Kim Hjort

Research Agricultural Economist
202-694-4904
kim.hjort@usda.gov

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Briefly

Kim Hjort is a research agricultural economist in the Agricultural Policy and Models Branch in the Market and Trade Economics Division. She works on international trade issues and the 10-year USDA agricultural outlook projections. Her work is primarily focused on modeling the agricultural markets of foreign countries, especially Brazil and India. Kim’s current research includes empirical specification of crop planting decisions, land use decisions, and food and feed demand.

Background

Kim rejoined USDA, Economic Research Service in 2009 after an 11-year hiatus spent advising senior Government officials of countries acceding to the World Trade Organization. Her efforts were focused on compliance with agriculture-related requirements of accession, including in particular the Agriculture, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, and Import Licensing Agreements.

Education

Kim earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics, with specializations in international trade and agricultural policy analysis from Purdue University. She also holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maryland.

Selected Publications

Valdes, C, K. Hjort, and R. Seeley. 2020. Brazil's Agricultural Competitiveness: Recent Growth and Future Impacts under Currency Depreciation and Changing Macroeconomic Conditions, ERR-276, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Hjort, K., D. Boussios, R. Seeley, and J. Hansen. 2018. The ERS Country-Commodity Linked System: Documenting Its International Country and Regional Agricultural Baseline Models, TB-1951, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Ash, M., J. K. Bond, T. Capehart, N. Childs, J. Hansen, O. Leifert, M. McConnell, L. Meyer, K. Hjort. 2019. A Deeper Look Into the USDA Crop Baseline Projections to 2028, With a Focus on Trade, FDS-19K-02, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Valdes, C., K. Hjort, R. Seeley. 2016. Brazil's Agricultural Land Use and Trade: Effects of Changes in Oil Prices and Ethanol Demand, ERR-210, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Valdes, C., K. Hjort, R. Seeley. July 2016. “Oil Prices and Ethanol Demand Drive Changes in Agricultural Commodity Production in Brazil,” Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.