Research Spotlights
UCD ARE and Biological and Agricultural Engineering Collaborate on Farm Labor Research in Two New Journal Articles
May 31, 2019
The two articles, “Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?” and “Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce” appear in the latest issue of Choices, the outreach ...
UCD-California Farm Bureau Study Featured in Newsweek Shows How Farmers Are Adjusting to Fewer Workers
April 30, 2019
The study, directed by ARE graduate student Zachariah Rutledge and professor J. Edward Taylor, was based on a survey of 1,071 California farmers in the California Farm Bureau Federation database. ...
Agerton and Co-Author Show Domestic Shipping Constraints, Not Export Ban, Explain Biggest Difference in U.S. and Foreign Crude Oil Prices
April 23, 2019
The article, co-authored by UC Davis ARE Assistant Professor Mark Agerton with Gregory B. Upton, Jr., appeared in the International Association for Energy Economics Energy Journal. Over the past decade, ...
Research by Boucher, Carter, Lybbert and Malacarne Highlighted for Protecting Small Farms in Mozambique from Drought
April 23, 2019
An article by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access highlights research by ARE professors Stephen Boucher, Michael Carter, Travis Lybbert; ARE Ph.D. Candidate Jonathan Malacarne; and ...
Phil Martin Explains Changing Role of H-2A Guest Workers in New Choices Magazine Article
April 3, 2019
"The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture," by Philip Martin, professor emeritus of the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, was recently published in Choices, a ...
Ted Gilliland, Jim Sanchirico and Ed Taylor Show Impacts of Cash Transfers on Natural Resources in PNAS Article
March 26, 2019
Cash transfer programs assist hundreds of millions of poor individuals in developing countries but stimulate local demand that can cause environmental damage. Degradation of the local environment, in turn, affects ...
ARE Update Special Issue Examines 2018 Farm Bill and Brexit
March 22, 2019
The University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics announces that the latest edition of its bimonthly ARE Update newsletter is a special issue focused on the 2018 Farm Bill ...
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Ph.D. Student Jarrett Hart's Dissertation Research about Market Premium for 'Local' Craft Beer Highlighted in The Conversation
Feb. 20, 2019
"Drinkers prefer Big Beer keeps it hands off their local craft brews," by Jarrett Hart, Ph.D. student in the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), was published ...
Western Farm Press Highlights New Cost and Return Study for Walnuts in Sacramento Valley
Feb. 20, 2019
In the article "Economists says still plenty of room for growth in walnut industry," the Western Farm Press reports that nut production in the western states is remaining popular among ...
Jim Sanchirico and Four UCD ARE Alumni Document Spillovers from Fishery Management in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Feb. 19, 2019
Catch shares are a management tool used worldwide and are typically implemented on a single-fishery basis. Using network analysis and data from the Alaska region, the paper offers empirical evidence ...
