Adaptive food price forecasting improves public information in times of rapid economic change

Matthew J. MacLachlan, Michael K. Adjemian, Xiaoli L. Etienne, Megan Sweitzer, Ricky Volpe, Wendy Zeng

Nature Communications, vol. 16, 2025, pp. 1 - 14

The impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infection on dairy cows

Felipe Peña-Mosca, Elisha A. Frye, Matthew J. MacLachlan, Ana Rita Rebelo, Pablo S. B. de Oliveira, Mohammed Nooruzzaman, Melanie Prarat Koscielny, Michael Zurakowski, Zoe R. Lieberman, William M. Leone, François Elvinger, Daryl V. Nydam, Diego G. Diel

Nature Communications, vol. 16, 2025, pp. 1-12

The impact of HPAI trade restrictions on US poultry exports in 2022–23

Samantha Padilla, Quinton Baker, Matthew J. MacLachlan

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy , vol. 47, 2024, pp. 933–948

Incorporating model selection and uncertainty into forecasts of economic conditions in companion animal clinical veterinarian labor markets

Matthew J. MacLachlan, John Volk, Christopher Doherty

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 263(2), 2024, pp. 240-247

Disasters, population trends, and their impact on the US pork packing sector

Samantha Padilla, Matthew J. MacLachlan, Kate Vaiknoras, Lee Shultz

Food Policy, vol. 118, 2023

COVID-19 Working Paper: National Trends in Food Retail Sales During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from information Resources, Inc.(IRI) Retail-Based Scanner Data

Patrick McLaughlin, Alexander Stevens, Xiao Dong, Carolyn Chelius, Keenan Marchesi, Matthew J. MacLachlan

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2022

Time-Series Methods for Forecasting and Modeling Uncertainty in the Food Price Outlook

Matthew J. MacLachlan, Carolyn Chelius, Gianna Short

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2022

Market Responses to Export Restrictions From Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks

Matthew J. MacLachlan, David Boussios, Amy Hagerman

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 47(1), 2022, pp. 209-224

Evaluating US Department of Agriculture’s Long-Term Forecasts for US Harvested Area

David Boussios, Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Matthew J. MacLachlan

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2021

COVID-19 Working Paper: Changes in Regional Hog Slaughter During COVID-19

Samantha Padilla, Lee Shultz, Kate Vaiknoras, Matthew J. MacLachlan

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2021

Hidden patterns of insect establishment risk revealed from two centuries of alien species discoveries

Matthew J. MacLachlan, Andrew Liebhold, Takehiko Yamanaka, Michael Springborn

Science Advances, vol. 7(44), 2021

Impacts on Livestock Producers and Veterinarians of FDA Policies on Use of Medically Important Antibiotics in Food Animal Production

Stacy Sneeringer, Gianna Short, Matthew J. MacLachlan, Maria Bowman

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, vol. 42(4), 2020, pp. 674-94

Federal Natural Disaster Assistance Programs for Livestock Producers, 2008-16

Matthew J. MacLachlan, Sean Ramos, Ashley Hungerford, Seanicaa Edwards

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2018

Learning about a moving target in resource management: optimal Bayesian disease control

Matthew J. MacLachlan, Michael Springborn, Paul Fackler

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 99(1), 2017, pp. 140-162

Impacts of the 2014-2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak on the US poultry sector

Sean Ramos, Matthew J. MacLachlan, Alex Melton

USDA, Economic Research Service, 2017