Fryar Center Podcasts

Andrew McKenzie, Trey Malone, and Aleks Schaefer discuss about research on public policy impacts on agricultural risks.

Andrew McKenzie, John Anderson, and Jason Wheeler discuss the fundamentals of grain marketing, including the role of grain elevators in the grain supply chain.

John Anderson, Andrew McKenzie, and Hunter Biram discuss crop insurance issues including current price guarantees on Arkansas row crops and rate adjustments on RMA-designated higher-risk areas.

Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Department faculty members with the University of Arkansas System, Jada Thompson and John Anderson, discuss the ongoing highly-pathogenic avian influenza outbreak and its impact on egg prices.

John Anderson, Andy McKenzie, James Mitchell, and Hunter Biram review the major events and issues affecting markets for Arkansas commodities in 2022 and look ahead to prospects for 2023,

John Anderson and Andy McKenzie are joined by Rachel Barry, risk management specialist with Dairy Farmers of America and alumnae of the agricultural economics and agribusiness department, to discuss risk management tools and challenges in the dairy sector.

James McWard talks about his grain merchandising career experiences with Viserion Grain, LLC. In particular he discusses the marketing challenges brought about by the record low 2022 water levels on the Mississippi River.

John Anderson and Andy McKenzie discuss current research on a variety of commodity and risk management topics with Joe Janzen.

John Anderson, Andy McKenzie, and Hunter Biram discuss the impact of reduced Mississippi River barge traffic on Arkansas grain markets.

Director of the Fryar Center John Anderson sat down with Assistant Professor and Extension Agricultural Economist Hunter Biram to discuss a relatively new crop insurance product on the market — margin protection insurance for rice.

John Anderson and James Mitchell discuss the impact of the 2022 drought on the U.S. cattle herd and how it is likely to affect the cattle market in coming years.

John Anderson and Scott Stiles discuss the market reaction to the June 30 Acreage report and its implications for the 2022 crop. Their conversation also touches…

John Anderson and Trey Malone, a new faculty member in AEAB, discuss the unique risk management challenges facing producers entering into value-added agricultural enterprises.

John Anderson, Andrew McKenzie, and James Mitchell with the UADA and Jada Thompson with the University of Tennessee discuss the farm- and market-level impacts…

John Anderson, Andrew McKenzie, and Scott Stiles – economists with UADA– discuss the current market situation for Arkansas’ major commercial row crops.

John, James (University of Arkansas), and Josh (Mississippi State University) discuss crop insurance instruments available to help livestock…

John Anderson, Andy McKenzie, Alvaro Durand-Morat and James Mitchell explore potential agricultural market implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

John Anderson and Mike Popp from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness are joined by Trent Roberts, UADA soil fertility specialist…

John Anderson and Andy McKenzie with the Fryar Price Risk Management Center talk with Ed Fryar, founder of the Center, about his experience with risk

John Anderson and James Mitchell discuss the cattle and beef markets, focusing on calls for policy intervention related to fed cattle pricing practices.

In this inaugural episode, director of the Fryar Center John Anderson sat down with Andrew McKenzie, the associate director of the Center, to introduce