Trevor Woolley
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Expert on economics of dairy/livestock production, farm animal welfare, consumer food demand
Agricultural and Applied Economics College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-616-0236 — Home and cell phones available upon request twoolley@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Dairy supply chain, producer-processor relationships, power dynamics, market structure, consolidation
- Public (consumer and voter) willingness to pay for products and policies that improve farm animal welfare
- Producer decisions, profitability, feasibility, costs of animal welfare-improving farm practices
Achievements
- PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics (UC Berkeley, 2026) and double BS in Mathematics and Economics (BYU, 2018)
- Published research in top peer-reviewed journals such as Food Policy and European Economic Review
- Provided expert testimony, presented own research before the Transportation Committees of the Utah State House and Senate
- Affiliate of the Dairy Innovation Hub, AI for Sustainable Agriculture group at UW-Madison, and the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group