Jared Hutchins
@pablohutch.bsky.social
Assistant professor in Agricultural Economics at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Research interests: agriculture/livestock/productivity/institutions/economic history/data viz
Research interests: agriculture/livestock/productivity/institutions/economic history/data viz
#EconSky
I am trying to send out a survey to several farms and I need to validate the addresses I received (from state govt) with the USPS database (to make sure they are deliverable). Google Maps does not validate, just checks if it looks like address.
Anyone have a way that they've done this?
I am trying to send out a survey to several farms and I need to validate the addresses I received (from state govt) with the USPS database (to make sure they are deliverable). Google Maps does not validate, just checks if it looks like address.
Anyone have a way that they've done this?
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#EconSky
I am trying to send out a survey to several farms and I need to validate the addresses I received (from state govt) with the USPS database (to make sure they are deliverable). Google Maps does not validate, just checks if it looks like address.
Anyone have a way that they've done this?
I am trying to send out a survey to several farms and I need to validate the addresses I received (from state govt) with the USPS database (to make sure they are deliverable). Google Maps does not validate, just checks if it looks like address.
Anyone have a way that they've done this?
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Hey, the Anxious Bench was on local radio WEFT last night! Our intro starts at 42:55 or so in the stream www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d9i27...
www.dropbox.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey, the Anxious Bench was on local radio WEFT last night! Our intro starts at 42:55 or so in the stream www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d9i27...
Regarding this work, my co-author and I had the privilege of being invited onto a roundtable discussion about our paper and implications for policy today. Thank you to Lawrence Lucas for inviting us!
Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDj...
Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrq...
Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDj...
Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrq...
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Regarding this work, my co-author and I had the privilege of being invited onto a roundtable discussion about our paper and implications for policy today. Thank you to Lawrence Lucas for inviting us!
Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDj...
Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrq...
Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDj...
Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrq...
Happy Halloween!
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Happy Halloween!
Good data viz instincts here!
Here's an alternative way of looking at this data - the scatter plot of "% unfavorable" on "% familiar".
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Good data viz instincts here!
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Seeing this Space Shuttle in person is genuinely one of the most breathtaking things I’ve witnessed—even knowing the scale of it, I was unprepared—& as an 80s kid I still romanticize NASA—what a loss this would be
btw the white house isn't the only thing these guys are destroying, they want to chop up the Smithsonian's space shuttle so they can let it rot in a Texas museum
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces
"You'd be doing irreparable damage."
www.space.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Seeing this Space Shuttle in person is genuinely one of the most breathtaking things I’ve witnessed—even knowing the scale of it, I was unprepared—& as an 80s kid I still romanticize NASA—what a loss this would be
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Here's the key takeaway from our new Nature Climate Change piece.
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here's the key takeaway from our new Nature Climate Change piece.
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saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
Attempting to add to the drama here: someone taught me to do this and I never looked back.
Buy a Costco bag of garlic, spend an hour crushing it all at once, freeze it into a bag.
Break off chunks of delicious garlic popsicle when you need it.
Buy a Costco bag of garlic, spend an hour crushing it all at once, freeze it into a bag.
Break off chunks of delicious garlic popsicle when you need it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Attempting to add to the drama here: someone taught me to do this and I never looked back.
Buy a Costco bag of garlic, spend an hour crushing it all at once, freeze it into a bag.
Break off chunks of delicious garlic popsicle when you need it.
Buy a Costco bag of garlic, spend an hour crushing it all at once, freeze it into a bag.
Break off chunks of delicious garlic popsicle when you need it.
Out now in Applied Econ Teaching Resources! My co-author Andrew and I wrote this paper discussing teaching data viz in applied economics. I handle the Python and Andrew handles the R.
Some highlights for me from this paper:
www.aetrjournal.org/advance-acce...
Some highlights for me from this paper:
www.aetrjournal.org/advance-acce...
4th Quarter 2025 | Applied Economics Teaching Resources
www.aetrjournal.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Out now in Applied Econ Teaching Resources! My co-author Andrew and I wrote this paper discussing teaching data viz in applied economics. I handle the Python and Andrew handles the R.
Some highlights for me from this paper:
www.aetrjournal.org/advance-acce...
Some highlights for me from this paper:
www.aetrjournal.org/advance-acce...
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The holier than thou comments on this post decrying NPR not taking enough of a hard stance on the administration I think are shortsighted. Local, public media (like WILL in Illinois) is incredibly important for reasons behind NPR's news coverage.
The holier than thou comments on this post decrying NPR not taking enough of a hard stance on the administration I think are shortsighted. Local, public media (like WILL in Illinois) is incredibly important for reasons behind NPR's news coverage.
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Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The holier than thou comments on this post decrying NPR not taking enough of a hard stance on the administration I think are shortsighted. Local, public media (like WILL in Illinois) is incredibly important for reasons behind NPR's news coverage.
The holier than thou comments on this post decrying NPR not taking enough of a hard stance on the administration I think are shortsighted. Local, public media (like WILL in Illinois) is incredibly important for reasons behind NPR's news coverage.
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Thanks GOP—The moulds & deckles we ordered for paper making from Papertrail will be $150 more expensive thanks to your tariffs. Who will pay them? Not Canadians or Papertrail— @skeuomorphpress.org will pay it.
