Agricultural and Food Policy
Economic Outlook Podcasts - 2011
Robert Coats, Ph.D.,
Extension Economist and Professor
discusses today's economic setting and outlook and the policy issues affecting
production agriculture and rural America.
WSJ Most Popular - VIDEO: World Reacts to the Death of Kim Jong
- December 20, 2011
Gross Says Fed to Keep Rates Low Even With Job Growth, Bloomberg Video - December 2, 2011
Roach Calls Europe Central Bank Loans 'Chump Change', Bloomberg Video - December 2, 2011
Bloomberg Video Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill talks about the price of aluminum, the U.S. tax code and the November jobs report. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." - December 2, 2011
Shiller on U.S. Taxes, Job Subsidies "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." Bloomberg Video - December 2, 2011
Fink, Gross Discuss Occupy Wall Street, U.S. Politics, Bloomberg Video - November 18, 2011
Gross Says Europe Poses Biggest Risk to U.S. Economy, Bloomberg Video - November 18, 2011
Yardeni Says U.S. on ‘Same Road’ as Europe on Debt, Bloomberg Video - November 18, 2011
Angelides Says Occupy Wall Street Has `Hit the Mark', Bloomberg Video - November 18, 2011
Reuters Video - Jim Rogers tells Reuters the Greek bailout plan merely pushes the debt crisis into the future, and could spark an end to the euro zone in 5 years.
- November 11, 2011
Tian Sees Opportunity in China’s Agriculture Stocks, Bloomberg Video - November 11, 2011
Altman Says End of Euro Would Be `Chaotic' for World, Bloomberg.com - November 11, 2011
Grant Says ECB to Print Money, Is `Heading for Trouble', Bloomberg Video - November 11, 2011
WSJ Most Popular - VIDEO: Debt Crisis Hits European Banks - November 9, 2011
El-Erian Says U.S. Is Still in `Unemployment Crisis, Bloomberg Video - November 4, 2011
Knapp: ‘Window Closing’ for Year-End Rally, Bloomberg Video - November 4, 2011
Bowles Sees 50% Chance of Supercommittee Accord on Plan, Bloomberg - November 1, 2011
Milken Institute London Financial Summit: Videos of sessions now online
- 10/28/11
U.S. Stocks Rise on EU Bank Plan and Economic Data, Bloomberg Video - October 27, 2011
Gallo Says European Banks Must Delever 5 Trillion Euros, Bloomberg Video - October 27, 2011
U.S. Economy Grew at Faster Pace; Jobless Claims Fell, Bloomberg Video - October 27, 2011
Robert Antoshak - What is GMO cotton? How does it compare to organic cotton? Watch this cotton conference - October 19, 2011
The Wonder State opened its spotlight exhibit at this year’s Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga.
- October 19, 2011
Taleb Fears Protests to Devolve Into Class Warfare, Bloomberg Video - October 18, 2011
Speech by US Fed Chairman Bernanke on the effects of the great recession on central bank doctrine and practice ,
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 56th Economic Conference, Boston, Massachusetts - October 18, 2011
High food prices likely to continue worldwide - FAO - October 12, 2011
Pimco's Bodereau Says Spain, Italy Need Backstop Lender Bloomberg Video - October 12, 2011
Slovakia Parliament Will Vote Again on Euro-Zone Fund, Bloomberg Video - October 12, 2011
WSJ VIDEO: Business Risks Becoming Target of Jobs Anger - October 11, 2011
WSJ Kelly Evans, Video - Martin Feldstein calls for principal write-downs & says he "can't figure out" Occupy Wall Street - October 10, 2011
El-Erian, Gross, Solis's Own Words on U.S. Jobs Data, Bloomberg Video - October 10, 2011
Roubini Says Europe Needs €2 Trillion ‘Bazooka’, Bloomberg - October 10, 2011
Columbia's Sachs Says U.S. Needs 10 Years to `Rebuild - October 7, 2011
Pimco's El-Erian Says `No Killer App' for U.S. Economy - October 7, 2011
Wall Street Journal "The realistic, optimistic path is...the euro falls apart," says Michael Lewis in our Big Interview - October 7, 2011
