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

2003 - 2024

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2014, articles 11

Inflation and Higher Food Prices Kept Food Insecurity Rates Relatively High After the 2007-09 Recession pp. 1

Alisha Coleman-Jensen and Christian Gregory

With Adequate Productivity Growth, Global Agriculture Is Resilient to Future Population and Economic Growth pp. 1

Ronald Sands

Rural Areas Lag Urban Areas in College Completion pp. 1

Alexander Marré

Returns to Organic Corn Production Were Higher Than Conventional in 2010 pp. 1

Linda Foreman

Milk Production Continues Shifting to Large-Scale Farms pp. 1

James MacDonald and Doris Newton

2014, articles 10

Greater Heat Stress From Climate Change Could Lower Dairy Productivity pp. 1

Nigel Key and Stacy Sneeringer

SNAP Households Must Balance Multiple Priorities To Achieve a Healthful Diet pp. 1

Lisa Mancino and Joanne Guthrie

Slow Sales Growth and Increased Company Acquisitions Impact U.S. Food Retailing pp. 1

Howard Elitzak

Higher Corn Returns Changes Corn Farm Dynamics pp. 1

William McBride and Linda Foreman

2014, articles 09

The Importance of Federal Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies pp. 1

Erik O'Donoghue

Rural Employment in Recession and Recovery pp. 1

Tom Hertz, Lorin Kusmin, Alexander Marré and Timothy Parker

Seasonal Fresh Fruit Price Patterns Differ Across Commodities: The Case of Strawberries and Apples pp. 1

Kristy Plattner, Agnes Perez and Suzanne Thornsbury

Economic Responses Offset Potential Climate Change Impacts on Global Agriculture pp. 1

Ronald Sands

Agritourism Farms Are More Diverse Than Other U.S. Farms pp. 1

Faqir Bagi

What Happened to the “'Creative Class' Job Growth Engine” During the Recession and Recovery? pp. 1

Timothy Wojan

ERS’s Food Consumption and Nutrient Intake Data—Tools for Assessing Americans’ Diets pp. 1

Biing-Hwan Lin and Rosanna Morrison

2014, articles 08

Calorie Labeling on Restaurant Menus—Who Is Likely to Use It? pp. 1

Christian Gregory, Ilya Rahkovsky and Tobenna Anekwe

Additionality in Agricultural Conservation Programs pp. 1

Roger Claassen and Eric Duquette

WIC Foods Cost More in Smaller Stores pp. 1

Richard Volpe

Extension Faces Challenges Entering Its Second Century pp. 1

Sun Ling Wang

Agricultural Energy Use and the Proposed Clean Power Plan pp. 1

Shellye Suttles

New Data on U.S. Food-Away-From-Home Prices Show Geographic and Time Variation pp. 1

Aylin Kumcu and Abigail Okrent

2014, articles 07

Productivity Impacts on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1

Stacey Rosen, Keith Fuglie, Nicholas Rada and Birgit Meade

Financial Risks and Incomes in Contract Broiler Production pp. 1

James MacDonald

Natural Gas Extraction and Local Economies—No Evidence of a “Natural Resource Curse” pp. 1

Jeremy Weber

Imports of Many Fruits and Vegetables Dominated By Few Source Countries pp. 1

Peyton Ferrier

Food Assistance Program Connects Low-Income Seniors with Fresh Farm Produce pp. 1

Elizabeth Beaulieu

Participating in SNAP Is Associated With Less Time Spent Eating pp. 1

Charlotte Tuttle

U.S. Organic Trade Includes Fresh Produce Exports and Tropical Imports pp. 1

Catherine Greene

2014, articles 06

2014 Farm Act Shifts Crop Commodity Programs Away From Fixed Payments and Expands Program Choices pp. 1

Anne Effland, Joseph Cooper and Erik O'Donoghue

2014 Farm Act Maintains SNAP Eligibility Guidelines and Funds New Initiatives pp. 1

Laura Tiehen

Differences in Per-Person Food Costs for SNAP and WIC Have Widened Over Time pp. 1

Victor Oliveira

Managing the Costs of Reducing Agriculture’s Footprint on the Chesapeake Bay pp. 1

Marc Ribaudo, Jeff Savage and Marcel Aillery

Support for the Organic Sector Expands in the 2014 Farm Act pp. 1

Catherine Greene

Antibiotics Used For Growth Promotion Have a Small Positive Effect on Hog Farm Productivity pp. 1

