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

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volume 34, articles 4

Theme Overview: Pollination Service Markets: Evolution and Outlook

Peyton Ferrier

Honey Bee Mortality, Markets, and the Food Supply

Randal R. Rucker, Walter Thurman and Michael Burgett

Contracting for Pollination Services: Overview and Emerging Issues

Brittney K. Goodrich

Are the Almond and Beekeeping Industries Gaining Independence?

Antoine Champetier, Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner

Honey, Forage and Almond-Pollinating Honey Bees

Antoine Champetier, Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner

The Evolution of Federal Programs for Beekeepers and Pollinator Data

Peyton Ferrier

The Overlooked Agricultural Trade Promotion Program of the USDA Trade Aid Packages

Gary Williams

A Change in Highest and Best Use Policy in South Dakota Has a Sizable Impact on Agricultural Land Assessments

Matthew S. Elliott, Lisa M. Elliott, Tong Wang and Douglas Malo

The Latin American Livestock Industry: Growth and Challenges

Gary Williams and David Anderson

volume 34, articles 3

Nicotine Standard for Combusted Cigarettes Could Have Major Economic Impacts on Tobacco Growers

Austin Ramsey

Theme Overview: The Agricultural Production Potential of Latin America: Implications for Global Food Supply and Trade

Elizabeth Canales and Marco Palma

Brazil’s Agricultural Production and Its Potential as Global Food Supplier

Yuri Calil and Luis Ribera

Agricultural Production Potential in Southern Cone: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

Alvaro Durand-Morat

Mexico’s Agricultural Sector: Production Potential and Implications for Trade

Elizabeth Canales, Graciela Andrango and Angelica Williams

The Andean Region: An Important and Growing U.S. Agricultural Trade Partner

Jaime Malaga, Jorge Avila-Santamaría and Carlos Carpio

Agricultural Production of Central America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities

Felipe Peguero, Samuel Zapata and Luis Sandoval

California Direct Marketer Perceptions of the Food Safety Modernization Act

Cristina Connolly and Sara Degraff

Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve Agricultural Policy and Conservation Outcomes

Joshua D. Woodard, Bruce J. Sherrick, Jim Moseley, Collin O'Mara, Barry Gold, John Piotti, Sam Willett, Lynn Scarlett, Doria R. Gordon, Greg Fogel, William A. Salas, Carl Mattson, Kristin Weeks Duncanson, Robert Blair, Fred Yoder and Deborah M. Atwood

Is the Emerging U.S. Hemp Industry Yet Another Boom–Bust Market for U.S. Farmers?

James A. Sterns

volume 34, articles 2

Proposed Changes Would Increase the Cost and Decrease the Benefit of Listing Species as Endangered

Charles Sims and Himadri Palikhe

Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce

Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas and Zachariah Rutledge

Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?

Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas and Zachariah Rutledge

Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture of U.S. Trade Policies: Smoot–Hawley All Over Again?

Maksym Chepeliev, Wallace Tyner and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe

volume 34, articles 01

Theme Overview: Examining Food Loss and Food Waste in the United States

Kathryn Boys and Bradley J. Rickard

Putting Dollars to Waste: Estimating the Value of On-Farm Food Loss

Rebecca D. Dunning, Lisa K. Johnson and Kathryn Boys

Waste Not Want Not: Examining Plate Waste of Vegetables in Elementary School Lunches

Oral Capps, Ariun Ishdorj, Peter S. Murano, Lindsey Field, Ashley Hutto and Maureen Storey

Consumer Choice and Food Waste: Can Nudging Help?

Laura Andreea Bolos, Carl-Johan Lagerkvist and Rodolfo Nayga

Are Consumers Willing to Pay to Reduce Food Waste?

Kara Grant, R. Karina Gallardo and Jill McCluskey

When in Doubt, Throw It Out! The Complicated Decision to Consume (or Waste) Food by Date Labels

Norbert L.W. Wilson, Ruiqing Miao and Carter S. Weis

Exploring Food Loss from Farm-to-Retail in the Produce Industry

Travis Minor, Claudia Hitaj, Fred Kuchler, Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Brian Roe and Suzanne Thornsbury

How Might Cellular Agriculture Impact the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Industries?

Monica Saavoss

Theme Overview: The Role of Guest Workers in U.S. Agriculture

Stephen Devadoss and Jeff Luckstead

The Importance of H-2A Guest Workers in Agriculture

Jeff Luckstead and Stephen Devadoss

The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture

Philip Martin

Trends in U.S. Farm Labor and H-2A Hired Labor: Policy and Related Issues

Maria Bampasidou and Michael E. Salassi

Labor-Intensive Multiple Cropping Systems and the H-2A Program: Evidence from the Crawfish Industry

Surendra Osti, Maria Bampasidou and J. Matthew Fannin

volume 33, articles 4

America's Dairy Industry Facing Difficulties from Long-Running Structural Changes

David Hennessy and Hongli Feng

Dairy Sector Consolidation, Scale, Automation and Factor Biased Technical Change: Working through “Get Big or Get Out”

Hongli Feng, David Hennessy, Yanan Jia, Melissa G.S. McKendree and Christopher Wolf

Does Revenue Diversification Improve Small and Medium-Sized Dairy Farm Profitability?

