We use a variety of well-tested and novel approaches to understanding how to balance economic, social and environmental objectives.  From cost-benefit analysis to machine learning, CEOS members use and advance methods to model complex social-environmental systems, estimate impact of interventions and design optimal policy solutions to enable us to build a more sustainable society.

Research Output

Title Publication Authors Year Published Category Method Status
Economics of the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence–Based Digital Technologies in Agriculture Annual Review of Resource Economics Madhu Khanna, Shady S Atallah, Thomas Heckelei, Linghui Wu, Hugo Storm 2024 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Heterogeneous and long-term effects of a changing climate on bird biodiversity Global Environmental Change Advances Luoye Chen, Madhu Khanna 2024 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Elias H. Bloom, Shady S. Atallah, and Clare L. Casteel 2024 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Assessing gendered impacts of post-harvest technologies in Northern Ghana: gender equity and food security Gender, Technology and Development Anna Snider, Paul Kwami Adraki, Victor Lolig, Paul E McNamara 2024 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Responsiveness of miscanthus and switchgrass yields to stand age and nitrogen fertilization: A meta-regression analysis GCB-Energy Bijay P. Sharma, B.P., Zhang, N., Lee, D., Heaton, E., Delucia, E.H., Sacks, E.J., Kantola, I.B., Boersma, N.N., Long, S.P., Voigt, T.B., & Khanna, M. 2022 FA, EE (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Digital trust substitution technologies to support smallholder livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa Global Food Security Lee, N.M., Varshney, L.R., Michelson, H.C., Goldsmith, P., & Davis, A. 2022 FA, SC (OM) Other
Digital transformation of the agricultural sector: pathways, drivers and policy implications Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Khanna, M. 2021 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chains Nature Food Meemken, E.M., Barrett, C.B., Michelson, H.C., Qaim, M., Reardon, T., Sellare, J. 2021 FA, SC (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Machine learning for food security: Principles for transparency and usability Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy Zhou, Y., Lentz, E., Michelson, H., Kim, C., & Baylis, K. 2021 FA (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Economics of household food waste Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics Lusk, JL, & Ellison, B. 2021 FA (OM) Other
Challenges and opportunities in precision irrigation decision-support systems for center pivots Environmental Research Letters Zhang, J., Guan, K., Peng, B., Jiang, C., Zhou, W., Yang, Yi., Pan, M., Franz, T.E., Heeren, D.M., Rudnick, D.R., Abimbola, O., Kimm, H., Caylor, K, Good, S.P., Khanna, M., Gates, J., & Cai, Y 2021 FA (OM) Other
Economic studies reinforce efforts to safeguard specialty crops in the United States American Phytopathological Society Publications Fuchs, M., Almeyda, C. V., Al Rwahnih, M., Atallah, S., Cieniwicz, E., Farrar, K., Foote, W., Golino, D. A., Gómez, M., Harper, S., Kelly, M., Martin, R., Martinson, T., Osman, F., Park, K., Scharlau, V., Smith, R., Tzanetakis, I. E., Vidalakis, G., & Welliver, R. 2020 FA (OM) Other
Economic studies reinforce efforts to safeguard specialty crops in the United States APS Publications Fuchs, M., Almeyda, C. V., Al Rwahnih, M., Atallah, S. S., Cieniewicz, E. J., Farrar, K., Foote,, W. R., Golino, D. A., Gómez, M. I., Harper, S. J., Kelly, M. K., Martin, R. R., Martinson, T., Osman, F. M., Park, K., Scharlau, V., Smith, R., Tzanetakis, I. E., Vidalakis, G., & Welliver, R. 2020 FA (OM) Other
Modeling the economic and environmental effects of corn nitrogen management strategies in Illinois Field Crops Research Mandrini, G., Bullock, D. S., & Martin, N. F. 2020 FA (OM) Other
Spatial variability of crop responses to agronomic inputs in on-farm precision experimentation Precision Agriculture Trevisan, R. G., Bullock, D. S., & Martin, N. F. 2020 FA (OM) Other
Economic drivers of food loss at the farm and pre-retail sectors: A look at the produce supply chain in the United States Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Minor, T., Astill, G., Raszap Skorbiansky, S., Thornsbury, S., Buzby, J.C., Hitaj, C., Kantor, L., Kuchler, F., Ellison, B., Mishra, A.K., Roe, B., & Richards, T.J.
