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

1986 - 2024

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Volume 39, issue 03, 2024

U.S. Farm Bill Policies to Support America’s Heroes

Adam J. Ingrao, Craig Carpenter, Kristopher Deming, Michael Lotspeich-Yadao and Charles M. Tolbert

Challenges Facing Agritourism: How Are Producers Coping?

Cristina Connolly, Carolanne Cusack, Anita T. Morzillo and Charles Towe

Behavioral Science Advisory Boards Could Strengthen USDA’s Conservation Program Amid Unprecedented Spending and Loading Dock Challenges

Kent D. Messer, Paul J. Feldman, Diya Ganguly, Rich Iovanna and Julie Suhr Pierce

Utah’s Greenbelt Program Has Caused Unintended Effects on Farmland Protection

Man Li, Wai Yan Siu and Arthur J. Capla

A Call for Social Justice-Related Research in Agricultural, Environmental, and Natural Resource Economics

Miesha Williams, Caitlin Caspi, Sarah Jacobson, Melstrom, Richard (Max), Robert D. Mohr, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Brandon Ware

U.S. Agricultural Trade Challenges Amid Climate and Geopolitical Disruptions

Raghav Goyal, Sandro Steinbach, Yasin Yildirim and Xiting Zhuang

Forever Chemicals and Challenges to Drinking Water Systems

Samantha L. Snyder, Xinde James Ji, Weizhe Weng, Thorsbury, Di Fang, Suzanne, Michael T. Olexa and Sean Olivnik

Machine Learning (ML) Platforms Can Contradict Dairy Scientists and Feed Firm Websites Regarding Dairy Cattle Performance from Feeding Seaweed Supplements

O’Keefe, Siobhan, Rick Welsh, Mercy Oppong, Ryan Fitzgerald, David Conner, Michelle Tynan, Nichole Price and Charlotte Quigle

Theme Overview: U.S. Agricultural Trade and ASEAN

Andrew Muhammad, Md Deluair Hossen and Amanda M. Countryman

Cotton Markets in ASEAN Countries and U.S. Export Potential

Darren Hudson and Tanmoy Ghose

U.S. Meat Export Potential in ASEAN

Taís C. Menezes and Amanda M. Countryman

U.S. Timber Trade and Vietnam: Exploring the Impacts of the Trade War and Environmental Policies

Andrew Muhammad, Shamar L. Stewart and Md Deluair Hossen

U.S. Soy Exports Could Crush it in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Kelsey Story, Scott Gerlt and Amanda M. Countryman

Theme Overview: U.S. Agricultural Trade and ASEAN

Andrew Muhammad, Md Deluair Hossen and Amanda M. Countryman

Understanding ASEAN Agricultural Production, Consumption, and Trade Potential

S. Aaron Smith and Aditya R. Khanal

Volume 39, issue 3, 2024

Machine Learning (ML) Platforms Can Contradict Dairy Scientists and Feed Firm Websites Regarding Dairy Cattle Performance from Feeding Seaweed Supplements

O’Keefe, Siobhan, Rick Welsh, Mercy Oppong, Ryan Fitzgerald, David Conner, Michelle Tynan, Nichole Price and Charlotte Quigle

U.S. Timber Trade and Vietnam: Exploring the Impacts of the Trade War and Environmental Policies

Andrew Muhammad, Shamar L. Stewart and Md Deluair Hossen

Volume 39, issue 02, 2024

Pervasive Disadoption Substantially Offsets New Adoption of Cover Crops and No-Till

Alejandro Plastina, Wendiam Sawadgo and Emmanuel Okonkwo

Agricultural District Programs Provide Flexible Options for Farmland Preservation

Andrew B. Waters

A Growing Common Challenge: Herbicide Resistance and Farmers’ Attitudes Toward Collective Management in Argentina

Ariel Singerman and Sergio Lence

Prospects for Innovative Rural Firms in an Era of Broadband Expansion

Thomas C. Keene, Scott T. Loveridge, John T. Mann and Elizabeth A. Mack

Volume 39, issue 1, 2024

U.S.–Mexico GM Corn Trade Dispute

Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead

E-Verify and Its Implications for U.S. Agriculture

Kuan-Ming Huang, Derek Farnsworth, Zhengfei Guan and Yi Li

Volume 39, issue 01, 2024

Foreign Competition Reshaping the Landscape of the U.S. Blueberry Market

A. Malek Hammami, Zhengfei Guan and Xiurui Cui

Protecting H-2A Workers’ Rights and Welfare

Cesar L. Escalante and Carmina E. Taylor

A Slowdown in U.S. Crop Yield Growth

David Boussios

An Outlook on Evidence-Based Policy Making

Lauren Chenarides, Andrew S. Hanks, Amelia Finaret, George Davis and Andrea Carlson

Whither the H-2A Visa Program: Expansion and Concentration

Marcelo Castillo, Philip Martin and Zachariah Rutledge

U.S.–Mexico GM Corn Trade Dispute

Stephen Devadoss, William Hall and Jeff Luckstead

Agricultural Use of Reclaimed Water in Florida

Wen Liu, Gulcan Onel and Pilar Useche

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

Yuliya Bolotova

Volume 38, issue 4, 2023

Should Producers of Rainfed Wheat Enroll in Agricultural Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage

Leann Westbrook, Dayton Lambert, Amy D. Hagerman, Lixia H. Lambert, Eric DeVuyst and Chellie A. Maples

