Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America

2003 - 2024

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Family Farm Households Reap Benefits in Working Off the Farm: Christine Whitt and Jessica Todd
Food-Insecure Households Score Lower on Diet Quality Compared to Food-Secure Households: Lisa Mancino and Christian A. Gregory
Food Loss: Why Food Stays On the Farm or Off the Market: Gregory Astill
It’s in the Genes: Comparing Dairy Bulls’ Ability To Transmit Traits to Their Daughters: Christine Whitt

Drought-Tolerant Corn in the United States: Research, Commercialization, and Related Crop Production Practices: Jonathan McFadden
Grocery Store Prices Rose for the First Time in 3 Years in 2018: Annemarie Kuhns
No-till and Strip-till Are Widely Adopted but Often Used in Rotation With Other Tillage Practices: Roger Claassen
The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets: Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Nathan Childs and James Hansen
Higher Vehicle Exclusions and Asset Limits in SNAP May Encourage Asset Accumulation Among Low-Income Households: Jessica Todd

Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms: Robert A. Hoppe, Dipak Subedi and Dennis Vilorio
Distance to Grocery Stores and Vehicle Access Influence Food Spending by Low-Income Households at Convenience Stores: Elizabeth Larimore and Michele Ver Ploeg
Shopping at Farmers’ Markets and Roadside Stands Increases Fruit and Vegetable Demand: Hayden Stewart
Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: 1948-2015: Sun Ling Wang, Richard Nehring and Roberto Mosheim
Examining Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture: James MacDonald and Robert A. Hoppe
Pollination Service Fees: Peyton Ferrier

China Provides Opportunities for U.S. Exporters: Strong Dairy Demand and an Expanding Market for Agricultural Inputs Desined for a Growing Dairy Herd: Elizabeth Gooch

Hope for Hemp: New Opportunities and Challenges for an Old Crop: Olsen David W., Suzanne D. Thornsbury and Sara Scott
U.S. Farmers Planting Less Wheat, But Sowings of Winter Varieties Stay Stable: Jennifer K. Bond
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Approaches the Starting Block, Offers Growth Opportunities for Agriculture: Steven Zahniser
Common Organic Practices Include Complex Rotations, Cover Crops, and Pasture: Catherine Greene and Daniel Hellerstein

U.S. Shoppers’ Access to Multiple Food Stores Varies by Region: Alana Rhone and Michele Ver Ploeg
Conservation Practices With Greater Benefits to Farmers and Ranchers Have Higher EQIP Completion Rates: Steven Wallander and Roger Claassen
New Data Linkages Provide Healthfulness Measures for American Grocery Store Sales: Elina T. Page and Andrea Carlson
Americans Still Can Meet Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Guidelines for $2.10-$2.60 per Day: Hayden Stewart and Jeffrey Hyman
U.S. Agricultural Exports Supported 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs in 2017: Suresh Persuad
Who Are the World’s Food Insecure? Identifying the Risk Factors of Food Insecurity Around the World: Michael D. Smith and Birgit Meade

Per Capita Red Meat and Poultry Disappearance: Insights Into Its Steady Growth: Keithly Jones, Mildred Haley and Alex Melton
Lower Conventional Corn Prices and Strong Demand for Organic Livestock Feed Spurred Increased U.S. Organic Corn Production in 2016: Catherine Greene and Dennis Vilorio
Age Composition of USDA’s SNAP Caseload Shifts in Response to Economic Conditions, Legislation, and Demographic Trends: Alex Majchrowicz
Trends in Food Recalls: Elina T. Page and Curtia Taylor
Higher Incomes and Greater Time Constraints Lead to Purchasing More Convenience Foods: Ilya Rahkovsky and Young Jo

Modest Improvement in Nonmetro Population Change During the Decade Masks Larger Geographic Shifts: John Cromartie
Skipping Breakfast or Lunch Has a Larger Impact on Diet Quality Than Skipping Dinner: Eliana Zeballos and Jessica Todd
Demand Factors Key To Measuring Trade Impacts of Country of Origin Labeling: William Hahn and Sharon Sydow
Productivity Is the Major Driver of U.S. Farm Sector’s Economic Growth: Sun Ling Wang, Roberto Mosheim, Richard Nehring and Eric Njuki

Brazil Once Again Becomes the World’s Largest Beef Exporter: Mustafa Zia, James Hansen, Kim Hjort and Constanza Valdes
Patterns of Pesticide Use, Exposure, and Toxicity Jointly Determine Impacts on Honeybees and Other Pollinators: David Smith and Claudia Hitaj
Retail Food Price Inflation Has Slowed Over Time: Abigail Okrent and Annemarie Kuhns
Marketing and Production Contracts Are Widely Used in U.S. Agriculture: James MacDonald and Christopher Burns
SNAP Participants Are More Likely To Leave the Program When Local Labor Markets Improve: Scherpf Erik
Quantifying the Impact of SNAP Benefits on the U.S. Economy and Jobs: Patrick Canning and Rosanna Mentzer Morrison

Five Decades of Price Swings for Food and Other Consumer Spending Categories: Annemarie Kuhns
Current Indicators of Farm Sector Financial Health: Nigel Key, Carrie Litkowski and James Williamson
Driven by Almonds, Pollination Services Now Exceed Honey as a Source of Beekeeper Revenue: Peyton Ferrier
Farm Operators Owned $19.1 Billion in Oil and Gas Rights, Which Generated $3.8 Billion in Payments in 2014: Claudia Hitaj
Child Poverty Heavily Concentrated in Rural Mississippi, Even More So Than Before the Great Recession: Tracey Farrigan

Lettuce Help: USDA data on shipments of romaine lettuce can inform foodborne illness outbreak investigations and public health advisories: Gregory Astill, Jessica Todd and Elina T. Page
In Recent Years, Most Expiring Land in the Conservation Reserve Program Returned to Crop Production: Daniel Bigelow and Daniel Hellerstein
Beginning Farm Operators and Spouses More Likely To Work Off the Farm Than Established Counterparts: Nigel Key
Much Like Other Americans, Veterans Would Benefit From Improving the Quality of Their Diets: Hayden Stewart and Diansheng Dong
Schoolchildren Consumed More Whole Grains Following Change in School Meal Standards: Joanne Guthrie, Biing-Hwan Lin and Travis Smith
African Swine Fever Shrinks Pork Production in China, Swells Demand for Imported Pork: Mildred Haley and Fred Gale
Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture Continues: James MacDonald