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Weather Extremes, Infrastructure, and Its Impacts on U.S. Corn and Soybean Basis Levels
USDA AMS Report: The margin between corn and soybean prices at collection points in the Midwest and the Gulf price reflect the costs of moving these bulk commodities from farming regions to export facilities. This report estimates the effects of weather on this margin, including the impacts on crop volumes and transportation system stress.
Modeling and Extrapolating Wheat Producer Support Using Income and Other Factors
Authors: Jing Zhao, J. Isaac Miller, & Wyatt Thompson. (2018, Forthcoming). Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Handbook on International Food and Agricultural Policies
Authors: William H. Meyers & Thomas Johnson, Eds. (2017). Washington, DC: World Scientific Press.
The Causes of Two-way U.S.–Brazil Ethanol Trade and the Consequences for Greenhouse Gas Emission
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, Jarrett Whistance, and Wyatt Thompson. Energy, 141, 2045-2053. Available online (subscription required): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217318972.
The US Biofuel Mandate as a Substitute for Carbon Cap-and-Trade
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Robert Johansson, Seth Meyer, & Jarrett Whistance. 2018. “The US biofuel mandate as a substitute for carbon cap-and-trade.” Energy Policy, 113, 368-375. Available online (subscription required): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517307152.
Impact of Trade Controls on Price Transmission between Southern African Maize Markets
Authors: Tracy Davids, Ferdi Meyer, & Patrick Westhoff. Agrekon, 56(3), 223-232.
Four Indicators that Explain World Grain and Oilseed Market Developments
Authors: Patrick Westhoff & Wyatt Thompson. Agribusiness: An International Journal, 33(2), 274-278. Available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/agr.21502/full (subscription required).
Complement or Substitute: Ethanol’s Uncertain Relationship with Gasoline Under Alternative Petroleum Price and Policy Scenarios
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson, and Julian Binfield. Applied Energy, 191, 385-397 (2017).
A Cost of Tractability? Estimating Climate Change Impacts Using a Single Crop Market Understates Impacts on Market Conditions and Variability
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Scott Gerlt, J. Elliott Campbell, Lara M. Kueppers, Yaqiong Lu, and Mark A. Snyder. (2017). Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy, 39(2), 346-362
Interactions between California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the National Renewable Fuel Standard
Jarrett Whistance, Wyatt Thompson, & Seth Meyer. (2016). “Interactions between California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the National Renewable Fuel Standard.” Energy Policy, 101, 447-455. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421516305936 (subscribers only).
Effect of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) on Cotton Markets of Turkey and the World
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, Wyatt Thompson, Michael Helmar, and Turgut Orman. Journal of Cotton Science, 20(1), 46-55. Available at http://www.cotton.org/journal/2016-20/1/.
The Tunisia Wheat Market in the Context of World Price Volatility: A Stochastic Partial Equilibrium Approach
Authors: Abderraouf Laajimi, Kateryna Schroeder, William Meyers, and Julian Binfield. Journal of Food Products Marketing, February 2016.
A Meta-Analysis of Food Demand Elasticities for China
Danhong Chen, David Abler, De Zhou, Xiaohua Yu, & Wyatt Thompson. (2016). “A Meta-Analysis of Food Demand Elasticities for China. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 38(1), 30-49. Available at https://academic.oup.com/aepp/article/38/1/50/2194498 (subscribers only; prepublished March 2015).
Biofuel-Related Price Transmission Using Renewable Identification Number Prices to Signal Mandate Regime
Authors: Jarrett Whistance, David Ripplinger, and Wyatt Thompson. Energy Economics, 55(March), 19-29, February 2016 (doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.12.026). Available at http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SaY5W3fcVY33.
The Status and Challenges of Food Security in Europe and Central Asia
Authors: Kateryna G. Schroeder and William H. Meyers. In Food Security in a Food Abundant World (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 16) (A. Schmitz , P.L. Kennedy, and T.G. Schmitz, Eds.). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 85 – 103 (January 2016).
Bioenergy Supply and Environmental Impacts on Cropland: Insights from Multi-market Forecasts in a Great Lakes Subregional Bioeconomic Model
Authors: Aklesso Egbendewe-Mondzozo, Scott M. Swinton, Shujiang Kang, Wilfred M. Post, Julian Binfield, Wyatt Thompson. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 37(4), 602-618. (December 2015).
Price Stabilization and Impacts of Trade Liberalization in the Southeast Asian Rice Market
Authors: Hoa K. Hoang & William H. Meyers. (2015, October 22). Food Policy, 57, 26-39.
