This study examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa, using a Ricardian cross-sectional approach. Relying on farm data from an 11-country survey of over 9500 farmers, annual net revenue is regressed on climate and other variables. The study confirms that current climate affects...

Latest AgLetter reports farmland values for 2013 increased 5 percent from the previous year in the Seventh Federal Reserve District.

The forest and agriculture sectors are linked by having a portion of their land bases suitable for use in either sector. A substantial part of the southern land base is suitable for either forestry or agriculture use, with most of forestation on U.S. agriculture land in the South. We examine how...

Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC, March 11, 2009