Selected Publications
Selected Recent Articles in Journals
"Research, Productivity, and Output Growth in U.S. Agriculture" (with Keith Fuglie, Matt Clancy, and Paul Heisey). Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 49 (November, 2017): 514-554.
"Consolidation, Concentration, and Competition in the Food System." Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Volume 102, Special Issue: "Agricultural Consolidation: Causes and the Path Forward” (September 2017): 85-105.
"Concentration, Contracting, and Competition Policy in U.S. Agribusiness." Concurrences: Competition Law Review, No. 1, 2016 (February).
"Trends in Agricultural Contracts." Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues. August, 2015.
"The Economics of Contract Grower Protection Legislation: The Packers and Stockyards Act and GIPSA Rule" (with Steven Wu). Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues. August, 2015.
"Railroads and Price Discrimination: The Roles of Competition, Information, and Regulation." Review of Industrial Organization 43 (August, 2013): 85-101.
"Market Power in Poultry Production Contracting? Evidence from a Farm Survey" (with Nigel Key). Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 44 (November 2012): 477-490.
Selected Recent Book Chapters
"CAFOs: Farm Animals and Industrialized Livestock Production" in Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.240. July, 2018.
"Agriculture" (with Bruce M. Marion), in The Structure of American Industry, 13th edition. James Brock, ed. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2015.
Bulletins and Reports
America's Diverse Family Farms, 2019 Edition (with Chrsitine Whitt and Jessica Todd). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Information Bulletin No. 214. December, 2019.
Changes in the Size and Location of U.S. Dairy Farms. U.S Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. Mandated Report to Congress. June, 2019.
Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture (with Robert Hoppe and Doris Newton). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Information Bulletin No. 189. March, 2018.
Changing Structure, Financial Risks, and Government Policies for the U.S. Dairy Industry (with Jerry Cessna and Roberto Mosheim). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Research Report No. 205. March, 2016.
Economics of Antibiotic Use in U.S. Livestock Production (with Stacy Sneeringer, Nigel Key, William McBride, and Ken Mathews). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Research Report No. 200. November, 2015.
Technology, Organization, and Financial Performance in U.S. Broiler Production. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Information Bulletin No. 126. June, 2014.
Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming (with Penni Korb and Robert Hoppe). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Research Report No. 152. August, 2013.