Ryan Larsen

Applied Economics (APEC)

Associate Professor, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Risk Analysis


Ryan Larsen

Contact Information

Office Location: AGRS 226
Phone: 435-797-0784
Email: ryan.larsen@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2011
MS, Agricultural Economics, University of Idaho, 2006
Economic Value of Snowmobiling in Valley County Idaho
BA, Finance, Idaho State Univesity, 2003

Teaching Interests

Farm management Agricultural Finance Risk Management Investments

Research Interests

Agricultural Finance Risk Investment Decisions Technology Adoption

Publications | Abstracts

  • Creech, J.E, Larsen, R., Yost, M., (2025). Technologies to remoisturize alfalfa in the windrow for baling. Alfalfa World Congress *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

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Publications | Curriculum

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

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Publications | MultiMedia

Audio

Video

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Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Bulletins

    Newsletter

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Teaching

      APEC 2500 - Commodity Futures and Options Trading and Analysis, Fall 2025
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2025
      USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2025
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2025
      APEC, APEC 5710, 6710 - Frontiers in Agribusiness, Spring 2025
      APEC 4310 - Agribusiness Finance, Fall 2024
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2024
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2024
      APEC 5710, 6710 - Frontiers in Agribusiness, Spring 2024
      APEC 4310 - Agribusiness Finance, Fall 2023
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2023
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2023
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2022
      APEC 5015 - Applied Economics for Decision Making, Fall 2022
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2022
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2022
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2021
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2021
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2021
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2020
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2020
      APEC 5150 - Advanced Agricultural Credit Analysis, Spring 2020
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2019
      APEC 4900 - Directed Readings, Research, or Seminar Series, Fall 2019
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2019
      APEC 4900 - Directed Readings, Research, or Seminar Series, Spring 2019
      APEC 6910 - Independent Research, Spring 2019
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2018
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2018
      APEC 5010 - Firm Marketing and Price Analysis, Fall 2018
      APEC 6040 - Production Economics, Applied Risk Analysis and Simulation, Fall 2018
      APEC 4900 - Directed Readings, Research, or Seminar Series, Spring 2018
      APEC 6910 - Independent Research, Spring 2018
      APEC 6040 - Agribusiness Production and Supply Chain Management, Fall 2017
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2017
      APEC 6040 - Agribusiness Production and Supply Chain Management, Fall 2016
      APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics, Fall 2016

      Extension

      State-Wide Extension Efforts, 2024 - Ongoing
      Managing Grazing Before, During and After Drought, 2020 - Ongoing
      Agricultural Risk Management, 2016 - Ongoing
      Farm Financial Management, 2016 - Ongoing
      4. Central Southern Utah Area Assignment: Regional Agricultural Economic & Community Development, 1997 - 2026
      5. Central South Area Assignment: Ag. Business Development and Expansion, 1989 - 2026

      Graduate Students Mentored

      Jenny Deboer, Applied Economics, August 2019
      Lake, Applied Economics, January 2021 - December 2021
      Gabby Bishop, Applied Economics, August 2019 - August 2020
      Jae Anderson, Applied Economics, August 2019 - August 2020
      Jayden Gunnell, Applied Economics, August 2019 - August 2020
      Shana Anderson, Applied Economics, August 2017 - December 2018
      Asif Rasool, Applied Economics, August 2016 - December 2017
      Maria Mera, Applied Economics, August 2016 - December 2017