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Jeremy Foltz

Associate Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Associate Director, Program on Agricultural Technology Studies
E-Mail Address:
Telephone: (608) 262-6871
Fax: (608) 262-4376
Office Address: 412 Taylor Hall
427 Lorch St.
Madison, WI  53706
Interests: Production economics; technological change; biotechnology; economic development; Africa and the Middle East.
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Microeconomics of technology adoption, farm structure, agricultural biotecchnology, intellectual property rights, land use, and economic development.

My extension program focuses on making PATS useful to the UW-Extension system, especially in the Agriculture and Natural Resource program, as well as with other groups concerned with the structure, conduct, and performance of agriculture in Wisconsin.

Education

Ph.D., 1998 Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., 1994 Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., 1986 Economics and Political Science, Yale University

Recent Publications

  • Barham, Bradford, J. Foltz, D. Jackson-Smith and S. Moon. January 2004. "The Dynamics of Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons from rBST use in Wisconsin, 1994-2001" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(1):61-72
  • Dhar, Tirtha and Foltz, Jeremy D. . February, 2005. "Milk by Any Other Name…Consumer Benefits from Labeled Milk" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(1):214-228
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. and Kimberly Zeuli. . December 2005. "The Role of Community and Farm Characteristics in Farm Input Purchasing Patterns" Review of Agricultural Economics 27(4):508-525
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. and Gillis Lang. December 2005. "The Adoption and Impact of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) on Connecticut Dairy Farms" Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 20(4):261-266
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. . August, 2004. "Entry, Exit, and Farm Size: Assessing an Experiment in Dairy Price Policy" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(3):594-604
  • Zaitchik, Benjamin , Belay Simane, Shahid Habib, Martha Anderson, Mutlu Ozdogan, Jeremy Foltz. 2012. "Building climate resilience in the Blue Nile / Abay Highlands: A role for Earth System Sciences" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 9:435-461
  • Foltz, Jeremy and Ousman Gajigo. 2012. "Assessing the Returns to Education in the Gambia" Journal of African Economies
  • Foltz, J.D., B. Barham, and P. Useche. 2012. "Bundling Technology and Insurance: Packages versus Technology Traits" American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Useche, P., B. Barham, and J. Foltz. 2012. "Trait-based Adoption Models Using Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Approaches" American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Foltz, Jeremy D., B. Barham, J.P. Chavas, and K. Kim. 2011. "Efficiency and Technological Change at US Research Universities" Journal of Productivity Analysis
  • Chavas, J.P., B. Barham, J. Foltz, and K. Kim.. 2010. "Analysis and Decomposition of Scope Economies: R&D at U.S. Research Universities" Applied Economics
  • Bromley, D. W., J. D. Foltz.. 2010. "Sustainability Under Siege: Transport Costs and Corruption on West Africa’s Trade Corridors" Natural Resources Forum
  • Aldana, Ursula; Jeremy Foltz, Bradford Barham, and Pilar Useche. . 2010. "Sequential Adoption of Package Technologies: Dynamics of Stacked Trait Corn Adoption." American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Foltz, J., V. Gee and B. Barham. 2010. "Plant Scientists and the Productivity Effects of Extension Appointments" Journal of Extension
  • Foltz, J Barham, B.. 2009. "The Productivity Effects of Extension Appointments in Land Grant Colleges" Applied Economics Perspectives & Policy. 31(4):712-733
  • Useche, Pilar, Bradford Barham, and Jeremy Foltz. 2009. "Integrating Technology Traits and Producer Heterogeneity: A Mixed Multinomial Model of Genetically Modified Corn Adoption" American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Foltz, Jeremy, Bradford L. Barham. 2009. "The Productivity Effects of Extension Appointments in Land Grant Colleges" Review of Agricultural Economics 31(4):712-733
  • Wolf, Marianne McGarry, Leslie J. Butler, Adam J. Martin, Jeremy D. Foltz. 2008. "Factors Impacting the Purchase Decision for Milk Labelled rBST-free and Organic" Journal of Food Distribution Research 39(1)
  • Jeremy Foltz, Bradford L. Barham and Kwansoo Kim. 2008. "Synergies or Tradeoffs in University Life Science Research" American Journal of Agricultural Economics May
  • Dhar, Tirtha and Jeremy Foltz. "The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in the Plant/Seed Industry." in Jay Kesan, ed. Seeds of Change. Oxon, England: CABI Press, 2007,
  • Huffman, W., G. Norton, G. Traxler, G. Frisvold, and Jeremy Foltz. 2006. "Winners and Losers: Formula versus competitive funding of agricultural research" Choices 21(4)
  • Barham, Bradford, J. Foltz, D. Jackson-Smith and S. Moon. 2004. "A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Adoption Across Major U.S. Dairy Regions" Review of Agricultural Economics 26(1):32-44
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. . 2004. "Credit Market Access and Profitability in Tunisian Agriculture" Agricultural Economics 30:229-240
  • Foltz, Jeremy D.. 2003. "The Economics of Water Conserving Technology Adoption in Tunisia: An Empirical Estimation of Fare Technology Choice" Economic Development and Cultural Change (January)
  • Foltz, Jeremy D., K. Kim and B. Barham. 2003. "A Dynamic Analysis of University Agricultural Biotechnology Patent Production" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(1):189-197
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. . "Micro-Economic Perspectives on Tunisia's Agro-Export Strategy." in Hans Lofgren, ed. Food, Agriculture, and Economic Policy in the Middle East and North Africa. . Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2003, pp.209-230.
  • Barham, Bradford and Jeremy Foltz. 2002. "rBST Adoption in the United States: That was the Juggernaut…that wasn’t" Choices (Summer)
  • Barham, Bradford, Jeremy Foltz and Kwansoo Kim. 2002. "Trends in University Ag-Biotech Patenting" Review of Agricultural Economics (Fall)
  • Foltz, Jeremy D. and Hsui-Hui Chang. 2002. "The Adoption and Profitability of rBST on Connecticut Dairy Farms" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(4)
  • Foltz, Jeremy D., Douglas Jackson-Smith and Lucy Chen . 2002. "Do Purchasing Patterns Differ Between Large and Small Dairy Farms? Econometric Evidence From Three Wisconsin Communities" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 31(1):28-38
  • Kim, Kwansoo, Bradford L. Barham, Jean-Paul Chavas and Jeremy Foltz. "Research and Development at U.S. Research Universities: An Analysis of Scope Economies." Dept. of Ag & App Econ. AAE Staff Paper Series University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Useche, Pilar, Bradford L. Barham, and Jeremy D. Foltz. "Integrating Technology Traits and Producer Heterogeneity: A Mixed-Multinomial Model of Genetically Modified Corn Adoption." American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Foltz, Jeremy D., Bradford Barham and Kwansoo Kim. "Synergies or Tradeoffs in University Life Science Research." American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Foltz, Jeremy and Mark Cooper . "The Causes of Gender Differences in Academic Patenting in the Life Sciences."
  • Foltz, Jeremy D., Ousman Gajigo. "Assessing the Returns to Education in the Gambia." Economic Development and Cultural Change.
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