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

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2021, volume 36, articles 4

Economic Losses Due to Meat Processing Plants Shutdown/Slowdown

Anil K. Giri, Christine Whitt, E. Wesley Peterson and Dipak Subedi

The Economics of United States Aquaculture Data Visualization

Jessie Marshall, Trey Malone and Richard Melstrom

Theme Overview: The Economics of U.S. Aquaculture

Trey Malone and Richard Melstrom

Fisheries, Hatcheries, and Aquaculture – What’s the Difference?

Titus S. Seilheimer, Emma Wiermaa and Lauren N. Jescovitch

The Growth of Imports in U.S. Seafood Markets

Eric Abaidoo, Max Melstrom and Trey Malone

Aquaculture Markets in the Twenty-First Century

Kwamena Quagrainie and Amy M. Shambach

Go FISH: U.S. Seafood Consumers Seek Freshness, Information, Safety, and Health Benefits

Simone Valle de Souza, Kwamena Quagrainie, William Knudson and April Athnos

Voices from the Industry: Aquaculture Producers in the Midwestern United States

J. Stuart Carlton, Amy Shambach and Haley A. Hartenstine

Regulatory Landscape of the U.S. Aquaculture Supply Chain

Aaron J. Staples, Eric Abaidoo, Lauren N. Jescovitch, Dustin Chambers, Richard Melstrom and Trey Malone

2021, volume 36, articles 3

Theme Overview: Rural Development Implications One Year after COVID-19

Jane Kolodinsky and Stephan J. Goetz

Lost and Found? Job Loss and Recovery in Rural America during COVID-19

Seung Jin Cho, Jun Yeong Lee and John Winters

Impact of the Paycheck Protection Program on U.S. Producers

Anil K. Giri, Dipak Subedi, E. Wesley Peterson and Tia M. McDonald

Rural Counties That Rely on Dairy and Animal Agriculture Saw Higher Unemployment Rates due to COVID-19

Andrew Stevens and Daniel Bromley

Exploring the Implications of Increased Rural Trail Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health, Planning, Equity and Inclusivity

Laura E. Brown, Molly Basak-Smith, Kimberly Bradley, Stacey F. Stearns, Anita T. Morzillo and Sohyun Park

After COVID-19, Will Child Care Survive in Rural Areas?

Elizabeth Davis, Hasan K. Tosun and Mallory Warner-Richter

USDA’s Community Facilities Program May Help Rural America Cope with COVID-19

Julia H. Cho and Anil Rupasingha

COVID-19, the Accelerated Adoption of Digital Technologies, and the Changing Landscape of Branch Banking

Wade H. Litt

COVID-19 and Rural Broadband: A Call to Action or More of the Same?

Brian Whitacre

2021, volume 36, articles 2

Theme Overview: Trends and Challenges in Fruit and Tree Nut Sectors

Stephen Devadoss

Challenges for the U.S. Fruit Industry: Trends in Production, Consolidation, and Competition

William Ridley and Stephen Devadoss

Economic Issues Related to Long-Term Investment in Tree Fruits

Reetwika Basu and Karina Gallardo

Trends and Issues Facing the U.S. Citrus Industry

Jeff Luckstead and Stephen Devadoss

Issues Facing the Californian Fruit Sector

Serhat Asci and Karthik Ramaswamy

Trends and Issues Relevant for the US Tree Nut Sector

Serhat Asci and Stephen Devadoss

2020, volume 01, articles 01

How Food Pantries Help Mitigate Food Insecurity

Zuhrah Alwahabi, Aaron Ates and Bailey Norwood

How Will COVID-19 Affect Halloween?

Eleanor R. Messer, Kabir Advani, Brandon McFadden and Trey Malone

2019, volume 34, articles 4

Theme Overview: The Economic Impacts of Trade Retaliation on U.S. Agriculture: A One-Year Review

Jason H. Grant and Sharon Sydow

The 2018–2019 Trade Conflict: A One-Year Assessment and Impacts on U.S. Agricultural Exports

Jason Grant, Shawn Arita, Charlotte Emlinger, Sharon Sydow and Mary Marchant

Tariff Impacts on Global Soybean Trade Patterns and U.S. Planting Decisions

Joanna Hitchner, Keith Menzie and Seth Meyer

Tariff Retaliation Weakened the U.S. Soybean Basis

Michael Adjemian, Shawn Arita, Vince Breneman, Rob Johansson and Ryan Williams

Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on Farm Income and Government Programs

Patrick Westhoff, Tracy Davids and Byung Min Soon

How Has the Trade Dispute Affected the U.S. Cotton Sector?

