Name | Institution++ | Year of | My role | Degree | Immediate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Badri Khanal | UNL | 2021 | committee member | Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Delaware |
Anne Timu | UNL | 2022 | committee member | Ph.D. | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Brittani Edge | UIUC | 2022 | committee member | Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
Aolin Gong | UIUC | 2022 | committee member | Ph.D. | |
Kaouter Esakkat | UNL | 2024 | committee member | Ph.D. | Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
Mona Mousavi | UNL | on-going | chair | Ph.D. | |
Shara Akat | UNL | on-going | co-chair | Ph.D. | |
Hwang Jaeseok | UIUC | on-going | committee member | Ph.D. | |
Qianqian Du | UIUC | on-going | committee member | Ph.D. | |
Jordyn Bader | UNL | 2016 | committee member | MSc | |
Mike Castle | UNL | 2016 | committee member | MSc | |
Taylor Hackbert | UNL | 2017 | co-chair | MSc | Economist at HDR |
Dylan Riley | UNL | 2018 | co-chair | MSc | Ph.D. student, University of California Davis |
James Keeler | UNL | 2018 | chair | MSc | Ph.D. student, University of California Davis |
Zhengzheng Gao | UNL | 2019 | chair | MSc | |
Qianyu Zhang | UNL | 2019 | co-chair | MSc | Data scientist in China |
Paloch Suchato | UNL | 2019 | co-chair | MSc | Data scientist in Thai |
Grant Gardner | UNL | 2019 | chair | MSc | Ph.D. student, Kansas State University |
Brooks Ronspies | UNL | 2019 | committee member | MSc | Associate Economist, ERA Economics |
Qianqian Du | UNL | 2020 | chair | MSc | Ph.D. student, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
Shunkei Kakimoto | UNL | 2021 | chair | MSc | Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota |
Aakanksha Melkani | UNL | 2024 | Postdoc | Assistant Professor, Siena College | |
Deshamithra Harshanee Jayasekera | UNL | on-going | Postdoc | ||
++UNL: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |||||
Taro Mieno
Agricultural Economics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Filley Hall
Lincoln, NE 68516
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2021 - present)
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2015-2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Luc Hoffmann Institute (2014–2015)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota (2014–2015)
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
M.S., Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2009)
B.S., Forestry, Hokkaido University (2007)
Research Fields
Environmental and Resource Economics
Applied Econometrics
Precision Agriculture
Agricultural Economics
Production Economics
Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed )
[1] T. Mieno, T. Foster, S. Kakimoto, et al. “Aquifer depletion exacerbates agricultural drought losses in the US High Plains”. In: Nature Water 2.1 (2024), pp. 41-51.
[2] T. Mieno, X. Li, and D. S. Bullock. “Bias in economic evaluation of variable rate application based on geographically weighted regression models with misspecified functional form”. In: Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 3.1 (2024), pp. 135-151.
[3] L. A. Puntel, L. J. Thompson, and T. Mieno. “Leveraging digital agriculture for on-farm testing of technologies”. In: Frontiers in Agronomy 6 (2024), p. 1234232.
[4] T. S. Tanaka, G. B. Heuvelink, T. Mieno, et al. “Can machine learning models provide accurate fertilizer recommendations?” In: Precision Agriculture (2024), pp. 1-18.
[5] A. De Lara, T. Mieno, J. D. Luck, et al. “Predicting site-specific economic optimal nitrogen rate using machine learning methods and on-farm precision experimentation”. In: Precision Agriculture 24.5 (2023), pp. 1792-1812.
[6] P. B. Hegedus, B. D. Maxwell, and T. Mieno. “Assessing performance of empirical models for forecasting crop responses to variable fertilizer rates using on-farm precision experimentation”. In: Precision Agriculture 24.2 (2023), pp. 677-704.
