Glynn joined the MSU Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (then named Agricultural Economics) faculty as an Assistant Professor in May 2006. His current efforts are primarily devoted to research and extension activities. Tonsor’s broader interests cover an array of issues throughout the supply chain in food industries; with particular focus on the cattle/beef and swine/pork industries. Particular interests span the supply chain ranging from production level issues, to improving information transfer and improving quality control throughout food production and handling, to end-user consumer issues.

Professional Interests

• Animal Identification and Traceability
• Animal Welfare and Handling
• Consumer Meat and Food Demand
• Food Safety Perceptions and Valuations
• Livestock and Meat Economics
• Price Analysis and Risk Management
• Producer and Consumer Heterogeneity  
• Research Methodology

Selected Publications

Tonsor, G.T., C. Wolf, and N. Olynk. “Consumer Voting and Demand Behavior Regarding

Swine Gestation Crates.”  Food Policy. Forthcoming.

Dentoni, D., G.T. Tonsor, R. Calantone, and C. Peterson. “The Direct and Indirect Effect of

Credence Attributes on Consumers’ Attitudes towards Agri-Food Products.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.  Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T. and R. Shupp. “Valuations of ‘Sustainably Produced’ Labels on Beef, Tomato, and Apple Products.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.  Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T., T.C. Schroeder, and J.M.E. Pennings. “Factors Impacting Food Safety Risk

Perceptions.”  Journal of Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T., N. Olynk, and C. Wolf. “Consumer Preferences for Animal Welfare Attributes:

The Case of Gestation Crates.”  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.  Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T., T.C. Schroeder, J.M.E. Pennings, and J. Mintert. “Consumer Valuation of Beef

Steak Food Safety and Quality Assurances in Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United States.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T. and A.M. Featherstone. “Heterogeneous Production Efficiency of Specialized

Swine Producers.” Review of Agricultural Economics.  Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T. and T.C. Schroeder. “Multivariate Forecasting of a Commodity Portfolio:

Application to Cattle Feeding Margins and Risk.”Applied Economics. Forthcoming.

Tonsor, G.T. and T. Kastens. (2009). “Do Starting Values Really Matter? Development of a

Genetic Algorithm Approach.” Applied Economics Letters. 16:781-784.

Schroeder, T.C., G.T. Tonsor, J.M.E. Pennings, and J. Mintert (2007). “Consumer Food Safety

Risk Perceptions and Attitudes: Impacts on Beef Consumption across Countries.” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. Vol. 7: Iss. 1(Contributions): Article 65.

Tonsor, G.T. and T.L. Marsh. “Comparing Heterogeneous Consumption in US and Japanese

Meat and Fish Demand.” Agricultural Economics. 37:1(July 2007):81-91.

Tonsor, G.T. and T.C. Schroeder. “Livestock Identification: Lessons for the U.S. Beef Industry

from the Australian System.”  Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing. 18:4(November 2006):103-118.    

Tonsor, G.T., T.C. Schroeder, J.A. Fox, and A. Biere. “European Preferences for Beef Steak

Attributes.”  Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 30:2(August 2005):367-380.

Tonsor, G.T., K.C. Dhuyvetter, and J. Mintert. “Improving Cattle Basis Forecasting.”  Journal

of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 29:2(August 2004):228-241.