Elizabeth Yeager

Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University

Documents & Presentations by Elizabeth Yeager
Title Date Downloads
Maintaining a Consistent Farm Income

K-State agricultural economist Beth Yeager discusses her new study of the persistence of farm financial performance...using Kansas Farm Management Association data, she looked at the stability of individual farm income over a five-year span and the factors that allowed farms to consistently remain profitable over time.

September 11, 2018
Persistence in Financial Performance August 28, 2018
Operating Profit Margin Benchmarks August 27, 2018
5. Factors Affecting Net Farm Income August 1, 2018
19. The VSR Track Record for 2018 Kansas HRW Wheat Futures August 1, 2018
Precision Ag Survey

K-State agricultural economist Beth Yeager and Terry Griffin discuss their latest analysis of the adoption of precision agricultural technologies by Kansas farmers...they've surveyed members of the Kansas Farm Management Association about the kinds of technologies they've been utilizing, as well as the technology upgrades they tend to favor.

June 19, 2018
9. Non-Convergence and Variable Storage Rates in Futures Markets August 1, 2017
Wheat Price Convergence

K-State agricultural economists Beth Yeager, Art Barnaby and Dan O'Brien discuss what they've discovered about the ongoing issue of wide basis in the wheat market: the lack of convergence of cash and futures wheat prices, which has complicated producers' ability to advance-price their wheat...they recently met with futures market officials to talk about remedies for the problem, and are about to release a K-State report covering the issue. 

May 2, 2017
Reductions in Working Capital and Resulting Burn Rates for Producers August 18, 2016
Working Capital

Beth Yeager looks at why it's crucial for agricultural producers to keep tabs on that during this downturn in the agricultural economy.

August 12, 2016