Dustin Pendell

Livestock, Animal Health

Professor - Kansas State University
Director of the Collaborating Centre for the Economics of Animal Health - Americas Region

Dustin Pendell joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University in 2015. His research and extension interests include livestock and animal health issues that span from the producer through the meat supply chain to the final consumer. Prior to K-State, Dr. Pendell was on faculty at Colorado State University. 

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Documents & Presentations by Dustin Pendell
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Cow-Calf Costs

K-State livestock economist Dustin Pendell summarizes a new report he co-authored that analyzed high, medium and low-income cow-calf operations...he talks about the dramatic differences in revenue across operations, and points to the one factor that drives those differences more than anything else, saying that it would be a good starting point for improving cow-calf profitability. 

January 9, 2018
Differences Between High-, Medium-, and Low-Profit Cow-Calf Producers:

An Analysis of 2012-2016 Kansas Farm Management Association Cow-Calf Enterprise

January 2, 2018
KSU-Sheep Farm Management Guide Spreadsheet

An Excel spreadsheet for sheep enterprise budgeting to evaluate potential income, costs and profitability

December 14, 2017
Master List of Prices Used in Livestock Budgets December 14, 2017
Crop Insurance Analysis

K-State agricultural economists Dustin Pendell and Jisang Yu discuss their new study of crop insurance and its influence on farm survival in tough economic times. They used Kansas Farm Management Association data to determine if crop insurance allows an operation to stay in business longer, and found that it, in fact, does. 

December 4, 2017
Effects of Crop Insurance on Farm Survival November 15, 2017
KSU-Sheep Farm Management Guide Spreadsheet

An Excel spreadsheet for sheep enterprise budgeting to evaluate potential income, costs and profitability

September 7, 2017
Master List of Prices Used in Livestock Budgets September 7, 2017
11. An Updated Look at Live Cattle Price Discovery August 1, 2017
16. How Crop Insurance Affects Farm Business Survivability August 1, 2017