Biography

Christopher Pudenz is the Economics and Research Manager - Economist at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation in West Des Moines, Iowa. 

Christopher obtained his Ph.D. in Economics in 2023 from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, USA. His dissertation was entitled U.S. Beef Packer Procurement Practices: Theory and Empirics. As a graduate student, Christopher received both teaching and research awards (May 2023 and December 2019, respectively). 
In 2017, he graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Hillsdale College. Christopher's family has owned and operated a beef cattle feedlot and crop farm in western Iowa for three generations, and this first-hand experience with agriculture inspired him to pursue higher education in Agricultural Economics. 

In his spare time, he loves spending time with family and friends. He is an active participant in his local church, where he volunteers frequently. He enjoys traveling, especially to the mountains. He hikes in the Rockies as often as he can, and he is working on becoming an intermediate skier.