Upbeat U.S. jobs report doesn't signal growth: economist, Reuters - October 7, 2011
Reuters Video: Years of abuse by powerful led to current crisis - economist - October 7, 2011
PIMCO - Bill Gross Favors Safe Sovereigns With Rising Recession Risk, Bloomberg Video
- October 5, 2011
C-SPAN Economic Hearing with Federal Chairman Bernanke, Fed Chairman Says Economy Growing More Slowly than Expected - October 4, 2011
FT Video: UBS: keeping up appearances - October 4, 2011
Inside the News: Option barrier at $1.30 may limit euro fall -
October 4, 2011
WSJ Video: Senate Debates Yuan Manipulation, Korea Markets - October 4, 2011
FT Video: Copper price sets scene for M&A: Richard Adkerson, chief executive of Freeport-McMoran, the world's largest listed copper producer, says that prices for the metal have undershot the levels warranted by demand. - October 3, 2011
Nouriel Roubini on Urgent Need for a Crisis Bazooka for the Eurozone - Video of my Bloomberg interview - October 3, 2011
Nouriel Roubini video interview on the 10 policy actions urgently needed to save the Eurozone from a disorderly meltdown - October 3, 2011
Gary Shilling Says U.S. Faces Deflation - Bloomberg Video - September 28, 2011
Arnott Favors Emerging-Market Stocks Over U.S., Europe - Bloomberg Video - September 28, 2011
Video Closing Ag news and notes with Rich Nelson - September 28, 2011
Reuters Video - Some sectors of China's economy may crash: Marc Faber - September 28, 2011
Reuters Video - Bonds forecast economic woes, stocks confused, says Bianco - September 28, 2011
O'Neill Says
China Growth Plans Are `More Sustainable, Bloomberg Video - September 23, 2011
Blanchard Says
Global Economy Faces `Enormous Risks, Bloomberg Video - September 23, 2011
Martin Says
China ‘Cash Crunch’ May Be Gaining Momentum, Bloomberg Video - September 23, 2011
Pimco's
Clarida Sees `Correlated Global Easing Cycle, Bloomberg Video - September 23, 2011
The Wall Street Journal Video: Central Banks Move to Pump Dollars into System - September 15, 2011
The Economist Webcast - Financial markets have been gripped by turmoil in recent months, with European banks in the line of fire - September 14, 2011
Birds Point Levee documentary premieres on Delta Farm Press - September 12, 2011
The latest issue of the RiceTec Hybrid Rice Report for Sept. 9, 2011 is now available in both audio and PDF formats at www.ricetec.com - September 9, 2011
El-Erian Calls U.S. Employment Report ‘Grim and Scary' Bloomberg Video - September 2, 2011
PIMCO - A new Investment Outlook by Bill Gross, "New-Fangled Love Songs," is now available on PIMCO.com - September 2, 2011
PMorgan's Elliott Says U.S. Headed for Jobless Recovery, Bloomberg Video - September 2, 2011
Nouriel Roubini Sees Recession Threat in Most Advanced Economies: Bloomberg interview/video - September 2, 2011
Feldstein Says Euro ‘Experiment’ Is a Proven Failure, Bloomberg Video - September 2, 2011
The Economist, Video: Robert Mundell, Nobel-laureate economist. Why Obama must lower corporate tax, and Europe's crisis - September 2, 2011
Europe: Gloom spreads, The Economist EIU - September 1, 2011
Pimco’s Balls Says ECB Bond Purchases Are `Right Thing', Bloomberg Video - September 1, 2011
Marcussen Says U.S. Needs Tax Cuts to Avoid Recession, Bloomberg Video - September 1, 2011
Bernanke Says Fed Has Stimulus Tools, Doesn't Signal Use, Bloomberg Video
- August 26, 2011
The Economist Video, Emerging economies On many measures, the emerging economies now have more heft and reach than the developed ones - August 26, 2011
The Economist Video, The West's economy - Rich countries need to squeeze their economies less hard and get serious about growth - August 26, 2011
The Economist - Video: Nobel-winning economist Peter Diamond on why America must spend more on infrastructure - August 26, 2011
Columbia’s Phelps Says U.S. Fiscal Situation Is ‘Dire’Q, Bloomberg Video - August 23, 2011
