Staff Biographical Page: William McBride

Briefly

William McBride is the leader of the commodity cost and return estimation project, responsible for the annual production and publication of estimates for 15 major field crop and livestock commodities. He also has responsibilities for questionnaire and data development as part of the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), and in a broad program of research emphasizing the farm adoption and impacts of new technologies and management practices.

Education

Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tennessee; B.S. in Farm and Business Management from Purdue University

Professional Affiliations

Member of the American and Southern Agricultural Economics Associations

Publications

ERS publications by this author

Selected Journal Articles

McBride, W.D., S. Short, and H. El-Osta. "The Adoption and Impact of Bovine Somatotropin on U.S. Dairy Farms." Review of Agricultural Economics. (2004).

Key, N. and W.D. McBride. “Production Contracts and Productivity in the U.S. Hog Sector.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 85, No. 1(February 2003):121-133.

Daberkow, S.G. and W.D. McBride. “Farm and Operator Characteristics Affecting the Awareness and Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies in the U.S.” Precision Agriculture. Vol. 4(2003):163-177.

McBride, W.D. and S.G. Daberkow. “Information and the Adoption of Precision Farming Technologies.” Journal of Agribusiness. Vol. 21, No. 1(Spring 2003):21-38.

McBride, W.D. and H. El-Osta. “Impacts of the Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Financial Performance.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Vol. 34, No. 1(April 2002):175-191.

Fernandez-Cornejo, J., S. Daberkow, and W.D. McBride. “Decomposing the Size Effect on the Adoption of Innovations: Agrobiotechnology and Precision Agriculture.” AgBioForum. Vol. 4, No. 2(November 2001):124-136.

McBride, W.D. and N. Brooks. “Survey Evidence on Producer Use and Costs of Genetically Modified Seed.” Agribusiness. Vo1. 16, No. 1(2000):6-20.

S.G. Daberkow and W.D. McBride.“Socio-economic Profiles of Early Adopters of Precision Agricultural Technologies.” Journal of Agribusiness. Vol. 16, No. 2(Fall 1998): 151-168.

Selected USDA Publications

McBride, W.D. “Production Costs Critical to Farming Decisions.” Amber Waves. Vol. 1, No. 4(September 2003):38-45.

McBride, W.D. and N. Key. Economic and Structural Relationships in U.S. Hog Production. AER 818. February 2003.

Fernandez-Cornejo , J. and W.D. McBride. The Adoption of Bioengineered Crops. AER 810. May 2002.

Fernandez-Cornejo, J. and W.D. McBride. “Genetically Engineered Crops: U.S. Adoption and Impacts.” Agriculture Outlook. September 2002.

Fernandez-Cornejo, J. and W.D. McBride. Genetically Engineered Crops for Pest Management in U.S. Agriculture. AER 786. April 2000.

Heimlich, R.E., J. Fernandez-Cornejo, W. McBride, C. Klotz-Ingram, S. Jans, and N. Brooks. “Genetically Engineered Crops: Has Adoption Reduced Pesticide Use?” Agricultural Outlook. August 2000.

McBride, W.D. Change in U.S. Livestock Production, 1969-92. AER 754. July 1997.