Matt Clark is Terrain’s senior rural economy analyst, focusing on the impacts of interest rates, land values and other macroeconomic trends on agriculture. As a part of the Terrain team of economists, he delivers expert analysis to the customers of American AgCredit, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit.

Matt previously worked as the senior industry analyst with American AgCredit, one of the largest associations in the Farm Credit System, and as an assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He has an extensive background analyzing and forecasting key commodities such as wine grapes, field crops, dairy, beef, permanent plantings and forest products; providing macroeconomic analysis, statistical validation of risk models; and chairing various commodity and risk analysis committees. Matt earned his BS and MS degrees in agricultural economics from Kansas State University.