Agricultural economists have a long history of emphasizing and analyzing the spatial
dimension of agricultural and food markets. Despite a rich body of literature and important …

Policies aiding biofuels have supported farm income and rural communities but have also
put pressure on food security with questionable benefits related to carbon emissions …

Using unique crop‐specific data gathered over 7 years, we study if and how maize‐
producing farmers in Ethiopia adjust their land allocation decisions in response to pre …

We estimate the degree of spatial differentiation–primarily driven by transportation costs–
among downstream firms that buy corn from upstream farmers and examine whether such …

We study a situation in which a multi‐feedstock cellulosic biofuel plant can procure stover
from productive cropland and switchgrass from marginal land, where growing corn for stover …

Contractors will play a vital role in providing farms with access to new precision farming
technologies, especially in small-scale farming systems. We investigate the impact of spatial …

Global biofuel production has increased over tenfold since 2000 and numerous biofuel
production plants have been built in the Great Plains region. We estimate the impact of …

Global ethanol production has grown rapidly due to national renewable fuel programs.
Concern has grown over impacts that land conversion and crop displacement driven by …

The spatial distribution of production is a defining characteristic of agriculture, and the
location choice in geographic space and the spatial pricing policies adopted by agricultural …

We use rich spatial data on observed crop choices and ethanol production to estimate the
local impacts of ethanol plants and the overall impact of the 2007 US Renewable Fuel …