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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

Waea

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

Waea

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, 2019

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

Volume 16, issue 2, 2018

Introduction

Hernan Tejeda and Daniel O'Brien

Feeder Cattle Price Fundamentals

Derrel S. Peel and John Michael Riley

The Economics of Genetic Testing for Beef Cattle: Past, Present, & Future

Nathanael M. Tompson

Beef Cattle Management and Marketing Programs: Do They Add Value for Ranchers in the Western United States?

Tina L. Saitone

Live Cattle Basis: Increased Volatility and Risk Management Implications

Brett Wilder, Hernan Tejeda and Aaron Johnson

Price-Weight Relationship for Feeder Cattle: An Updated Dairy-Beef Assessment

Lee Schulz, Brenda L. Boetel and Kevin Dhuyvetter

Examining the Design and Use of the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Program

Eric J. Selasco and Ashley E. Hungerford

Determining How Idaho Beef Cattle Producers Value Bull Selection Characteristics

Hernan Tejeda, Benton Glaze and K. Scott Jensen

A Profile of Cattle Feeding: Beyond the Averages

Anna Stehle, Derrell S. Peel Breedlove and John Michael Riley

Volume 16, issue 01, 2023

Front Matter

Western Economic Forum

The future of water management in the west

Dana Hoag and David Zilberman

California water: the present and looking to the future

David Zilberman and Ben Gordon

Water currents in New Mexico: A global reach

Frank A. Ward, Brian H. Hurd and Sarah Sayles

The Texas state water plan: history and future

Gregory Torrell and Reid Stevens

Fiscal gridlock over the budget in Washington state: The politics and economics of pouring exempt wells into the prior appropriations bucket

Jonathon Yoder

Tribal water settlements: economic innovations for addressing water conflicts

Bonnie Colby and Ryan Young

The future of groundwater management in the high plains: evolving institutions, aquifers and regulations

Karina Schoengold and Nicholas Brozovic

Sustainable policies that align irrigation and water quality

Dana LK Hoag, Christopher Goemans and Anthony Orlando

Public Perceptions and Tradeoffs in Using Prescribed Fire to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Mark Brunson