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Gregory M Astill

@GregoryAstill

Research economist focused on specialty crops. Opinions here are my own, and not those of my employer.

Joined January 2020
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JAAE@JAAE_Journal22 Feb 2022
Read the new 2021 JAAE Outstanding article The Short- and Long-Term Costs of a Severe #Drought on Retail Peanut Butter #Prices and #Consumers cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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At $64.7 billion, specialty crops comprised one-third of U.S. crop receipts and one-sixth of receipts for all U.S. agricultural products in 2017. USDA funded $287.7 million towards 213 specialty crop automation or mechanization projects from 2008 – 2018. ers.usda.gov/publications/pu…
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Our new paper on the seasonality of #ecoli outbreaks in US #romaine highlights how #USDA data can inform #publichealth investigations. Very pleased with #R #ggplot2 figs too! ajph.aphapublications.org/do…

Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 and Romaine Lettuce: Source Labeling,...

From May to November most romaine lettuce shipments in the United States come from California’s Central Coast region, whereas from December to April most come from the Yuma, Arizona, region. During...

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