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Agricultural Economist Extension Faculty Directory

Land-Grant Universities Southern Region

June 2017

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ALABAMA Auburn University Department of Agricultural

Economics & Rural Sociology Department Head Deacue Fields, Professor 302 Comer Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 Email: fieldde@aces.edu Phone: (334) 844-4931

Department Website www.ag.auburn.edu/agec/

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Kevin Burkett ksb0002@auburn.edu

Regional Extension Agent, Farm and Agribusiness Management, Horticulture

Deacue Fields fieldde@auburn.edu Department Chair and Professor

Farm and Agribusiness Management

William "Ken" Kelley kellewi@auburn.edu Regional Extension Agent, Farm and Agribusiness Management, Livestock and Forages

Jessica Kelton keltoja@auburn.edu Regional Extension Agent, Farm and Agribusiness Management, Row Crops

Robert L. Page rlp0005@auburn.edu Regional Extension Agent, Farm and Agribusiness

Management, Poultry, Taxes

Max W. Runge rungemw@auburn.edu Extension Specialist, Farm and Agribusiness Management Agronomic Crops; Animal Science and Forages

Gene Simpson simpseh@aces.edu Associate Director, NPTC/Extension Specialist Professor

Poultry Housing

Robert Tufts tuftsra@auburn.edu Visiting Professor Farm and Agribusiness Management

Taxes, Estate Planning, Timber

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ARKANSAS University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural

Economics & Agribusiness Department Head

Steve Halbrook, Professor 217 Agriculture Building University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Email: halbrook@uark.edu Phone: 479-575-2258

Extension State Office 2301 South University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204 Phone: 501-671-2347 www.uaex.edu

Southern Risk Management Education Center (SRMEC)

Ron Rainey, Director 501-671-2165 srmec@uaex.edu

Department Website: http://agribusiness.uark.edu/ Extension Website: http://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/economics-marketing/ SRMEC Website: http://srmec.uark.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Bobby Coats rcoats@uaex.edu Professor - Policy and Farm Management, Risk Management

Wayne Miller wmiller@uaex.edu Professor – Economics and Community Development

Ron Rainey rrainey@uaex.edu Professor - Horticulture Economics, Risk Management and Product Marketing

Scott Stiles sstiles@uaex.edu Instructor – Farm Management and Business Planning, Risk Management

Brad Watkins

Bob Stark

kbwatki@uark.edu

stark@uamont.edu

Professor – Rice Economics and Farm Management, Risk Management Associate Professor- Production and Farm Management, Risk Management

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FLORIDA University of Florida Food & Resource Economics Department

Department Head Spiro Stefanou

P.O. Box 110240 Gainsville, FL 32611-0240 Email: sstefanou@ufl.edu Phone: 352-294-7625

Department Website http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Rod Clouser rclouser@ufl.edu Professor and Associate Chair Public

Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy

Kevin R Athearn athearn@ufl.edu Regional Specialized Extension Agent Rural and Agribusiness Development

Charles Adams cmadams@ufl.edu Professor, Extension Marine Economist

Damian Adams dcadams@ufl.edu Associate Professor Natural Resource Economics and Policy

Alan Hodges awhodges@ufl.edu Extension Programs Coordinator, Economic Impact Analysis

Tatiana Borisova tborisova@ufl.edu Associate Professor, Water Economics

Christa Court ccourt@ufl.edu Assistant Scientist, Economic Impact Analysis

Edward "Gilly" Evans eaevans@ufl.edu Professor, Applied Trade Policy Analysis,

Production, Marketing

Derek Farnsworth dfarnswo@ufl.edu Assistant Professor, Agricultural Finance, Labor, Marketing

Hayk Khachatryan hayk@ufl.edu Assistant Professor, Horticulture Industry

Zhengfei Guan guanz@ufl.edu Assistant Professor Management, Market and Policy Issues

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Michael Olexa olexa@ufl.edu Professor, Agricultural and Natural Resource Law

Chris Prevatt prevacg@ufl.edu Regional Specialized Agent, Livestock and Forage Management and Marketing

Fritz Roka fmroka@ufl.edu Associate Professor, Farm Labor, Supervisor Training Program

