Daniel Tregeagle
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Nelson Hall 4342
Bio
Dr. Tregeagle is an assistant professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. His work is focused on the economics of specialty crops and the economics of agricultural policy more generally. Applications have included analyzing agro-environmental policy, market analysis, minimizing costs of processing supply chains, and optimizing orchard replacement.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Bachelor of Resource Economics (Hons. 1M) from the University of Sydney, Australia. During his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Davis, Dr. Tregeagle co-authored several inter-disciplinary reports for the California Department of Food and Agriculture analyzing the expected impacts of proposed pesticide regulations.
Current work includes estimating the value of improved disease resistance for curcurbit crops, studying specialty crop supply elasticities, and preparing specialty crop budgets.
Specialty Crops Extension Website
Publications
- Developing practical measures of the price of pesticide resistance: A flexible computational framework with global sensitivity analysis , Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2024)
- Estimating perennial crop supply response: A methodology literature review , AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (2024)
- Minimizing the Costs of Biorefinery Feedstock by Managing Perennial Crop Age: The Case of Brazilian Sugarcane , JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS (2023)
- Balancing Bees and Pest Management: Projected Costs of Proposed Bee-Protective Neonicotinoid Regulation in California , JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY (2021)
- Willingness-to-Pay for Produce: A Meta-Regression Analysis Comparing the Stated Preferences of Producers and Consumers , HORTICULTURAE (2022)
- Potential Regulation Regarding Fumigant Application Notifications: Economic Effects for Agriculture in Thirteen Major Agricultural Counties , (2018)