Briefly
Christopher G. Davis is a Research Agricultural Economist in the Animal Products and Cost of Production Branch in the Market and Trade Economics Division at USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS). Christopher joined USDA, ERS in 2002 as a production economist and previously served as Acting Chief of his Branch. While completing his PhD, his dissertation research focused on the structure of the hog industry. Presently, Christopher conducts research on dairy, poultry, beef, and pork trade. In addition to trade analyses, he examines how economic and demographic factors influence U.S. consumption of animal products. Christopher presently serves as the coordinator of the USDA, ERS Distance Learning Program.
Background
Before joining ERS, Christopher was an Instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University and Baton Rouge Community College. Before coming to Louisiana, Christopher served as the recruiter for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Food Science Program and the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture.
Christopher served as chair (2004-2007) of the Committee on the Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics (COSBAE), a section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).
Since joining ERS, Christopher has served as an Economics Instructor at Howard University and American University and a Finance and Economics Instructor at Bowie State University.
Education
Christopher holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Louisiana State University, a M.S. in Agricultural Sciences, and B.S. in Agribusiness from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Professional Affiliations
American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), Committee on the Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics (COSBAE), Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS)
China Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).
Selected Publications
ERS Publications
Davis, Christopher. “U.S. Beef Imports down on Multi-Month Reduction in Shipments from Australia,” LDP Special Article, September 2021.
Davis, Christopher. “U.S. beef imports from Australia and imported lean beef prices,” Chart of Note, September 2021.
Davis, Christopher. “Robust overseas demand for U.S. meats, led by pork and poultry, drove trade surplus in 2020,” Chart of Note, May 24, 2021.
Davis, Christopher. “Global suppliers competed on price in 2020 for China's beef market,” Chart of Note, March 1, 2021.
Cessna, Jerry and Christopher Davis. “Growth in U.S. Dairy Product Exports to Southeast Asia Depends on Competition with Other Major Dairy Exporters,” Amber Waves, February 1, 2021
Davis, Christopher and Jerry Cessna. “U.S. dairy products imported by Southeast Asia rose in rank and value from 2006 to 2018,” Chart of Note, January 11, 2021.
Davis, Christopher and Jerry Cessna, 2020. “Prospects for Growth in U.S. Dairy Exports to Southeast Asia,” ERR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, December, 52 pages.
Cessna, Jerry, Lindsay Kuberka, Christopher Davis, Jonathan Law, and Roger Hoskin, 2016, “Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports.” E-Outlook LDPM-270-01, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November, 56 pp.
Stewart, Hayden, William Hahn, Jerry Cessna, and Christopher Davis, 2016, “Processing and Marketing Blunt the Impact of Volatile Farm Prices on Retail Dairy Prices,” Amber Waves Feature. Animal Products, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August, 7 pp.
Davis, C., D. Harvey, S. Zahniser, F. Gale, and W. Liefert. 2013. Assessing the Growth of U.S. Broiler and Poultry Meat Exports, LDPM-231-01, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November.
Davis, C., D. Dong, D. Blayney, and A. Owens. 2010. An Analysis of U.S. Household Dairy Demand, TB-1928, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, December.
Jones, K.G., and C. Davis. 2010. “ERS Innovates as It Expands Distance Learning Ventures with Minority-Serving Institutions,” Amber Waves Finding, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, September.
Davis, C., D. Blayney, D. Dong, S. Stefanova, and A. Johnson. 2010. Long-Term Growth in U.S. Cheese Consumption May Slow, LDPM-193-01. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, August.
Davis, C., and B.H. Lin. 2005. Factors Affecting U.S. Beef Consumption, LDPM-13502, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, October.
Davis, C., and B.H. Lin. 2005. Factors Affecting U.S. Pork Consumption, LDPM-13001, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, April.
Selected Academic Publications
Arnade, Carlos and Christopher Davis, 2019, “Chickens, Feed Grains, or Both: The Mexican Market,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 51(2):1–18.
Davis, Christopher, Jerry Cessna, and Donald Blayney. 2018, “Southeast Asia's import demand for skim milk powder: Implications for US exporters.” Journal of Dairy Science 101(5):4676 – 4689.
Blayney, Donald, Terry Crawford, and Christopher Davis. 2016, “Dairy Export Markets: Changing the Structure of U.S. Dairy Demand.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(Special Issue B):201-18.
Davis, Christopher, and William Hahn, 2016, “Assessing the Status of Global Dairy Trade.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(Special Issue B):1-10.
Davis, Christopher. 2016, “Potential Impacts of Trans-Pacific Partnership on Japanese Cheese Imports.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(Special Issue B):73-84.