[7] X. Li, T. Mieno, and D. S. Bullock. “The economic performances of different trial designs in on-farm precision experimentation: a Monte Carlo evaluation”. In: Precision Agriculture 24.6 (2023), pp. 2500-2521.
[8] T. S. Tanaka, T. Mieno, R. Tanabe, et al. “Toward an effective approach for on-farm experimentation: Lessons learned from a case study of fertilizer application optimization in Japan”. In: Precision Agriculture 24.5 (2023), pp. 2044-2060.
[9] A. G. Timu, C. R. Gustafson, and T. Mieno. “The gendered impacts of index-insurance on food-consumption: Evidence from southern Ethiopia”. In: Climate Services 30 (2023), p. 100355.
[10] S. Kakimoto, T. Mieno, T. S. Tanaka, et al. “Causal forest approach for site-specific input management via on-farm precision experimentation”. In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 199 (2022), p. 107164.
[11] B. Khanal, K. Schoengold, T. Mieno, et al. “The impact of policy design on willingness to pay for ecosystem services from prairie strips”. In: Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 1.3 (2022), pp. 352-369.
[12] G. Mandrini, S. V. Archontoulis, C. M. Pittelkow, et al. “Simulated dataset of corn response to nitrogen over thousands of fields and multiple years in Illinois”. In: Data in Brief 40 (2022), p. 107753.
[13] M. Rouhi Rad, T. Mieno, and N. Brozović. “The role of search frictions and trading ratios in tradable permit markets”. In: Environmental and Resource Economics 82.1 (2022), pp. 101-132.
[14] P. Suchato, T. Mieno, K. Schoengold, et al. “The potential for moral hazard behavior in irrigation decisions under crop insurance”. In: Agricultural Economics 53.2 (2022), pp. 257-273.
[15] G. Gardner, T. Mieno, and D. S. Bullock. “An economic evaluation of site-specific input application R x maps: evaluation framework and case study”. In: Precision Agriculture 22 (2021), pp. 1304-1316.
[16] T. Kelly, T. Foster, D. M. Schultz, et al. “The effect of soil-moisture uncertainty on irrigation water use and farm profits”. In: Advances in Water Resources 154 (2021), p. 103982.
[17] T. Kubo, D. Veríssimo, S. Uryu, et al. “What determines the success and failure of environmental crowdfunding?” In: Ambio 50 (2021), pp. 1659-1669.
[18] G. Mandrini, C. M. Pittelkow, S. V. Archontoulis, et al. “Understanding differences between static and dynamic nitrogen fertilizer tools using simulation modeling”. In: Agricultural Systems 194 (2021), p. 103275.
[19] A. M. May, M. G. McGarvey, C. R. Gustafson, et al. “Gender, environmental issues and policy: An examination of the views of male and female economists”. In: Ecological Economics 182 (2021), p. 106877.
[20] T. Mieno, M. R. Rad, J. F. Suter, et al. “The importance of well yield in groundwater demand specifications”. In: Land Economics 97.3 (2021), pp. 672-687.
[21] R. Young, T. Foster, T. Mieno, et al. “Hydrologic-economic trade-offs in groundwater allocation policy design”. In: Water Resources Research 57.1 (2021), p. e2020WR027941.
[22] D. S. Bullock, T. Mieno, and J. Hwang. “The value of conducting on-farm field trials using precision agriculture technology: a theory and simulations”. In: Precision Agriculture 21 (2020), pp. 1027-1044.
[23] T. Foster, T. Mieno, and N. Brozović. “Satellite-based monitoring of irrigation water use: Assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy”. In: Water Resources Research 56.11 (2020), p. e2020WR028378.
[24] K. Minegishi and T. Mieno. “Gold in Them Tha-R Hills: A Review of R Packages for Exploratory Data Analysis”. In: Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR) 2.3 (2020), pp. 29-68.
[25] M. R. Rad, N. Brozović, T. Foster, et al. “Effects of instantaneous groundwater availability on irrigated agriculture and implications for aquifer management”. In: Resource and Energy Economics 59 (2020), p. 101129.