Andrew Muhammad, S. A. Smith and Stephen MacDonald

Implication of Trade Policy Turmoil for Perennial Crops

Daniel Sumner, Tristan Hanon and William A. Matthews

Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on the U.S. Pork Sector

Frank Kyekyeku Nti, Lindsay Kuberka and Keithly Jones

2019, volume 34, articles 3

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

Elizabeth Canales and Marco Palma

2019, volume 34, articles 2

Theme Overview: Soil Health Policy in the United States and Abroad

Andrew Stevens

Theme Overview: The Future of Farm Management Extension

Mykel Taylor

2018, volume 33, articles 4

America’s Dairy Industry Adapting to Long-Running Structural Pressures

David Hennessy and Hongli Feng

2018, volume 33, articles 3

The Promise, Expectations, and Remaining Questions About Local Foods

Dawn Thilmany and Timothy A. Woods

2017, volume 32, articles 01

Theme Overview: Transformations in the Food System, Nutritional and Economic Impacts pp. 2

Carola Grebitus, Jane Kolodinsky and Dawn Thilmany

School Gardens May Combat Childhood Obesity pp. 6

Erin Roche, Jane Kolodinsky, Rachel K. Johnson, Meagan Pharis and Jenna Banning

Importance of Perceived “Naturalness” to the Success of Urban Farming pp. 7

Iryna Printezis, Carola Grebitus and Antonios Printezis

Do Farm-to-School Programs Create Local Economic Impacts? pp. 8

Florence Becot, Jane Kolodinsky, Erin Roche, Alexandra E. Zipparo, Linda Berlin, Erin Buckwalter and Janet McLaughlin

Will Consumers Find Vertically Farmed Produce "Out of Reach"? pp. 8

Bradford D. Coyle and Brenna Ellison

Can CSA Cost-Offset Programs Improve Diet Quality for Limited Resource Families? pp. 10

Jane Kolodinsky, Marilyn Sitaker, Emily H. Morgan, Leah M. Connor, Karla L. Hanson, Florence Becot, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Alice S. Ammerman and Rebecca A. Seguin

2016, volume 31, articles 4

Theme Overview: Looking Ahead to the Next Farm Bill pp. 2

Carl Zulauf

Theme Overview: Herbicide Resistance Management pp. 4

George Frisvold and David E. Ervin

Theme Overview: Addressing the Challenges of Entry into Farming pp. 5

Mary Clare Ahearn

The Nutrition Title’s Long, Sometimes Strained, but Not Yet Broken, Marriage with the Farm Bill pp. 5

Parke Wilde

Survival Rates of Rural Businesses: What the Evidence Tells Us pp. 5

Steven Deller and Tessa Conroy

Federal Benefits for Livestock and Specialty Crop Producers pp. 6

Stephanie Mercier

Herbicide Use Trends: A Backgrounder pp. 7

Craig D. Osteen and Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo

Farmers’ Perspectives on Management Options for Herbicide-Resistant Weeds pp. 7

Raymond Jussaume and Katherine Dentzman

80 Years of Farm Bills—Evolutionary Reform pp. 7

Carl Zulauf and David Orden

Alternative Policies to Address Emissions in U.S. Dairy Farming pp. 7

Eric Njuki and Boris Bravo-Ureta

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program – Accomplishments in the Making pp. 8

Jill S. Auburn, Denis Ebodaghe, Desiree K. Rucker-Ross and Wesley R. Dean

Inconvenient Truths about Landowner (Un)Willingness to Grow Dedicated Bioenergy Crops pp. 8

Bradford L Barham, Daniel Mooney and Scott Swinton

The United States and Cuba: As Diplomatic Relations Warm, Do Trade Relations? pp. 8

Messina, William A.,, Spiro Stefanou and Frederick S. Royce

Shock and Awe Pest Management: Time for Change pp. 8

Terrance Hurley

Are Community-Based Approaches to Manage Herbicide Resistance Wisdom or Folly? pp. 8

David Ervin and George Frisvold

The Next Farm Bill May Present Opportunities for Hybrid Farm Conservation Policies pp. 8

Jonathan Coppess

The Farm Safety Net for Field Crops pp. 8

Gary Schnitkey and Carl Zulauf

Federal Interventions in Milk Markets pp. 8

Andrew M. Novakovic and Christopher Wolf

Beginning Farmer Policy Options for the Next Farm Bill pp. 9

Juli Obudzinski

Seed Prices, Proposed Mergers and Acquisitions Among Biotech Firms pp. 11

Aleksandre Maisashvili, Henry Bryant, J. Marc Raulston, George Knapek, Joe Outlaw and James Richardson

Rural Voice and Rural Investments: The 2016 Election and the Future of Rural Policy pp. 14

Douglas J. O'Brien and Mary Clare Ahearn

2016, volume 31, articles 3

Theme Overview: Crop Insurance in the 2018/2019 Farm Bill pp. 2

G.A. Barnaby

Theme Overview: Water Scarcity, Food Production, and Environmental Sustainability-Can Policy Make Sense? pp. 3

