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STAFF, PROGRAMS, AND PUBLICATIONS

IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

2009

April 2010

Staff Paper No. 10-3

Compiled by the Department of Agricultural Economics,

Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4011.

Publications and public meetings by the Department of Agricultural

Economics are available and open to the public regardless of race, sex,

national origin, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or other non-

merit reasons.

Department of Agricultural Economics

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4011

PREFACE

This publication lists the academic staff for 2009, courses offered for 2009, awards,

and articles authored by Agricultural Economics faculty and other staff working on projects

funded through the Department of Agricultural Economics. The articles were published

between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Copies of articles may be obtained from

the Department of Agricultural Economics, 342 Waters Hall, Kansas State University,

Manhattan, KS 66506-4011.

David K. Lambert

Professor & Department Head

Table of Contents

ACADEMIC STAFF, 2009 ............................................................................................................ 5

COURSES OFFERED IN 2009 ...................................................................................................... 8

AWARDS ....................................................................................................................................... 9

AG MANAGER PAPERS ............................................................................................................ 10

BOOKS and CHAPTERS IN BOOKS ......................................................................................... 12

BOOK REVIEWS......................................................................................................................... 17

DISSERTATIONS, REPORTS, AND THESES .......................................................................... 17

EXTENSION FACT SHEETS, LEAFLETS, AND HANDBOOKS ........................................... 18

EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................... 19

FARM MANAGEMENT GUIDES .............................................................................................. 20

FARM MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTERS ................................................................................ 25

FARM MANAGEMENT REPORTS ........................................................................................... 27

JOURNAL ARTICLES ................................................................................................................ 28

OTHER ARTICLES ..................................................................................................................... 32

POSTERS ..................................................................................................................................... 33

PRESENTED PAPERS ................................................................................................................ 34

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ................................................................................................ 42

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS ......................................................................................................... 43

REPORTS OF PROGRESS .......................................................................................................... 44

RESEARCH REPORTS ............................................................................................................... 44

SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................................. 45

STAFF PAPERS ........................................................................................................................... 46

WORKING PAPERS AND MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS ..................................................... 47

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ACADEMIC STAFF, 2009

FACULTY Appointment tenthsa

Name Title Subject Area T R E

Vincent Amanor-Boadu Assistant Professor Agribusiness 3.5 2 4.5

Joseph O. Arata Assistant Professor Agribusiness 10 0 0

Andrew P. Barkley Professor Policy 6 4 0

G. Art Barnaby, Jr. Professor Finance, Govt. Prog. 0 0 10

David G. Barton Professor Agribusiness, Finance 0 0 10

Jason Bergtold Assistant Professor Production/ Econometrics 4 6 0

Arlo W. Biere Professor Agribusiness 5 5 0

Michael A. Boland Professor Agribusiness 4 4 2

Robert O. Burton, Jr. Professor Farm Management 8 2 0

John Crespi Associate Professor Ind. Org., Marketing 4 6 0

Timothy Dalton Associate Professor International Ag Develop. 3.5 6.5 0

Kevin C. Dhuyvetter Professor Farm Mgmt./Marketing 0 2 8

Allen M. Featherstone Professor Finance 4 6 0

Barry L. Flinchbaugh Professor Policy 1.5 0 .5

John A. Fox Professor Food Marketing/Trade 4 6 0

Orlen C. Grunewald Professor Livestock & Food Mktg. 7 3 0

Terry L. Kastensb Professor Farm Management 0 0 5

David K. Lambert Professor and Department Head 1 3 6

Michael R. Langemeier Professor Livestock Production 3 2 5

John C. Leatherman Professor Local Government 0 0 10

a T, R, E – Teaching, Research, and Extension, respectively.

b Resigned or Retired in 2009.

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LIST OF ACADEMIC STAFF, 2009 (continued)

FACULTY Appointment tenthsa

Name Title Subject Area T R E

James R. Mintertb Professor Livestock Marketing 1 2 7

Daniel O‘Brien Associate Professor Farm Management 0 0 10

Hikaru H. Peterson Associate Professor Marketing, Risk Mgmt. 4 6 0

Jeffrey Peterson Associate Professor Natural Resources 2 8 0

Alexander Saak Assistant Professor Industrial Organization 4 6 0

Ted C. Schroeder Professor Livestock Marketing 2 8 0

Bryan W. Schurle Professor Production, Risk Mgmt. 5.5 1.5 3.0

Jeffery R. Williams Professor Nat. Resources, Farm Mgmt. 4 6 0

Christine Wilson Associate Professor Finance

Assistant Dean of Academic Programs

Michael Woolvertonb Visiting Professor Ag. Grain Mktg. Analysis 0 0 10

Tian Xia Assistant Professor Applied Econometrics 4 6 0

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Chatura Ariyaratne Res. Asst. Professor 0 10 0

Billy B. Golden Res. Asst. Professor Water/Environment/Risk 0 10 0

Xianghong Li Res. Asst. Professor Trade/Marketing 0 10 0

INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

Cherie Hodgson Academic Coordinator Ag Econ Orientation

Bernard Irvine Instructor Ag Law

David Lehman Instructor Marketing a T, R, E – Teaching, Research, and Extension, respectively.

b Resigned or Retired in 2009.