[26] T. Kubo, T. Mieno, and K. Kuriyama. “Wildlife viewing: The impact of money-back guarantees”. In: Tourism Management 70 (2019), pp. 49-55.
[27] D. Riley, T. Mieno, K. Schoengold, et al. “The impact of land cover on groundwater recharge in the High Plains: An application to the Conservation Reserve Program”. In: Science of the Total Environment 696 (2019), p. 133871.
[28] T. Mieno, C. G. Walters, and L. E. Fulginiti. “Input use under crop insurance: the role of actual production history”. In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100.5 (2018), pp. 1469-1485.
[29] B. Ellison, K. Brooks, and T. Mieno. “Which livestock production claims matter most to consumers?” In: Agriculture and Human Values 34 (2017), pp. 819-831.
[30] T. Mieno and N. Brozović. “Price elasticity of groundwater demand: attenuation and amplification bias due to incomplete information”. In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99.2 (2017), pp. 401-426.
[31] T. Mieno, Y. Shoji, T. Aikoh, et al. “Heterogeneous preferences for social trail use in the urban forest: A latent class model”. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 19 (2016), pp. 20-28.
[32] T. Mieno and J. B. Braden. “Residential Demand for Water in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 1”. In: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 47.4 (2011), pp. 713-723.
[33] A. Arnberger, T. Aikoh, R. Eder, et al. “How many people should be in the urban forest? A comparison of trail preferences of Vienna and Sapporo forest visitor segments”. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 9.3 (2010), pp. 215-225.
[34] Y. Shoji, Y. Mitani, T. Mieno, et al. “Providing quality recreation experiences in Japan”. In: Economics Bulletin 17.7 (2008), pp. 1-11.
Other Publications
Extension Reports
Books
- R as GIS for Economists,
- Introduction to Machine Learning for Economists,
- Reproducible Research with R,
Software
- Mieno, T. and Edge, B. ofpetrial: Design on-Farm Precision Field Agronomic Trials, R package version 0.1.1,
Blog Posts
- Sneak peek - groundwater policy research in progress, DWFI blog
- The Impact of Policy Design on Willingness to Pay For Ecosystem Services from Prairie Strips, Cornhusker Economics
- The Value of Soil Sampling and Sampling Density: Conceptual Framework (Part 1), Cornhusker Economics
- The Impact of Different Data Processing Methods on Site-specific Management Recommendation, Cornhusker Economics
- Economics of Experimental Design: Finding the Optimal Design of a Whole Field Randomized Experiment, Cornhusker Economics
- The Economic Evaluation of Input Use Prescription Maps: Are You Paying to Make Less Profit?, Cornhusker Economics
- Getting to Know Your Yield Response Better through Whole-field Randomized Experiments, Cornhusker Economics
- Precision agriculture adoption and profitability, Cornhusker Economics
Teaching
University of Nebraska Lincoln (graduate)
- Primary Instructor: Applied Econometrics (Fall, 2016-2023)
- Primary Instructor: Data Science with R for Social, Agricultural, and Environmental Scientists (Fall, 2020-2023)
- Primary Instructor: Geospatial Analysis using R (Spring, 2020)
University of Nebraska Lincoln (undergraduate)
- Primary Instructor: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (Spring, 2016-2019)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D)
- Secondary Instructor: Economic Statistics (Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
- Secondary Instructor: Econometric Analysis (Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (undergraduate)
- Teaching Assistant: Spreadsheet Models and Applications (Spring 2013)
- Teaching Assistant: Contemporary Issues in ACES (Fall 2013)
- Teaching Assistant: Environment and Development (Spring 2014)
Presentations
- “Higher soil water holding capacity renders crop production more resilient to drought” at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting (June, 2024)
- “Economics of Soil Moisture Sensor.” at MOISST workshop (June 2018)
- “The impacts of water allocation limits on irrigation behavior.” at Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Meeting (June 2017)
- “A test of proximity as a proxy for environmental exposure in hedonic models.” at Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Meeting (June 2015)
- “Optimal timing of irreversible land use conversion under uncertainty: an experimental approach.” at Midwest Economic Association (MEA) Annual Meeting (March 2015)
