Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues

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2026, volume 41, articles 1

Guarding the Herd: Innovations and Challenges in Global Animal Health Systems

Taís C. de Menezes

Lessons Learned in U.S. Animal Disease Surveillance for Commercial and Smallholder Systems in the Twenty-First Century

Amy D. Hagerman, Jada Thompson, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell and Thomas L. Marsh

History and Future Perspectives of the Animal Health System in Brazil

Taís C. de Menezes and Sílvia H. G. de Miranda

Splitting the Bills: Incentives for Protecting Australian Animal Health

Ann Hillberg Seitzinger and Susan M. Hester

Animal Health Systems in a Limited Resource Environment of Ethiopia

Golam S. Shakil, Taís C. de Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell and Thomas L. Marsh

Wild Pig Disease Surveillance in the United States

Stephanie A. Shwiff, Gregory A. Franckowiak, Ryott Trietsch, Sophie McKee and Vienna R. Brown

US Rice Farmers’ Perspectives and Opinions Toward Organic Farming

Joohun Han, Alvaro Durand-Morat and Eva Stephani Caroline

Theme Overview: Consequences of New Immigration Policies for the U.S. Agricultural Sector

Stephen Devadoss

Trump, Migration, and Agriculture

Philip Martin and Zachariah Rutledge

Growth in H-2A Workers’ Employment in US Agriculture

Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead

Breaking Down the Deportation Strategy: A Look at Policies, Costs, and Potential Consequences

Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li

Economic Effects of Mass Deportations

Angel Aguiar and Stephen Devadoss

Theme Overview: Impacts of Trump 2.0 Tariff Policies on Agricultural Commodity Trade

Stephen Devadoss

Impacts of the Trump Administration’s Trade Disputes on US Row Crop Exports

William Ridley and Stephen Devadoss

Assessing the US Cotton and Textile Industry Amid Two Rounds of US–China Trade Tensions

Yangxuan Liu, Munisamy Gopinath and John Robinson

The US Beef Industry in a Time of Trade Tensions

Andrew Muhammad, Charles Martinez and Parker Wyatt

Trade and Supply Chain Impacts of Tariffs on Fresh Vegetable Imports from Mexico

Xi He, Shin Myat Naing Naing and Stephen Devadoss

Impacts of US Tariffs on Global Agricultural Trade Flows

Joseph Glauber, Valeria Piñeiro and Juan Pablo Gianatiempo

Farmer Perceived Climate Trends and Conservation Practice Adoption

Tong Wang, Airish Lou Yago and Wajdi Belgacem

Are H-2A Workers Always More Expensive to Hire Than Domestic Labor?

Naimul I. Bhuiyan, Joshua Emmanuel and Cesar L. Escalante

Trends and Barriers to Underserved Farmers’ Participation in Federal Conservation Programs and Their Association with Policy Changes

Adauto B. Rocha, Kelly Wilson, Laura Valli, Stephen Mukembo and Mary Hendrickson

Uneven State-Level Exposure to Potential US Tariff Disputes with Canada and Mexico

Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee, Ian Sheldon and Wendong Zhang

Apple Pollination Costs and Strategies: Trends and Outlook

Steven W. Wilcox, David Just, Heather Grab, C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, D. Adeline Yeh and Sage Wootan

Modern Challenges & Resilience Strategies in the U.S. Dairy Industry

Luis M. Peña-Lévano

Understanding the US Agricultural Trade Balance

Jayson Beckman, Stephen Morgan and Angelica Williams

Selling the Harvest: What Drives Farmers’ Use of Grain Marketing Tools?

Kofi Britwum, Nathaniel S. Bruce, Grant E. Gardner, Kelly A. Davidson and Fabio L. Mattos

From Food Waste to Food Value: Consumer Acceptance and Policy Support for Upcycled Foods

Rachele De Cianni and Vincenzina Caputo

Driving Growth: How Midwest Farmers' Optimism Boosts Conservation Adoption

Camila Ulloa, Chad Fiechter, Nicole Widmar and Julia Eberhart

2025, volume 40, articles 4

From Juice to Beer: How Far Will the Local Movement Go?

