Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Grant Awards

Anders, John, and Craig Wesley Carpenter. 2024-2026. “Redlining in Rural America? Data Collection to Inform Contemporary Rural Economic Development.” USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. $300,000.

Claro, P. Brochu, and A. Van Leuven. 2025-26. “Accelerating Vermont Food Hub Development and Collaboration with Supply Network Analysis.” Leahy Institute Partnership and Capacity Grant Program. $159,428 

Thilmany, D., L. Gwin and M. Sullins (A. van Sandt among 6 collaborating institutions). 2023-28. Northwest Mountain Regional Food Business Center. Regional Food Business Center proposal to the USDA Ag Marketing Service. $30 million. With Oregon State, U of Idaho, Montana State, Washington State and U of Wyoming.  2023-2028.

Lim, Siew Hoon (PI). 2024 - 2028. “PARTNERSHIP: U.S. Soybean and Corn Supply Chain Resilience: Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Production.” Submitted with Raghav Goyal, Zhulu Lin, Kennedy Lynn, Veeshan Rayamajhee and Sandro Steinbach.USDA-AFRI. $800,000.

Davis, A. and Whitacre, B. 2024-2025. The Center for Economic Analysis of Rural Health. Funded by Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA FORHP). $225,000. 

Chung, W. , Lyons, K., Belart, F.l, Chen, Y. , De Amicis, R., Kim, J., Hogland, J., Anderson, N., Streletskaya, N. A., Muszynski, L., "SSMART Forestry: Paving the way from Forest Restoration to Cross-Laminated Timber," Sponsored by U.S. Economic Development Administration, Federal, Total $4,400,000.00, Status: Funded. (April 2023 - March 2027)

Lark, T., Aragon, N., Morford, S., Naugle, D., Basso, B., Bigelow, D., and Hendricks, N. Framing CRP in the Big Picture, Funder: US Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency. Total project funding: $2,977,375.

Brandon Hofstedt and Steven Deller.  Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. “Community Economic Analysis for Rural Wisconsin Communities (CEA-RWC).”  Duration: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2024.  Amount: $150,000.

Brandon Hofstedt and Tessa Conroy, Co-PIs:  Steven Deller, Matt Kures and Kristin Runge. Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. “Rural Wisconsin Entrepreneurship.” Duration: November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2026.  Amount: $1,000,000.

Tessa Conroy, Co-PIs:  Kathy Cramer, Steven Deller, Todd Johnson, Matt Kures and Kristin Runge.  Wisconsin Rural Partnership, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  “Rural Livability”. Duration: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2026.  Amount: $1,200,000.

Jacob Thebault-Spieker and Steven Deller.  Wisconsin Idea Collaboration, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension. “Towards Understanding the Impacts of Broadband on Wisconsin’s Digital Footprint.  Duration: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027. Amount: $99,902.

Goetz, Stephan J., Zheng Tian, Timothy Wojan, and Justin Winikoff. 2024-2027. “Climate Change and Decarbonization: Firm-level Insights from the 2023 Annual Business Survey and Implications for Rural Communities.” USDA NIFA. $650,000.

Tian, Zheng, and Stephan J. Goetz. 2024-2026. “Assessing Societal and Economic Impacts of Place-Based Innovation with Small Area Innovation Rate Estimation.” National Science Foundation EAGER PBI Program. $299,998. https://nercrd.psu.edu/projects/small-area-innovation-rate-estimation-project/

Stephens, Heather M., Daniel Eades, Stephan J. Goetz, and Jason Entsminger. 2023-2026. “Factors affecting the success of female and minority rural entrepreneurs and rural economic vitality.” USDA NIFA grant. Funding: $649,913. 

Stephens, Heather M., Samuel Workman, and Amanda Weinstein. 2025-2026. “Navigating the Natural Resource Curse: Local Public Finance and Economic Outcomes in Rural America.” Resilient Energy Economies (REE) grant. Funding: $100,000.  

Karplus, Valerie, Heather M. Stephens, Christophe Columbe, and Daniel Eades. 2025-2026. “Data-Driven Approaches to Support Skills Matching and Resilient Careers in Appalachia.” Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE grant. Funding: $500,000.

