Kade
As a research analyst at Decision Innovation Solutions, Kade is responsible for conducting economic impact and contribution analysis, conducting commodity flow analysis, writing reports, and data management and analysis. These are all utilized to assist clients in making informed and strategic business decisions.
Kade was raised on a family farm in the small town of Oberlin, Kansas. His family grew wheat, corn, and raised cattle. During his growing-up years he worked on the family farm and participated in 4-H. From these and other experiences he has developed a great passion for the ag industry.
Kade received a B.S. degree in economics with a minor in mathematics from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. In the pursuit of his undergraduate degree, Kade took many opportunities to further his professional development. As an undergraduate research assistant, Kade participated in an empirical research project studying education and labor market outcomes. He also improved process efficiency with the automation of a weekly task through script writing—a skill he continued to develop within coursework using STATA and R.
Kade completed a study abroad at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. This provided an enriching environment for him to further develop his Spanish skills. Kade also completed an economics internship at the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA). He was predominantly responsible for gathering and cleaning data, along with creating an agricultural economic contribution report for each county in the state of Kansas. He was also involved in various projects including: updating a compilation of agricultural statistics available on the KDA’s website, research into rural broadband availability, and assisting with the Kansas hay report.
Education:
- Kansas State University, B.S Economics with a minor in Mathematics
Expertise:
- Economic Contribution & Impact Studies
- Mapping & Spatial Analysis
Posts by: Kade
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Estimating the Economic Impact of the Recent Auto Worker Strikes
by Kade Grafel
The United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of American automobile manufacturing workers, has recently reached a deal with the “big three” US-based automakers: General Motors,…
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Relative Presence of Food Deserts in the United States
by Kade Grafel
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service publishes the Food Access Research Atlas, which is a dataset measuring areas of the U.S. that have…
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Recent IMPLAN Improvements
by Kade Grafel
The IMPLAN modeling system continues to expand and improve. The IMPLAN API makes large projects more feasible, and IMPLAN now has several different data products…
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Taking a Look at the Latest IMPLAN Data
by Kade Grafel
IMPLAN recently released their newest dataset. Constructed using 2021 data, this dataset represents the most current economic data available at this level of detail.
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Illustrating the Difference Between an Impact and Contribution Analysis
by Kade Grafel
Two types of analysis we frequently do are economic impact studies and economic contribution studies. But what exactly is the difference between an impact and…
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Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land
by Kade Grafel
In 2020, there were 1.3 billion acres of privately held agricultural land in the U.S. Of these acres, 38 million acres, or 2.9%, was held…