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  1. Interplay between voluntary private carbon initiatives and USDA programs

    Article • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  2. The business case for carbon farming in the USA

    Article • Carbon Balance and Management, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  3. Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable?

    Article • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, January 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  4. Theoretical Production Restrictions and Agricultural Technology in the United States

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  5. Where can switchgrass production be more profitable than corn and soybean? An integrated subfield assessment in Iowa, USA

    Article • GCB Bioenergy, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  6. Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns

    Article • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, April 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  7. A Parametric Estimation of Total Factor Productivity and Its Components in U.S. Agriculture

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  8. Benefits of Public R & D in US Agriculture: Spill-Ins, Extension, and Roads

    Article • Theoretical Economics Letters, January 2017, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  9. Managing low to negative crop margins

    Article • January 2015, Iowa State University

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  10. New Farm Bill, new safety net

    Article • December 2014, Iowa State University

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  11. Rates of return to public agricultural research in 48 US states

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  12. Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling in the U.S. Specialty Crops Sector: An Application to Fresh Market Apples

    Article • Southern Economic Journal, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Plastina

  13. Does Fair Trade Deliver on Its Core Value Proposition? Effects on Income, Educational Attainment, and Health in Three Countries

    Article • Journal of Marketing & Public Policy, November 2009, American Marketing Association (AMA)

    Dr Alejandro Plastina