Tariffs are a tax on Americans & American institutions—such a self own www.papertrail.ca
Tariffs are a tax on Americans & American institutions—such a self own www.papertrail.ca
the Papertrail Handmade Paper & Book Arts
www.papertrail.ca
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thanks GOP—The moulds & deckles we ordered for paper making from Papertrail will be $150 more expensive thanks to your tariffs. Who will pay them? Not Canadians or Papertrail— @skeuomorphpress.org will pay it.
Tariffs are a tax on Americans & American institutions—such a self own www.papertrail.ca
Tariffs are a tax on Americans & American institutions—such a self own www.papertrail.ca
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A few years ago one of our kids realized the name they were born with wasn't quite right—& some of the folks who should have been her strongest advocates instead turned away—I wrote this song for her then & was proud to perform it with The Anxious Bench for the 1st time tonight #ProtectTransKids
A Song for Saige
YouTube video by The Anxious Bench
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A few years ago one of our kids realized the name they were born with wasn't quite right—& some of the folks who should have been her strongest advocates instead turned away—I wrote this song for her then & was proud to perform it with The Anxious Bench for the 1st time tonight #ProtectTransKids
My personal favorite of these three is "Dive." I got to play a BEAUTIFUL Fender Rhodes for that track in the studio and it just perfectly complements Ryan's voice and lyrics.
Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench
3 track album
theanxiousbench.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My personal favorite of these three is "Dive." I got to play a BEAUTIFUL Fender Rhodes for that track in the studio and it just perfectly complements Ryan's voice and lyrics.
Reposted by Jared Hutchins
Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench
3 track album
theanxiousbench.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen
Among the other things happening, I somehow missed this one.
This would be a major blow to our graduate programs, harm our students, and severely undermine our country’s competitiveness in grad education.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
This would be a major blow to our graduate programs, harm our students, and severely undermine our country’s competitiveness in grad education.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
DHS Moves to Restrict How Long Foreign Students Can Stay
The proposal would limit international students’ duration of stay to four years. Advocates slammed the plan, saying it would force students “into a sea of administrative delays” at best.
www.insidehighered.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Among the other things happening, I somehow missed this one.
This would be a major blow to our graduate programs, harm our students, and severely undermine our country’s competitiveness in grad education.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
This would be a major blow to our graduate programs, harm our students, and severely undermine our country’s competitiveness in grad education.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT
Do work requirements work? @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements:
A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, summarizing the research on work requirements and their efficacy.
www.hamiltonproject.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT
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A colleague recommended I find the 1958 YA book *Danny Dunn & the Homework Machine* for my “Writing with Robots” class—our library had a copy (off site) & I got it today.
In brief: a group of kids get access to a computer & figure out how to make it do their homework for them—high jinks ensue +
In brief: a group of kids get access to a computer & figure out how to make it do their homework for them—high jinks ensue +
August 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A colleague recommended I find the 1958 YA book *Danny Dunn & the Homework Machine* for my “Writing with Robots” class—our library had a copy (off site) & I got it today.
In brief: a group of kids get access to a computer & figure out how to make it do their homework for them—high jinks ensue +
In brief: a group of kids get access to a computer & figure out how to make it do their homework for them—high jinks ensue +
Our new paper is out in Early View today!
Using a discrete choice experiment, we test whether consumers will pay more for strawberries with a "diverse farmer" label. Here's what we find:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Using a discrete choice experiment, we test whether consumers will pay more for strawberries with a "diverse farmer" label. Here's what we find:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Do Consumers Value Diversity in Agriculture? A Choice Experiment
Farm ownership in the US today is racially and ethnically homogeneous. Diverse farmers and ranchers make up less than 10% of all producers, they tend to be less financially stable and have tighter pr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our new paper is out in Early View today!
Using a discrete choice experiment, we test whether consumers will pay more for strawberries with a "diverse farmer" label. Here's what we find:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Using a discrete choice experiment, we test whether consumers will pay more for strawberries with a "diverse farmer" label. Here's what we find:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Wholesale prices came in hot in today’s PPI report, but veggies stole the show 🥦📈
Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Why are wholesale vegetable prices spiking, and what's that mean for consumers?
About a quarter of the 3.3% price increase recorded by this month’s producer price index was driven by a spike in wholesale prices for veggies.
www.marketplace.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Wholesale prices came in hot in today’s PPI report, but veggies stole the show 🥦📈
Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
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My #TEDx talk is live - Why is Environmentalism Failing?
This is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing environmentalism from succeeding:
www.morganhopephillips.com/blog/2025/6/...
#TEDxAberystwyth
This is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing environmentalism from succeeding:
www.morganhopephillips.com/blog/2025/6/...
#TEDxAberystwyth
TEDx Aberystwyth - Why Is Environmentalism Failing? — Morgan Hope Phillips
This is the TEDx talk I gave in Aberystwyth in February 2025. It is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing env...
www.morganhopephillips.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My #TEDx talk is live - Why is Environmentalism Failing?
This is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing environmentalism from succeeding:
www.morganhopephillips.com/blog/2025/6/...
#TEDxAberystwyth
This is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing environmentalism from succeeding:
www.morganhopephillips.com/blog/2025/6/...
#TEDxAberystwyth
Worth also pointing out: it is also extremely hard to make a robot pick crops.
This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Worth also pointing out: it is also extremely hard to make a robot pick crops.
Reposted by Jared Hutchins
This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.