Publications
My publications focus on agricultural water management, groundwater sustainability, irrigation economics, land-use change, bioenergy crop systems, and spatial economic modeling.
Journal articles and peer-reviewed research contributions.
Agricultural Water Management. (Forthcoming)
Evaluates how bioenergy crops and dryland transitions may support groundwater conservation and long-term agricultural adaptation in the U.S. High Plains Aquifer region.
AAEA Conference Proceeding.
Pilot study to evaluate the most economically viable non-irrigated agricultural systems in the U.S. High Plains Aquifer region.
AAEA Choices 36(3).
Economic Impacts of Issues in Fruit Farming in California.
AAEA Conference Proceeding.
Effects of Chinese retaliatory tariffs on California's tree nuts industry
AAEA Conference Proceeding.
Study on groundwater cooperative irrigation districts in Oklahoma High Plains
AAEA Conference Proceeding.
Comparing the discounted net returns from corn or sorghum, aquifer life, and groundwater use from center pivot and subsurface drip irrigation systems.
USGS Technical Report.
Report of research and extension efforts funded by the USGS 104b funding provided to support efforts in subsurface drip irrigation of corn, sorghum, and wheat.
USGS Technical Report.
Determine comparative advantages of irrigated corn relative to sorghum and the comparative advantages of center pivot irrigations systems relative to subsurface drip irrigation to aid producers to gain the maximum value from their remaining groundwater reserves.
Current manuscripts submitted to journals or undergoing revision.
Manuscript under review.
This study evaluates the economic viability of replacing center pivot with drip system in the southern U.S. High Plains.
Manuscript under review.
Hydrogeologic leakage constrains the effectiveness of decentralized groundwater conservation, but collective management can recover most of the conserved water depending on aquifer properties and coordination scale.
Research papers, tools, and modeling frameworks in development.
Working paper / decision-support tool.
A decision-support framework for evaluating irrigation system upgrades using county-level climate, crop yield, soil, slope, energy, and investment data.
Working paper
Developing a field-level dataset of modeled irrigation-system use and irrigation efficiency for irrigated agricultural fields in the CONUS.
Working paper
Developing a field-scale geospatial modeling framework to characterize irrigation behavior and evaluate irrigation system transitions across CONUS.
Selected presentations, posters, and research talks.
Greak Lakes Bioenergy Resource Center (GLBRC) Annual Science Meeting, Lake Geneva, WI, USA
Groundwater-constrained agriculture requires place-based decisions. Our model identifies economically favorable crop transitions, and our tool translates them into practical crop and bioenergy planning recommendations.
Greak Lakes Bioenergy Resource Center (GLBRC) Sustainability Meeting, Kellogg Biological Station, MI, USA
Map timing of potential transitions and opportunities, and costs for bioenergy adoption.
Greak Lakes Bioenergy Resource Center (GLBRC) Annual Science Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Estimating the maximum longterm benefits of producing alternative bioenergy feedstocks in the currently irrigated areas in the region considering groundwater limitations and market conditions and evaluate change in land and water use.
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA
Efficient irrigation systems offer a solution, but where and when should upgrades occur?
I welcome inquiries related to agricultural water management, groundwater sustainability, irrigation economics, land-use transitions, and decision-support modeling.