Ariel Singerman singerman@ufl.edu Assistant Professor, Citrus and Specialty Crops, Production and Risk

John VanSickle

Tara Wade

sickle@ufl.edu

tara.wade@ufl.edu

Professor, Agribusiness Resources and Tools Agricultural Resource Economist, Water Economics and Natural Resource Policy

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GEORGIA University of Georgia Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics

Department Head Department Extension Coordinator Octavio Ramirez Amanda R. Smith 301 Conner Hall 2360 Rainwater Rd Athens, GA 30602 Tifton, GA 31793 oramirez@uga.edu a.smith@uga.edu 706-542-2481 229-386-3512

Department Website Department Extension Website

http://agecon.uga.edu http://agecon.uga.edu/extension

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Brady Brewer bebrewer@uga.edu Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in agricultural finance, agribusiness and production economics

Cesar Escalante cescalan@uga.edu Professor, Extension Specialist in farm finance, business planning, record keeping and financial analysis

Warren Kriesel wkriesel@uga.edu Associate Professor, Extension Specialist in Georgia statistics and marine extension

Levi Russell lrussell@uga.edu Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in beef cattle, forage management, dairy and poultry economics

Liz Kramer

Ben Campbell

lkramer@uga.edu

bencamp@uga.edu

Public Service Associate, Director of Natural Resource Spatial Analysis Lab and Extension Specialist in land use, ground and surface water, and local food systems Assistant Professor, Ornamental horticulture and agribusiness

Greg Fonsah

gfonsah@uga.edu

Professor, Extension Specialist in vegetables, fruits and pecans

Don Shurley donshur@uga.edu Professor Emeritus, Extension Specialist in cotton

Adam Rabinowitz adam.rabinowitz@uga.edu Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in peanuts and small grains

Amanda Smith a.smith@uga.edu Public Service Associate, Extension Specialist in row crops, conservation production systems, and enterprise budgets

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KENTUCKY University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics

Department Head Leigh Maynard, Department Chair 427 Charles E. Barnhart Bldg. Lexington, KY 40546-0276 Email: leigh.maynard@uky.edu Phone: 859-257-7277

Department Website http://agecon.ca.uky.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Kenneth Burdine

kburdine@uky.edu Associate Extension Professor

Livestock Marketing; Outlook and Profitability; Livestock Price Risk Management

Greg Halich greg.halich@uky.edu Associate Extension Professor Livestock/Forages Management; Grain Crop Management; General Farm Management

William Snell wsnell@uky.edu Extension Professor Tobacco Economics; Agricultural Policy; Agricultural Markets/Trade Macroeconomics; Kentucky Ag Leadership Program

Alison Davis Alison.davis@uky.edu Extension Professor Rural Economic Development; Regional and Urban Economics; Microeconomics

A. Lee Meyer lmeyer@uky.edu Extension Professor Agricultural and Livestock Marketing; Sustainable Agriculture; Farm Transitions and Beginning Farmer Programs; Direct Marketing; Grass based Beef Production

Jordan Shockley Jordan.shockley@uky.edu Assistant Extension Professor Post-Harvest Management Poultry Economics; Economics of Soil Quality Economics of Precision Agriculture Technologies Machinery Management; Biofuels; General Farm Management

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Timothy Woods

Todd Davis

Steve Isaacs

Tim.woods@uky.edu

Todd.davis@uky.edu

Sisaacs@uky.edu

Extension Professor Agribusiness Management and Marketing; Marketing Horticultural Products; Local Food Systems Assistant Extension Professor Grain Marketing; Crop Insurance, Commodity Futures / Options; Risk Management; Farm Bill Extension Professor Farm Management; Labor Economics; UK Income Tax Program; Kentucky Ag Leadership Program

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LOUISIANA Louisiana State University Department of

Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness

Department Head Mike Salassi, Professor & Extension Economist 101 Martin D. Woodin Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Email: msalassi@agcenter.lsu.edu Phone: 225-578-2713

Department Website http://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/departments/ag-economics-agribusiness

Faculty

Shaun Tanger stanger@agcenter.lsu.edu Assistant Professor Forestry; Forestry Policy; Forestry Finance

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Naveen Adusumilli nadusumilli@agcenter.lsu.edu Assistant Professor

