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Keithly Jones

  • Associate Director, Market and Trade Economics Division.
  • keithly.jones2@usda.gov

Introduction

Keithly Jones is the associate director, Market and Trade Economics Division (MTED).

Background

Keithly rejoined USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) as associate director in 2025. Prior to this, Keithly served at USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) as the team lead of the Trade Modeling Unit in the Trade and Economic Analysis Division of the Global Market Analysis program area. While at FAS, Keithly directed research on the policy implications of a range of trade developments on agricultural commodities. Prior to FAS, Keithly was at ERS where he served in several capacities: agricultural economist; senior research agricultural economist; cross commodity analyst; and coordinator of the livestock, meat, poultry, and dairy outlook program. He also led the agency’s research in examining domestic, import, and export demand for meat, poultry, fish, and dairy product markets. While at ERS, Keithly earned the Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award for Excellence twice in consecutive years (2011 and 2012) for his contributions toward professional development and outreach. Keithly has completed the Key Executive Leadership Certificate (senior executive) program at American University. He also detailed for a year as senior advisor for Agricultural Economics and Rural Community in USDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist, and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Mission Area where he supported scientific prioritization and coordination across the entire USDA and facilitated cross departmental scientific collaboration. 

Education

Keithly earned a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, University Park and M.S. and B.S. degrees from Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida. He also completed the Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program at American University, Washington, DC.

Selected Publications

Arnade, C., & Jones, K. G. (2011). Crops and livestock productivity measures for selected countries. Journal of Developing Areas,44(2), 329–348.

Arnade, C., Jones, K. G., & Mathews, K. H., Jr. (2012, May). One more step to efficient estimation of error correction models. Empirical Economics Letters, 11(5).

Baldwin, K. L., & Jones, K. G. (2013, January). U.S. citrus import demand: Seasonality and substitution. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. 26(1).

Blayney, D., Gehlhar, M., Bolling, C., Jones, K., Langley, S., Normile, M. A., & Somwaru, A. (2006). U.S. dairy at a global crossroads (Report No. ERR-28). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Jones, K. (2004). Trends in the U.S. sheep industry (Report No. AIB-787). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Jones, K. (2004, February 1). Marketing could boost the U.S. sheep industry, Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Jones, K. (2004). Economic impact of sheep predation in the United States. Sheep and Goat Research Journal, 19, 6–12. 

Jones, K. (2006, August). Animal products markets in 2005 and forecast for 2006 (Report No. LDP-M-146-01). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Jones, K., & Blayney, D. (2014). Assessing changes in dairy product import demand: The case of South Korea with implementation of the KORUS FTA. Agribusiness, An International Journal, 30(1), 74–84.

Jones, K., & Shane, M. (2009, February). Factors shaping expanding U.S. red meat trade (Report No. LDP-M-175-01). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

Jones, K., Hagerman, A., & Muhammad, A., (2013). Theme issue overview: Emerging issues in global animal product trade. Choices, 28(1).

Jones, K., Harvey, D., Hahn, W., & Muhammad, A. (2008). U.S. demand for source-differentiated shrimp: A differential approach. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 40(2), 609–621.

Jones, K., Kelsey, T. W., Nordstrom, P. A., Wilson, L. L., Maretzki, A. N., & Pitts, C. W. (2000). Neighbors' perception of animal agriculture.  The Professional Animal Scientist, 16(2), 105–110.

Jones, K., Muhammad, A., & Mathews, K. (2013). Source-differentiated analysis of exchange rate effects on US beef imports. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 6(4), 406–420.

Jones, K., Somwaru, A., & Whitaker, J. (2009). Country of origin labeling: Evaluating the impacts on U.S. and world markets. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 38, 397–405.

Jones, K. G., Wozniak, S. J., & Walters, L. M. (2013). Did the proposed country of origin law affect product choices: The case of salmon. Journal of Food Products Marketing. 19(3), 62–76.

Kiawu, J. A., & Jones, K. G. (2013). Implications of food aid and remittances for West African food import demand. African Journal of Agricultural Economics. 8(1), 17.

Mathews, K., Arnade, C., & Jones, K. (2008). Derived demand for cattle feeding inputs? Journal of Agribusiness, 26(1), 41–60.

Mathews, K., Jones, K., Johnson, R., & McConnell, M. (2013). Trade-adjusted measures of productivity increases in U.S. hog production. Agricultural Systems, 114, 32–37.

Mathews, K. H., Jr., Jones, K. G., McConnell, M. J., & Johnson, R. J. (2012). Trade-adjusted measures of productivity increases in U.S. hog production. Agricultural Systems. 114(2013), 32–37.

Muhammad, A., & Jones, K. (2008). The impact of federal indemnification on livestock biosecurity. Economics Bulletin, 17(10), 1–9.

Muhammad, A., & Jones, K. (2009). An assessment of dynamic behavior in the U.S. catfish market: An application of the generalized dynamic Rotterdam model. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 41(3), 745–759.

Muhammad, A., & Jones, K. (2011, September). Source-based preferences and U.S. salmon imports. Marine Resource Economics,26(3), 191–209. 

Muhammad, A., & Jones, K. (2021). The end of the trade war: Effects of tariff exclusions on U.S. forest products in China. Forest Policy and Economics. 122, 102350. 

Muhammad, A., Jones, K., & Blayney, D. P.  (2009). Asian dairy markets: A focus on production, consumption and trade. In J. L. Bellini Leite, K. B. Siqueira, & G. R. Carvalho (Eds.), International dairy trade 2.

Muhammad, A., Jones, K., & Hahn, W. F. (2007). The impact of domestic and import prices on U.S. lamb imports: A production system approach. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 36(2), 293–303.

Muhammad, A., Neal, S. J., Hanson, T. R., & Jones, K. (2010, October). The impact of catfish imports on the U.S. wholesale and farm sectors. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 39(3), 429–441.

Nti, F., Kuberka, L., & Jones, K. (2020). Impact of retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. pork sector. Choices, 4th Quarter, 34(4). 

Walters, L. M., &Jones, K. G. (2016). Caribbean food import demand: An application of the CBS Differential Demand System. Journal of Food Distribution Research, 47(2), 19–37.

Walters, L. M., Harvey, D., & Jones, K. (2015). To have or not to have the common external tariff: The CARICOM countries conundrum. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 18(A), 245–262.

Yadavalli, A., & Jones, K. (2014, December). Does media influence consumer demand? The case of lean finely textured beef in the United States. Food Policy, 49(1), 219–227.