Economic consulting services
Economic consulting for
Agriculture
We serve a range of agricultural clients, from landowners to commodity associations, in evaluating market, climate, and regulatory impacts.
Finance & Investors
We work with agricultural lenders and investors to value assets and develop analyses of economic risks and opportunities in their agricultural and water portfolios.
Water Management
We help local, state, and federal public agencies design and implement cost-effective water management policies for the west.
Legal Support
We advise and provide technical analysis to support clients through legal and regulatory proceedings affecting their business or industry.
Values-Driven, Impact-Oriented
Our Values
We value stewardship, excellence, and trust. Our clients are stewards of the planet’s most precious resources; we too strive to be responsible stewards of the resources with which we’re entrusted. We endeavor to be the best at our craft, applying leading economic methods, developing innovative approaches, and ever-improving our suite of economic data and models. Our team and work are trustworthy, backed by decades of experience, grounded in data, and evidenced by long-standing client relationships.
Our Vision
We envision a productive and sustainable agricultural industry: one that thrives today while protecting natural resources for our children and grandchildren. We believe this requires careful management of our water resources, a deep understanding of the agricultural markets that those resources support, and developing and implementing practical agricultural and water policy. This has been the core of our economic consulting services since our inception.
Our Promise
We promise our clients to put our values and vision into action. We carefully tailor every project to our clients’ needs, equipping our clients with both a broad understanding and specific, actionable insights that are derived from the best available, data-driven economic analysis. We always provide findings in the context of the current day, as well as potential implications for a sustainable future.
Agriculture
The agricultural industry faces increasing pressures from markets, climate, and regulatory forces, such as rising costs for fertilizer, fuel, freight, and labor; higher frequency and intensity of droughts and weather events; and increasingly complex regulations. This affects the future of our agricultural industry, our local communities, and food for our families and future generations.
Our services include:
Regulatory impact
Commodity and resource valuation
Water and climate risk
Benefit assessments
Finance & Investors
The myriad factors affecting farm profitability and competitiveness ultimately affect the value of agricultural assets, land, and lending risk. We distill complicated data and policy outcomes to actionable insights, helping clients value agriculture and water assets, assess field-level risks, and evaluate the potential impacts on their portfolio.
Our services include:
Water and climate risk
Commodity and resource valuation
Commodity market assessments
Water Management
Water managers and policymakers have an increasingly difficult job as they respond to and develop new water rules and regulations, evaluate the costs and benefits of proposed projects, and prepare for an uncertain future amidst global climate change. We understand how economics integrates with other engineering and scientific studies to support effective water management.
Legal Support
We support clients throughout legal and regulatory proceedings with sound and court-tested advice, technical analysis, and expert testimony. Our technical team includes experts in data science and management, statistics, and economics.
Our services include:
Regulatory issues
Adjudication
Reserved water rights
Water and ag litigation
