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Predrag Rajsic, Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of FARE is speaking about "Involuntary Unemployment:The Case of Serbia and Croatia.

Prof. John Cranfield will be speaking at the American Oil Chemists Society annual meeting in Phoenix...

Prof. John Cranfield will be speaking at the American Oil Chemists Society annual meeting in Phoenix about "Public Perception of Values of Plant Sterols in Foods" on May 17, 2010.

Nick Schneider, MSc graduate from FARE is currently working as the environmental policy officer for a major international...

Nick Schneider, MSc graduate from FARE is currently working as the environmental policy officer for a major international shipping company in Vancouver - Hamane Spirit Deck;  Hamane Spirit Bridge.

Professors John Cranfield and Spencer Henson have published 2 new articles....

Professors John Cranfield and Spencer Henson have published 2 new articles -

John Cranfield, Spencer Henson, James Northey and Oliver Masakure. 2010 “An Assessment of Consumer Preference for Fair Trade Coffee in Toronto and Vancouver.” Agribusiness: An International Journal 26(2): 307-325.

Spencer Henson, John Cranfield and Jose Blandon. 2010 “Healthy Eating and its Determinants: A Rasch Model Approach.” Social Science and Medicine 70(10): 1574-1580.

Chris Leggett, Canada's Agriculture Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy presented on May 6th!

Chris Leggett, Canada's Agriculture Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC visited the department on May 6, 2010.  He made a brief informal presentation to our graduate students on US-

Dr. Andreas Boecker spoke at the 2010 Food Safety Research Forum on May 6th...

Dr. Andreas Boecker spoke about "Investing in traceability - an economic perspective and empirical results" at the 2010 Food Safety Research Forum on May 6th.

Prof. Maury Bredahl has a CJAE article about "Market Impacts of Technological Change in Canadian Agriculture"...

 

Market Impacts of Technological Change in Canadian Agriculture,Pahan Prasada, Maury E. Bredahl, Randall Wigle

 

Prof. Alfons Weersink has 2 CJAE articles "Acreage Response to Weather, Yield, & Price" & "Ecological Goals & Wetland..."

Prof. Alfons Weersink is published in the Canadian Journal of Agicultural Economics -

Acreage Response to Weather, Yield, and Price (p 57-72)
Alfons Weersink, Juan H. Cabas, Edward Olale

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Alan Ker, Chair of the Dept. of FARE, spoke about the "U.S. Crop Insurance Program" at Agricorp on April 28, 2010.

Prof. Alfons Weersink spoke about "Price Volatility, Margin Calls and Hedging Decisions"...

Prof. Alfons Weersink spoke about "Price Volatility, Margin Calls and Hedging Decisions" at the 2010 CAES Workshop on Risk Management in Vancouver, B.C. on April 12, 2010.

Title: Price Volatility, Margin Calls and Hedging Decisions
Speaker: Alfons Weersink, University of Guelph
Co-author: Getu Hailu, University of Guelph