Jung-keon Jo

Applied Economist focused on quantifying external shocks and evaluating their business implications using data-driven and economic modeling

Independent Instructor

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• ENVM 3060E: Principles of Resource Economics

Teaching Assistant

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• AAEC 3690: Agribusiness Finance, Prof. Michael Adjemian

Teaching Assistant

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• AAEC 4980: Agribusiness Management, Prof. Benjamin Campbell and Prof. William Secor

Teaching Assistant

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• AAEC 3100: Food & Fiber Marketing, Prof. Vanessa Shonkwiler

• Jo, J., M.K. Adjemian, and J. Mullen. 2025. "Agricultural Supply News as Exogenous Shocks to the Macroeconomy."
• Jo, J. and M.K. Adjemian. 2025. "How Much Do Transportation Backups Cost, and Wo Pays for Them? The Case of the 2022 Mississippi River Backup."
• Jo, J. and W. Secor. 2025. "Demand for Rail Transportation of Grain to the Southeastern United States."
• Adjemian, M.K., Q.Li , and J.Jo. 2025. "Decomposing Food Price Inflation into Supply and Demand Shocks."

• Jo, J. and W. Secor. 2025. Domestic Grain and Oilseed Transportation to the Southeastern U.S. Report for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
• Jo, J. and W. Secor. 2025. Animal Feed Transportation to Georgia. UGA Extension
• Adjemian, M.K., D.L. Salin, and J.Jo. 2025. Food Price Inflation in the United States: The Role of Transport Costs and Challenges. Report for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

• University of Georgia Graduate Teaching/Research Assistantship, 08/01/20, Present
• AAEA Post-conference Workshop on Food Prices and Forecasting Travel Grant, 07/01/24, USDA ERS

• Explaining the Recent, Rapid Rise in Livestock Insurance Participation, Research Assistant, Michael K. Adjemian, Ford Ramsey, USDA OCE, 2024, 2025
• Contributions of Supply and Demand Shocks to Food Price Inflation in the United States and Their Policy Implications, Research Assistant, Michael K. Adjemian, Qingxiao Li, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), 2024, 2027
• Measuring the Drought Effects of Transportation Disruptions on Grain Markets and Their Stakeholders: A Case Study of the 2022 Mississippi River Drought and Barge Backup, Research Assistant, Michael K. Adjemian, Jeff D. Mullen, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 2023, 2024
• Study of Grain and Oilseed Flows to the Southeast - Multistate Research Coordination, Southern Region, Research Assistant, William Secor, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 2021, 2023

• University of Georgia AAE Spring Seminar, Athens, GA, 03/19/25
• University of Georgia AAE Fall Seminar, Athens, GA, 09/09/23

• Quantifying the Incidence of the 2022 Mississippi River Transportation Disruption on Supply Chain Participants, Adjemian, M.K., Jeffrey D. Mullen, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Irving, TX, 02/01/25
• Agricultural Supply News as Exogenous Shocks to the Macroeconomy, Adjemian, M.K., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 07/28/24
• The Incidence of the 2022 Mississippi River Transportation Disruption on Supply Chain Participants in Grain and Oilseed Markets, Adjemian, M.K., Jeffrey D. Mullen, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 07/28/24
• Measuring the Effects of Agricultural Supply News Shocks, Adjemian, M.K., Commodity and Energy Markets (CEMA) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 06/24/24
• Measuring the Effects of Agricultural Supply News Shocks, Adjemian, M.K., NCCC-134 Conference of Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, St. Louis, MO, 04/22/24
• Measuring the Effects of Agricultural Supply News Shocks, Adjemian, M.K., Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 02/03/24
• Measuring the Effects of Agricultural Supply News Shocks, Adjemian, M.K., University of Georgia AAE Fall Seminar, Athens, GA, 09/09/23
• The Impact of Increased Ocean Freight Rates on Soybean Margins between the United States and China during the Post-COVID Era, Secor, W.G., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., 07/31/23
• The Incidence of Increased Ocean Freight Rates during the Post-COVID Era, Secor, W.G., NCCC-134 Conference of Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, St. Louis, MO, 04/24/23
• Demand for Rail Transportation of Grain to the Southeastern U.S., Secor, W.G., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 07/31/22