AMES, Iowa - Uncertainty in the oil market, commodities market and stock market can mean broad fluctuations in the food market.
Iowa is the commodity provider for the world's breadbasket, and Iowa State University has several experts who offer clear insights when you're cooking up your story on fluctuating food prices.
Please contact the expert directly, or Dan Kuester (515-294-0704) to arrange an interview.
Bruce Babcock 515-294-5764 babcock@iastate.edu
Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development,
researches in the areas of production economics, technological
change, agricultural policy, agricultural markets, agricultural
policy and insurance, marketing and production decisions under
risk.
James Bushnell 515-294-0702 jimb@iastate.edu
Director of Biobased Industry Center, researches energy
economics and policy, industrial organization, environmental
economics.
Chad Hart 515-294-9911 chart@iastate.edu
Grain Markets Specialist for Iowa State University, formerly
U.S. Policy and Insurance Analyst with the Food and
Agricultural Policy Research Institute and a scientist with the
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at ISU.
Dermot Hayes 515-294-6185 dhayes@iastate.edu
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair, researches in
the areas of international trade, consumer demand, price
analysis and commodity markets.
Charles Hurburgh 515-294-8629
tatry@iastate.edu
Interests are food chain traceability, grain quality, marketing
and distribution, quality management systems.
Daniel Loy 515-294-1058 dloy@iastate.edu
Director of the Iowa Beef Center, researches production and
evaluation of beef production systems, and applied research and
demonstration in beef nutrition.
John Mabry 515-294-6325 jmabry@iastate.edu
Director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center, researches in areas
of development of breeding strategies that maximize
profitability of swine production systems, development and
implementation of cross-herd genetic evaluation programs in
swine, and usage of swine data management systems.
Richard Pirog 515-294-1854 rspirog@iastate.edu
Associate Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable
Agriculture, program leader for the Center's Marketing and
Food Systems Initiative, directs the Value Chain Partnerships
project, collaborates on local and place-based foods, building
food networks, food value chains, and ecolabels.