Stephens, Heather M. and Daniel Eades. 2024-2026. “Realigning Skills for the Workforce of the Future.” Benedum Foundation grant. Funding: $100,000. 

Countryman, A., D. Manning, and D. Charlton. 2023-2026. “Effects of Trade Policy on Rural Employment and Wages.” USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Funding: $598,973.

Lu, R., D. Charlton, K. Gallardo, L. He, E. Lavely, Z. Li, Y. Lu, and B. Sallato. 2023-2027. “Development of an Automated and Integrated Mobile System (AIMS) for Apple Harvest and In-field Sorting.” USDA NIFA. Funding $3,531,686

Davis, E.J., M. Machado, M. Bey, V. Cameros, D. Charlton, C. Evers, J. Fattal, N. Goulette, A. Hause, H. Huber-Stearns, E.J. Kasner, J. Payne, and A. Perleberg. 2025-2030. “Hands on the Land: Fostering Climate-Resilient Forests through Workforce Equity and Partnership.” USDA NIFA. $8,095,000.

Loveridge, S. and Skidmore, M. 2023-2027. “Measuring and Mapping Rural Inflation”: USDA-NIFA-AFRI Co-PI/ $800,000.

Elizabeth E. Davis and Ann Bailey, 2023-2027. “Coordinated Evaluation of Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Payment Policies” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. Grant No. 90YE0296. $1.6 million.

Stephanie Moulton (PI), Tasleem Padamsee, Cäzilia Loibl, Meta Brown, Donald Haurin, and Magalie Nicolas. 2024-2025. “WI25-07: Economic Disparities in Widowhood by Race, Gender, and Marital Status: A Mixed-Methods Study of Older Adults who Lost a Partner to Cancer.” Social Security Administration Retirement and Disability Research Consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security. $184,799

Cäzilia Loibl (PI), Stephanie Moulton, Donald Haurin, Joshua Joseph, Kendall Moody, Adam Perzynski, Douglas Einstadter, Madison Hyer, Stephania Miller-Hughes. 2024-2025. “WI24-13: Racial Disparities in Older Adults’ Economic Security when Experiencing Chronic Health Conditions: Insights from Electronic Health Records, Wage Earnings, and Credit Data.” Social Security Administration Retirement and Disability Research Consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security. $184,507

Stephanie Moulton (PI), Donald Haurin, Meta Brown and Cäzilia Loibl. 2022-2024. “Improving Access to Home Equity Borrowing for Older Adults.” Huntington National Bank. $300,000.

Extension Programs

Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Tyler Augst. 2025. “Redlining in Michigan: Exploring History, Impacts, and Paths Forward.” Online webinars hosted for Black History Month by Michigan State University Extension, February.

Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Adam Ingrao, Michael Lotspeich-Yadao, and Charles Tolbert. 2024. “Research Driven Support for Military Veteran Entrepreneurs: A Summary of Extension Programs, Gaps, and Opportunities.” National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals. Houston, TX, June.

Malone, Trey, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Marcus Bernard, and John Anders. 2024. Sponsored showing of documentary “Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land” with the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), followed by a panel of experts that included Dr. Deacue Fields, Dr. Ron Rainey, PJ Haynie, Kesha Cobb, and Logan Moss. Fayetteville, AR, March.

Van Sandt, Anders, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Scott Loveridge, and Cris Meier. 2024. “Listening Session: Extension Professionals’ Perspectives on Rural Health.” Series of virtual focus groups of Extension professionals to discuss rural health access.

Thilmany, D. The Pulse of Public Attitudes and Agriculture. Presentation to the CFVGA Annual Meeting. February 2025. Westminster, CO.

Thilmany, D., J. Rossi, M. Gill and J. Mallon. 2024.   Local and Regional Food Systems Response to COVID: A Regional Look at Regional Food Markets Post-COVID. Webinar for the USDA Ag Marketing Service Local and Regional Foods Division Webinar Series.  December 19. Online.  55 in attendance

Thilmany, D. (on behalf of R. Hill, J. Martin and B. Delmore).  The Proposed Denver Ordinance Banning Animal Slaughter: Implications for the Animal Sector and Economy. Presentation to the Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council. September 2024.  Steamboat Springs, CO.