Farm Program Elections, Budget Costs and the WTO
Authors: Patrick Westhoff, Scott Gerlt, and Joseph Glauber. Choices, 30(3): 1-6. Available at http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/farm-program-elections-budget-costs-and-the-wto.
Agricultural Economy Update
Author: Pat Westhoff. Presentation at the National Agricultural Credit Committee Meeting hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, October 14, 2015.
Farm Income and Crop Net Revenues
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation at “Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill: Reports and Analyses from the Field” AAEA Symposium, Louisville, KY, October 6, 2015.
The Market Outlook: If You Can’t Say Anything Good…
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation to the Missouri Marketing Group, Columbia, MO (September 25, 2015).
The Market Outlook: Any Relief in Sight?
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Webinar for the University of Arkansas Extension (September 16, 2015).
Food Aid: Some Background Statistics and Analysis
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy (August 8-14, 2015).
Food Demand in Vietnam: Structural Changes and Projections to 2030
Authors: Hoa T.K. Hoang and William H. Meyers. Presentation at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy (August 8-14, 2015).
Using Structural Models to Estimate Price Volatility Ten Years into the Future
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meetings session on Forecasting Price Volatility for Policy Analysis, San Francisco, CA (July 25-28, 2015).
Analysis of the Structural Changes in Vietnamese Households’ Food Demand: 2010 to 2030
Authors: Hoa T.K. Hoang and William H. Meyers. Presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meetings, San Francisco, CA (July 25-27, 2015).
Farm Bill and National Impacts
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meetings session on Nexus of the Local Food System, Small Farm Agriculture and the New Farm Legislation, San Francisco, CA (July 25-28, 2015).
U.S.-Mexico Sugar Markets and the Effects of Alternative Trade Policies
Author: Jarrett Whistance. Presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meetings, San Francisco, CA (July 25-28, 2015).
The Economics of Agriculture
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Presentation at the National Press Foundation workshop on “Food, from Farm to Table,” St. Louis, MO (July 20, 2015).
Transition to Agricultural Market Economies: The Future of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine
Andrew Schmitz & William H. Meyers, Eds. (2015). Boston, MA: CAB International.
Policy Issues and Prospects for Ukraine’s Grain Exports
Authors: Kateryna G. Schroeder and William H. Meyers. In Transition to Agricultural Market Economies: The Future of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine (A. Schmitz and W.H. Meyers, Eds.). CAB International (June 2015).
Price Volatility in Global Markets: Implications for Farmers and Governments
Authors: William H. Meyers and Kateryna G. Schroeder. Presentation at the Conference on the Problems of Innovative Development of Agro-Industrial Complex of Belarus, Gorki, Belarus (May 22-24, 2015).
The 2014 Farm Bill and the WTO
Authors: Joseph W. Glauber and Pat Westhoff (May 2015). Published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(5), 1287-1297. Available at http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/5/1287.
Expanding Direct Marketing Opportunities through Farm Shops in Western Tourism Destinations: Extension Program Design
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, K. Curtis, and S. Slocum (May 2015). Published in: 2014 National Value Added Agriculture Conference and Northeast Regional What Works Conference Proceedings (Peer reviewed). Available at http://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/publications/what-works-2014-proceedings.
Exploring the Drivers’ side of the “Blend Wall”: U.S. Consumer Preferences for Ethanol Blend Fuels
Authors: Francisco Aguilar, Zhen Cai, Phillip Mohebalian, & Wyatt Thompson. (2015). Energy Economics, 49, 217-226.
Switchgrass Procurement Strategies for Managing Yield Variability: Estimating the Cost-Efficient D (Downtime Cost) L (Land to Lease) Frontier
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, Francis M. Epplin, Arthur L. Stoecker (April 2015). Published in: Biomass and Bioenergy, 77, 110-122.
Making Sense of Commodity Markets: FAPRI-MU Outlook and Policy Implications
Authors: William H. Meyers and Kateryna G. Schroeder. Paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium and 20th Scientific Conference of Agronomists of the Republic of Srpska, Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska (March 2-4, 2015).
Price Projections and Farm Bill Program Choices: Adding FAPRI-MU Projections to the Mix
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Published in: Farmdoc Daily, 5(26).
Can Carbon Credit Reduce Switchgrass Breakeven Price?
Author: Deepayan Debnath. Published in: American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy, 4(1), 10-27.
A Critical Assessment of RIN Price Behavior and the Implications for Corn, Ethanol, and Gasoline Price Relationships
Authors: Jarrett Whistance and Wyatt Thompson. Published in: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 36(4), 623-642. (doi:10.1093/aepp/ppu012).
