Why subscribe?
Weekly(ish) analysis of the big issues in agriculture through the lens of data.
How often do you post?
Expect a new article every Wednesday (CA time). At least, Wednesday is my goal. Sometimes, other work gets in the way and I'm a day or two late. Or a week or two late.
What is Ag Data News?
I started Ag Data News in May 2020 and moved to Substack in March 2022. I reposted the entire archive here on Substack.
My website also contains resources to make agricultural data easily accessible to researchers and the public. We have multiple Ag Data apps that you can easily access with a browser. All data are downloadable with one click. All graphs and maps in the apps are downloadable as images.
Current data apps:
(i) Download US Weather Data, (ii) Low Carbon Fuel Standards, (iii) Cropland Data Layer, (iv) California Crops, (v) US Crop Insurance, (vi) California Wine Grapes, (vii) US Crops, (viii) Download Ag Data Using R, (ix) Ag Data: Where Do I Find It?, (x) Futures Convergence, (xi) World Trends for US Crops, (xii) US Export Sales Reports, (xiii) US County Weather
About the author
Aaron Smith is the Gordon Rausser Distinguished Chair and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined Cal in Fall 2024 after 23 years as a professor at the University of California, Davis. Originally from New Zealand, he earned his PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. His research addresses economic and policy challenges related to agriculture, energy, and the environment. He has over 50 publications in refereed journals, including outlets such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Econometrics, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His research has won the Quality of Communication, Quality of Research Discovery, and Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article Awards from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and the Quality of Research Discovery Award from the European Association of Agricultural Economists. He is the cluster lead for socioeconomics and ethics in the AI Institute for the Food System (AIFS).
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Email: AaronSmith at berkeley.edu
LinkedIn: @AaronSmithAgEcon
Twitter: @ASmithUCB
