Farm management & risk
Understanding profitability, production choices, and resilience under uncertain growing and market conditions.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS · PRAIRIE CANADA
Better research.
Better farm decisions.
PrairieAgEcon connects rigorous economic research with practical questions facing Prairie farmers, industry, and policymakers.
ECONOMICS · ENVIRONMENT · RISK
WHO WE ARE
Research grounded in
the realities of agriculture.
PrairieAgEcon is a research group at the University of Alberta focused on applied agricultural economics, farm management, risk, and the economic and environmental consequences of agricultural decisions.
We use data, field research, and economic models to understand the trade-offs behind crop production, input use, new technologies, and agricultural policy. Our goal is to make research accessible and useful beyond academia.
WHAT WE DO
From evidence to insight.
Our research connects economic performance with the decisions that shape Prairie farming.
Technology & input economics
Evaluating practices such as earlier seeding and enhanced-efficiency fertilizers through an economic lens.
Environment & policy
Examining the economic incentives and environmental outcomes of agricultural management and policy.
FEATURED RESEARCH · BRIEF 01
Can ultra-early seeding and enhanced-efficiency fertilizers pay?
A producer-focused look at financial returns, nitrogen rates, and the trade-offs behind spring wheat management.
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FEATURED FACTSHEET
Practical research for Prairie producers
Look here for short summaries of research findings and what they mean for farm decisions.
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The people behind the research.
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FACULTY LEAD
Devin Serfas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and RDAR Chair in Applied Agricultural Economics and Risk Management
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER
Shayan Wali
M.Sc. student, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
University of Alberta