Global Avocado Boom

Kuan-Ming Huang, Zhengfei Guan, Trent Blare and A. Malek Hammami

Agricultural Soils and the Quest for Net Zero Emissions

Chengcheng Fei and Bruce A. McCarl

C-FARE 2023 Brandt Forum Theme: Agriculture and Environmental Policy

Gal Hochman

American Agriculture Can Adapt to Climate Change-Induced Water Extremes

Gary D. Libecap and Ariel Dinar

Optimal Design of Climate-Smart Policy for Agriculture: Economic Principles and Political Considerations

JunJie Wu

Uncovering the Impacts of Steel Tariffs on the Canned Foods Sector: Reevaluating Trade Policy Winners and Losers

Andrew Muhammad and Carlos J.O. Trejo-Pech

Understanding Supply Chains Is Crucial for Good Agricultural Policy

David Zilberman, Joseph Cooper, Gal Hochman, Thomas Reardon and Sadie Shoemaker

Is There Price Fixing in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry?

Yuliya Bolotova

Do Consumers Really Know What Cage-Free Is and What It Entails?

Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson Lusk and Glynn Tonsor

Understanding Supply Chains Is Crucial for Good Agricultural Policy

David Zilberman, Joseph Cooper, Gal Hochman, Thomas Reardon and Sadie Shoemaker

Volume 38, issue 3, 2023

Hybrid Shoppers: How do They Divide Up Their Baskets?

Maria Kalaitzandonkes, Brenna Ellison and Jonathan Coppess

Will China’s Corn Imports Continue?

Bryan Lohmar

How Do Consumers Perceive and Respond to Recent Food Price Inflation?

Sungeun Yoon, Lisa House, Lijun Angelia Chen and Yan Heng

Credits in California’s Offset and Biofuel Programs for Anaerobic Digesters

O’Hara, Jeffrey K., Irene M. Xiarchos and Catharine Weber

Policy Durability: Taxes versus Standards

Gal Hochman and David Zilberman

Volume 38, issue 2, 2023

(Un)Forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans to the Farm Sector pp. 7

Anil K. Giri, Dipak Subedi, Ashok K. Mishra, E. Wesley Peterson, Rudra Baral and Hari P. Regmi

Retaliatory Tariffs and Container Shipping Disruptions Cause Considerable Trade Damages to California’s Almond Industry pp. 9

Sandro Steinbach and Xiting Zhuang

Potential Impacts of Overtime Laws for U.S. Crop Workers pp. 9

Alexandra E. Hill and Trenton K. Tanabe

Theme Overview: Turmoil in Global Food, Agricultural, and Input Markets: Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Jason Grant, Shawn Arita and Wyatt Thompson

A Perfect or Persistent Storm for Global Agricultural Markets: High Energy Prices and the Russia-Ukraine War

Christian Elleby, Ignacio Pérez Dominguez, Giampiero Genovese, Wyatt Thompson, Marcel Adenauer and Hubertus Gay

Impacts of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on U.S. Agriculture

Patrick Westhoff, Jarrett Whistance, Joseph Cooper and Seth Meyer

Impacts of the Russian-Ukraine Conflict on Global Agriculture Commodity Prices, Trade, and Cropland Reallocation

Xi He, Miguel Carriquiry, Amani Elobeid, Dermot Hayes and Wendong Zhang

Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Global Food Grain Price Analysis

David Bullock, Prithviraj Lakkakula and William W. Wilson

Decomposing a Year of Uncertainty in Agricultural Markets

Jayson Beckman and Maros Ivanic

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: The War’s Initial Impacts on Agricultural Trade

Jason Grant, Shawn Arita, Chaoping Xie and Sharon Sydow

Rural Pharmacies an Overlooked Piece of the Rural Health Care Milieu

Melissa Kono and Steven Deller

How Did Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Affect Global Food Supplies?

Aaron Smith

Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Global Food Grain Price Analysis

David Bullock, Prithviraj Lakkakula and William W. Wilson

Theme Overview: Turmoil in Global Food, Agricultural, and Input Markets: Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Jason Grant, Shawn Arita and Wyatt Thompson

Why Are Eggs so Expensive? Understanding the Recent Spike in Egg Prices

Andrew Muhammad, Charles Martinez and Abdelaziz Lawani

Volume 38, issue 1, 2023

Theme Overview: Farm Stress pp. 2

Devon Mills and Smith S. Aaron

Farm Stress Statistics and Resources pp. 2

Shelby Sledge and Brice Fortenberry

Exploring the Specific Stressors Faced by Cattle Producers pp. 3

Charles C. Martinez, Rebekka M. Dudensing and Joshua G. Maples

Risk-Induced Stressors for Row Crop Producers pp. 5

Smith S. Aaron and William Maples

Data: What Farmers Need To Know pp. 5

Cheryl Wachenheim, Bryon Parman, Abiodun Idowu and Erik Hanson

Stress and Resiliency among Confined Animal Producers pp. 6

Jada Thompson and Amy D. Hagerman

Addressing Farm Stress: Essential Insights for Agricultural Economists pp. 6

Mary Nelson Robertson, Devon Mills, Heather Sedges and David R. Buys

The Impacts of Futures Markets on Commodity Prices In(Stability) pp. 6

Dragan Miljkovic and Frayne Olson

Is ASEAN the Next Big Opportunity for U.S. Agricultural Export Expansion? pp. 7

Ivan Lee and Keithly Jones

Competition Issues in the Fluid Milk Industry in the Eastern United States pp. 7

Yuliya Bolotova

The Economics of Veterinary Medicine: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Economists pp. 9

Clinton L. Neill, Matthew J. Salois and Ryan Blake Williams