Seeing high grain prices again is possible, but it likely will not happen this year.

Home prices in Fargo and West Fargo have been increasing steadily.

Identifying, evaluating and using hierarchical linear models is important.

Food security is a humanistic issue as well as an economic issue.

Oil production in North Dakota could reach 41.18 million barrels by January 2020.

Some slack may remain in the U.S. labor market.

Farms outside of the Red River Valley and livestock operations outperformed Red River Valley farms and crop farms in 2014.

Small-asset credit unions are the most common, comprising 23 percent of all U.S. credit unions in 2012 and averaging 900 members.

Airfares and jet fuel prices do not move in lock step because jet fuel costs merely reflect one of the supply factors.

With increased economic freedom, people lead more prosperous and happier lives. People enjoy these benefits while maintaining, and possibly enhancing, social trust and civic engagement.

The decline in rigs means less employment, spending and tax revenue.

Most of us would agree that it is good to have goals. In reality, however, there are plenty of us whose experience in goal development is limited to the confines of an assignment in school, a workplace requirement or an organizational exercise.

In some years, the former Soviet Union is up to 24 percent of the world trade. This almost compares with adding the equivalent of two times the exports of Canada onto the world market.

Although lenders rely upon cash flow measures to justify loans, they also rely heavily upon the balance sheet, specifically agricultural assets, to provide security and strength to loan decisions.

The rules for managing water often are complex and subject to court cases.

Beef byproducts include all edible and inedible items from harvested cattle that are not part of the dressed carcass.

It is just as important at this time to consider the volatility in agriculture as it is to focus on recent declines in crop commodity prices. Do you know what you will do with your earnings if crop commodity prices rebound?

Recent studies suggest that total average per capita meat consumption in China could grow from about 60 kilograms in 2010 to nearly 100 kg per person per year by 2030.

Advancing computer models are offering new opportunities to analyze business performance.

Each decision has its advantages, rules and limitations.

The Fed began tapering at its December 2013 meeting by reducing monthly bond purchases by $10 billion (equally split between treasury securities and MBS).

In the undergraduate programs, you will not only learn economics, you also will apply your broad knowledge and personal experiences, coupled with your quantitative and analytical skills, to solve problems, present ideas, analyze data and have fun.

The current minimum wage falls below what most consider to be a ""living wage"" on which a family actually could be supported. Thus, raising the minimum wage has been seen as a way to reduce poverty.

New technology and improved practices have resulted in average U.S. corn yields rising from 20 bushels per acre in 1930 to more than 150 bushels per acre today.

It became clear that the farmers interviewed are, in fact, using economic criteria in their decision rather than what initially appeared to be convenience factors. They just did not use the specific economic criterion I expected.

Through the years, fertilizer use has increased substantially in the U.S. and use in other countries also is expanding.

During the most recent time period (2007 through 2012), farmers are relying more on retained earnings to build net worth than asset revaluation. In other words, most farmers have been using their earnings wisely.

UAVs will improve precision agriculture by collecting larger amounts of data in a shorter period of time.

The ongoing activities pertaining to shale oil development truly are dynamic, so attempts to forecast the future will need to be updated on a frequent basis.

Housing markets are strong in the metropolitan communities, but rapid growth in the oil and gas industry quickly exceeded the very limited excess housing capacity in western North Dakota.