Nigel Key and William McBride

South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement Benefits U.S. Dairy Trade pp. 1

Lindsay Kuberka and Keithly Jones

2014, articles 05

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers and the Agricultural Act of 2014 pp. 1

James Williamson

Food Loss—Questions About the Amount and Causes Still Remain pp. 1

Jean Buzby, Hodan Wells and Jaspreet Aulakh

Double Cropping by U.S. Farmers Varies Over Time and Regionally pp. 1

Allison Borchers and Steven Wallander

Wheat Prices Driven By Supply and Demand, Not Speculators pp. 1

Michael Adjemian and Joseph Janzen

Consumers Devote a Higher Share of Food Spending to Fruits and Vegetables in Supermarkets Than In Supercenters pp. 1

Richard Volpe

Pesticide Use Peaked in 1981, Then Trended Downward, Driven by Technological Innovations and Other Factors pp. 1

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Craig Osteen, Richard Nehring and Seth James Wechsler

Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products, 1970-2012 pp. 1

Jeanine Bentley

2014, articles 04

2014 Farm Act Continues Most Previous Trends In Conservation pp. 1

Roger Claassen

Healthy Vegetables Undermined by the Company They Keep pp. 1

Joanne Guthrie and Biing-Hwan Lin

Higher Food Prices Mean Higher Rates of Food Insecurity for SNAP Participants pp. 1

Christian Gregory and Alisha Coleman-Jensen

Small Acreage Farms in the United States pp. 1

Doris Newton

The Impact of Migration on China’s Rice Production pp. 1

Chenggang Wang, Nicholas Rada, Lijian Qin and Suwen Pan

Food Price Transmissions From Farm to Retail pp. 1

Annemarie Kuhns and Richard Volpe

2014, articles 03

China in the Next Decade: Rising Meat Demand and Growing Imports of Feed pp. 1

James Hansen and Fred Gale

Farm Businesses Well-Positioned Financially, Despite Rising Debt pp. 1

Kevin Patrick and Jennifer Ifft

Food Prices—Taking the Long-Term View pp. 1

Richard Volpe

Confined Livestock Operations Account For a Majority of the Chesapeake Bay Area’s Farmland With Applied Manure pp. 1

Stacy Sneeringer

New International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: A Focus on Cross-Price Effects Based on 2005 International Comparison Program Data pp. 1

Birgit Meade and Andrew Muhammad

2014, articles 02

Family Farming in the United States pp. 1

James MacDonald

Less Eating Out, Improved Diets, and More Family Meals in the Wake of the Great Recession pp. 1

Jessica Todd and Rosanna Mentzer Morrison

Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops by U.S. Farmers Has Increased Steadily for Over 15 Years pp. 1

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Seth James Wechsler and Michael Livingston

What Can State-Level Reforms Tell Us About India’s National Food Security Act? pp. 1

Sharad Tandon, Maurice Landes, Prasad Krishnamurthy and Vikram Pathania

Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program Fall pp. 1

Victor Oliveira and Elizabeth Frazao

Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy—an Effective Risk Management Tool? pp. 1

Don Blayney and Roberto Mosheim

Farm Financial Position Expected to Remain Strong Despite a Forecast Drop in 2014 Income pp. 1

Kevin Patrick, Jennifer Ifft and Mitch Morehart

Poverty and Deep Poverty Increasing in Rural America pp. 1

Tracey Farrigan

2014, articles 01

USDA’s Food Assistance Programs: Legacies of the War on Poverty pp. 1

Victor Oliveira, Laura Tiehen and Michele Ver Ploeg

Productivity Growth Slows for Specialized Hog Finishing Operations pp. 1

William McBride and Nigel Key

India Continues To Grapple With Food Insecurity pp. 1

Sharad Tandon and Maurice Landes

The Rise of Foreign Wine Demand in China pp. 1

Andrew Muhammad

Production Contracts May Help Small Hog Farms Grow in Size pp. 1

Nigel Key

Most Recent Recession Doubled Share of SNAP Households Receiving Unemployment Insurance pp. 1

Mark Prell

Impact of Oil Prices on Produce Prices Depends on Route and Mode of Transportation pp. 1

Richard Volpe

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: 1948-2011 pp. 1

Sun Ling Wang and Eldon Ball

Onshore Oil and Gas Development in the Lower 48 States: Introducing a County-Level Database of Production for 2000-2011 pp. 1

Jeremy Weber, Sarah Low and Nicholas Walsh