- “Energy supply interruption, climate change, and water conservation.” at Fifth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) ( June 2014)
- “Energy load control, groundwater conservation, and climate change.” at Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Annual Meeting (January 2014)
- “Energy load control, groundwater conservation, and climate change.” at Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics (HERE) Workshop (November 2013)
- “Unraveling deterrence effects of regulatory activities under the Clean Water Act.” at Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Summer Meeting (June 2012)
- “Unraveling deterrence effects of regulatory activities under the Clean Water Act.” at Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting (November 2012)
- “Unraveling deterrence effects of regulatory activities under the Clean Water Act.” at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting (August 2012)
- “Unraveling deterrence effects of regulatory activities under the Clean Water Act.” at Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics (HERE) Workshop (October 2010)
- “Comprehensive examination of choice set issues in the Kuhn-Tucker model of recreation demand.” at European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Annual Meeting (June 2013)
- “Residential water demand analysis in the Chicago metropolitan area.” at Universities Council on Water Resources and National Institutes for Water Resources (UCOWR/NIWR) Annual Conference (July 2009)
Invited Talks
- “Estimating groundwater use using energy use data” at International Workshop on Monitoring and Regulating Agricultural Water Use, Salamanca, Spain (2024)
- “Rethinking Data Management for Big Data” at Water and Integrated Cropping System Conference (2023)
- “Measurement Error in Weather Data and Aggregation Bias in Climate Change Analysis” at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2023)
- “The Impact of Saturated Thickness on Production Resiliency to Drought” at Kobe University (2021)
- “Nitrogen Reduction Subsidy Programs to Reduce Nitrogen Use by Farmers: Economic Advantages over Land Retirement” at University of Idaho (2021)
- “Discussant for the Environmental Externalities and Agriculture session” at ASSA conference (2020)
- “Causal Forest Approach for Site-specific Input Use Management via On-farm Randomized Experiments” at Mississippi State University (2019)
- “Cost-effective Design of Temporally Flexible Water Quota for Irrigated Agriculture” at Colorado State University (2019)
- “Economic Analysis, Risk Assessments, and Decision Systems: Overview and Examples” at American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Canadian Society of Agronomy: International Annual Meeting (2018)
- “Economics of Soil Moisture Sensor” at MOISST Workshop (2018)
- “Do agricultural producers really change their irrigation behavior based on neighbors’ pumping?” at Kansas State University (2017)
- “The impacts of water allocation limits on irrigation behavior” at Kyusyu University, Japan (2017)
- “Price elasticity of groundwater demand: attenuation and amplification bias due to incomplete information” at W3190 Annual 2016 Meeting (2016)
- “Simulations Examining the Economic Potential of On-Farm Field Trials” at Presentation to the Climate Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri (2016)
- “Contemporary issues in water management” at Kyusyu University, Japan (2015)
External Grants
- “USDA Support of the U.S. Drought Monitor and Hub Activities for 2024-2025”, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Office of Chief Economists (OCE), Co-PI, 2024-2025, $1,275,000
- “USDA Support of the U.S. Drought Monitor and Hub Activities for 2023-2024”, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Office of Chief Economists (OCE), Co-PI, 2023-2024, $1,275,000
- “Collaborative Research: RII Track-2 FEC: Supporting Rural Livelihoods in the Water-Stressed Central High Plains: Microbial Innovations for Climate-Resilient Agriculture (MICRA)”, National Science Foundation (NSF), Co-PI, 2023-2027, $2,101,812
- “USDA Support for Enhancements to the U.S. Drought Monitor and engaging the USDA Climate Hubs 2022-2023”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of Chief Economists (OCE), Co-PI, 2022-2023, $1,325,000
- “Drought Information Services and Research for Agriculture across the United States”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of Chief Economists (OCE), Co-PI, 2021-2022, $1,275,000
- “Nitrogen Research for Agriculture Transformation and Enhancement”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – ARS, Investigator, 2021-2026, $1,328,400
