American-Canadian Ag Economists Examine Digital Revolution
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of society has been affected by
the digital revolution espe
cially agriculture. The changes
created by new technology in the
global agricultural system will
be examined in-depth at this
year’s joint meeting of the
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ics Association (AAEA) and the
Canadian Agricultural Econom
ics Society at the Hilton Chicago
Hotel, Aug. 5-8.
The principal paper session
“E-Commerce and Agricultural
Commodity Markets’’ will ex
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amine which types of e
commerce applications are
adopted by major players in the
agricultural commodity markets
and why.
Rolf A.E. Mueller, a professor
at the University of Kiel (Ger
many) with more than 20 years
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of study on electronic market
ing, will survey the diversity in
e-commerce agricultural ex
changes and commodity mar
kets.
Jeffrey Williams, from the
University of California at
Davis, will link e-commerce to
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what we know about the history
and economics of organized
commodity markets through the
year.
Bruce Babcock, director of the
Center for Agriculture and
Rural Development at lowa
State University, and Eugene
Kunda, senior economist in
- Phil Julian,
Farm Manager
market and product
development at the
Chicago Board of
Trade, will provide
their insights on
Mueller and Williams’
findings.
An organized sym
posium featuring staff
from the Economic
Research Service of
the USDA will exam
ine “E-Commerce and
Globalization of Agri
cultural Markets.”
This session will draw
together practitioners,
researchers and gov
ernment officials from
the U.S. and around
the world to evaluate
the role of e-commerce
in U.S. and interna
tional agricultural
markets and to define
and prioritize a set of
policy issues sur
rounding e-commerce
in agricultural mar
kets.
Fulton Breen poses
his challenge to
today’s agribusiness
leaders in “E-
Commerce: Adapt or
Die,” the subject of
this year’s Industry
Banquet. Breen is
founder and chief ex
ecutive officer of XS,
Inc., the parent of
company of
XSAg.com, the lead
ing agricultural e
commerce Website,
and Nterline, a com
prehensive e-
commerce platform
used by agribusiness.
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