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Working Papers

2020

1. America's Diverse Family Farms: 2020 Edition
   USDA Miscellaneous, United States Department of Agriculture View citations (2)
2. Organic Dairy Farms Realized Both Higher Costs and Higher Gross and Net Returns Than Conventional Dairy Farms
   Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

2019

3. America’s Diverse Family Farms: 2019 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (1)

2018

4. America’s Diverse Family Farms, 2018 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (8)
5. Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (19)

2016

6. America's Diverse Family Farms, 2016 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (6)
7. Changing Structure, Financial Risks, and Government Policy for the U.S. Dairy Industry
   Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (12)

2015

8. America's Diverse Family Farms: 2015 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

2014

9. America's Diverse Family Farms: 2014 Edition
   Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
10. Technology, Organization, and Financial Performance in U.S. Broiler Production
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (11)

2013

11. Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (33)
12. Updating the ERS Farm Typology
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (27)

2011

13. Agricultural Contracting Update: Contracts in 2008
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (42)
14. WHY ARE FARMS GETTING LARGER? THE CASE OF THE U.S
    51st Annual Conference, Halle, Germany, September 28-30, 2011, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA) View citations (4)

2010

15. Adoption of Technology, Management Practices, and Production Systems in U.S. Milk Production
    2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida, Southern Agricultural Economics Association View citations (12)
16. America's Diverse Family Farms: 2010 Edition
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
17. Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (48)
18. Small Farms: Characteristics and Production (PowerPoint)
    Agricultural Outlook Forum 2010, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum

2009

19. Food, Agriculture, and Antitrust: Looking at the Recent Past (PowerPoint)
    Seminars, USDA Economists Group
20. Manure Use for Fertilizer and for Energy: Report to Congress
    Administrative Publications, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (7)
21. Market Competition, Institutions, and Contracting Outcomes: Preliminary Model and Experimental Results
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
22. Subtherapeutic Antibiotics and U.S. Broiler Production
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
23. The Extent and Characteristics of Manure Use on U.S. Cropland under Rate Restrictions
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
24. The Transformation of U.S. Livestock Agriculture: Scale, Efficiency, and Risks
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (29)
25. U.S. Small Farms: Decline and Persistence?
    111th Seminar, June 26-27, 2009, Canterbury, UK, European Association of Agricultural Economists

2008

26. Agricultural Contracting Update, 2005
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (6)
27. Local Monopsony Power in the Market for Broilers - Evidence from a Farm Survey
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (3)
28. The Economic Organization of U.S. Broiler Production
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (11)

2007

29. America's Diverse Family Farms 2007 Edition
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
30. Profits, Costs, and the Changing Structure of Dairy Farming
    Economic Research Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (41)

2006

31. Agricultural Contracting Update: Contracts in 2003
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (18)
32. America's Diverse Family Farms: Structure and Finances
    Economic Information Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
33. Duration in Production Contracts
    2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
34. Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Farm Payments
    Economic Brief, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (4)

2005

35. At What Rate Do Farmers Substitute Manure For Commercial Fertilizers?
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)

2004

36. Contracts, Markets, and Prices: Organizing the Production and Use of Agricultural Commodities
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (66)
37. The Evolution of Structural Change in the U.S. Farm Sector
    IAPRAP\IATRC Summer Symposium, Adjusting to Domestic and International Agricultural Reform in Industrial Countries, June 6-7, 2004, Philadelphia, PA,, International Agricultural Policy Reform and Adjustment Project (IAPRAP) View citations (1)
38. The minimum wage and restaurant prices
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (4)

2003

39. PRICE AND NONPRICE TERMS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTS
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2002

40. AGRIBUSINESS CONCENTRATION, COMPETITION AND NAFTA
    Proceedings of the 7th Agricultural and Food Policy Systems Information Workshop, 2001: Structural Change as a Source of Trade Disputes Under NAFTA, Farm Foundation, Agricultural and Food Policy Systems Information Workshops View citations (2)

2001

41. America's Diverse Family Farms: Assorted Sizes, Types, and Situations
    Agricultural Information Bulletins, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (4)
42. Concentration, Mergers, and Antitrust Policy
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics
43. Tracing the Effects of Agricultural Commodity Prices on Food Processing Costs
    2001 Conference (45th), January 23-25, 2001, Adelaide, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2000) View citations (3)

