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Volume 19, issue 2, 2021

Precision Agriculture: Trends, Issues, and Application to Production in the U.S

Scott Fausti

WEF Fall 2021 – Title Page and Table of Contents

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Adding Value to Farm Data by Leveraging Precision Agriculture Technologies for On-Farm Research

Joe Luck and Laura J. Thompson

Farm Data Collection and Software Adoption in Commercial Scale U.S. Corn-Soybean Farms

Nathan DeLay, James Mintert and Nathanael Thompson

The Application of Precision Agriculture Technologies in US Pecan Production: Challenges and Opportunities

Haoying Wang and Emily Wood

Adoption Determinants of Precision Agriculture Technologies and Conservation Agriculture: Evidence from South Dakota

Deepthi Kolady and Evert Van Der Sluis

Recent Trends in PA Technology Adoption and Bundling in CornProduction: Implications for Farm Consolidation

Nathan DeLay and Haden Comstock

The Custom Service Industry’s Role in Precision Agriculture Adoption: A Literature Review

Scott Fausti, Bruce Erickson, David E. Clay and Sharon A. Clay

Is the Custom Service Industry’s Role in Precision Agriculture Linked to Workforce Development?

Scott Fausti, Bruce Erickson, David E. Clay and Sharon A. Clay

Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward for the U.S. Hemp Industry

Sunil P. Dhoubhadel

Western Economics Forum: A Journal of the Western Agricultural Economics Association, v.19, Issue 2, Fall 2021

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Volume 19, issue 01, 2021

WEF Spring 2021 – Title Page and Table of Contents

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Special Issue: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Western U.S

Jude Bayham and Jay Parsons

The Impact of COVID-19 on Meat Processing, and the Renewed Interest in Local Processing Capabilities

Courtney Bir, Derrell Peel, Rodney Holcomb, Kellie Raper and J.J. Jones

Issues and Implications of New Conversations Around Meat Supply in the West

Katherine Lacy, Ruby Ward, Malieka Bordigioni, Staci Emm, Karin Allen and Anne Whyte

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Western Dairy Industry

Daniel Sumner, Tristan M. Hanon and Scott Somerville

Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Texas High Plains Agriculture

DeDe Jones, Steven Klose, Will Keeling and Greg Kaasse

Differential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on California’s Produce and Nut Industries

Brittney Goodrich, Kristin Kiesel and Ellen Bruno

COVID-19 and Farm Workers

Alexandra E. Hill and Philip Martin

COVID-19 and the Renewed Migration to the Rural West

Christine Dimke, Marissa C. Lee and Jude Bayham

What Do Our Students Think? Perceptions of Transitioning to Remote Learning During the Pandemic at Land-Grant Universities

Kristin Kiesel, Mariah Tanner Ehmke, Kathryn Boys, Bhagyashree Katare, Jerrod Penn and Jason Bergtold

Pedagogical Pivot - Faculty Reflections on the Rapid Transition to Virtual Teaching During COVID-19

Roger Brown, Lynn Hamilton, Kristin Kiesel, Julianne Treme and Na Zuo

Western Economics Forum: A Journal of the Western Agricultural Economics Association, v.19, Issue 1, Spring 2021

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Volume 18, issue 2, 2020

Introduction: Adding Economic Value – Increasing Farm and Community Prosperity in the Western U.S

O’Brien, Daniel, Colette DePhelps, Shermain Hardesty and Martha Sullins

Does the Tennessee Master Beef Producer Program Impact Technical Efficiency

Christopher N. Boyer, Tun-hsiang Yu, Justin Rhinehart, Amelia Ahles and Mackenzie Gill

From the Ground Up: A Look at Kansas’ First Year of Industrial Hemp Production

Kerri Ebert, Braden Hoch, Hannah Taylor and Benjamin Schwab

Investigating Factors Affecting Adoption of Automated Milking Systems (AMS) in Idaho

Hernan A. Tejeda, Mireille Chahine, Xiaoxue Du, Liang Lu and Ashlee Westerhold

Market Makers; Exploring Gender Dynamics in Farmers Markets from Field to Booth

Marcia Ostrom, Jessica R. Goldberger and Katherine Selting Smith

Making Headway on the Hemp Industry in Colorado: The CHAMP Initiative

Rebecca Hill, Daniel Mooney and Dawn Thilmany

Odessa Sub-area Potato Production & Processing Impacts Under an Irrigation-Water Shortage

