Diane Charlton is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. She received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis. She has done research on agricultural labor markets in Mexico and the United States along with researching the determinants of migration. She never tires of talking about agriculture with her sister and brother-in-law from their almond orchard in the Central Valley of California, and she is looking forward to learning more about and researching agricultural production in Montana and the northern Great Plains.
Wal-Mart’s presence in rural and urban communities is rising.[1] In Montana, there are currently 16 total retail units, including 14…
Evidence suggests that improving labor conditions on Mexican export farms might make it more difficult for U.S. farms to find…
In a 2018 USDA ERS report, my coauthors and I identified 4 indications that the U.S. farm labor supply is…
The United States and China are making progress towards a partial trade agreement for the short term. Analysts suggest that China…
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides important opportunities for U.S. agricultural producers. Canada and Mexico are the first and third…