2000

44. CONCENTRATION IN AGRIBUSINESS
    Agricultural Outlook Forum 2000, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum
45. CONSOLIDATION IN U.S. MEATPACKING
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (29)
46. How do retail prices react to minimum wage increases?
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (28)
47. STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN U.S. CHICKEN AND TURKEY SLAUGHTER
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (15)
48. Scale Economies and Consolidation in Hog Slaughter
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Scale Economies and Consolidation in Hog Slaughter, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2000) View citations (38) (2000)
49. Technological Change and Economies of Scale in U.S. Poultry Slaughter
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (10)

1999

50. User-Fee Financing of USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (3)

1998

51. Food Procurement by USDA's Farm Service Agency
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (2)

1997

52. Do the Poor Pay More for Food? Item Selection and Price Differences Affect Low-Income Household Food Costs
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (45)
53. MODELING THE COSTS OF FOOD SAFETY REGULATION
    Department of Resource Economics Regional Research Project, University of Massachusetts
    Also in Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, June 20-21, 1996, Washington, D.C., Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance (1997) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Modeling the Costs of Food Safety Regulation, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1996) View citations (17) (1996)
54. STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRIES
    Department of Resource Economics Regional Research Project, University of Massachusetts
    Also in Strategy and Policy in the Food System: Emerging Issues, June 20-21, 1996, Washington, D.C., Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance (1997) View citations (2)

1996

55. Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (45)

1989

56. Effects of railroad deregulation on grain transportation
    Technical Bulletins, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (29)
57. Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms
    1989 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 2, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1989) View citations (6) (1989)

1988

58. Food cost variations: implications for the food stamp program
    Technical Bulletins, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

1985

59. Increased Foreign Investment in U.S. Food Industries
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
60. Product Diversification Trends in U.S. Food Manufacturing
    Agricultural Economic Reports, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2020

1. America's Diverse Family Farms: 2020 Edition - EIB-220
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2020, 2020 View citations (6)
2. Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture Continues
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2020, February 2020, (01)
3. Corn and Soybean Farmers Combine Futures, Options, and Marketing Contracts To Manage Financial Risks
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2020, 2020
4. Scale Economies Provide Advantages to Large Dairy Farms
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2020, 2020
5. Tracking the Consolidation of U.S. Agriculture
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2020, 42, (3), 361-379 View citations (10)

2019

6. Marketing and Production Contracts Are Widely Used in U.S. Agriculture
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2019, July 2019, (06) View citations (3)
7. Mergers in Seeds and Agricultural Chemicals: What Happened?
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2019, February 2019, (01) View citations (4)

2018

8. Examining Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, March 2018, (02) View citations (4)

2017

9. Large Family Farms Continue To Dominate U.S. Agricultural Production
   Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2017, (02) View citations (6)
10. Mergers and Competition in Seed and Agricultural Chemical Markets
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2017, (03) View citations (7)

2016

11. Understanding America’s Diverse Family Farms
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2016, (01), 1 View citations (6)

2015

12. Trends in Agricultural Contracts
    Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2015, 30, (3), 6 View citations (12)

2013

13. Railroads and Price Discrimination: The Roles of Competition, Information, and Regulation
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2013, 43, (1), 85-101 View citations (9)

2012

14. Market Power in Poultry Production Contracting? Evidence from a Farm Survey
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (4), 14 View citations (6)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2012, 44, (4), 477-490 (2012) View citations (6)

2011

15. Contracting Expands for Field Crops
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2011, 1
16. Foregoing Sub-therapeutic Antibiotics: the Impact on Broiler Grow-out Operations
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2011, 33, (1), 79-98 View citations (13)
    Also in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2011, 33, (1), 79-98 (2011) View citations (13)

2008

17. Growth in Agricultural Productivity Limits Price Increases
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2008, 3
18. Producers Rely on Contracts To Manage Increased Price Risks
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2008, 1 View citations (1)
19. Productivity Growth Drives Expanded Agricultural Production
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2008, 2
20. Small Farms Still Important in Broiler Production
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2008, 1
21. The Minimum Wage, Restaurant Prices, and Labor Market Structure
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (3), 688-720 View citations (81)

2007

22. Experience Counts: Farm Business Survival in the U.S
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2007, 6 View citations (2)
23. Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2007, 6 View citations (1)

2006

24. Agricultural Contracting Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2006, 6 View citations (17)
25. Agricultural Contracting, Competition, and Antitrust
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (5), 1244-1250 View citations (8)
26. Book Review
    Agribusiness, 2006, 22, (2), 297-299
27. How Firms Construct Price Changes: Evidence from Restaurant Responses to Increased Minimum Wages
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (2), 292-307 View citations (36)

