Bart Kenner

Agricultural Economist
816-412-4159
bart.kenner@usda.gov

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Briefly

Bart Kenner is an economist with the International Trade and Development Branch in the Market and Trade Economics Division at USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS).

Background

Bart joined ERS in 2019. He focuses on economic analyses of international agricultural trade markets for reports such as the Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade. Bart also maintains data products including Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States and State Agricultural Trade by Country of Origin and Destination in addition to conducting research on issues affecting agricultural trade to provide useful information for industry, academics, and policy makers alike.

Education

Bart earned an M.S. of Agricultural Economics with a minor in Statistics and a B.A. of Economics from the University of Tennessee where he worked for the Center for Business and Economic Research, the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), and conducted his thesis research on Rwandan smallholder broiler production with UTIA’s International Programs Center and the United States Agency for International Development.

Professional Affiliations

Bart is a member of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC).

Selected Publications

Kenner, B., H. Jiang, D. Russell, W. Zeng, S. Zahniser, M. Ivanic, F. Dong, M. Husby, and X. Pham. 2022. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: February 2022, AES-119, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Morgan, S., S. Arita, J. Beckman, S. Ahsan, D. Russell, P. Jarrell, and B. Kenner. 2022. The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture, ERR-304, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Kenner, B., H. Jiang, and D. Russell. 2021. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: November 2021, AES-118, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., H. Jiang, and D. Russell. 2021. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: August 2021, AES-117, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., and S. Scott. April 2021. “State Agricultural Trade Statistics by Country of Origin and Destination Now Available on USDA, Economic Research Service Website,” Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Kenner, B., and H. Jiang. 2021. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: February 2021, AES-115, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., and H. Jiang. 2020. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: November 2020, AES-114, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B. September 2020. “U.S. Fruit Imports Grew By $8.9 Billion Over the Last Decade to Meet Rising Demand,” Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Kenner, B., and H. Jiang. 2020. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: August 2020, AES-113, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., and H. Jiang. 2020. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: May 2020, AES-112, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., and H. Jiang. 2020. Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: February 2020, AES-111, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Kenner, B., D. Lambert, C. Trejo-Pech, J. Thompson, and T. Gill. 2019. “Financial Risks in Rwandan Smallholder Broiler Production,” Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 9(5): 569–583.