Ariel Dinar

Land Grants: Back to the Future pp. 3

Michael V. Martin and Janie Simms Hipp

Current Perspectives on the Crop Insurance Farm Safety Net pp. 5

Thomas P. Zacharias and Mechel S. Paggi

An International View on “Correcting the Whimsies of U.S. Fisheries Policy” pp. 6

Viktoria Kahui, Claire W. Armstrong and Naomi S. Foley

The Making of a Farm Bill pp. 6

Stephanie Mercier

The Use of Crop Insurance in Specialty Crop Agriculture pp. 6

Mechel S. Paggi

Dealing with Water Scarcity: Need for Economy-Wide Considerations and Institutions pp. 7

Ariel Dinar

Adaptation, Climate Change, Agriculture, and Water pp. 7

Robert Mendelsohn

Role of Institutions, Infrastructures, and Technologies in Meeting Global Agricultural Water Challenge pp. 7

Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Nitin Bassi and M. Dinesh Kumar

Labor Compliance in Fresh Produce: Lessons from Food Safety pp. 7

Philip Martin

Crop Insurance Demand More Elastic than Previously Thought pp. 7

Joshua D. Woodard

Off-farm Income: Managing Risk in Young and Beginning Farmer Households pp. 8

Heidi J. Bubela

Enhancing Water Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture in the Face of Water Scarcity pp. 10

Susanne M. Scheierling and David Tréguer

Crop Insurance Will Be at the Center of the 2019 Farm Bill Debate pp. 11

G.A. Barnaby and Levi Russell

Cost-Effective Conservation Programs for Sustaining Environmental Quality pp. 12

Roger Claassen and Marc Ribaudo

2016, volume 31, articles 2

Theme Overview: Economic Consequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza pp. 2

Amy Hagerman and Thomas Marsh

Theme Overview: A Future Informed by Agricultural and Social Sciences pp. 3

Mary Clare Ahearn

TTIP and Agriculture: Another Transatlantic Chicken War? pp. 7

Tim Josling and Stefan Tangermann

The Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on Table Egg Prices pp. 7

Wei Huang, Amy Hagerman and David Bessler

Government Spending to Control Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza pp. 7

Robert Johansson, Warren P. Preston and Ann Hillberg Seitzinger

Experiences and Prospects of Genetically Engineered Crops pp. 7

Jose B. Falck-Zepeda

Agricultural Trade Reform and Tropical Forest Preservation pp. 8

Clayton W. Ogg

Proactive Risk Assessments to Improve Business Continuity pp. 8

Jada Thompson and Dustin L. Pendel

Regionalization of the 2014 and 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks pp. 8

Ann Hillberg Seitzinger and Philip L. Paarlberg

Beginning Farmer Credit and the Farm Service Agency’s Role pp. 9

Charles B. Dodson and Bruce Ahrendsen

Local Economies and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza pp. 9

Kamina K. Johnson, Riley Seeger and Thomas Marsh

30 and Daisy: Where’s the Economics in Beef Cattle DNA Testing? pp. 10

Nicole Ballenger, Chris Bastian, Kristi Cammack, Bridger Feuz, Garry Griffith and Justin Schaffer

2016, volume 31, articles 01

Farm Finance Theme Overview: Are the Good Times Really Over? pp. 2

Damona Doye

Activists Not Always Interested in Advancing Democracy pp. 3

Terry Townsend

Theme Overview: Producer Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act pp. 4

Luis Ribera

Does the Public Care About How Climate Change Might Affect Agriculture? pp. 5

Gi-Eu Lee, Scott Loveridge and Julie A. Winkler

Three Little Words: EPA and the RFS Waiver Authority pp. 6

Jonathan Coppess

Another Perspective on Understanding Food Democracy pp. 6

Brandon McFadden and Spiro Stefanou

The Food Safety Modernization Act and Production of Specialty Crops pp. 7

Luis Ribera, Fumiko Yamazaki, Mechel Paggi and James Seale

The Food Safety Modernization Act and the Marketing of Fresh Produce pp. 7

Alba Collart

The Debate about Farm Nitrates and Drinking Water pp. 7

Mark J. Hanson, Andrew Keller, Michael Boland and William F. Lazarus

The Food Safety Modernization Act and Agricultural Imports pp. 7

Amanda Countryman

Leverage of U.S. Farmers: A Deeper Perspective pp. 7

Paul Ellinger, Allen Featherstone and Michael Boehlje

Recent Trends in U.S. Farm Income, Wealth, and Financial Health pp. 8

Kevin Patrick, Ryan Kuhns and Allison Borchers

Structural Change Implies Unique Role for Federal Credit pp. 10

Charles B. Dodson and Bruce Ahrendsen