Water Policy; Production Economic; Natural Resource Economic

Rex H. Caffey rcaffey@agcenter.lsu.edu Donald E. Welge Endowed Professor Director- Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy Director- Marine Extension, Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Restoration Economics; Ecosystem Service Valuation; Fisheries Management; Benefit-Cost Analysis; Project Feasibility

Michael A. Deliberto mdeliberto@agcenter.lsu.edu Assistant Professor Farm Management; Crop Production Economics; Commodity Farm Policy

J. Matthew Fannin mfannin@agcenter.lsu.edu William H. Alexander Endowed Professor Rural Development; Regional Economics

Kurt M. Guidry kmguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu Gilbert Durbin Endowed Professor Farm Management; Crop Production Economics

Mark Schafer Mschaf1@agcenter.lsu.edu Associate Professor Sociology of Education; Comparative International Development; Globalization; Rural Sociology; Social Change; Sociology of the Family

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MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural Economics

Department Head Keith Coble 300 Lloyd Ricks Bldg. Mississippi State, MS 39762 Email: keith.coble@msstate.edu Phone: (662)325-6670

Department Website http://www.agecon.msstate.edu/whatwedo/policy/index.asp

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Alan Barefield alan.barefield@msstate.edu Extension Professor Public infrastructure; Primarily water systems; Regional and healthcare economic analysis; Small business Development; Entrepreneurship; Business retention; and Expansion programs

James Barnes James.barnes@msstate.edu Associate Extension Professor Regional Economic Analysis; Entrepreneurship; Online Marketing; Social Media Economics; Local Food Systems

Elizabeth Canales elizabeth.canales@msstate.edu Assistant Extension Professor Agribusiness; Farm Financial Management; Adoption of Agricultural production practices; Production Economics; Local Foods

Alba J. Collart Alba.collart@msstate.edu Assistant Extension Professor Food Marketing and Policy; Consumer Preferences; Experimental and Behavioral Economics; Applied Microeconometrics

Larry Falconer Larry.falconer@msstate.edu Extension Professor, DREC Farm Management

Curt Lacy Curt.lacy@msstate.edu Professor and Regional Extension Coordinator Administration

Josh Maples Josh.maples@msstate.edu Assistant Professor Livestock Marketing

Bryon Parman parman@agecon.msstate.edu Assistant Professor Ag Finance, Farm Management, Land Economics

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Brian Williams Brian.williams@msstate.edu Assistant Extension Professor Commodity Marketing; Farm Management; Production Economics; Crop Insurance and Risk Management; and Agricultural Policy

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NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina State University Department of

Agricultural & Resource Economics

Department Head John Beghin, Professor Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics 3350 Nelson Raleigh, NC 27695 Email: jcbeghin@ncsu.edu Phone: 919-515-4538

Department Website https://ag-econ.ncsu.edu/

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Jonathan Baros Jonathan_baros@ncsu.edu Extension Coordinator at the Plants for

Human Health Institute Extension Associate-Agribusiness Management

Gary S. Bullen Gary_bullen@ncsu.edu Extension Associate New Enterprise Evaluation; Business; Direct Marketing; Financial Management Plans

Brandon King Brandon_king@ncsu.edu ARE Distance Education Program Extension Associate Distance Education; Local Regulations; Farmland Preservation

Brittany F. Whitmire

Doris Sande

Derek Washburn

Blake Brown

Brittany_whitmire@ncsu.edu

dnsande@ncsu.edu

dawashbu@ncsu.edu

blake_brown@ncsu.edu

Dairy Extension Associate Dairy Farm Business Management; Succession Planning Research Associate Production economics; Food Safety and nutrition; Agribusiness economics; farm management NC Farm School Program Associate Hugh C. Kiger Professor Extension and research responsibilities for policy and farm management

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Rod Rejesus

Guido van der Hoeven

rod_rejesus@ncsu.edu

guido_vdh@ncsu.edu

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist. Applied production economics with special emphasis on crop insurance and ag technology assessment Senior Lecturer and Extension Specialist. Taxation, farm succession and transition, estate planning, farm management and forestry

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OKLAHOMA Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics

Department Head Dr. Mike Woods, Professor 308 Ag Hall Stillwater, OK 74078 Email: mike.woods@okstate.edu Phone: 405-744-6161

Department Website http://www.agecon.okstate.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Kim Anderson kim.anderson@okstate.edu Professor and Extension Economist

Agricultural Marketing & Sales; Crop Marketing; Farm and Ranch Risk Management Workshops; Grain Grading Workshops; Marketing and Risk Management

Cheryl Devuyst cheryl.devuyst@okstate.edu Professor Agricultural Management

Eric Devuyst eric.devuyst@okstate.edu Professor Farm and Ranch Management; Production Economics

Damona Doye damona.doye@okstate.edu Regents Professor and Rainbolt Chair in Agricultural Finance Farm Management; Production Economics

Shannon Ferrell shannon.ferrell@okstate.edu Associate Professor Agricultural Law

JC. Hobbs Jc.hobbs@okstate.edu

Assistant Extension Specialist Tax Education and Farm Management

Rodney Holcomb rodney.holcomb@okstate.edu Professor Food Economics

Rodney Jones rodney.jones@okstate.ed Associate Professor and OK Farm Credit Chair Farm Management

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Phil Kenkel phil.kenkel@okstate.edu Regents Professor and Fitzwater Chair Co-operatives

Notie Lansford notie.lansford@okstate.edu Professor and Extension Economist Economic Development, County Training Program

Max Melstrom melstrom@okstate.edu Assistant Professor and Economist Environmental and Resource Economics

Derrell Peel derrell.peel@okstate.edu Professor and Charles Breedlove Endowed Professor Livestock Marketing

Kellie Raper kellie.raper@okstate.edu Associate Professor Livestock marketing

Larry Sanders larry.sanders@okstate.edu Professor and Extension Economist Agricultural Policy; Resource Economics

Roger Sahs roger.sahs@okstate.edu

Assistant Extension Specialist Farm Management and Budgets

Dave Shideler dave.shideler@okstate.edu Associate Professor and Extension Economist Community Development; Economic Development

Brian Whitacre brian.whitacre@okstate.edu Professor and Extension Economist Broadband Access and Effective Use; Information and Communications Technology; Rural Development; Rural Health

JJ Jones jj.jones@okstate.edu Area Agricultural Economics Specialist Livestock and Forage Economics and Marketing Meat Goats and other small ruminants

Scott Clawson scott.clawson@okstate.edu Area Agricultural Economics Specialist

Trent Milacek trent.milacek@okstate.edu Area Agricultural Economics Specialist

James Arati jarati@okstate.edu Extension Business Development Coordinator

Lisa Bryant lisa.bryant@okstate.edu Extension Business Development Coordinator

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SOUTH CAROLINA Clemson University Department of Agricultural Sciences

Extension Agribusiness Program Team

Department Head Extension Agribusiness Team Leader Charles Privette, III, Interim Nathan Smith 240 McAdams Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0312 900 Clemson Rd, Columbia, SC 29229 Email: privett@clemson.edu Email: nathan5@clemson.edu Phone: 864-656-3250 Phone: 803-788-5700

Extension Agribusiness Website http://www.clemson.edu/extension/agribusiness

Department Website http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/departments/agricultural-sciences

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Kathy Coleman kclmn@clemson.edu Director, Sandhill REC, Assistant Program Team Leader

Dave Lamie dlamie@clemson.edu Associate Professor, Agribusiness and Rural Development, New & Beginning Farmer Program

Ken Robinson krbnsn@clemson.edu Associate Professor, Rural Development

Nathan Smith nathan5@clemson.edu Extension Professor, Production Economics, Farm Policy, Commodity Marketing

Extension Personnel Email Area of Expertise

Ben Boyles boyles2@clemson.edu Agribusiness Extension Agent, Agribusiness Development, Farmers Markets, Agritourism

Jennifer Boyles jbyls@clemson.edu Agribusiness Extension Agent, Agribusiness Development, Leadership

Will Culler wculler@clemson.edu Agribusiness Extension Agent, Agribusiness Development, Entrepreneurship

Wilder Ferreira wferrei@clemson.edu Agribusiness Extension Agent, Agribusiness Development, Entrepreneurship

