Really happy to see this work, expertly led by Jader Velasquez, in print!
Velásquez, J., and S.Ferguson. 2026. “From Meat to Plant-Based Products? The Enduring Impact of BSE on Beef Consumption.” Agricultural Economics 57(4), e70120. doi.org/10.1111/agec...
My latest post!
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My latest post on the EU CAP proposal for 2028-2034:
How would capping payments affect EU farmers?
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One legume to rule them all.
My latest post:
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My latest post, on the EU's Fertiliser Action Plan
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My substack just passed the one year marker!
When I started writing about the economics of agriculture, trade and the environment on Just ATE, I wasn't sure anyone would read it. The subscribers and followers who have shown up mean a lot.
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Urea prices have shot up recently, almost double what they were in 2024. Not yet at the highs from 2022.
Source: tradingeconomics.com/commodity/urea
Applications are open for the PhD program in Environmental Economics here at SLU. Please spread the word!
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Yikes, a EUR 750 registration fee seems pretty steep.
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My latest post:
Transitioning to biofuels doesn't protect you from oil price shocks, but electrification on a clean grid does.
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Uncertainty over a potential carve-out for fertilizer imports under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is creating trade policy uncertainty that helps no one, least of all EU farmers.
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Could fewer subsidies for large farms make small farms great again?
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How Brazil's soy boom created a global protein imbalance.
The World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) is the international conference of environmental and resource economists organised every four years by the World Council of environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA). The first WCERE dates back to 1998, and the most recent once was held in 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Following a
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Electrification is the way, but only with a clean electricity mix.
