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Jayson Lusk
Personal blog · jaysonlusk.com/blogeconomics
Jayson Lusk's personal blog at jaysonlusk.com covers economics. Since 2015, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jayson Lusk's blog for posts on farm support programs and subsidies, cattle methane from grass-fed versus grain-fed diets, and the falling share of people living on farms.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Food and Agricultural Economics
What Hacker News says?
Grass fed cows are supposed to produce greater than 40% more methane than the industry standard grain fed cows. This guy[1] seems to have thought a little about this too. [1] http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2014/8/22/buffalo-extermination-e...
Comment linking /blog/2014/8/22/buffalo-extermination-environmental-catastrophe-or-savior
on “Scientist discovers particular seaweed nearly eliminates cow methane emissions”Submitted The Scale of the Meat Problem as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA different lens to view this through has to do with economic and population shifts over the last century. Specifically the huge increase in agricultural productivity. "In 1900, just under 40 percent of the total US population lived on farms, and 60 percent lived in rural areas. Today, the respective figures are only about 1 percent and 20 percent." [1] That's a large erosion of political and economic power in those…
Comment linking /blog/2016/6/26/the-evolution-of-american-agriculture
on “Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'”Submitted Domestic Meat Shortages and Exports as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPart of this has to do with how we've been able to drive down agricultural costs by means of automation over the last century which has driven a move away from family farms to larger corporate farms. In 1900, just under 40 percent of the total US population lived on farms, and 60 percent lived in rural areas. Today, the respective figures are only about 1 percent and 20 percent.[1] Sure the coasts are creating more…
Comment linking /blog/2016/6/26/the-evolution-of-american-agriculture
on “Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'”Submitted When Consumers Don't Want to Know as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis paper by Dr. Jayson Lusk at Purdue University outlines the valuation of farm support programs (what is being called subsidies in this thread). He also includes analysis of farm support from other countries. http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2016/6/26/impacts-of-usda-program...
Comment linking /blog/2016/6/26/impacts-of-usda-programs
on “The ugly truth about the ugly produce movement”Submitted Food Demand Survey – January 2015 as a story · 2 points
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