Bernt Nelson berntn@clemson.edu Extension Associate, Risk Management, Livestock Marketing, Enterprise Budgets

Blake Lanford blakel@clemson.edu District Extension Director, Agribusiness Development

Alta Mae Marvin amarvin@clemson.edu Agribusiness Extension Agent, Agribusiness Development, Farmers Markets, Food Safety

Scott Mickey smickey@clemson.edu Extension Associate, Financial Management, Commodity Marketing

Steve Richards stricha@clemson.edu Extension Associate, Agribusiness Management, Marketing, Finance

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TENNESSEE University of Tennessee Department of

Agricultural & Resource Economics

Department Head Christopher Clark, Professor 321D Morgan Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-4518 Email: cdclark@utk.edu Phone: 865-974-7471

Department Website http://economics.ag.utk.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Aaron Smith aaron.smith@utk.edu Assistant Professor, Extension Row Crop Economist. Marketing and Risk Management, Production Economics, Farm Management

Andrew Griffith agriff14@utk.edu Assistant Professor, Extension Livestock Economist. Marketing and Risk Management, Production Economics, Farm Management

David Hughes dhughe17@utk.edu Professor and Greever Chair in Agribusiness Development. Community and Economic Development

Margarita Velandia mvelandia@utk.edu Associate Professor, Farmers Markets, Fruit and Vegetable Production, Sustainable Agriculture

Becky Bowling

bowling10@utk.edu Extension Specialist, Budgets, Decision

Aids, Data Collection and Analysis

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Tammy McKinley mckinley@utk.edu Extension Specialist, Web and Social Media, Livestock Marketing, Decision Aids

Hannah Wright hwrigh13@utk.edu Extension Specialist, Agribusiness Development, Agriculture Policy, Rural Development

David Bilderback dbilderb@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm Management

Chuck Danehower Cdanehow@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm and Financial Management

Kevin Ferguson Kferguson@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist

Farm and Financial Management Lester Humpal lhumpal@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist

Farm Management

Alan Galloway abgalloway@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm Management

Adam Hopkins Ahopkin1@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm Management

Dallas Manning Cmannin3@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm and Financial Management

Daniel Morris Danhmorr@utk.edu Extension Area Specialist Farm Management

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TEXAS Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Department of Agricultural Economics

Department Head Associate Dept. Head, Extension C. Parr Rosson III, Professor Mark Waller 2124 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 2124 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 Email: prosson@tamu.edu Email: mwaller@tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-2116 Phone: 979-845-1751

Department Website http://agecon.tamu.edu/ AGEC Extension Website http://agecoext.tamu.edu/ AGEC Extension Twitter @AgEcoEXT

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Steve Amosson s-amosson@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist, Dist. 1, Amarillo management, marketing, personnel management, water/irrigation

David Anderson danderson@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist livestock and food products marketing, dairy, policy

Blake Bennett b-bennett@tamu.edu Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Dist 4, Dallas limited resource/small farm, distance education, marketing, management

Craig Carpenter ccarpenter@tamu.edu Assistant Professor & Extension Economist community economic development, entrepreneurship

Jerry Cornforth cornforth@tamu.edu Program Specialist III – Risk Management crop and livestock enterprise budgets, FARM Assistance

Tiffany Dowell-Lashmet

tdowell@tamu.edu Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist-Law ag law, water, energy, contracts, landowner liability, property law

Rebekka Dudensing

rmdudensing@tamu.edu Associate Professor & Extension Economist community economic development, impact analysis, rural development

Rob Hogan rhogan@ag.tamu.edu Associate Professor & Extension Economist, Dist 10, Uvalde management, livestock/range, marketing, pecans

Jason Johnson jljohnson@tamu.edu Associate Professor & Extension Economist, Dist 8, Stephenville Annie’s Project Coordinator, personal finance, wildlife, crop insurance

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Danny Klinefelter dklinefe@tamu.edu

Professor & Extension Economist financial management, agribusiness

Steven Klose sklose@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist, Coordinator FARM Assistance strategic planning, financial management, policy

Dean McCorkle d-mccorkle@tamu.edu Program Specialist III – Extension Economic Impact Analysis extension program, commodity, and industry economic impact

