Vice President and Omaha Branch Executive
Omaha Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
2201 Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
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Jason R. Henderson is vice president and Omaha Branch executive with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the Omaha Branch in August 2006 as Branch executive. In this role, he serves as the Bank's regional economist and representative in the state of Nebraska, recruits and works closely with the Branch's board of directors, and is responsible for briefing the Kansas City Fed's president—a member of the Federal Open Market Committee—on economic and business activity in the state. In addition, Jason leads several Bank and Federal Reserve System efforts to track agricultural and rural economies, including the quarterly publication of the Tenth District Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions and the Federal Reserve System's Agricultural Finance Databook. He also manages the Main Street Economist, a bi-monthly publication covering economic issues affecting rural areas.

Jason serves as the Bank's regional research coordinator. His research interests include rural development, agricultural economics and industrial organization. He has published more than 60 research articles in Bank and external research publications on topics such as entrepreneurship, land values, demographics, the growth of knowledge-based activity in rural America, the use of electronic commerce in agricultural industries, and the growth of value-added food manufacturing activity.

Jason speaks frequently to a wide range of business, financial and policy audiences across the United States and internationally. His articles on the rural economy have been cited by policy officials, researchers, and various media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, and USA Today. He has also provided testimony on agricultural credit conditions to a congressional subcommittee.

Prior to being named Omaha Branch executive, Jason served as a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Central College in Pella, Iowa. He serves on the Dean's Advisory Board for the College of Agriculture at Purdue University and the National Advisory Board for the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska – Omaha. He is a member of the executive committee for the Nebraska Council of Economic Education and is an adviser for the Economics, Accounting, and Management Department at Central College.

Jason was raised on a family farm in Northeast Iowa and lives in the Omaha metro area with his wife and three children.

• "Agriculture's Boom-Bust Cycles: Is This Time Different?"
  with Brent Gloy and Michael Boehlje, Fourth Quarter 2011
• "Recognizing Risk in Global Agriculture: A Summary of the 2011 Agricultural Symposium" 
  Third Quarter 2011
• "Building U.S. Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time" 
  First Quarter 2011
• "Will the Rural Economy Rebound in 2010?" 
  First Quarter 2010
• "Coming Home to Rural America: Demographic Shifts in the Tenth District" 
  with Maria Akers, Third Quarter 2009
• "Recession Catches Rural America" 
  with Maria Akers, First Quarter 2009
• "Can Markets Improve Water Allocation in Rural America?" 
  with Maria Akers, Fourth Quarter, 2008
• "Will Farmland Values Keep Booming?" 
  Second Quarter 2008
• "Will Rural Prosperity Prevail in 2008?" 
  First Quarter 2008
• "Will Energy Markets Refuel the Rural Economy?" 
  with Maria Akers, First Quarter 2007
• "A Robust Rural Economy in 2006?" 
  First Quarter 2006
• "Gauging a Region's Entrepreneurial Potential" 
  with Sarah Low and Stephan Weiler, Third Quarter 2005
• "A Resurgent Rural Economy Spurs Farmland Values" 
  with Nancy Novack, First Quarter 2005
• "Can Rural America Support a Knowledge Economy? 
  with Bridget Abraham, Third Quarter 2004
• "Will the Farm Rebound Lead a Rural Recovery?" 
  First Quarter 2004
• "Will Rains and a National Recovery Bring Rural Prosperity?"
  First Quarter, 2003
• "Building the Rural Economy with High-Growth Entrepreneurs" 
  Third Quarter 2002
• "Will the Rural Economy Rebound with the Rest of the Nation?" 
  First Quarter 2002