2005

28. Financial Assistance to Farmers Is Evolving
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2005, 2
29. Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Commodity Program Payments
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2005, 2 View citations (1)
30. Technology, Labor Wars, and Producer Dynamics: Explaining Consolidation in Beefpacking
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 87, (4), 1020-1033 View citations (15)

2004

31. Contract Use Continues to Expand
    Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2004, 2
32. Organizational Economics in Agriculture Policy Analysis
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, 86, (3), 744-749 View citations (6)

2003

33. Tracing the Effects of Agricultural Commodity Prices and Food Costs
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2003, 85, (3), 633-646 View citations (28)

2002

34. Competition and Prices in USDA Commodity Procurement
    Southern Economic Journal, 2002, 69, (1), 128-143 View citations (4)

2001

35. Scale Economies and Consolidation in Hog Slaughter: Reply
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2001, 83, (4), 1084-1086 View citations (2)

2000

36. Book review
    Agribusiness, 2000, 16, (3), 381-383
37. Demand, Information, and Competition: Why Do Food Prices Fall at Seasonal Demand Peaks?
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2000, 48, (1), 27-45 View citations (76)
38. Scale Economies and Consolidation in Hog Slaughter
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (2), 334-346 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Scale Economies and Consolidation in Hog Slaughter, Working Papers (2000) View citations (36) (2000)

1999

39. Connor, John M., and William A. Schiek. Food Processing: An Industrial Powerhouse in Transition, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 666 pp., price unknown
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 81, (1), 252-253

1997

40. U.S. Meat Slaughter Consolidating Rapidly
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 1997, 20, (2), 6 View citations (1)

1996

41. Modeling the Costs of Food Safety Regulation
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1996, 78, (5), 1285-1290 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper MODELING THE COSTS OF FOOD SAFETY REGULATION, Department of Resource Economics Regional Research Project (1997) (1997)
42. Railroad Deregulation: Pricing Reforms, Shipper Responses, and the Effects on Labor
    ILR Review, 1996, 50, (1), 80-91 View citations (29)
43. Structural Change in Meat Industries: Implications for Food Safety Regulation
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1996, 78, (3), 780-785 View citations (11)

1995

44. Consumer Price Index Overstates Food-Price Inflation
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 1995, 18, (3) View citations (6)

1994

45. Does Import Competition Force Efficient Production?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (4), 721-27 View citations (74)
46. Transactions Costs and the Governance of Coal Supply and Transportation Agreements
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 1994, 34, (01)

1991

47. Do the poor still pay more? Food price variations in large metropolitan areas
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1991, 30, (3), 344-359 View citations (38)
48. Telephone Pricing Structures: The Effects on Universal Service
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1991, 3, (4), 293-308 View citations (15)

1990

49. The Concentration Process in the Entrepreneurial Economy Since the Late Nineteenth Century. Edited by Hans Pohl and Wilhelm Treue. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Weisbaden, 1988. Pp. 146. DM 58
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (1), 257-258

1989

50. Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, 71, (5), 1246-1254 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Multinational Structures and Strategies of U.S. Food Firms, 1989 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 2, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1989) View citations (11) (1989)
51. Railroad Deregulation, Innovation, and Competition: Effects of the Staggers Act on Grain Transportation
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (1), 63-95 View citations (34)

1988

52. The microdynamics of structural change: Patterns of merger and diversification activity among food manufacturers
    Agribusiness, 1988, 4, (2), 143-156 View citations (1)

1987

53. Competition and Rail Rates for the Shipment of Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1987, 18, (1), 151-163 View citations (31)

1986

54. Alcoholic Beverages: Dimensions of Corporate Power. By John Cavanagh and Frederick F. Clairmonte. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Pp. 173. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (2), 563-564

1985

55. Foreign Investment Growing in the U.S. Food Industry
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 1985, NFR 30, (01)
56. Greig, W. Smith. Economics and Management of Food Processing. Westport CT: AVI Publishing Co., 1984, xii + 521 pp., $57.50
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985, 67, (1), 166-167
57. Market Exchange or Vertical Integration: An Empirical Analysis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (2), 327-31 View citations (26)
58. R and D and the Directions of Diversification
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 583-90 View citations (28)

1981

59. Advertising: A Measure of Product Quality?
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 1981, NFR 13, (01) View citations (1)
60. Labor Productivity and Labor Force Growth
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 1981, NFR 14, (01)

Chapters

2014

1. Comment on "Influences of Agricultural Technology on the Size and Importance of Food Price Variability"
   A chapter in The Economics of Food Price Volatility, 2014, pp 54-58