Hahn, W., H. Stewart, D. Blayney, and C. Davis. 2016. “Modeling Price Transmission between Farm and Retail Prices: A Soft Switches Approach,” Agricultural Economics 47(2):193-203.
Davis, C. 2015. “Factors Influencing Global Poultry Trade,” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 18(Special Issue A):1-12.
Davis, C., and J. Dyck. 2015. “Shocks to a Trading System: Korean and Japanese Poultry Trade and Avian Influenza,” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 18(Special Issue A):99-114.
No, C., C. Davis, and D. Harvey. 2015. “Pricing-to-Market and Exchange Rate Pass-Through in the U.S. Broiler Meat Export Markets,” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 18(Special Issue A):79-90.
Davis, C., and F. Taha. 2015. “The Impact of Exchange Rate Risk on Africa’s Imports of World Poultry,” Agrekon 54(2):38-50.
Dong, D., C. Davis, and H. Stewart. 2015. “The Quantity and Variety of Households’ Meat Purchases: A Censored Demand System Approach,” Agricultural Economics 46(1):99-112.
Hahn, W., and C. Davis. 2014. “Costs of Taxing Sodium: A Lunch Meat Application.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17(Special Issue A):25-39.
Davis, C., A. Muhammad, D. Karemera, and D. Harvey. 2014. “Has Exchange Rate Volatility Affected Broiler Trade Flows?” Agribusiness 30(1):46-55.
Davis, C., D. Dong, W. Hahn, J. Eales, and S. Yen. 2013. “Economic and demographic factors affecting U.S. demand for lunch meats,” Food Economics 9(2):231-240.
Davis, C., D. Dong, S. Yen, D. Blayney, and R. Stillman. 2012. “U.S. Fluid Milk Demand: A Disaggregated Approach,” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15(1):25-50.
Davis, C., S. Yen, D. Dong, and D. Blayney. 2011. “Assessing economic and demographic factors that influence United States dairy demand,” Journal of Dairy Science 94(7):3715-23.
Davis, C., D. Dong, D. Blayney, S. Yen, and R. Johnson. 2011. “Will Changing Demographics Affect U.S. Cheese Demand?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43(2):259-273.
Davis, C., D. Blayney, A. Muhammad, S. Yen, and J. Cooper. 2010. “A Cross Sectional Analysis of U.S. Yogurt Demand,” Journal of Food Distribution Research 41(2):36-45.
Davis, C., D. Blayney, J. Cooper, and S. Yen. 2009. “An Analysis of At-Home Demand for Ice Cream in the United States,” Journal of Dairy Science 92(12):6210‐16.
Yen, S., B.H. Lin, and C. Davis. 2008. “Consumer Knowledge and Meat Consumption at Home and Away From Home,” Food Policy 33(6):631-639.
Davis, C., and J. Gillespie. 2007. “Factors Affecting the Selection of Business Arrangements by U.S. Hog Farmers,” Review of Agricultural Economics 29(3):331-348.
Davis, C., and J. Gillespie. 2004. “Attitudes and Characteristics of U.S. Hog Producers under Alternative Business Arrangements,” Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisal 67(1):27-32.
Lin, B.H., C. Davis, and S. Yen. 2004. “Consumption of Pork Products: Now and to the Year 2020,” Journal of Agribusiness 22(2):133-147.
Gillespie, J., C. Davis, and N. Rahelizatovo. 2004. “An Evaluation of U.S. Hog Producer Preferences toward Autonomy,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36(3):575-590.
Gillespie, J., C. Davis, and N. Rahelizatovo. 2004. “Factors Influencing the Adoption of Breeding Technology Adoption in Hog Production,” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36(1):35-47.
Gillespie, J., A. Schupp, C. Davis, and A. Basarir. 2001. “The Changing Structure of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Industries,” 2001 Beef Cattle Research Report 31:51-54, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, June.
Gillespie, J., C. Davis, A. Basarir, and A. Schupp. 2000. “A Comparative Analysis of the Evolution of the Three Major U.S. Meat Industries: With Implications for the Future Direction of the U.S. Beef Industry,” Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin # 877, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, November.
Weatherspoon, D., C. Davis, and Z. Olorunnipa. 1999. “Analysis of Import Demand for U.S. Fresh Grapes: An Application of the Rotterdam Model,” Staff Paper 99‑64, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, December.
Book Chapter
Davis, C., D. Blayney, and J. Guthrie. 2013. “The consumption of cheese in relation to dairy foods in the USA,” in Handbook of Cheese in Health: Production, Nutrition and Medical Sciences, King’s College London, ed. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-8686-211-5.