Readings
Here is a list of readings for the course. All readings are available on Canvas.
Module 1
- Richard L Kohls and Joseph N Uhl Marketing of Agricultural Products (Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Limited, 2005). (Chapters 1-3)
Module 2
- F Bailey Norwood et al. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis (Waveland Press, 2021). (Chapter 6)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service “Food Dollar’s Three Series Show Distributions of u.s. Food Production” (https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2023/december/ers-food-dollar-s-three-series-show-distributions-of-u-s-food-production-costs, 2023).
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service “Follow the Food Dollars” (https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2017/october/follow-the-food-dollars/, 2017).
- Patrick Canning, Alfons Weersink, and Jessica Kelly “Farm Share of the Food Dollar: An IO Approach for the United States and Canada,” Agricultural Economics 47, no. 5 (2016): 505–12.
- Jessica Kelly, Patrick Canning, and Alfons Weersink “Decomposing the Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 37, no. 2 (2015): 311–31.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service “Food Dollar Series Allows an Indepth Look at Farm Level Components of the u.s. Food Dollar” (https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2013/july/ers-food-dollar-series-allows-an-indepth-look-at-farm-level-components-of-the-u-s-food-dollar, 2013).
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service “A New Look at Where Our Food Dollars Go” (https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2011/june/data-feature-a-new-look-at-where, 2011).
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service “Food Dollar Series” (https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-dollar-series/documentation, 2024).
Module 3
- Campbell R McConnell, Stanley L Brue, and Sean Masaki Flynn Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies (McGraw Hill, 2018). (Chapters 3 & 6)
Module 4
- McConnell, Brue, and Flynn (Chapters 10-13)
- J MacDonald, X Dong, and K Fuglie “Concentration and Competition in US Agriculture,” Economic Research Service, USDA. Economic Information Bulletin, no. 256 (2023).
Module 5
- McConnell, Brue, and Flynn Microeconomics. (Chapter 14)
- Yuliya V Bolotova “Market Power in the US Beef Packing Industry,” Applied Economics Teaching Resources 6, no. 1 (2024).
Module 6
- Unknown Index Numbers, n.d. (Chapter 3)
Module 7
- Norwood et al. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis. (Chapter 7)
Module 8
- Kohls and Uhl Marketing of Agricultural Products. (Chapter 20)
- Norwood et al. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis. (Chapter 9)