Allen Featherstone

Finance, Macroeconomics, Production Economics
Department Head, Professor, and Director of Master in Agribusiness program

Kansas State University

Allen M. Featherstone was appointed at Kansas State in 1986 and now serves as department head.  As a leading agriculture finance scholar, he has studied land markets, investment decisions, mergers in the financial services industry, the probability of agricultural loan default and loan loss severity, the influence of taxes on farmland, and alternative federal tax systems. His production economics research has investigated issues such as ground water allocation in irrigated crop production, comparison of returns under alternative tillage systems, the costs of risk, interactions of weather soils, and management on corn yields, analysis of the returns to farm equity and assets, and analysis of the optimizing behavior of Kansas farmers, examining the stability of estimates using duality, and examining the application of a new functional forms for estimating production relationships.

 
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Documents & Presentations by Allen Featherstone
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5. Farm Financial Situation August 1, 2026
The Kansas Ag Report is back with a brand-new look! | Kansas Ag Report

This week, we break down major developments surrounding E15 ethanol, the latest USDA cattle inventory report, and key issues impacting grain and livestock markets. Plus, hear from market analyst Darrell Holaday, K-State's Allen Featherstone on the upcoming Risk & Profit Conference, and agricultural experts Roger McEowen and Paul Neiffer as they explain important tax, legal, and farm program updates. We also honor longtime K-State Extension agent Sandra Wick as she reflects on her remarkable career.

August 1, 2026
Winter Wednesday Webinar 4 - Overview of the Farm Financial Situation, Tariffs and Trade - Slides and Recording

March 4, 2026
Foreign Holdings of Kansas Agricultural Land – Update through Dec. 31, 2024 data February 27, 2026
Top 5 Considerations for Managing Large, One-Time Government Payments November 26, 2025
K-State Ag Profitability Conferences

Robin Reid, K-State farm economist, and Allen Featherstone, K-State agricultural economics department head, discuss the upcoming Ag Profitability conferences and what information will be shared.

October 29, 2025
23 - Strengthening Georgia’s Wheat Supply Chain: Quality Assessment and Strategies for Reducing Import Dependence August 1, 2025
24 - Trade Facilitation and Simulated Impacts of US-China Tariffs on Soybeans, Beef, and Sorghum August 1, 2025
Kansas Financial Situation - A Distributional Analysis

Presented at AAEA-WAEA Joint Meeting. Denver, CO. 

July 29, 2025
Property Tax Calculations in Kansas

Breakout Session 7

October 10, 2024