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

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Volume 33, issue 4, 2018

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

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

David Hennessy and Hongli Feng

Volume 33, issue 3, 2018

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

The Promise, Expectations, and Remaining Questions About Local Foods

Dawn Thilmany and Timothy A. Woods

Volume 33, issue 2, 2018

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, issue 01, 2018

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

Volume 32, issue 4, 2017

Theme Overview: Inducing Water Conservation in Agriculture: Institutional and Behavioral Drivers

Madhu Khanna and David Zilberman

How Politics and Economics Affect Irrigation and Conservation

David Zilberman, Rebecca Taylor, Myung Eun Shim and Ben Gordon

USDA Water Conservation Efforts Reflect Regional Differences

Steven Wallander

Farmer Adoption of Water Management Practices in Response to Recurrent Drought

Ariel Dinar, Arisha Ashraf and Julie Reints

Applying Behavioral Insights to Improve Water Security

Paul Ferraro, Kent Messer and Shang Wu

Sweeteners May Leave a Sour Note on NAFTA Renegotiations

Prithviraj Lakkakula and Frayne Olson

(Theme Overview) Preserving Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities for Technological and Policy Innovations

Madhu Khanna and James Shortle

Nexus between Food, Energy and Ecosystem Services in the Mississippi River Basin: Policy Implications and Challenges

Madhu Khanna

CBO Baseline and the Potential for Conflicts by Expanding CRP

Jonathan Coppess

Policy Reforms Needed for Better Water Quality and Lower Pollution Control Costs

James Shortle

Conservation Programs Can Accomplish More with Less by Improving Cost-Effectiveness

Marc Ribaudo

Risk and Red Tape: Barriers to Organic Transition for U.S. Farmers

Timothy A. Delbridge, Robert King, Gianna Short and Kellee James

Volume 32, issue 3, 2017

Agricultural Export Promotion Programs Create Positive Economic Impacts

Jeffrey Reimer, Gary W. Williams, Rebekka Dudensing and Harry Kaiser

Uncertainty Undermines Area-Wide Pest Management for Citrus Greening in Florida

Ariel Singerman, Sergio Lence and Pilar Useche

Theme Overview: Global Craft Beer Renaissance

Joshua Berning and Michael McCullough

The Craft Beer Revolution: An International Perspective

Christian Garavaglia and Johan Swinnen

The Craft Brewing Industry in Latin America

Daniel Toro-Gonzalez

Can the Craft Beer Industry Tap into Collective Reputation?

Joshua Berning, Marco Costanigro and Michael McCullough

Theme Overview: Beer, Policy, and a Changing Global Market

Joshua Berning and Michael McCullough

The US Brewing Industry from Farm to Pint

Joshua Berning and Michael McCullough

What Do Beer Laws Mean for Economic Growth?

Trey Malone and Martin Stack

Can Beer Consumption be Part of a Healthy Diet?

Michael McCullough and Richard Volpe

Beer Consumption and Trade in a Era of Economic Growth and Globalization

Johan Swinnen

The Potential for Healthier and Energy Efficient American Diets

Sarah Rehkamp and Patrick Canning

Tracking the Evolution and Recent Development in Whole Farm Insurance Programs

Beau Olen and JunJie Wu

Volume 32, issue 2, 2017

Theme Overview: U.S. Commodity Markets Respond to Changes in China's Ag Policies

Mary Marchant

China’s Evolving Agricultural Support Policies

Mina Hejazi and Mary Marchant

U.S. Agricultural Exports to China Increased Rapidly Making China the Number One Market

James Hansen, Mary Marchant, Francis Tuan and Agapi Somwaru

Food Security in China from a Global Perspective

Funing Zhong and Jing Zhu

The WTO Dispute on China’s Agricultural Supports

David Orden, Lars Brink and Mina Hejazi

Economic, Regulatory and International Implications of Gene Drives in Agriculture

Zachary Brown

A Tale of Two Americas: Why Is That a Surprise?

Daniel Bromley

“What It Takes to Get Tenure” – Perceptions and Experiences of AAEA Members

Christiane Schroeter and Sven Anders

Volume 32, issue 01, 2017

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

Theme Overview: Farm Labor Issues in the Face of U.S. Immigration and Health Care Reform

Philip Martin

Sustaining a Healthy Farm Labor Force: Issues for Policy Consideration

Cesar Escalante and Tianyuan Luo

Trump, Immigration, and Agriculture

Philip Martin

Anti-Immigration Reform and Reductions in Welfare: Evidence from the Meatpacking Industry

Thomas Krumel