2020 FA (OM) Other
Food loss and waste in the United States during COVID-19 Farmdoc Daily Ellison, B., & Kalaitzandonakes, M. 2020 FA (OM) Other
The value of conducting on-farm field trials using precision agriculture technology: A theory and simulations Precision Agriculture Bullock, D. S., Mieno, T., & Hwang, J. 2020 FA (SM) System Modeling, (OM) Other
The data-intensive farm management project: Changing agronomic research through on-farm experimentation Agronomy Journal Bullock, D. S., Boerngen, M., Tao, H., Maxwell, B., Luck, J. D., Shiratsuchi, L., Puntel, L. & Martin, N. F. 2019 FA (OM) Other
Perdas na colheita de soja na região oeste do Paraná Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade Esser Romani, G., Arends-Kuenning, M., Assis Shikida, P.F, & de Oliveira Garcias, M. 2019 FA, LW (OM) Other
Improving yield mapping accuracy using remote sensing Preprints Trevisan, R. G., Shiratsuchi, L. S., Bullock, D. S. & Martin, N. F.
2019 FA (OM) Other
Establishing the precision and robustness of farmers’ crop experiments Field Crops Research Marchant, B., Rudolph, S., Roques, S., Kindred, D., Gillingham, V., Welham, S., Coleman, C. & Sylvester-Bradley, R. 2019 FA (OM) Other
A discussion of market and policy failures associated with herbicide-tolerant crops International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability Desquilbet, M., Bullock, D.S. & D'Arcangelo, F.M. 2019 FA (OM) Other
Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 Years of quantitative literature Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Prokopy, LS, K Floress, JG Arbuckle, SP Church, F Eanes, Y Gao*, BM Gramig, P Ranjan, AS Singh 2019 FA, LW (OM) Other
The origins, consequences, and implications of Stanford's 1.2 Rule for nitrogen fertilizer application Agronomy Journal Rodriguez, D.G.P., & Bullock, D. S. 2019 FA (SM) System Modeling, (OM) Other
Smallholder food storage dynamics and resilience Food Security Waldman, K. B., Giroux, S., Blekking, J. P., Baylis, K., & Evans, T. P. 
2019 FA, O (IE) Impact Evaluation, (OM) Other
Harnessing advances in agricultural technologies to optimize resource utilization in the food-energy-water nexus Annual Review of Resource Economics Miao, R. and M. Khanna 2019 FA, EE (OM) Other
A data-driven approach improves food insecurity crisis prediction World Development Lentz, E. C., Michelson, H., Baylis, K., & Zhou, Y.  2019 FA (OM) Other
Every plate counts: Evaluation of a food waste reduction campaign in a university dining hall Resources, Conservation and Recycling Ellison, B., Savchenko, O., Nikolaus, C.J., & Duff, B.R.L. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
Opportunities and challenges in conducting economic research on food loss and waste Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Ellison, B., Muth, M.K., & Golan, E. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
Agro-climatic data by county: A spatially and temporally consistent U.S. dataset for agricultural yields, weather and soils Data Yun, S.D., & Gramig, B.M. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
Using digital agriculture technologies to improve nitrogen management and wheat yield Cereal Foods World Tao, H., & Bullock, D. S.
