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The spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) has threatened the future of the hunting economy in North America. A discrete choice experiment survey of deer hunters showed a progressively higher premium for sites with lower CWD rates, revealing the trade-off between the disease prevalence and other site attributes. While this study focuses on the case of CWD in white-tailed deer, the findings help explain how the externality from declining game health affects hunters’ welfare and how it reflects in lease values.
An evolving policy landscape is set to drastically alter agricultural land use throughout the southwestern U.S. More stringent groundwater management policies are already diminishing water allocations for agriculture, prompting significant increases in land fallowing. While fallowing supports water conservation objectives, it may also damage human health by creating soil conditions ideal for the growth and transmission of Valley Fever, a potentially severe respiratory disease contracted from inhaling soil spores. This paper empirically addresses the relationship between fallowing and Valley Fever, providing novel evidence of the potential negative spillovers and unintended consequences associated with water management policies.
By Fu, Yong; Li, Yuhang; Mao, Hui
This study investigates farmers’ preferences for policies promoting climate adaptation strategies. The results indicate that farmers prefer policies including technology subsidies, technical training, and agricultural insurance. Furthermore, the analysis reveals significant complementarity effects between technology subsidies and technical training, technology subsidies and agricultural insurance, as well as agricultural insurance and agricultural production trusteeship. Conversely, substitution effects are observed between technical training and agricultural production trusteeship, as well as technical training and agricultural insurance. Farmers exposed to higher disaster severity prefer policies emphasizing agricultural insurance, while those with heightened risk perception are less inclined towards policies involving agricultural production trusteeship.
Nitrogen response models are often estimated as plateau type models. Existing plateau models are nonlinear in the parameters. The model introduced here is a multi-degree spline plateau model, which is linear in parameters. The linearity allows using approximation methods so that estimating a spatially varying coefficient model with Bayesian Kriging could be a commercially feasible approach to guide precision nitrogen applications. With proper knot selection, the spline plateau model can fit as well as the linear and quadratic plateau models. The computational efficiency of the spline plateau model was demonstrated using R-INLA and it provided fast and accurate estimation.
An EASI model is adopted to investigate the demand structure for dairy and non-dairy milk types in the United States, using weekly time-series data from January 2017 to August 2023. The demands for almond, cashew, and oat plant-based milk alternatives (PBMA) and lactose-free and traditional white milk are elastic, but inelastic for coconut, rice, and soy PBMA and organic milk. Almond and oat are complements, while cashew and coconut are substitutes. Lactose-free milk, traditional white and organic milk are substitutes. Cow’s milk categories and each of the PBMA categories are substitutes. The respective dairy and non-dairy milk products are necessities.
Undocumented workers are an important part of the workforce
in many sectors of the U.S. economy, particularly in the agrifood
sector. The Trump administration is deporting undocumented workers.This study quantifies the impacts of a mass deportation policy on the U.S. economy and on key sectors using a multi-regional general equilibrium model that includes an undocumented workforce and the movement of migrants across countries. Deportation of 30% of the undocumented workforce will reduce economic activities in all industries (more so in agriculture, food processing, leisure, and construction) and lower the U.S. GDP by $128.56 billion. Furthermore, labor shortfall due to deportation will increase cost of production and raise food prices.
We examine how diagnosed lactose intolerance and overweight/obesity affect household purchases of dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives (PBMA) from 2011 to 2020 using Nielsen Homescan and health survey data. Applying a Heckman two-step model, we find that households with lactose-intolerant members increase purchases of lactose-free milk and PBMA while reducing dairy milk. Households with overweight or obese members shift toward fat-free milk and away from whole milk and PBMA. These results highlight the importance of health conditions in shaping food demand and underscore implications for product diversification and targeted marketing in both the dairy and non-dairy sectors.
This study evaluates the economic impacts of foreign mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the United States agrifood sector from 2010–2019. We discover differential effects based on the type of country from which the acquiring company originates. M&As from developing countries negatively affect gross domestic product and employment, suggesting a strategy of acquiring capabilities and resources rather than improving productivity. We find that Chinese acquisitions are associated with higher wages and employment, though the effect on output is mixed. Conversely, M&As from developed countries are associated with decreased wages and employment, likely from implementing advanced technologies that reduce labor needs.
Recreational fisheries increasingly face pressure to balance diverse angler preferences with ecological sustainability. This study uses Best-Worst Scaling to evaluate how anglers in Utah’s Blue Ribbon Fisheries prioritize site attributes. Results indicate high value on both abundant fish and natural beauty. Latent Class Analysis identifies two segments: catch-focused and eco-focused anglers. Conditional Logit and Random Parameter Logit models highlight the importance of accounting for heterogeneity in site choice. Findings suggest that uniform regulations may neglect angler diversity. Integrated management enhancing fish stocks, water quality, and scenic conditions, while addressing crowding and infrastructure, better aligns with angler priorities and sustainability.
Over six decades, global and national agricultural R&D investments have driven major technological advances in rice production, enhancing food and livelihood security across South and Southeast Asia. Yet public R&D spending growth has recently slowed. This study evaluates the net economic contributions of rice varietal breeding programs by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national partners in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Results show that research investments have yielded positive and robust economic returns, with yield gains far exceeding research costs, underscoring the enduring value of collaborative international and national R&D for sustainable rice productivity growth.
Gene-editing technologies have the potential to address many of the critical challenges facing agriculture today. Yet, consumers’ perception of the technology, while critical for market success, is still understudied, and existing consumer support evaluations may not be reliable in estimating consumer attitudes to gene-editing technologies due to limited market applications. We conduct two studies and elicit US consumers’ support for gene-editing products using the donation experiment method. We document that, on average, participants support gene-editing technologies, and this finding is robust to different survey techniques using incentivized/hypothetical survey settings and public/private funding sources. We also find that the US public is less likely to support controversial technologies when a new production method is more likely to affect food product alternatives in domestic markets. Our findings are useful for designing future studies to reveal consumer preferences in related investigation domains where controversial technologies have limited or no current market applications.
Enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers (EENFs) promise improved nitrogen use efficiency by better synchronizing nutrient supply with crop uptake, yet inconsistent field performance and uncertain private net returns help explain persistently low adoption rates. We conducted a Bayesian meta-analysis of 60 North American corn field experiments to quantify yield and economic impacts of four major EENF types. On average, EENFs increased corn yield by 3.24% relative to conventional fertilizers, with yield gains generally exceeding breakeven costs at current prices, though profitability varied across products and market conditions. These findings inform targeted EENF deployment for sustainable nitrogen management.
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