• "Rural America's Fiscal Challenge"
  Issue III 2010
• "Financial Challenges Facing Farm Enterprises"
  Issue I 2010
• "Will High Farmland Values Hold?"
  Issue VI 2009
• "Prospects for a Rural Recovery"
  Issue V 2009
• "The Slow Road Back for the U.S. Livestock Industry"
  Issue IV 200
• "When Will Agricultural Demand Rebound"
  Issue II 2009
• "Agricultural Credit Standards Tighten" 
  Issue 1, 2009
• "Are Energy Prices Threatening the Farm Boom?" 
  Issue 5, 2008
• "Can Grain Elevators Survive Record Crop Prices?" 
  with Nancy Fitzgerald, Issue 3, 2008
• "Can Rising Exports Sustain the Farm Boom?" 
  with Maria Akers, Issue 2, 2008
• "What is Driving Food Price Inflation?" 
  Issue 1, 2008
• "Farm Spending Surges with Record Incomes" 
  with Maria Akers, Issue 6, 2007
• "The Power of Technological Innovation in Rural America," 
  Issue 3, 2007
• "Will the Rebound in Farm Financial Conditions Continue" 
  with Maria Akers, Issue 2, 2007
• "Can Ethanol Power the Rural Economy?" 
  with Nancy Novack, Issue 1, 2007
• "A Catalog of Innovative Regional Partnerships, Part Two" 
  with Stephan Weiler and Katie Cervantes, Issue VI 2006
• "Innovative Regional Partnerships in the Rural Tenth District," 
  with Stephan Weiler and Katie Cervantes, Issue V 2006
• "A New Rural Economy: A New Role for Public Policy" 
  with Mark Drabenstott, Issue IV 2006
• "Obesity: America's Economic Epidemic" 
  with Sarah Low, Issue II 2006
• "A Robust Rural Economy" 
  Issue I 2006
• "Katrina and Rita: Lingering Effects on Agriculture" 
  with Mark Drabenstott, October 2005
• "Small Bank Lending: Tapping Opportunities for Rural Growth" 
  with Stephan Weiler and SeanMoore, August 2005
• "Rural America's New Path to Workforce Skills" 
  with Stephan Weiler, July 2005
• "Rural America's Emerging Knowledge Economy" 
  with Bridget Abraham, May 2005
• "An Economic Resurgence in the Rural Economy" 
  with Nancy Novack, January 2005
• "Termination of the Rabobank and Farm Credit Services of America Sale" 
  with Nancy Novack, November 2004
• "Beyond Cows and Corn: Rural America in the 21st Century" 
  with Stephan Weiler, October 2004
• "Defining "Rural" America" 
  with Stephan Weiler, July 2004
• "Wildlife Recreation: Rural America's Newest Billion Dollar Industry" 
  April 2004
• "Will the farm rebound lead a rural recovery?" 
  February 2004
• "FAQs about Mad Cow Disease and Its Impacts" 
  December 2003
• "Seizing High-Skill Services in Rural America" 
  August 2003
• "Building New Competitive Advantages for the 21st Century" 
  with Nancy Novack, January 2003
• "Will Rains and a National Recovery Spur a Rural Rebound?" 
  December 2002
• "Are High-Growth Entrepreneurs Building the Rural Economy?" 
  August 2002
• "The Outlook for Real Estate in Rural America" 
  April 2002
• "Will the Rural Economy Rebound with the Rest of the Nation?" 
  January 2002
• "Trends in Rural Manufacturing" 
  (with Nancy Novack), December 2001
• "Networking with E-commerce in Rural America" 
  September 2001

• Henderson, Jason and Stephan Weiler. 2010. “Entrepreneurs and Job Growth: Probing the Boundaries of Time and Space” Economic Development Quarterly, 24(1) pp. 23.32.
• Henderson, Jason and Brent Gloy. 2009. “The Impacts of Ethanol Plants on Cropland Values in the Great Plains” Agricultural Finance Review, 69(1), pp. 36-48.
• Henderson, Jason and Sean Moore. 2006. "The Capitalization of Wildlife Recreation Income on Farmland Values" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, December, 38(3), pp. 597-610.
• Henderson, Jason, Jay Akridge, and Frank Dooley. 2006. "Internet and E-commerce Use in Agribusiness Firms: 2004," Journal of Agribusiness, 24(1), pp. 17-39.
• Henderson, Jason, Jay Akridge, Frank Dooley, and Antonio Carre. 2005. "Adoption of Internet Strategies by Agribusiness Firms," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 8(4), pp. 42-61.
• Henderson, Jason and Kendall McDaniel. 2005. "Natural Amenities and Rural Employment Growth: A Sector Analysis," The Review of Regional Studies, 35(1), pp. 80-96.
• Henderson, Jason, Frank Dooley, and Jay Akridge. 2004. "Internet and E-commerce Adoption by Agricultural Input Firms," Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(4), pp. 505-520.
• Henderson, Jason R., Frank Dooley, Jay Akridge, and Michael Boehlje, 2001 "Distribution Channel Strategies and E-Business in the Agribusiness Industries," Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce, 2(1), pp. 47-66.
• Eales, James and Jason R. Henderson. 2001. "The Impact of Negativity on Separability Testing," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(2), May, pp. 465-477.
• Henderson, Jason R. and Kevin T. McNamara. 2000. "The Location of Food Manufacturing Plant Investments in Corn Belt Counties," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 25(2), December, pp. 680-697.
• Lamb, Russell L. and Jason R. Henderson. 2000. "FAIR Act Implications for Land Values in the Corn Belt," Review of Agricultural Economics, 22(1), Spring-Winter, pp. 102-119.
• Henderson, Jason R. and Kevin T. McNamara. 1997. "Community Attributes Influencing Local Food Processing Growth in the U.S. Corn Belt," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 45, pp. 235-50.

• "The Impact of Wildlife Recreation on Farmland Values"
  with Sean Moore, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Research Working Paper: RWP 05-10

• "The Emerging Computer Sector in the Tenth District"
  Third Quarter, pp. 11-18. 1998
• "Regional Economic Update"
  Second Quarter, pp. 2-4. 1998
• "Do Scenic Amenities Foster Economic Growth in Rural Areas?"
  with Kendall McDaniel. First Quarter 1998, pp. 11-17
• "Regional Economic Update"
  First Quarter, pp. 2-4. 1998
• "Regional Economic Update"
  Fourth Quarter, pp. 2-4. 1998
• "How Important are Small Businesses in the Tenth District?"
  Third Quarter, pp. 9-13. 1997