Charlie Rose - The Debate over Tax Reform - August 18, 2011
Tim Arango on Iraq - August 18, 2011
Blinder Sees `Reasonably High' Chance of QE3 This Year, Bloomberg - August 18, 2011
Paulsen Sees ‘High Odds’ of Economic Rebound, Not Recession, Bloomberg Video - August 18, 2011
Charlie Rose - An Hour with Warren Buffett - August 17, 2011
A new article,"Why Global Debt Dramas Recur," by Mohamed El-Erian is now available on PIMCO.com. - August 5, 2011
Bill Gross’s latest Investment Outlook, “Kings of the Wild Frontier,” is now available on PIMCO.com. - August 5, 2011
A new article, “Making Sense of Thursday’s Violent Market Sell-Off” by Mohamed El-Erian, is now on PIMCO.com. - August 5, 2011
Nouriel Roubini Says U.S. May Face Recession - Video - Bloomberg - August 5, 2011
Pimco's Bosomworth Says Debt Deal a `Powerful Statement, Bloomberg Video
- July 22, 2011
Agriculture and Energy Co-ops Demand "Swap Dealer" Definition - July 22, 2011
Watch Nouriel Roubini and co discuss the debt ceiling and risks to US growth
- July 22, 2011
2012 Corn and Soybean Budgets, farmdocdaily - July 20, 2011
Summers Says Gang of Six Plan ‘Very Constructive Start’ - Bloomberg Video - July 20, 2011
Horrocks Says China Banking System Biggest Risk in Asia, Bloomberg Video - July 20, 2011
FT Video - Technology is squeezing the middle: The rich are getting richer but so are the poor. - July 15, 2011
The Economist - Is gold money? Ron Paul puts Bernanke on the spot with a fascinating question
- July 15, 2011
Bloomberg - The Fed will launch QE3 by November says former central banker David Blanchflower of Dartmouth - July 8, 2011
At least 2M jobs won't be recovered until the housing market rebounds - PIMCO's Tony Crescenzi on "structural issues" - July 8, 2011
Buffett Says Employment to Gain ‘Big Time’ on Housing, Employment, and Economy, Bloomberg Video - July 8, 2011
Buffett Says ‘Bet Heavily' Against Double Recession, Bloomberg Video - July 8, 2011
Katharine Keenan - Howard Rosen on @cspanwj discusses
TAA and trade agreements w/S. Korea, Panama and Columbia - July 7, 2011
The latest issue of the RiceTec Hybrid Rice Report for June 24, 2011 is now
available in both audio and PDF formats. - June 24, 2011
El-Erian Says Greece Response Risks Wider Contamination, Bloomberg Video - June 23, 2011
Bloomberg News - WATCH: Is more stimulus the "wrong medicine" for the U.S.?
- June 23, 2011
Bloomberg News - WATCH: Bernanke's forecast - "Not that pessimistic?" - June 23, 2011
Henry Kaufman Warns of European `Syndrome' in U.S. Banks, Bloomberg Video - June 21, 2011
Fadel Gheit Says Oil Demand Declining, Likes Marathon, Bloomberg Video - June 21, 2011
Morningstar
Direct Morningstar 2011 Conference Highlights - June 21, 2011
Shiller Sees
‘Substantial’ Probability of Recession, The Wall Street Journal - June 21, 2011
Merk Says Fed Is Pursuing Weak Dollar in Word and Action,
Bloomberg Video - June 21, 2011
Europe's Lehman moment? Greece's sovereign debt crisis has been called Europe's Lehman moment. - June 17, 2011
Sara Wyant - Senate vote slams ethanol, but measure's future questioned - June 17, 2011
Euroview: What if Greece Doesn't Want To Be Rescued - June 17, 2011
What Gross Is Really Doing With Treasuries (video) Morningstar Conference 2011.
The PIMCO Total Return manager offers more definition on the fund's current Treasury positioning and the motivation behind it.
- June 9, 2011
Gross: Fund Managers Need Not Restock Treasuries (video) Morningstar Conference 2011.
Investors don't have to buy overvalued U.S. Treasuries to stock up after the Fed's purchasing program stops, says the PIMCO manager.
- June 9, 2011
Gross: Treasury Investors Have to Look for Other Choices (video) Morningstar Conference 2011.
There are countries that have relatively liquid bond markets and offer a more attractive real rate of interest compared to the United States, says the PIMCO manager.
