University of Lethbridge

Office Hours

Spring 2023 -- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

About Me

Danny Le Roy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Lethbridge. He received his B.A. (Honours) in Economics in 1992 from Carleton University and his MSc and PhD in Agricultural Economics in (1994 and 2001, respectively) from the University of Guelph. He teaches courses in agricultural systems modeling, commodity marketing, agricultural policy and micro-economics.

The focus of Dr. Le Roy's research is on livestock production, marketing and trade, emerging markets for irrigation water in Southern Alberta, and the impact of renewable energy policies on Canadian agriculture. He has been involved in numerous studies involving systems modelling of farms in Canada and assessments of agricultural policy and trade alternatives.

Le Roy has served as an executive member of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, the Alberta Agricultural Economics Association and the Tiffin Conference Organizing Committee. He has published in and reviewed several papers for the Canadian Journal of Economics, Current Agriculture, Food and Research Issues, Canadian Public Policy and the Western Economic Forum. He has been nominated twice for the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Lethbridge, and in 2004 and in 2008, he received the Agricultural Students Association Distinguished Teaching Award.

Biography

Danny Le Roy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Lethbridge and Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute. He received his B.A. (Honours) in Economics from Carleton University and his MSc and PhD in Agricultural Economics and Business in from the University of Guelph. Danny was Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Lethbridge form 2011-14 and has served as the coordinator of the Agricultural Studies Program since 2010.

Danny's research focusses on the production, marketing and trade of agricultural commodities. He is particularly interested in identifying, delineating and quantifying the effects of interventionism. Danny teaches courses in agricultural systems modeling, commodity marketing, agricultural policy and microeconomics. He has been nominated twice for the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Lethbridge and has received the Agricultural Students Association Distinguished Teaching Award on two occasions. Danny was the Prairie Baseball Academy's Professor of the Year in 2018.

Selected Publications

Published Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
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Tram T. N. Thai, Danny G. Le Roy, Manjula S. Bandara, James E. Thomas, and Francis J. Larney. 2022. Economic optimum plant density of irrigated early-maturity soybean in southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. February. 102(1): 234-245. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2021-0026


Smith, Elwin G., Danny G. Le Roy, Daniel Donkersgoed, Doon Pauly, Ross H. McKenzie and Eric Bremer. 2019. Fertigation of Wheat and Canola in Southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. Available at: https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/CJPS-2018-0287


Le Roy, Danny G., Elwin G. Smith, Phyllis J. MacCallum, H. Henry Janzen. 2017. Will summer fallow re-emerge in the Dark Brown soil zone of the Canadian Prairie as a response to net return risk? Canadian Journal of Plant Science. April. 97(2):241-249. Available at: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjps-2016-0053#.Wc02a1tSypo


Chapters in Edited Books
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Klein, K.K. and Danny G. Le Roy. 2011. "Government Policies to Support Biofuel Production: Why and to What Effect?" Chapter 2 in The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization edited by Andrew Schmitz, Norbert L. Wilson, Charles B. Moss and David Zilberman. Oak Park, Illinois: Bentham Science Publishers. pp. 13-23.


Recent Presentations
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Smith, Elwin G. and Danny G. Le Roy. 2022. A Decision Model to Determine Optimal Rotations with Uncertain Plant Disease Damage. Presented in Concurrent Paper Session 7 "Production, Disease, and Rotation" at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. On-line only. August 11.

Le Roy, Danny G., Smith, Elwin G., and Jason Seed. 2022. Optimizing Pulse Rotations on Prairie Cropland with Aphanomyces euteiches. Presented in Concurrent Paper Session 7 "Production, Disease, and Rotation" at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. On-line only. August 11.

Selected Creative Works

Non-Refereed Articles
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Le Roy, Danny G. 2022. "Inflation is Here". Pipeline Observer. Winter. Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Associations. Available at: https://www.caepla.org/inflation_is_here

Le Roy, Danny G. 2021. "Inflation 101". Pipeline Observer. Winter. Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Associations. Available at: https://www.caepla.org/inflation_101

Le Roy, Danny G. 2018. No Way to Get Pipelines Built. Pipeline Observer. Fall. 10-11. Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Associations. Pp.10-11. Available here: http://www.caepla.org/no_way_to_get_pipelines_built

Le Roy, Danny G. and Jon Berry. 2018. Supply Management Increases Prices, Reduces Range of Milk and Other Dairy Products. Fraser Forum. September 4. Available here: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/supply-management-increases-prices-reduces-range-of-milk-and-other-dairy-products.

Berry, Jon, Alan Oxley and Danny G. Le Roy. 2018. End Supply Management Like the Aussies. Western Producer. August 9. Available here: https://www.producer.com/2018/08/end-supply-management-like-aussies/


Discussion Papers and Reports
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Le Roy, Danny G., Smith, Elwin G., and Jason Seed. 2022. Economic Value of Diversified Cropping Systems. Report. Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge. 56pp.

Smith, Elwin G. and Danny G. Le Roy. 2022. A Decision Process to Determine Optimal Rotations When There is Plant Disease. Report. Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge. 10pp.

In The Media

Selected Podcasts
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uLethbridge Agri-Food Summer Series Podcast
A joint initiative of the Agricultural Studies and Agility programs brought producers and researchers together to discuss an important aspect of southern Alberta's agriculture industry. More details are available here: https://www.ulethbridge.ca/unews/article/ulethbridge-agri-food-summer-series-bringing-research-and-industry-together#.Y1p3xHbMJD8

Danielle Smith's Fraser Forum
Supply management in Canadian agriculture. December 16, 2021. Available here: https://omny.fm/shows/danielle-smiths-fraser-forum/the-non-compete-cause-supply-management-in-canada

Research Interests

Agricultural commodity production, marketing, and trade
Agricultural policy and government interventionism
Austrian economics
Irrigation water
Bio-resources

Beef, Cattle, BSE, Raw milk, Grains, Oilseeds, Farming, Ranching, Greenhouse

Curriculum Vitae

My CV