The Role of CAFE Standards and Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Production Credits is U.S. Biofuels Markets
Authors: Jarrett Whistance and Wyatt Thompson. Published in: Energy Policy, 74, 147-157. (doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.004).
Impact of Valuing Environmental Variables on the Breakeven Price of Switchgrass
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, A.L. Stoecker, and F.M. Epplin. Published in: Biomass and Bioenergy, 70, 184-195.
Exploiting the Relationship Between Farm-Level Yields and County-Level Yield for Applied Analysis
Authors: Scott Gerlt, Wyatt Thompson, and D. Miller. Published in: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 39(2), 1-18.
Food Security in Europe and Central Asia: Challenges and Emerging Issues
Authors: Kateryna G. Schroeder and William H. Meyers. Selected paper, IAMO Forum, Halle (Saale), Germany (June 25-27, 2014).
Export Restrictions in the Ukrainian Wheat Trade: A Stochastic Partial Equilibrium Approach
Authors: Kateryna G. Schroeder and William H. Meyers. Selected symposium paper, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association World Forum and Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa (June 15-19, 2014).
Global Markets to 2020: FAPRI-MU Outlook and Policy Implications
Authors: William H. Meyers and Kateryna G. Schroeder. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference entitled “Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Terms of the Republic of Serbia Strategic Goals Realization within the Danube Region.” Belgrade, Serbia (June 5-6, 2014).
Integrating Economic and Hydrologic Interdependence in Reservoir Management
Author: Deepayan Debnath. Published in: Lakes & Reservoir: Research and Management, 19, 211-224.
Managing Spatial and Temporal Switchgrass Biomass Yield Variability
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, F.M. Epplin, and A.L. Stoecker. Published in: BioEnergy Research, 7, 946-957.
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Farm Household Income and Expenditures: A Study on Rice Farmers in Bangladesh
Authors: Khondoker A. Mottaleb, Samarendu Mohanty, Hoa T.K. Hoang, Roderick M. Rejesus. Agricultural System, 121, 43-52 (October 2013).
Black Sea and World Wheat Market Price Integration Analysis
Authors: K. Goychuk and William H. Meyers. Published in: Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(4).
Nonlinear Optimization Model of Reservoir Water Allocation with Stochastic Inflows: A Case Study of Lake Tenkiller
Authors: Deepayan Debnath, T.A. Boyer, A.L. Stoecker, and L.D. Sanders. Published in: Journal of Water Resource Planning and Management, 141(1), 1-12.
Biofuels and Agricultural Markets
Authors: William H. Meyers & J.R. Ziolkowska. Published in: Il libro verde dello spreco in Italia l’energia (The Green Book on Energy Waste in Italy), Chapter 1.3 (pp. 54-68), A. Segrè and M. Vittuari (Eds.). Edizioni Ambiente, Milan, Italy.
After 20 Years of Transition in Ukraine, Will the Market Find a Way?
Authors: William H. Meyers and K. Goychuk. Published in: Agricultural Transition in Post-Soviet Europe and Central Asia after 20 Years (pp. 75-91), Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, IAMO – Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle, Germany.
Second Generation Biofuels and Food Crops: Co-Products or Competitors?
Authors: Wyatt Thompson and S. Meyer. Published in: Global Food Security, 2, 89-96. (doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2013.03.001).
Implications of the Eurozone Crisis for Agriculture in the Europe and Central Asia Economies in Transition
Authors: William H. Meyers and K. Goychuk. Published in: Choices, 28(2).
The Role of Biofuel Policy and Biotechnology in the Development of the Ethanol Industry in the United States.
Authors: S. Meyer, Julian Binfield, and Wyatt Thompson. Published in: AgBioForum, 16(1), 66-78. Available at http://www.agbioforum.org/v16n1/v16n1a07-meyer.htm.
Eastern European Agriculture
Authors: K. Goychuk and William H. Meyers. Published in: Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (P. Thompson and D. Kaplan, Eds.). Springer, New York.
The Ukraine in KRU (Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine): Prospects for the Ukrainian Grain Economy
Authors: William H. Meyers and K. Goychuk. Published in: Village and Agriculture, 157(4), 75-89. IRWiR PAN, Warsaw, Poland.
How Do Biofuel Use Mandates Cause UIncertianty? United States Environmental Protection Agency Cellulosic Waiver Options.
Authors: S. Meyer and Wyatt Thompson. Published in: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 34(4), 570-586. (doi:10.1093/aepp/pps033).