Timothy P. Nadreau and T. Randall Fortenbery

Exploring the Local Determinants of Campground Utilization on National Forest Land

Mostafa Shartaj and Jordan Suter

Implementing and Operating a State Meat Inspection Program: Potential Opportunity in New Mexico

Lenora Parker-Sedillo, Chadelle Robinson and Jay Lillywhite

Shape Influence on Consumers’ Willingness to Purchase Jujube Fruit

Taylor E. Hayes, Chadelle Robinson, Ram Acharya, Nancy Flores and Shengrui Yao

WEF Fall 2020 – Title Page and Table of Contents

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Bilingual Organic Farm Incubator Program Both Generates and Depends Upon Community Capital

Katherine Smith and Marcia Ostrom

Challenges and Opportunities for Small Farms Marketing Dried Moringa Products in California’s San Joaquin Valley

Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Maria L. Ramos Espinoza, Michael Yang, Gwenael Engelskirchen and Gail Feenstra

Estimating the Economic Contributions of the Moscow Farmers Market

Colette DePhelps and Steven Peterson

Producer-to-Producer Business School: The Importance of Peer Networks in Ranch and Farm Business Planning

Dan Macon, Roger Ingram and Cindy Fake

Initiating Farm-to-School Programs with Small, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers: A Case Study in Fresno

Carmen T. Mendoza and Ruth M. Dahlquist-Willard

Volume 18, issue 01, 2020

Front Matter

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Federal Policies and the West

Joe L. Outlaw and Dana L.K. Hoag

Reflecting Back on Animal Disease Preparedness and Response in the West from 2009-2019 and Looking Forward to the Next Challenge

Amy Hagerman and Tori Marshall

Western Priorities in the 2018 Farm Bill

Bart Fischer and Brandon Willis

Recent Agricultural Trade Issues and Its Impact on Exports from US Western States

Luis Ribera and Mechel Paggi

Volume 17, issue 2, 2019

A Framework for Training and Assessment of the 21st Century Cooperative

John Park, Diane Friend, Greg McKee and Matthew T. Manley

The New Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Pooling and Distributing Tax Deductions

Phil Kenkel, Greg McKee, Michael Boland and Keri Jacobs

The Emergence of GICL, the Graduate Institute of Cooperative Leadership: Engaged Scholarship, Theory and Practice in Cooperative Education

Michael L. Cook

Livestock Marketing Cooperative Benefits in the 21st Century

Gregory McKee

Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives

Michael Boland

Value of Migratory Bird Recreation at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico

Christopher Huber and Natalie Sexton

Volume 17, issue 01

Western rangelands: A tale of conservation, grazing, resources policy, and economic implications

Christopher T. Bastian and Jay Parsons

Assessing economic and biological tradeoffs to target conservation easements in western rangelands

Benjamin S. Rashford, Abby Mellinger Scott, L. Steven Smutko and Amy Nagler

Understanding future threats to western rangelands: Modeling the performance of grazing strategies in the face of environmental change

Gregory Torell, Katherine D. Lee and Caitriana Steele

Examining the capacity of Nebraska rangelands for cattle production

Katie Cumming, Jay Parsons, Walter Schacht and Brian Baskerville

Economic cost analysis of continuous-season-long versus rotational grazing systems

Jessica L. Windh, John P. Ritten, Justin D. Derner, Steven I. Paisley and Brian P. Lee

Ranch economics of prescribed grazing on rangelands: the case of representative ranches in Northern Montana

Nicolas Quintana Ashwell, Anna T. Maher, John A. Tanaka, John P. Ritten, Kristie A. Maczko, Holly Dyer, Holly Kirkpatrick, Kendall Roberts and Thomas Hilken

Implications of declining grazing permits on public land: An integrated social and economic impact analysis

Paul Lewin, J.D. Wulfhorst, Neil R. Rimbey and K. Scott Jensen

Economic impact of Sage Grouse management on livestock grazing in the Western United States

David T. Taylor, Neil R. Rimbey and John A. Tanaka

Flexible stocking with Grass-Cast: A new grassland productivity forecast to translate climate outlooks for ranchers

Dannele Peck, Justin Derner, William Parton, Melannie Hartman and Brian Fuchs