Xiurui Cui and Zhengfei Guan

Outlook of India Rice Production and International Rice Price

Willy Mulimbi and Alvaro Durand-Morat

Labor and Interest Expenses of American Farms and Ranches

Anil K. Giri and Dipak Subedi

Profit Margin Squeeze When H-2A Labor Becomes More Expensive

Cesar L. Escalante, Raphael Yewande, Susmita Ghimire and Esendugue G. Fonsah

Yield Impacts of Agricultural Conservation Programs

Wei Zhang, Yanggu Li and John Bovay

The Importance of Third Places in Rural Communities

Andrew J. Van Leuven

Where Are the Workers? A Look at the Labor Needs of Livestock Farmers

Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li, Sulakshan Neupane and Cesar L. Escalante

Theme Overview: Economic Consequences of the Tariff War

Stephen Devadoss

Power-Based Bargaining Redux: Risks to Agricultural Exports and Global Governance of Trade

Ian Sheldon

Consequences of Trump’s Bilateral Trade Policies for Agriculture

Jeff Luckstead and Stephen Devadoss

A New Vision for US Trade Policy: What Recent Trade Deals Could Mean for US Agricultural Exports

Jason H. Grant, Shawn Arita and Yunus Emre Karagulle

2025 US Trade Policy Shifts and Agricultural Exports: Mapping Retaliation Exposure and Assessing Potential Market Access Offsets in the UK and Japan

Carlos Zurita and Sandro Steinbach

Economic Consequences of Recent US Tariff Changes

Angel Aguiar and Stephen Devadoss

Theme Overview: Modern Challenges and Resilience Strategies in the US Dairy Industry

Luis Peña-Lévano

Labor Constraints and Automation Trends in California and Wisconsin Dairy Farming

Luis Peña-Lévano, Shaheer Burney, Luis Garcia-Covarrubias and James Salfer

The Unexpected Battle Against Avian Flu in US Dairy

Luis Garcia-Covarrubias, Luis Peña-Lévano, Allan F. Pinto and Richard V. Pereira

What Do Dairy Farmers Think of Sustainability? Economic, Demographic, and Sociological Antecedents of Sustainable Practices

Shaheer Burney, Maria Zillges, Michael Bell, Rachel Gurney and Valerie Stull

After a Decade of Genomic Testing, Are Milk Yields Being Impacted?

Jared Hutchins and Victor Funes-Leal

Beef-on-Dairy Crossbreeding Offers Additional Income for US Dairy Farms

Allan F. Pinto, Karl-Friedrich Boy, Luis Peña-Lévano, Luis Garcia-Covarrubias, Shaheer Burney and Sushil Paudyal

Changes to Milk Pricing Formulas Under Federal Milk Marketing Orders Will Affect Farm Milk Prices

Charles F. Nicholson, Christopher A. Wolf and Mark W. Stephenson

From Ocean to Pasture: A Potential Sustainability Option for Cattle and Dairy Farmers

Emerson Searl, Meri Hambaryan, Andrew Ropicki and John Lai

A Rainbow on the Farm: Specialty Crops for a Healthier Agroecosystem

Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Kuan-Ming Huang and Brandy E. Phipps

Patterns of Sustainability Practices in North Carolina’s Ornamental Horticulture Industry

Nick Berenson, Amanda Solliday, Daniel Tregeagle and Melinda Knuth

Buzzing Toward Sustainability: Protecting Pollinators to Strengthen Specialty Crop Production

D. Adeline Yeh, Christina Estela Brown and Brittney K. Goodrich

Sustainable Soil, Sustainable Specialty Crops Production: How Soil Liming Impacts Profits and Rotations

Mohammed Beroud, Xiaoli Fan, Miles Dyck and Linda Y. Gorim

Production Processes and Sustainability Challenges for US Sweetpotatoes

Kuan-Ming Huang, Will Maples and Chang Liu

Theme Overview: Sustainable Specialty Crop Production

D. Adeline Yeh and Kuan-Ming Huang

2025, volume 40, articles 3

Sensing, Thinking, Doing: AI’s Growing Role on the Farm—and What It Means for Farm Work