Thilmany, D., Potts, J.A., J. Weller, M. Coleman, Sr. Animal Agriculture at the Urban-Rural Crossroads. Moderated Panel at the Farm Foundation Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide Round Table. June 2024.  Westminster CO. 

Thilmany, D. 2024. Telling your Story with Data…and Making Decisions Informed by Data to Address Community Goals. Presentation to the 2024 Brownfields Partnership Conference. Arvada CO. April 2024.

Thilmany, D.  February 2025. Morgan County & Northeast Colorado: Agriculture, Food and Broader Economic Trends.  Fort Morgan CO 80521

Schmidt, C., Entsminger, J., Schweichler, J., Cornelisse, S., Chase, L., Tomas, S., Windon, S., & Goetz, S.J. (2025). “Managing Liability, Regulations, and Zoning through the Agritourism Support Ecosystem”. Conference Presentation | Research findings briefing. Agritourism in Action: Exploring Agritourism Opportunities Pre-Conference Meeting, Extension Risk Management Education National Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, Oklahoma. 

Kaus, J. & Entsminger, J.S. (2025). “Resilient and Sustainable Natural-Resource Dependent Communities: Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Place-Based Circular Economies”. Conference Presentation | Invited Emerging Research Paper. USASBE Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. Maine.

Entsminger, J.S. (2025). “Agricultural Extension & Entrepreneurial Support Organizations”. Conference Workshop | Invited Panelist. Rural and Agricultural Entrepreneurship Special Interest Groups’ Joint Workshop, USASBE Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. Co-Panelists: C. Butzke (Purdue University); T. Lessor (Pennsylvania State University). Maine, Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

Entsminger, J.S., Eades, D., & Li, X. (2025). “Fostering Inclusive Support Ecosystems: A Community of Practice Conversation on Rural Entrepreneurship and Extension Programming”. Conference Presentation | Selected Workshop and Research Presentation. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Annual Meeting. Charleston, WV. Maine, West Virginia. 

Linscheid, N., Entsminger, J.S., Eades, D., Kaskie, S., Emery, M., Northrop, C. A., Taylor, L., & White, K. (2025). “Entrepreneurship in Extension: Exploring the programs and research being done by Extension staff related to entrepreneurship across the country.” Conference Workshop | Selected Post-Conference Event. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Annual Meeting. Charleston, WV. Minnesota, Maine, West Virginia, Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio.

Entsminger, J. (2024). “Labor and Compensation Practices on Maine Farms Post-Pandemic: Early Evidence from a State Monitoring Survey.” Conference Presentation | Selected Workshop. New England Fruit and Vegetable Conference. New England Vegetable and Berry Growers’ Association. Manchester, NH. Maine.

Bojinova, E., Connolly, C., Entsminger, J.S., and Yang, L. (2022 - 2025) “Entrepreneurial Networks, Resource Access, and Performance of New England Small- and Medium-Sized Farms” Connecticut, Maine.

Kantrovich, A., Arezzo, D., Entsminger, J., McAdam, K., & Sciabarrasi, M. (2023 - 2024) “Agricultural Tax Seminar for Tax Preparers”.  IRS Program Code: RR9HG-T-00057-24-O (worth 6 IRS Continuing Education credits). New Hampshire, Maine, South Carolina, and New York.

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. “Community Economic Analysis for Rural Wisconsin Communities (CEA-RWC).” PIs: Brandon Hofstedt and Steven Deller. 

Summary Report for the Lansing Charter Commission: Literature Review on Forms  and Efficiency of Government (Skidmore, M. & Lu, P.) 

Report for the Mott Foundation: Investigating the Condition and Investment Need of Michigan’s Drinking Water Infrastructure: Policy and Financing Ramifications (Sane, S, Schulz, M., Scorsone, E., Skidmore, M.)

Palardy, Nathan. 2024. UF Market Research: Florida’s Craft Beer Market. A webinar for current and potential Florida craft beer brewers. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgNGi1tYqZU.

Palardy, Nathan and, Sowcik, M. 2024. Strengthening County Governance: Assessing the Impact of Extension-based Leadership Programs on County Commissioners. Southern Extension Economics Committee. Pensacola Beach, FL. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension.