Joe Outlaw joutlaw@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist, Co-Director AFPC agricultural policy, biofuels, alternative energy, crop insurance

Marco Palma mapalma@tamu.edu

Associate Professor & Extension Economist horticultural, demand analysis, behavioral economics, labor

John Park jlpark@tamu.edu Professor & Extension Economist agribusiness and cooperatives, management, marketing, governance

Luis Riberia Lriberia@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist, Program Director CNAS international trade and transportation, biofuels, carbon markets

John Robinson jrcr@tamu.edu Professor and Extension Economist cotton marketing, management, policy

Andrew Ropicki Andrew.Ropicki@ag.tamu.edu Assistant Professor and Extension Economist marine economics

Jackie Smith j-smith34@tamu.edu Professor & Extension Economist, Dist 2, Lubbock farm management and marketing

Bill Thompson w-thompson@tamu.edu Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Dist 7, San Angelo livestock and crop management

Mark Welch jmwelch@tamu.edu Associate Professor & Extension Economist grain marketing, production and price risk management

Samuel Zapata Samuel.Zapata@ag.tamu.edu Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Dist 12, Weslaco Crop, horticulture, and livestock management and marketing

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VIRGINIA

Virginia Tech University Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics

Department Head Steve Blank, Professor 208-A Hutcheson Hall 250 Drillfield Drive, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: scblank@vt.edu Phone: 540-231-2609

Department Website http://www.aaec.vt.edu/

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise Darrell Bosch bosch@vt.edu Professor

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Kevin Boyle kjboyle@vt.edu Professor, Director Program in Real Estate Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Food and Health Economics

Leon Geyer geyer@vt.edu Professor Agribusiness; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Food and Health Economics

Michael Ellerbrock mebrock@vt.edu Professor Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Klaus Moeltner moeltner@vt.edu Professor Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Applied Econometrics

Kimberly Morgan

Travis Mountain

KLMorgan@vt.edu

Travis35@vt.edu

Assistant Professor and Extension Economist Agribusiness; Food & Health Economics

Assistant Professor and Extension Economist Financial and Economic Well-Being

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Everett Peterson

Jim Pease

petrsone@vt.edu

peasej@vt.edu

Professor International Development and Trade; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Professor, Extension Program Leader Agribusiness; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

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Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

Department Head Alwin J. Jimenz Maldano, Professor Call Box 9000 Mayaguez, PR 00680-9000 Email: alwin.jimenez@upr.edu Phone: 787-265-3860 Department Website http://www.uprm.edu/p/sea/agricultura_mercadeo_y_recursos_naturales

Faculty Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Myrna Comas Myrna.comas@upr.edu Professor. Agricultural Economics,

Extension, International Commerce

Alexandra Gregory Alexandra.gregory@upr.edu Associate Professor. Agricultural Economics, Extension, Consumer Economics, Price Analysis

Luis R Mejia Luis.mejia@upr.edu Associate Dean Agricultural Extension Service

Germán Ramos german.ramos1@upr.edu Assistant Professor. Extension, Education, Sociology

Robinson Rodríguez Pérez robinson.rodriguez1@upr.edu Professor of Rural Sociology. Community Development, Sociology

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Virgin Islands University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service

State Director, Cooperative Extension Service Kwame Garcia 340-692-4091

University of the Virgin Islands Albert A Sheen Campus-St. Croix RR1 10,000 Kingshill, USVI 00850-9781

University of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas Campus #2 John Brewers Bay St. Thomas, USVI 00802-9990

Department Website http://www.uvi.edu/community/cooperative-extension-service/default.aspx

Faculty

Faculty Name Email Area of Expertise

Robert Godfrey rgodfre@uvi.edu Director of Agricultural Experiment Station Research and Public Service

Kofi Boateng kboaten@uvi.edu Associate Director Research, Public Service & Agribusiness

Stafford Crossman scrossm@live.uvi.edu Assistant Director, Cooperative Extension Service Agriculture and Natural Resources Research, Public Service

Randall Macedon macedo@uvi.edu Extension Agent Research, Public Service & Agricultural Business

Thomas Zimmerman tzimmer@uvi.edu Assistant Director of Agricultural Experiment Station Research and Public Service

Southern Extension Economics Committee