• In May 2024, FABA worked with Dairy Management Incorporation (DMI) on evaluating the effectiveness of DMI investments in food service partnerships, value-added milk, whole fat science, and dairy exports.
  • In April 2024, Dr. Oral Capps attended the Beverage Forum on behalf on FABA to learn more about the beverage industry and make contacts with beverage groups for potential consulting work. The Beverage Forum took place in Manhattan Beach, California.
  • In December 2023, FABA worked with GUILD Consulting.
  • FABA worked in 2023 with the American Pecan Council.
  • In May 2022, FABA was recognized by the Cotton Board for their analysis on the ROI report.
    • Check out this quick video for an overview of Cotton ROI.
  • In March 2022, FABA completed a project for the Mexican Hass Avocado Importer Association (MHAIA). The report dealt with the provision of weekly ex-ante forecasts of avocado shipments by size from Mexico to the United States. The forecast accuracy as measured by the metric absolute percent error was quite exceptional across all seven sizes of avocado shipments.
  • FABA completed a definitive analysis of the impacts of the Agricultural Trade Program (ATP) and export market development programs on bulk/intermediate and high-value (consumer-oriented) agricultural exports for IHS Markit, the U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC), and the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) in March 2022.
  • FABA completed the economic evaluation of the effectiveness of pecan promotion under Federal Marketing Order No. 986 for the American Pecan Council in January 2021. The overall objective of this study was to measure the economic effectiveness of APC activities and expenditures on generic pecan advertising and promotion activities. In addition, to support APC marketing and promotion activities, this report provided insights on consumer beliefs, awareness, attitudes, and purchasing behavior regarding tree nuts in general and pecans specifically via an online nationally representative survey. A primary conclusion was that, despite its relatively recent launch, the APC has effectively enhanced domestic and export demand for U.S. pecans over 2016/17 through 2019/20 through its generic promotion activities and generated a relatively high rate of return to pecan producers.  The survey results identified key socio-demographic drivers associated with the decision to purchase pecans.
  • FABA gave a presentation at the SAS Global Forum in Dallas, Texas in April of 2019. It is titled, “Texas A&M University: The Pros and Cons of Alternative Methodologies Designed to Produce Forecasts for Business“.
  • FABA had the opportunity to travel and take part in working with the Norwegian Seafood Council in June of 2019.  While there, news articles were released of our work.  The following texts have been translated to English.
  • Dr. Capps had the opportunity to attend the 2019 National Association of Business Economics (NABE) Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado during October of 2019. There he met Dr. Arthur Laffer, American economist who’s theory on taxes majorly influenced U.S. Economic policy in the 1980’s and the creator of the Laffer Curve.
    • More information on Dr. Arthur Laffer can be found here
    • Here are pictures from the Meeting