Palardy, Nathan,, Boatwright J. & Fussell J. 2024. Agriculture Labor Policy Panel Discussion. Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Wimauma, Florida. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension.

Palardy, Nathan and Candace Lantz. 2024 Tapping into Florida’s Craft Beer Market: A Guide to Consumer Preferences and Purchasing in the Sunshine State. Florida Brewers Guild Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension.

Publications

Deming, Kristopher, Craig Wesley Carpenter, and John Anders. 2025. “Does Military Service Help Minoritized and Women Business Owners? Descriptive Evidence from ‘Vetrepreneur’ Outcomes.” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 14(1):1-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-07-2023-0063 

Hagerman, A. Schaefer, A. Van Leuven, F. Tsiboe, A. Young, and Y. Zereyesus, (2025). Mitigating Structural Inequities in U.S. Agricultural Risk Management. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2024.29

Hilburn, B. Whitacre, and A. Van Leuven, (2025). Perceived vs. Measured Impacts of Medical Marijuana on Rural Oklahoma Home Values. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2025.13

Ingrao, Adam, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Kristopher Deming, Michael Lotspeich-Yadao, and Charles M. Tolbert. 2024. “U.S. Farm Bill Policies to Support America’s Heroes.” Choices, 39(3). https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/us-farm-bill-policies-to-support-americas-heroes 

K.A. Schaefer and A. Van Leuven, (2024). Quantifying the Rural Legal Desert Problem: Assessing Access to Justice and Legal Services in Marginalized Communities. South Dakota Law Review. https://doi.org/10.70657/SDLR.V69.I3.419 

Biedny, B. Whitacre, and A. Van Leuven, (2024). Do Gigabits Mean Business? “Ultra-Fast” Broadband Availability’s Effect on Business Births. Information Economics and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2024.101094

Rahe, T. Malone, and A. Van Leuven, (2024). Leveraging Social Ties to Financial Gains: Exploring the Impact of Social Capital in Rural Development. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103539

Van Sandt, Anders, Raju Pokharel, Craig Wesley Carpenter, and Scott Loveridge. 2024. “Improving Models of Wood Products Plant Locations with Restricted Access Data.” Forest Policy and Economics, 167, 103303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103303 

Anders, John, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Katherine Ann Willyard, and Bethany DeSalvo. 2024. “A Research Note on Community Resilience Estimates: New U.S. Census Bureau Data with an Application to Excess Deaths from COVID-19.” Demography, 61(3): 627-642. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11374710 

Royuela, V., Langyel, B., Low, S.A., and R. Ortega-Argiles. Editorial. Global Challenges & Regional Science. Volume 1, March 2025, 100008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gcrs.2025.100008

Herchenback, J.S., Briggeman, B. Bergtold, J., Shanoyan, A., Low, S.A., & Miller, B. 2024. “A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of U.S. Farmer Cooperatives.” Agribusiness, DOI: 10.1002/agr.21997.

Love, E., B.B.R. Jablonski, L. Bellows and D. Thilmany A Baseline Assessment of School Food Spending and Local Procurement: Exploring the Case of Colorado’s Farm to School State Incentive and Other Public Policies.  Forthcoming Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Kang, S., R. Hill and D. Thilmany. Assessing Economic Impacts of Mile High 420 Festival in Colorado. Tourism Hospitality. 2024, 5, 521–536. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp5030032

Bauman, A., Phil Watson, D. Thilmany McFadden, B.B.R. Jablonski, C.A. Parks, T. Kaminsky, and A.L. Yaroch. 2024. Building Representative State Groupings in an Input-Output model for the Development of an Economic Impact Calculator for Nutrition Incentive Programs.  Economic Development Quarterly. Online at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08912424241282425

Adjemian, M.K., R. Goyal, R. Mittelhammer and D. Thilmany. 2024. Measuring the Economic Contribution of Agricultural and Applied Economics Departments in the United States. Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives. 46(3): 921-933

Bauman, A., B.B.R. Jablonski, A.Yeh, L. Chenarides and D. Thilmany McFadden. 2024. Federal Economic Data on Local and Regional Food Producers. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics (3):537–555. DOI: 10.1002/jaa2.131

