2026 U.S. Agricultural Market Outlook
March 26, 2026
FAPRI-MU Report #01-26 presents a summary of 10-year baseline projections for U.S. agricultural markets,...
Jarrett Whistance
Program Leader, Biofuel Market and Policy Analysis
Areas of Expertise:
- Biofuel Markets and Policies
- Sugar Markets and Policies
About Jarrett
Jarrett Whistance is a Research Scientist at the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) where his work focuses primarily on U.S. biofuel and sugar markets and policies. Jarrett joined FAPRI-MU as a graduate student in 2007 and has since earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri.
Outside Publications
- Deepayan Debnath, Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson. “The Causes of Two-way U.S.–Brazil Ethanol Trade and the Consequences for Greenhouse Gas Emission.” Energy, 141, 2045-2053.
- Wyatt Thompson, Robert Johansson, Seth Meyer, Jarrett Whistance. “The US Biofuel Mandate as a Substitute for Carbon Cap-and-Trade.” Energy Policy, 113, 368-375. Available online (subscription required): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517307152.
- Deepayan Debnath, Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson, Julian C.R. Binfield. “Complement or Substitute: Ethanol’s Uncertain Relationship with Gasoline Under Alternative Petroleum Price and Policy Scenarios.” Applied Energy, 191, 385-397 (2017).
- Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson, Seth Meyer. “Interactions between California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the National Renewable Fuel Standard.” Energy Policy, 101, 447-455.
- Jarrett Whistance, David Ripplinger, Wyatt Thompson. “Biofuel-Related Price Transmission Using Renewable Identification Number Prices to Signal Mandate Regime.” Energy Economics, 55(March), 19-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.12.026 (February 2016). Available at http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SaY5W3fcVY33.
- Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson. “A Critical Assessment of RIN Price Behavior and the Implications for Corn, Ethanol, and Gasoline Price Relationships.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 36(4), 623-642. (doi:10.1093/aepp/ppu012).
- Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson. “The Role of CAFE Standards and Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Production Credits is U.S. Biofuels Markets.” Energy Policy, 74, 147-157. (doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.004).
- Wyatt Thompson, Jarrett Whistance, Seth Meyer. “Effects of US Biofuel Policies on US and World Petroleum Product Markets with Consequences for Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” Energy Policy, 39(9), 5509-5518. (doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.011).