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"What Value-Added Management Programs Are Enhancing Cattle Producer Revenues?" by Tina L. Saitone
June 18, 2019
As the quality attributes that consumers’ demand from animal-based food products have expanded, ranchers have responded by marketing their cattle with an increasingly diverse array of value-added management programs. Yet, ...
"The Soaring Eagles: California’s Flagship Wines on Global Secondary Markets," By Tor N. Tolhurst
April 16, 2019
California’s flagship wines have been ascendant: accounting for inflation, prices on the world market for super premium wines have doubled over the past 15 years. Nearly half of the growth ...
"Trump, Migration, and Agriculture," By Philip Martin
April 16, 2019
Farmers hoped that President Trump would provide them with a new guest worker program. After two years, farmers are responding to higher labor costs by embracing labor-saving mechanization and hiring ...
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"Lessons from Berkeley’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Election and Tax," By Scott Kaplan, Rebecca Taylor, and Sofia B. Villas-Boas
April 16, 2019
In 2014, Berkeley passed the nation’s first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax, also known as a soda tax, through a public vote. Using sales data from Berkeley retailers, we find that ...
"Brexit and the Disruption of Agricultural Trade: A View from Ireland" by Colin A. Carter and Doris Läpple
March 22, 2019
Brexit will disrupt agricultural supply chains and trade within Europe and will also affect European agricultural trade with other countries, including the United States.
"Changes to Nutrition Programs in the 2018 Farm Bill" by Charlotte Ambrozek and Timothy Beatty
March 22, 2019
Nutrition programs comprise 76% of Farm Bill spending. These programs target families, children, and other vulnerable populations, and have historically enjoyed wide bipartisan support.
"What Does the 2018 Farm Bill Mean for California and the Environment? Spotlight on the Conservation Programs" by Ellen M. Bruno and David Zilberman
March 22, 2019
The 2018 Farm Bill largely reauthorizes the same conservation programs from the 2014 Agricultural Act. Funding changes in the Conservation Title will result in an expansion and contraction of the ...
"California Farm Commodities and the 2018 Farm Bill" by Hyunok Lee and Daniel A. Sumner
March 22, 2019
Commodity provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill are much like those in the 2014 Act, except for dairy and cotton, where the new law increases subsidies and, for dairy, increases ...
"Bt Eggplant in Bangladesh Increases Yields and Farmers’ Incomes, and Reduces Pesticide Use" by Ahsanuzzaman and David Zilberman
Dec. 19, 2018
Genetically engineered (GE) Bt eggplant was introduced to Bangladesh in 2013 and by 2017, 18% of eggplant growers have adopted it. Our study, based on a survey of 481 farmers, ...
"Economic Value of the Herbicide Dacthal for Brassica and Allium Crops in California" by Steven Blecker, Steven Fennimore, Rachael Goodhue, Kevi Mace, John Steggall, Daniel Tregeagle, Tor Tolhurst, and Hanlin Wei
Dec. 19, 2018
California review of the herbicide dacthal triggered by the requirements of California’s Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act was conducted in 2018. This article estimates the economic effects a cancellation of dacthal’s ...