Whitacre, B., Rhoades, C. and Davis, A. 2024. Rural Hospital Service Lines: Changes Over Time and Impacts on Profitability. Journal of Healthcare Management 69(5): 350-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JHM-D-24-00012 

Horrigan J., Whitacre B., and Galperin, H. 2024. Understanding Uptake in Demand-side Broadband Subsidy Programs: The Affordable Connectivity Program Case.” Telecommunications Policy 48(8): 102812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102812 

Panyi, A., Whitacre, B., and Young, A. 2025. The Shifting Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Poverty: Analysis of Seven Deep Southern States. The Annals of Regional Science 74(1): 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01344-4 

Rhoades, C., Whitacre B., and Davis, A. 2025. Early Adoption of Telehealth / Remote Patient Monitoring and Hospital Revenue Changes During COVID-19. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X241298989 

Rutherford, M., Whitacre, B., Captain, L., Ekin, S., Angle, J., Henley, T., and O-Hara, J. 2025. Rural Entrepreneurship through Technology: A Case Study using Productivity-Enhancing-Technology-Experience Kits (PETE-Kits). IEEE Transactions on Education. https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2025.3557023 

Entsminger, J., Green, J.J., Wiatt, R., & Bednarikova, Z. (2024). Multi-method research in the digital age: A methodological case study of a broad-scale rapid rural appraisal. Community Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2024.2438011  

McGowan, L., Percival Carter, E.L., & Entsminger, J.S. (2024). The Challenge of Controlled Environment Agriculture: Technological Innovation and Consumer Demand for Natural. In: Calabrò, F., Madureira, L., Morabito, F.C., Piñeira Mantiñán, M.J. (eds). Networks, Markets & People International Symposium Proceedings. NMP 2024. Part of the series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Janusz Kacprzyk (series ed.). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74672-7_20  

Jaeger, W.K., J. Antle, S.B. Gingerich, and D. Bigelow. 2024. “Advancing sustainable groundwater management with a hydro-economic system model: Investigations in the Harney Basin, Oregon.” Water Resources Research, 60 (11). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036972

Aragon, N.U., Y. Xie, D. Bigelow, T. Lark, and A. Eagle. 2024. “The realistic potential of soil carbon sequestration in U.S. croplands for climate mitigation.” Earth’s Future, 12 (6). DOI: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF003866

Wing, H.*, D.P. Bigelow, and K.B. Fuller. 2024. “Does temporary land retirement promote organic adoption? Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 106, (5): 1745-1774. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12465

Wang, j., Zhu, X., Chen, Y. (2024). Climate change, carbon neutrality: the role of spatial economics. The Annals of Regional Science, 73, 459–466. 

Chen, Y., Kim, M., Fouzia, S. (2024). Climate-Related Disaster Exposure and Regional Migration. Annals of Regional Science, 73, 795-824. 

Schmidt, Claudia, Deller, Steven C. and Goetz, Stephan. 2024. “Women Farmers and Community Well-Being Under Modeling Uncertainty.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 46(1):275-299. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13406

Deller, Steven C. and Maher, Craig. 2024. “Do Local Fiscal Decisions Impact Economic Growth: The Case of Wisconsin.” State and Local Government Review. 56(3):235–260.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X2412423

Gawai, Vikas and Deller, Steven C. 2024. “Is There a Link Between Access to Broadband and Health Outcomes?” American Journal of Economics and Sociology. (published online December 7).https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12608

Han, Luyi, Timothy R. Wojan, and Stephan J. Goetz. “Cloud Computing and Rural Globalization: Evidence for the U.S. Nonfarm Economy.” Telecommunications Policy 48, no. 8 (September 2024): 102814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102814.

Han, Luyi, Timothy R. Wojan, Zheng Tian, and Stephan J. Goetz. 2025. “Explaining the Urban-Rural Export Gap: Evidence from U.S. Firms.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.70009

Hollas, Chadley, Claudia Schmidt, Zheng Tian, Stephan J. Goetz, and Lisa Chase. “Insights and Oversights: Behind the Data on Agritourism and Direct Sales in the United States.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, August 26, 2024, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.134.005.

