Foreign animal disease can cause serious damage to the United States (US) agriculturalsector and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), in particular, poses a serious threat. FMDcauses death and reduced fecundity in infected animals, as well as significant economicconsequences. FMD damages can likely be...

Climate change and its mitigation is rapidly becoming an item of social concern.Climate change mitigation involves reduction of atmospheric greenhouse gasconcentrations through emissions reduction and or sequestration enhancement(collectively called offsets). Many have asked how agriculture and...

Foreign animal disease outbreaks can cause substantial economic losses. Policy makers need information on both the vulnerability of the food supply to disease epidemics and the impacts of alternative protection actions. This research focused on the assessment of the U.S. agricultural sector and...