Articles
"Agriculture and the War in Ukraine One Year Later" by Olena Sambucci and Daniel A. Sumner
July 5, 2023
Ukrainian agriculture and the world food system have been remarkably resilient in the face of continuing tragedy. Ukraine has continued to supply domestic and world consumers with food staples as …
"How Much Will Air Quality Improve Thanks to the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Burning Ban?" by Joel Ferguson
May 3, 2023
In 2003, the California State Legislature passed a bill mandating the phaseout of agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley in an effort to improve air quality. The California Air …
"Thinking in Terms of Supply Chains Rather Than Individual Markets" by David Zilberman, Thomas Reardon, Joseph Cooper and Sadie Shoemaker
May 3, 2023
Analysis of agri-food systems should recognize that modern systems benefit from high innovation rates. Multi-tiered supply chains commercialize innovations. The supply chains for innovation and the product supply chains are …
"From Drought to Deluge: Designing Groundwater Pricing Policies to Cope With California’s Water Woes" by Ellen M. Bruno
May 3, 2023
Groundwater pricing presents a promising tool for managing groundwater demand under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. We use data from an agricultural region on the Central Coast to examine how …
"Economic Considerations of Growing Bee-Friendly Cover Crops in Almond Orchards: Grower and Beekeeper Perspectives" by Marieke Fenton and Brittney Goodrich
Feb. 17, 2023
Planting bee-friendly cover crops in almond orchards can improve honey bee colony health and lower beekeepers’ costs of feeding, while also providing soil health benefits. However, for the full bee-health …
"Canadian-U.S. Dairy Trade Dispute: A Tempest in a Teapot" by Madeline Turland, Rick Barichello and Colin Carter
Feb. 17, 2023
Canada and the United States have a long history of a strong trading relationship, but these neighbors have had several agri-cultural trade disputes. The most recent was initiated in 2020 …
"How Well Are California’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Working?" by Hairu Lang, Kristin Kiesel and Richard Sexton
Feb. 17, 2023
California is home to four of eight active local sugar-sweetened beverage (soda) taxes in the United States. The ability of additional California localities to impose soda taxes has been foreclosed …
"Developments in the Avocado Sector and Their Implications for California Producers and Consumers" by James Sayre
Dec. 22, 2022
Avocado consumption per capita in the United States has tripled in twenty years, yet California has decreased its bearing acreage over the last decade. One state in Mexico has primarily …
"Dryland Cropping May Present a Cost-Effective Response to Dust From Idled Lands" by Andrew B. Ayres and Caitlin A. Peterson
Dec. 22, 2022
Agricultural lands idled to reduce groundwater demand in California’s Central Valley can generate dust and pose risks for rural communities. To avoid the worst impacts, it may be necessary to …
"A Declining Farm Labor Supply Could Cost California Farmers Billions" by Zachariah Rutledge and Pierre Mérel
Dec. 22, 2022
We analyze fruit and vegetable production and farm employment data to quantify the production and value losses from a declining supply of farm labor. We find that reduced labor availability …