2019 FA (OM) Other
Toward a regional phosphorus (re)cycle in the U.S. Midwest Journal of Environmental Quality Margenot, A. J., Kitt, D., Gramig, B. M., Berkshire, T. B., Chatterjee, N., Hertzberger, A. J., ... & Cusick, R. D.  2019 FA (OM) Other
A risk analysis of precision agriculture technology to manage tomato late blight Sustainability Liu, Y., Langemeier, M. R., Small, I. M., Joseph, L., Fry, W. E., Ristaino, J. B., ... & Preckel, P. V. 2018 FA (OM) Other
Agricultural nitrogen losses in a changing climate: Processes, predictions, and agroecological solutions Nature Sustainability Bowles, T. M., Atallah, S. S., Campbell, E. E., Gaudin, A. C. M., Wieder, W. R., Grandy, A. S.
2018 FA (OM) Other
A bioeconomic model of Canadian honeybee colonies and the effect of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in queen breeding affects colony profits Economic Entomology Bixby, M., Baylis, K., Hoover, S., Currie, R. W., & Melathopoulos, A. P.
2018 FA (OM) Other
Examining household food waste decisions: A vignette approach Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Ellison, B., & Lusk, J.L. 2018 FA, O (OM) Other
Sustaining our natural resources in the face of increasing societal demands on agriculture: Directions for future research Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Khanna, M., Switon, S.M., & Messer, K.S.
2018 FA (OM) Other
Harnessing emerging technologies to address the Hypoxia challenge Nature Sustainability Khanna, M., Gramig, B. , Cai, X., DeLucia, E., & Kumar, P.
2018 FA (OM) Other
Climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and adaptation behavior among Midwestern U.S. crop farmers Climate Risk Management Mase, A. S., Gramig, B. M., & Prokopy, L. S.
2017 FA (OM) Other
Nitrogen application decision-making under climate risk in the U.S. corn belt Climate Risk Management Gramig, B. M., Massey, R., & Do Yun, S. 
2017 FA, O (OM) Other
Which livestock production methods matter most to consumers and why? Agriculture and Human Values Ellison, B., Brooks, K., & Mieno, T.
2017 FA, O (VA) Valuation, (OM) Other
Variable soils, variable fertilizer quality, and variable prospects Tropical Conservation Science Michelson, H. 2017 FA, O (OM) Other
Nexus between food, energy and ecosystem services in the Mississippi River basin: Policy implications and challenges Choices Khanna, M.
2017 FA, EE (OM) Other
A national survey of managed honey bee 2014 - 2015 annual colony losses in the USA Journal of Apicultural Research Seitz, N., Traynor, K.S., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Wilson, M.E., Ellis, J.D., Rose, R., Tarpy, D.R., Sagili, R.R., Caron, D.M., Delaplane, K.S., Rangel, J., Lee, K., Baylis, K., Wilkes, J.T., & vanEngelsdorp, D.
2016 FA (OM) Other
Reducing the economic impact of grapevine leafroll disease in California: identifying optimal disease management strategies American Journal of Enology and Viticulture Ricketts, K. D., Gomez, M. I., Atallah, S. S., Fuchs, M. F., Martinson, T. E., Battany, M. C., Bettiga, L. J., Cooper, M. L., Verdegaal, P. S., & Smith, R. J.
2015 FA (OM) Other
Agro-Climatic Data by County (ACDC), 1981-2015 Purdue University Research Repository Yun, S.D., & Gramig, B.M. 2015 FA, LW (OM) Other
A national survey of managed honey bee 2013-2014 annual colony losses in the USA: Results from the bee informed partnership Apidologie Lee, K., Steinhauer, N. Rennich, K., Wilson, M.E., Tarpy, D.R., Caron, D.M., Rose, R., Delaplane, K.S. , Baylis, K., Nguyen, B.K., Soroker, V., LeConte, Y., & Saegerman, C.
2015 FA (OM) Other
The intensity of adoption of the conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe Agrekon Pedzisa, T., Rugube, L., Winter-Nelson, A., Baylis, K., & Mazvimavi, K. 2015 FA (OM) Other