World Population Growth and Food Supply
Authors: William H. Meyers and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Published in: The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply, J.S. Popp, M.M. Jahn, M.D. Matlock, and N.P. Kemper (Eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
The Costs and Consequences of Multi-Lateral Policies Against Price Spikes
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, H. Matthey, and G. Tallard. Published in: Eurochoices, 11(1), 10-18. (doi:10.1111/j.1746-692X.2012.00217.x).
Technology Adoption Under US Biofuel Policies: Do Producers, Consumers or Taxpayers Benefit?
Authors: Seth Meyer, Julian Binfield, and Patrick Westhoff. Published in: European Review of Agricultural Economics, 39(1), 115-136.
Effects of US Biofuel Policies on US and World Petroleum Product Markets with Consequences for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Jarrett Whistance, and S. Meyer. Published in: Energy Policy, 39(9), 5509-5518. (doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.011).
Another Thing We Need to Know about Biofuel Use Mandates: Waivers
Authors: S. Meyer and Wyatt Thompson. Published in: Choices, 26(2). Available at http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/epa-mandate-waivers-create-new-uncertainties-in-biodiesel-markets.
What to Conclude about Biofuel Mandates from Evolving Prices for Renewable Identification Numbers
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Seth Meyer, and Patrick Westhoff. Published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93(2), 481-487.
The Economics of Food: How Feeding and Fueling the Planet Affects Food Prices
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Published in: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: FT Press/Pearson Education. [Korean and Chinese translations published in 2011.]
Targets and Mandates: Lessons Learned from EU and US Biofuel Policy Mechanisms
Authors: J. Ziolkowska, William H. Meyers, S. Meyer, and Julian Binfield. Published in: AgBioForum, 13(4), 1-15.
The New Markets for Renewable Identification Numbers
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, S. Meyer, and Patrick Westhoff. Published in: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 32(4), 588-603. (doi:10.1093/aepp/ppq021).
The U.S. Biodiesel Use Mandate and Biodiesel Feedstock Markets
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Seth Meyer, & Travis Green. (2010). Biomass and Bioenergy, 34(6), 883-889.
Trades like Chicken? Three Representations of Chicken Trade for Policy and Market Analysis
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, Pierre Charlebois, & Gregoire Tallard. (2010). Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, 6(2), 159-174.
FAPRI-UK Modeling: Regional Responses to European Policy Initiatives
Authors: J. Moss, Julian Binfield, M. Patton, L. Zhang, and I.S. Kim. Published in: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, 6(1), 101-116.
The FAPRI Global Modeling System and Outlook Process
Authors: William H. Meyers, Patrick Westhoff, J. Fabiosa, and D.J. Hayes. Published in: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, 6(1), 1-19.
The FAPRI Approach: A Few Key Principles
Authors: Patrick Westhoff and William H. Meyers. Published in: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, 6(1), 133-135.
The FAPRI Global Modeling System and Outlook Process
Authors: William H. Meyers, Patrick Westhoff, J. Fabiosa, and D.J. Hayes. Published in: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, 6(1), 1-19.
Territorial Indicators for Rural Development: Targeting Lagging Areas in Lithuania
Authors: E. Kairyte and William H. Meyers. Published in: Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development, 20(1).
Renewable Identification Numbers Are the Tracking Instrument and Bellwether of US Biofuels Mandates
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, S. Meyer, and Patrick Westhoff. Published in: EuroChoices, 8(3), 43-50.
How Does Petroleum Price and Corn Yield Volatility Affect Ethanol Markets with and without an Ethanol Use Mandate?
Authors: Wyatt Thompson, S. Meyer, and Patrick Westhoff. Published in: Energy Policy, 37, 745-749.
U.S. Farm Bill 2008: Back to the Future?
Authors: Patrick Westhoff and Julian Binfield. Published in: EuroChoices, 7(3), 17-23.
Farm Commodity Prices: Why the Boom and What Happens Now?
Author: Patrick Westhoff. Published in: Choices, 23(2), 6-10.
Challenges of Incorporating EU Enlargement and CAP Reform in the GOLD Model Framework
Published as part of the Parma European Association of Agricultural Economists seminar “Modelling agricultural policies: state of the art and new challenges” proceedings. February 3-5, 2005.
Exploring Options for a New Farm Bill
Invited Paper for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX
FAPRI Analysis of CAP Reform in the Agenda 2000 Final Decisions
Report from FAPRI-Iowa State and FAPRI-Missouri: Published in Agenda 2000 CAP Reform Decisions: Impact Analyses by Directorate-General for Agriculture of the European Commission. Link to text in PDF format at European Commission web site, or request reprint.