Cary, Michael Cary (PhD graduate) and Heather M. Stephens. 2024. “How COVID-19 Affected Participation in Ultramarathons: Gender, Risk Aversion, and Travel.” Journal of Sports Economics. https://doi.org/10.1177/15270025241279231  

Cary, Michael (PhD graduate) and Heather M. Stephens. 2024. “Economic, Environmental, and Technical Gains from the Kyoto Protocol: Evidence from Cement Manufacturing.” Resources Policy 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104926 

Patrick, Carlianne, Heather M. Stephens, and Amanda Weinstein. 2024. “Born to Care (or Not): How Gender Role Attitudes Affect Occupational Sorting.” Labour 38(2), 203–229. https://doi.org/10.111/labr.12261

Pipa, Anthony F., Heather M. Stephens, David Nason, and Zoe Swarzenski. 2024. “Unlocking Investment in Distressed Rural Places.” The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unlocking-investment-in-distressed-rural-places/

Charlton, D., A. Countryman, D. Manning, and S. Ikeme. 2025. “US Employment Exposure to Domestic and Foreign Tariffs under NAFTA.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aepp.13503 

Charlton, D., S. Devadoss, R.K. Gallardo, J. Luckstead, and S. Vougioukas. 2025. “Economic Viability of Robotic Fruit Harvesters to Reduce Large Seasonal Labor Demands: Analysis of Gala and Honeycrisp Apples.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jaa2.70000 

Charlton, Diane. 2024. “The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and Warnings from Previous immigration Reforms.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aepp.13458 

Palardy, Nathan and Matthew Sowcik. “Leadership Development Programs for Elected Officials: Measuring the Impact of Extension on County Leadership Capacity”. Forthcoming Journal of Human Sciences and Extension. 

Huang, Z., Lim, J. and Skidmore, M. (2024). The Impacts of Heat and Air Pollution on Mortality in the United States. Weather, Climate, and Society, 16(2), 275-301.

Huang, Z. and Skidmore, M. (2024). The impact of wildfires and wildfire-induced air pollution on house prices in the United States. Land Economics, 100(1), 22-50.

Deng, Y., and Skidmore, M. (2024). A Regional Analysis of the Impacts of Changes in Housing Values on Property Tax Assessment During and After the 2008 Financial Crisis. State and Local Government Review, 56(4), 359-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X241252584

Skidmore, M. (2024). State-by-State Analysis of Federal Government Transfers Net of Taxes Paid. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 54(2), 17-35

Lu, P. and Skidmore, M. (2025). Tropical Cyclone Day-off Orders, Warnings, and Avoidance Behavior. Forthcoming in Review of Regional Studies.

Lim, J., Skidmore, M., and Shen, Y. (2025). Natural Disasters and Their Impact on Cities. Oxford Bibliographies.

 Borowsky, Jonathan and Davis, Elizabeth E. 2025. Payment rates and the stability of subsidized child care: Evidence from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 70, 1^st quarter 2025, pp. 222-233.

Keene, T., Loveridge, S., Mann, J., & Mack, E. (2024). “Prospects for Innovative Rural Firms in an Era of Broadband Expansion.” Choices Magazine. https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/prospects-for-innovative-rural-firms-in-an-era-of-broadband-expansion

Keene, T., Mann, J., Mack, E., & Loveridge, S. (2024). “Broadband Access and Knowledge Spillover Influence on SBIR Phase II Awards in Nonmetropolitan Regions.” The Annals of Regional Science, 72(3), 903-925. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-023-01228-z

Davis, W. and Ayoung Kim, (2025) "Identifying Factors Associated with Self-Reported Adult Telehealth Utilization: Evidence from Mississippi." Telemedicine and e-Health. 10.1089/tmj.2025.0015

Tiwari, M., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner, Ayoung Kim, and T.E. McConnell (2025) “Dividing Heir Property on Forestland: Physically in Kind or Financially by Sale?” Forest Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44391-025-00017-9.

Tiwari, M., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner, Ayoung Kim, and E. McConnell (2025) “Partition Actions on Forestland Owned as Heir Property and the Determinants of Court Decisions.” Forest Policy and Economics, 170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103392.