- “Improving the Economic and Ecological Sustainability of US Crop Production through On-Farm Precision Experimentation”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), sub-award from University of Illinois, PI, 2021-2024, $540,544
- “Drought Information Services and Research for Agriculture across the United States”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of Chief Economists (OCE), Co-PI, 2020-2021, $800,000
- “Promoting Adoption of Innovative Precision Ag Nitrogen Management Technologies through the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network for Improved Conservation Stewardship”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Investigator, 2019-2023, $1,267,747
- “SENSE Nitrogen Management: Promoting Adoption of Sensor-Based Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn through the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network”, Nebraska Corn Board, Investigator, 2019-2022, $402,085
- “Prairie Strips as an Innovative Agroecosystem Practice To Enhance Ecosystem Services From Farmers’ Fields”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Co-PI, 2017-2019, $91,379
- “Groundwater Availability”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service (ERS), Co-PI, 2015-2017, $130,000
- “Using Precision Technology in On-Farm Field Trials to Enable Data-Intensive Fertilizer Management”, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), Co-Investigator, 2016-2019, $493,798
Awards and Fellowships
- Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award, University of Nebraska Lincoln (2021)
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Outstanding Reviewer Award, (2019)
- Department of ACE Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)
- Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014)
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013 (2), Spring 2014 (2))
- Graduate Student Travel Grant, AAEA Foundation, (2012)
- Graduate College Conference Travel Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)
- Dorothy Faye Dunn and Leah Dunn Linse Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2009, Spring 2010)NULL
Referee Services
Journals
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics: 2016(3), 2017(4), 2018(5), 2019(3), 2020(3), 2021(4), 2022(5), 2023(4)
- Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association: 2019(1), 2020(1), 2021(1), 2022(1), 2023(1)
- Precision Agriculture: 2018(1), 2019(1), 2020(1), 2021(1), 2022(1), 2023(1)
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management: 2015(1), 2016(1), 2017(2), 2021(1)
- Water Resources Research: 2016(1), 2017(1), 2020(1)
- Nature Water: 2022(1)
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture: 2021(1)
- Applied Economics Perspective and Policy: 2020(1)
- Water Resources and Economics: 2022(1)
- Irrigation Science: 2019(1)
- Resources and Energy Economics: 2018(1)
- American Economic Journal, Economic Policy: 2019(1)
- Review of Economics and Statistics: 2021(1)
- Journal of Hydrology: 2019(1)
- Water Economics and Policy: 2017(1)
- Agricultural Economics: 2016(1)
- Land Economics: 2016(1)
Grant/Program
- Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Grant: 2023
- USDA-ARS, Precision Ag and Decision Tools Program (NP 216 Panel 4) (panel chair): 2023
- Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC) Grant: 2022
- Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC) Grant: 2024
- National Science Center, Poland: 2024
Conference Abstract
- Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) Annual Meeting: 2023
- Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting: 2018-2022
- Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting (topic leader): 2023-2024
Professional Services
Editorship
- Associate Editor: American Journal of Agricultural Economics: 2022-2024
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Ph.D. Microeconomics Qualifying Exam Grader: 2021-2024
- Member, Graduate Committee: 2016-present
- Member, Working Environment Committee: 2023-present
- Member, Search Committee for Farm Analytics, Dept. of Agricultural Economics: 2016
- Member, Search Committee for Ecological Economics and Resilience, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and School of Natural Resources: 2020
- Chair, Search Committee for Water Economist, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: 2020
- Member, Search Committee for GIS Specialist, Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture: 2022