Curtis L. Mahnken and Joleen C. Hadrich

Regional Values for Milk Are Changing

Mark W. Stephenson and Charles F. Nicholson

Disorderly Marketing in the Twenty-First Century U.S. Dairy Industry

Andrew M. Novakovic and Christopher Wolf

New California Milk Marketing Regulations Will Not Change Economic Fundamentals

Daniel Sumner

The Impact of the Market Facilitation Program on U.S. Soybean, Sorghum and Corn Producers

Anil Giri, Wesley F. Peterson and Sankalp Sharma

Rapid Response Lowers Eradication Costs of Invasive Species: Evidence from Florida

Sergio Alvarez and Daniel Solis

Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure than Small Farms?

Keith Coble and Brian Williams

A Roadmap for Assessing Relative Risks for Agricultural Production

Beau Olen and Scott Auld

Estimating Value, Damages, and Remedies when Farm Data are Misappropriated

Noah Miller, Terry Griffin, Paul Goeringer, Ashley Ellixson and Aleksan Shanoyan

volume 33, articles 3

Local Food Coming of Age: The Evolution of the Local Brand, Policy Initiatives and Role of Direct Markets in the Agriculture Portfolio

Dawn Thilmany and Timothy Woods

A Local Food System Glossary: A Rose by Any Other Name

Rodney Holcomb, Clinton L. Neill, Joanna Lelekacs, Margarita Velandia, Timothy Woods, Goodwin, H.L., and Ronald L. Rainey

Federal Policy, Administration, and Local Food Coming of Age

Jill K. Clark and Becca Jablonski

Putting Local Food Dollars to Work: The Economic Benefits of Local Food Dollars to Workers, Farms and Communities

David Shideler, Allie Bauman, Dawn Thilmany and Becca Jablonski

Government Support in Mexican Agriculture

Feng Wu, Berdikul Qushim, Marcelo Calle and Zhengfei Guan

The Profit Problem of American Agriculture: What We Have Learned with the Perspective of Time

Steven Blank

Theme Overview: Engaging Consumers in the Dynamic Local Foods Marketplace

Timothy Woods and Dawn Thilmany

Who Shops at a Mature Farmers’ Market?

Lydia Zepeda and Kathryn A. Carroll

State Branding Programs and Local Food Purchases

Elizabeth Naasz, Becca Jablonski and Dawn Thilmany

Trust Signals and Legitimacy in Local Products for Local Markets

Tim Woods, Ali Asgari and Jairus Rossi

volume 33, articles 2

What Have We Learned from China’s Past Trade Retaliation Strategies?

Minghao Li, Wendong Zhang and Chad Hart

Theme Overview: The Linkages between Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Regional Food Networks

Kathleen Liang

Can Regional Food Networks and Entrepreneurial Strategies Enhance Food System Resilience?

Sally Duncan, Christy Anderson Brekken, Sue Lurie, Rob Fiegener, Seth Sherry and Liang, Chyi-lyi (Kathleen)

Linking Regional Food Networks to Ecological Resilience

Christy Anderson Brekken, Rob Fiegener and Sally Duncan

The Support Ecosystem for Regional Food Network Entrepreneurship

Thomas S. Lyons and Michael Lee

Farm Incubators - Creating Entrepreneurial Relationships to Support Prosperous Food Networks

Kathleen Liang

Theme Overview: U.S.–China Trade Dispute and Potential Impacts on Agriculture

Mary Marchant and H. Holly Wang

Predicting Potential Impacts of China’s Retaliatory Tariffs on the U.S. Farm Sector

Yuqing Zheng, Dallas Wood, H. Holly Wang and Jason P.H. Jones

Impacts of Possible Chinese 25% Tariff on U.S. Soybeans and Other Agricultural Commodities

Farzad Taheripour and Wallace Tyner

Upheaval in China’s Imports of U.S. Sorghum

James Hansen, Mary Marchant, Wei Zhang and Jason Grant

Chinese Trade Retaliation May Diminish U.S. Wine Export Potential

Amanda Countryman and Andrew Muhammad

China’s Potential Cotton Tariffs and U.S. Cotton Exports: Lessons from History

Yangxuan Liu, John R.C. Robinson and W. Donald Shurley

volume 33, articles 01

Health Insurance and National Farm Policy

Shoshanah Inwood, Alana Knudson, Florence A. Becot, Bonnie Braun, Stephan Goetz, Jane Kolodinsky, Scott Loveridge, Katlyn Morris, Jason Parker, Bob Parsons, Rachel Welborn and Don E. Albrecht

Is ARC-CO Acting as a Safety Net Program? Evidence from Iowa

Alejandro Plastina and Chad Hart

Rural Exposure to Pension Reductions

Steven Miller, Steven Deller and Judith Stallmann

Theme Overview: Will Rising Interest Rates Lead to Intensifying Risks for Agriculture?

Ryan Kuhns and Kevin Patrick

Monetary Policy and Agricultural Commodity Prices: It’s All Relative

Jason Henderson

How Sensitive is the Farm Sector’s Ability to Repay Debt to Rising Interest Rates?

Ryan Kuhns and Kevin Patrick

Understanding Farmland Values in a Changing Interest Rate Environment

Bruce Sherrick

Farmers Aren’t Immune to Interest Rate Risk: A Duration Gap Analysis of Farm Balance Sheets

Jackson Takach

Reduce but Do Not Eliminate America’s Trade and Budget Deficits

William Ward

Awaiting Takeoff: New Aviation Fuels from Farms and Forests

Jeffrey Reimer and Mindy S. Crandall