Research

Working Papers

The Long-Run On-Farm Benefits from Spring Wheat Breeding on the Canadian Prairies (Draft coming soon)

Works in Progress

From Research Plots to Prairie Fields: Do Ultra-early Seeding and Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers Pay? (Poster)

Publications

Serfas, D. A. 2026. Environmental benefits from carbon sequestration, canola production, and zero‐tillage adoption on Saskatchewan farms. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. (Link)

Serfas, D. A. 2025. Harvesting Benefits: Exploring the Effects of Second-Best Policies on Enhancing Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1-35. (Link)

Serfas, D. A. 2025. The Consequences of Soil Organic Carbon for Crop Yield, Farm Productivity and Profit. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 0:1-25. (Link)

Alston, J. M., Pardey, P. G., Serfas, D., and S. Wang. 2023. Slow Magic: Agricultural Versus Industrial R&D Lag Models. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 15:1. (Link)

Serfas, D., Gray, R., and P. Slade. 2018. Congestion and Distribution of Rents in Wheat Export Sector: A Canada–US Cross‐Border Comparison. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d’agroeconomie, 66(2): 187-207. (Link)

Reports

Alston, J. M. and D. Serfas. 2025. The Costs of Pierce’s Disease in the California Grape and Wine Industry: New, Up-to-Date Estimates. A report prepared for the California Department of Agriculture PD/GWSS Research Board. (Summary Report)

Serfas, D. and R. Gray. 2019. An Evaluation of Value Creation Models for Pulses in western Canada. A report prepared for the Crop Development Center. Saskatoon, SK.