The author thanks the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for funding the workshop leading to this Thematic Special Issue of Choices. The author also thanks the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), and USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information (NASS) for their financial support.

The desire of incumbent governments to establish irreversible outcomes given political uncertainty leads them to set facts on the ground. The government promotes the early adoption of technologies, thus establishing policy durability. Political uncertainty also offers a plausible explanation for policy overtime ratcheting up.

To adapt to a rapidly changing reality, economic analyses should analyze the behavior of innovation supply chains and product supply chains that implement innovations. Agricultural policy should recognize the behavior of these supply chains, invest in research and development, provide incentives for creating supply chains for green technology, and wisely control the concentration of market power.

This article explores how steel tariffs impacted the U.S. canned food sector. Evidence suggests that the impacts have not been negligible. However, more research is needed for a more quantitative assessment of their impacts and implications.

This article discusses alternative designs of agri-environmental programs and climate-smart policy for encouraging farmers to adopt conservation practices or engage in climate-smart activities. It summarizes the economic, environmental, and distributional impacts of the alternative designs and their political economy implications. The article also discusses the challenges of designing a truly efficient conservation program and suggests ways to overcome those challenges.

Soil carbon sequestration is one of the agricultural mitigation approaches that the United States will use in an effort to mitigate climate change. In this paper, we review the importance of soil carbon sequestration, physical characteristics, and the associated influences on the value of sequestered carbon while drawing some policy implications.