Gulcan Onel, Fernando Brito, Jared Gars and Conner Mullally

Impact of New Overtime Labor Rules on Farms and Farmworkers

Timothy A. Delbridge and Jeffrey J. Reimer

The Unseen Workforce: How Immigration Enforcement Could Shake the U.S. Economy

Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li

Interactions between Crop Insurance and Conservation Practices: Insights from Analysis of Farm Survey and Farm Program Data

Zhushan Du, Hongli Feng and J. G. Arbuckle

Town and Country: Linking Agriculture and the Nonfarm Rural Economies

Steven C. Deller and Mckenzie Boyce

From Farm Kids to Ag Tech Leaders: Who's Driving Precision Agriculture?

Whoi Cho and Tong Wang

Is There Price Fixing in the U.S. Broiler Chicken Industry?

Yuliya Bolotova

Sourcing Vanilla Closer to Home: Market Potential for US Production

A. Malek Hammami and Claire D. Elliott

What Explains the Recent Slowing Growth of the Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Market?

Jiayu Sun, Vincenzina Caputo and Hannah Taylor

2025, volume 40, articles 2

Are More Socially Disadvantaged Farm Borrowers “Creditworthy” under Farm Service Agency’s Unconventional Credit Risk Assessment Model?

Cesar L. Escalante, Maoyong Zheng and Olawale Akinleye

Underserved or Not Served? Participation Rates Explain Much of the Difference in Agricultural Program and Credit Use across Farm Demographic Groups

Nigel Key, Boris Bravo-Ureta, Michee Lachaud and Eric Njuki

Exploring Differences in Market Facilitation Program Payments by Farmer Characteristics Using ARMS Data

Samantha L. Padilla, Stephen Morgan, Nigel Key and Nathan Hendricks

Consumer Preferences for Value-Added Foods from Black-Owned Food Companies

Logan G. Moss, Brandon R. McFadden, Saroj Adhikari, Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, L. Lanier Nalley and Norbert L.W. Wilson

Latino/a Immigrant Farmers in the Midwest Navigate Market Entry and Sales Challenges

Ervin Leiva, Corinne Valdivia, Stephen Jeanetta and Rafael Bakhtavoryan

Whiskey, Wheat, and Wyoming: The Neolithic Brand Story

Thomas Foulke and Benjamin S. Rashford

Federal Government Payments to American Farmers and Ranchers

Anil K. Giri and Dipak Subedi

2025, volume 40, articles 1

Is There Price Fixing in the U.S. Peanut Industry?

Yuliya Bolotova

Food Demand in a Post-Ozempic World

Brian Roe

The Path to No-Till Adoption: Evidence from a Farmer Survey in South Dakota

Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn and Tong Wang

Measuring Structural Change in U.S. Commercial Banks Involved in Agricultural Lending Using Loan Volumes

Monika Ghimire and Noah Miller

Grocery Inflation is Low, but Why Do Consumers Feel It Is High?

Ashley Jiyoon Kim and Sungeun Yoon

Specialty Crop Agrivoltaics in the Southeastern USA: Profitability and the Role of Rural Energy for America Program

Bijesh Mishra, Ruiqing Miao, Ngbede Musa, Dennis Brothers, Madhu Khanna, Adam Rabinowitz, Paul Mwebaze and James McCall

Theme Overview: The Challenge of Providing Safe and Accessible Food for a Healthy Life

Jane Kolodinsky and Ruiqing Miao

Diverse and (Sometimes) Divergent Needs in Maine’s Wild Blueberry Industry

J.G. Malacarne, Lauren Miller, A.M. Ospina and Bruce Wyatt

Ammonia’s Dual Role in Decarbonizing Energy and Agriculture

Ning Lin, Haoying Wang, Mariam Arzumanyan, Lorena Moscardelli and Mark Shuster

2025, volume 40

Left Behind: Farmers experience Limited Access to Behavioral Healthcare

Megan L. Roberts and Thad M. Shunkwiler