Davis, J. Jones, E. Canales, Ayoung Kim, and D. Buys (2025) “Online Grocery Purchasing in Mississippi: Associations with Broadband, Rurality, and Household Characteristics.” Frontiers in Nutrition-Food Policy and Economics, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1472622.

Kim, Ayoung and B. Waldorf (2024). “Unpacking the Gender Wage Gap in the US: The Impact of Rurality, Age, and Occupation.” Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association, 3(4): 706-723, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.143.

Giscombe, S., E. Canales, G.W. Davis, Ayoung Kim, and D.R. Buys (2024). “Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and the Role of the Food Environment.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 55(2): 23-45. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.fdrsinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/JFDR55.2_2_Giscombe.pdf

Kim, E. and Ayoung Kim, and K. Nam (2024) “Impacts of Demand and Supply-side Interventions on South Korea’s Housing Markets: a Dynamic Housing-CGE Analysis.” Annals of Regional Science, 73: 397-429, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01274-1.

Bartosiak, Abbey (former PHD student), Jung Eun Lee, and Cäzilia Loibl (corresponding author). Fear of Missing out, Social Media Influencers, and the Social, Psychological and Financial Wellbeing of Young Consumers. PLoS One (accepted 1/27/2025).

Nam, Youngwon (former PHD student), Eric Olsen (former PHD student), Cäzilia Loibl, and Robert Scharff. Life insurance, mortality risk, and the role of financial knowledge. Financial Planning Review (Accepted 1/29/2025).

Drost, Madeleine (former PHD student), Cäzilia Loibl, Anastasia Snyder, and Michael Betz. (2025) The association of financial resources and loneliness among older adults during a state of emergency. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314042

Bartosiak, Abbey (former PHD student), Julie Hillery, and Cäzilia Loibl. (2024) Work attire and work productivity of employees while teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fashion Theory, Vol. 28, Issue 3, p. 359-391, https://doi.org/10.1080/1362704X.2024.2342611

Danahy, Rachel (former MS student), Cäzilia Loibl (corresponding author, Catherine Montalto, and Dean Lillard. (2024) Financial Stress among College Students: New data about student loan debt, lack of emergency savings, social and personal resources. Journal of Consumer Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12581

 Chen, Catherine (former PHD student), Cäzilia Loibl, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Stephanie Moulton, and Hongtao Yi. (2024) Self-Affirmed for saving energy in the United States: Cognition, intention, and behavior. Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 118, Issue: December, p. 102764, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103764

 Rhodes, Alec (former PHD student), Moulton, Stephanie, Cäzilia Loibl, Donald Haurin, Joshua Joseph. (2024) Mortgage Borrowing and Chronic disease outcomes in Older Age: Evidence from Biomarker Data in the Health and Retirement Study, Journals of Gerontology Psychological Sciences, Social Sciences, Vol. 79, Issue 7, p. gbae066, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae066

Alvarez Padilla (PHD student), Yesenia, Cäzilia Loibl, and Barbara Boone. (2024) Money Talks: Testing a series of financial literacy modules to encourage financial conversations in middle school families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09953-z

Drost, Madeleine (former PHD student), Anastasia Snyder, Michael Betz, and Cäzilia Loibl. 2024. Financial strain and loneliness in older adults. Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 9, p. 845-848, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2022.2152421

Van Sandt, A., Thilmany, D., & Gwin, L. (2024). “A comment on USDA Food Business Centers: Collaborations to nurture innovation in the food system.” Food Policy, 128(10272). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102727

Extension Articles

Watson, P., G. Alward and D. Thilmany. 2025. Regionalizing the Food Dollar: Exploring Distributions across Sectors and Places.  CSU REDI Report. February. Available at: https://csuredi.org/redi_reports/regionalizing-the-food-dollar-exploring-distributions-across-sectors-and-places/

Bautista, J.C., A.E. Hill, A.A.Pena, D. Thilmany. 2024. Wage Disparities Among Mexican Indigenous Farmworkers in the U.S. Agricultural Sector.  June. Available at: https://csuredi.org/redi_reports/wage-disparities-among-mexican-indigenous-farmworkers-in-the-u-s-agricultural-sector/

