Status of Wisconsin Agriculture 2012 Released
Agriculture continued to be a bright spot in Wisconsin's economy in 2011.
Wisconsin net farm income set a new record, fueled by record prices for corn, soybeans, milk, cattle and hogs, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists in their
2012 Status of Wisconsin Agriculture report.
Highway Robbery
In the busy port town of Tema, Ghana, the driver of a tanker truck of gasoline bound for Mali loads a few dozen pineapples onto the top of his rig and sets out for the capital city of Bamako. His six-day drive will take him through 60 checkpoints, where he will pay about $200 in small bribes to police, customs and other officials, offering gifts of pineapples to speed his way through these delays.
Thank you to alumni and friends who have generously supported AAE!
Private gifts help us attract top faculty and graduate students, support promising undergraduates and host scholarly activities. Gifts of any size are gratefully received. All our funds welcome contributions and bequests from alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations.
By check
Please make checks payable to the University of Wisconsin Foundation/Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, write the fund name in the check memo line, and send it to:
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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PO Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807
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Contact:
Brian Hettiger
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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Madison, WI 53708-8860
Brian.Hettiger@supportuw.org
Social Sciences at UW-Madison are ranked 12th in the world in the new Times Higher Education survey, ahead of Berkeley, Cornell, Minnesota and other peers. In the annual survey, UW-Madison ranked 27th overall among universities around the world.
Ag Econ among the Top Ten Majors for Employment, says a new study by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
Congratulations
Guanming Shi and Jean-Paul Chavas won the Outstanding Journal Article prize from the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics for their work, "The Effects of Vertical Organization on the Pricing of Differentiated Products." Volume 36, Number 3, December 2011:448-464.
Last updated on Tue, May 8, 2012 2:38pm