- June 9, 2011
Video: After the Bell - June 9, 2011
Latest RiceTec Hybrid RiceReport now available. Listen here. - June 9, 2011
Kashkari with PIMCO Doubts U.S. to Over-Regulate Financial Industry, Bloomberg Video - June 8, 2011
OPEC oil talks collapse, no output deal - By Reuters, June 8, 2011
WSJ Most Popular - Martin Feldstein: The Economy Is Worse Than You Think - June 8, 2011
Video Q&A with Abdolreza Abbassian, Senior FAO Grains Economist, on global foodprices & today's new FAO report - June 7, 2011
QE3 : With no other form of stimulus realistically available, the US government looks ready to embark on another round of quantitative easing to inject some life back into the US economy. - June 7, 2011
Derivatives view from Washington - June 7, 2011
Sara Wyant, Protecting export funding is No.1 priority for #USMEF. - May 26, 2011
US default no longer unthinkable: The markets have reacted to political brinkmanship
by ranking the US as more likely to default on its debts than Colombia or Panama.
- May 25, 2011
Debt fight going down to wire says senator: James Risch, a Republican senator from Idaho,
tells Richard McGregor, the FT's Washington bureau chief, that he would like to see a
constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to operate with a balanced budget
before Republicans agree to increase the debt ceiling. - May 25,
2011
Sara Wyant, Alltech founder offers glimpse of the farm of the future. - May 25, 2011
Keith Good - AUDIO: Sen Hatch, Amb Sapiro, Sen Baucus feisty exchange about TAA, FTAs,
Unions and jobs - worth a listen (MP3- 8:21) - May 25, 2011
229. May 24, 2011 - Rain, wet soils, drainage, flooding all remain problematic for most Arkansas row crop producers (3:01 minutes)
Check this video out - Morning Coffee May 24, 2011
The Wall Street Journal This Morning May 24, 2011
Sara Wyant - Ag policy analyst anticipates major changes in next FarmBill - May 24, 2011
Stroud Says Chinese Are Long Term Thinkers on Investing, Bloomberg Video - May 20, 2011
Global Commodities' Smith Favors Corn, Sugar, Crude Oil, Bloomberg Video - May 20, 2011
Allendale_inc - Check this video out - After the Bell 5-20-11
Video showing the Morganza Spillway - May 20, 2011
Mizuho's Shen Says Lagarde `Very Likely' to Head IMF, Bloomberg Video - May 20, 2011
VIDEO: Geithner: Time to Take Action - May 18, 2011
FT.com, video - Ebbing inflation fears - Lex's John Authers and
Edward Hadas debate the latest rethink - May 18, 2011
The Wall Street Journal This Morning - May 18, 2011
El-Erian Says Greece Default Risk Rises With IMF Turmoil, Bloomberg - May 17, 2011
Bloomberg News - VISUALIZATION: Why higher food prices matter - May 17, 2011
Mississippi Flooding Threatens Shipping as Barges Halted, Bloomberg - May 17, 2011
Gross Says Geithner Gave U.S. Debt Limit ‘Wiggle Room’, Bloomberg Video - May 16, 2011
A Rebound in World Grain Production Expected: farmdocdaily update
- May 16, 2011
VIDEO: News Hub: Debt Ceiling Will Be Breached Today - May 16, 2011
USA Rice Federation: Learn more about the differences between brown and white rice and what those mean in our diets. - May 16, 2011
228. May 11, 2011 - U.S. Long Grain Rice Supply and Use Estimates (2:22 minutes)
13 counties declared disaster areas by recent floods and tornadoes. Call to see if you can apply for FEMA assistance.
Second levee blast completed by Army Corps of Engineers
Global inflation is a tiger 'out of the cage':
William Rhodes, senior advisor to Citigroup, tells John Paul Rathbone,
the FT's Latin America Editor, about his concerns on global inflation.
Fed Says Recovery `Moderate'; Bond Buying to End in June, Bloomberg Video
Roubini Says U.S. Economic Recovery May Remain `Subpar', Bloomberg Video
Bernanke Says FOMC Sees `Uncertainty' in the World
Bernanke Says Fed Forecasts Show ‘Transitory’ Inflation
High, Volatile Food Prices 'Biggest Threat' to World's Poor, April 25, 2011, IMF Survey Magazine: Podcasts
Hunger, Poverty and Unrest: The Cost of Rising Food Prices, April 16, 2011
VIDEO: News Hub: Fed Searches for Next Step After QE2, Wall Street Journal
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s outlook for the global economy remains reasonably upbeat despite high oil prices, upheaval in the Arab world and the disaster in Japan.
227. April 22, 2011 - Consolidation and Structural Change in the U.S. Rice Sector (2:50 minutes)
226. April 11, 2011 - U.S. Long Grain Rice Supply and Use Estimates Slide Show (3:06 minutes)
Compiled by Robert Coats, Ph.D., Agricultural Policy Analyst
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