Cruikshank, J. and Whitacre, B. 2024. How Much (Legal) Weed Does My Town Sell?  Medical Marijuana Dispensary Gap Analysis Across 77 Oklahoma Cities. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet AGEC-921. https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/does-my-small-town-sell-a-lot-of-legal-weed-medical-marijuana-dispensary-gap-analysis-across-77-oklahoma-cities-agec-921.html 

Entsminger, J. S., & Schmidt, C. (2024). “Direct-to-Consumer Sales on US Farms: Data from the 2022 Census of Agriculture” (NERCRD Data Brief 2024-2). Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. https://nercrd.psu.edu/pubs/direct-to-consumer-agrifoold-sales-data-2022-census-of-agriculture/ 

Entsminger, J., & Schmidt, C. (2024). “Setting the Course for a Sustainable Agritourism Future: Recommendations for Extension and Support Organizations via a National Survey”. In Chase, L., Chin, N Arbogast, D., Stewart, G., Savage, A., & Fraser, M. (Eds.), National Extension Tourism Network: 2023 Conference Proceedings (2nd ed.). https://extensiontourism.net/net-2023-conference-proceedings-now-available/ 

Bigelow, D. 2024. " Stable statewide cash rents for Oregon agricultural land mask large changes across counties in 2024." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D. 2024. "Latest USDA estimates point to continued strong growth in Oregon’s farmland values." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D., M. Fery, and A. Comerford. 2024. "Oregon Agriculture by the Numbers -- Part 5: Agritourism." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D. and N. Stacey. 2024. "Oregon Agriculture by the Numbers -- Part 4: Producer characteristics." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D. 2024. "Oregon Agriculture by the Numbers -- Part 3: Farm real estate value." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D. 2024. "Oregon Agriculture by the Numbers -- Part 2: Distribution of Farms by Acreage and Sales." OSU Extension article.

Bigelow, D. 2024. "Oregon Agriculture by the Numbers -- Part 1: Total Farms, Farmland Acres, and Sales." OSU Extension article.

Hadacheck, Jeffery and Deller, Steven C. 2024. “Wisconsin Farming: Insights from the 2022 Census of Agriculture.” WIndicators. 7(1). EDA University Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://economicdevelopment.extension.wisc.edu/articles/windicators-volume-7-issue-1-wisconsin-farming-insights-from-the-2022-census-of-agriculture/

Deller, Steven C. and Hadacheck, Jeffery. (2024).  “Contribution of Agriculture to the Wisconsin Economy: Update for 2022. Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics and the EDA University Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://aae.wisc.edu/contributions-of-agriculture/

Li, Xiaoyin, Heather M. Stephens, and Stephan J. Goetz. (2024) “Minority-Owned Businesses: Insights from States in the Northeastern Region,” Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development Data Brief.  https://nercrd.psu.edu/pubs/minority-owned-businesses-insights-from-states-in-the-northeastern-region/.

Hambaryan, Meri, Glory Orivri, Nathan Palardy, John Lai, and Bachir Kassas. (2025). “Who’s Buying this Round? Insights from Florida to Help Breweries Reach Consumers.” Southern Ag Today 5(10.5).. https://southernagtoday.org/2025/03/07/whos-buying-this-round-insights-from-florida-to-help-breweries-reach-consumers/

Hambaryan, Meri, Glory Orivri, Nathan Palardy, John Lai, and Bachir Kassas. (2025). “Tapping into Florida's Craft Beer Market: A Brewer's Guide to Consumer Purchasing and Consumption Habits in the Sunshine State.” EDIS Publication. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-FE1160-2024 

Regmi, S., Ayoung Kim, and D. Mills (2024).”Exploring Broadband Adoption in Mississippi.” Mississippi State University Extension Service #P4036 (POD-9-24) https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P4036_web.pdf

Kim, Ayoung and D. Mills (2024). “Demographic Dynamics in Mississippi: Transition to an Aging Society.” Mississippi State University Extension Service #P4000 (POD-05-24) https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P4000_web.pdf  

Van Sandt, A. (2025). Growing Resilience and Independence Through Wyoming’s Local Food System. University of Wyoming Extension. Bulletin publication number B-1402. February 10, 2025.