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EXTENSION STAFF

Seleise Barrett Extension Assistant Arthur Capper Cooperative Center

Biswa Das Extension Associate Office of Local Government

Troy L. Dumler Area Economist Farm Management

Kevin L. Herbel KFMA Administrator Farm Management Association

Duane Hund Extension Assistant Farm Analyst

Richard Llewelyn Extension Assistant Extension

Katie Morris Extension Assistant Office of Local Government

Josh Roe Extension Associate Office of Local Government

Jeri Stroade Extension Assistant Agricultural Economics

Jen Schlegel Extension Assistant Land Use Value

Leah Tsoodle Extension Assistant Land Use Value

Robert Wilson Extension Assistant Office of Local Government

LaVell Winsor Extension Assistant Farm Analyst

SUPPORT STAFF

Mary Bowen MAB Program Associate

Lynnette Brummett MAB Program Coordinator

Deana Foster Administrative Assistant

Alicia Goheen Communications Analyst

Mary Huninghake Sr. Administrative Assistant

Judy Maberry Administrative Officer

Chuck Mickelson Computer Information Specialist

Terry Teske Computer Information Specialist

Karen Wilson Business Manager

Mary Winnie Administrative Specialist

Carla Woodyard Sr. Administrative Assistant

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COURSES OFFERED IN 2009

(MAB) = Masters in Agribusiness courses

Course Number and Title Instructor

105 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Orientation Hodgson

120 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Bergtold/ Schurle

121 - Honors Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Barkley

202 - Small Business Operation Arata

220 - Grain/Livestock Marketing Arata

308 - Farm & Ranch Management (also Distance Education) Burton

318 - Food & Agribusiness Management Grunewald

410 - Agricultural Policy Flinchbaugh

415 - The Global Agricultural Economy, Hunger & Poverty Dalton

420 - Commodity Futures Fox/ Grunewald

441 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Seminar/Marketing Team Biere/ Lehman

445 - Agribusiness Internship Hodgson

450 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Problems Featherstone/ Lambert

460 - International Food and Agribusiness Study Tour Boland

490 - Computer Applications in Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Burton

500 - Production Economics Langemeier/ Burton

505 - Agricultural Market Structures Biere/ Barkley

513 - Agricultural Finance H. Peterson/ Schurle

515 - Food and Agribusiness Marketing Crespi

516 - Ag Law & Economics Irvine

520 - Market Fundamentals & Futures/Options Trading Arata

525 - Natural Resource & Environmental Economics Williams

570 - Food Manufacturing/Distribution & Retail Amanor-Boadu

590 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Honors Program Featherstone/ Lambert

598 - Farm Management Strategies Langemeier

599 - Food and Agribusiness Management Strategy Boland

605 - Price Analysis & Forecasting Schroeder

610 - Ag Natural Resources Policy Barkley

623 - International Agricultural Trade Xia

632 - Agribusiness Logistics Biere

700 - Applied Agribusiness Economics (MAB) Langemeier

701 - Introduction to Computer Decision Tools for Agribusiness (MAB) Grunewald

710 - Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems (MAB) Featherstone

712 - Linear Programming Applications in Agricultural Economics Bergtold

713 - Agribusiness Financial Management (MAB) Featherstone

720 - Agribusiness Risk Management (MAB) Williams

730 - Applied Agribusiness Logistics (MAB) Biere

740 - Seminar in Agricultural Economics Analysis (MAB) Featherstone

750 - Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Problems Featherstone/ Lambert

760 - Econometrics in Agribusiness (MAB) Fox

761 - Optimization Techniques for Agribusiness (MAB) Bergtold

770 - International Agribusiness and Policy Analysis (MAB) Woolverton

805 - Agricultural Marketing Ariyaratne

810 - Price/Income Policy Agriculture Fox

812 - Advanced Farm Economics Williams

823 - Production Economics II Dalton

825 - Natural Resource Policy J. Peterson

840 – International Market/ Agricultural Trade Saak

880 – Agribusiness Industry Structure Saak

890 - Advanced Food and Agribusiness Management (& MAB) Amanor-Boadu/ Boland

899 - Agricultural Economics Master=s Research (& MAB) Featherstone/ Lambert

901 - Research/Methods in Economics Crespi

905 - Ag Demand & Com. Mkt. Xia

923 - Economics of Agricultural Production Featherstone

925 - Advanced Research/Environmental Economics J. Peterson

936 - Quantitative Topics/Agricultural Economics Crespi

955 - Independent Study for Advanced Topics in Agricultural Economics Bergtold/ Featherstone

999 - Agricultural Economics Ph.D. Research Featherstone/ Lambert

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AWARDS

Amanor-Boadu, Vincent. Appreciation Award, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, for outstanding

support of Government 101 Training.

Amanor-Boadu, Vincent, Arlo Biere, and P. Marletto. Best Paper Award, International

Agribusiness Management Association Annual Congress, Budapest, Hungary.

Arata, Joe. 2009 Presidential Award for Undergraduate Teaching.

Barkley, Andrew. Biography selected for inclusion in 2009 Edition, Who’s Who in America.

Barnaby, Art. K-State Research and Extension Builder Award.

Barnaby, Art. 2009 National Excellence in Extension Award - Association of Public and Land-

Grant Universities.

Boland, Mike. 2009 International Educator Award, Kansas State University.

Boland, Mike. 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (More than 10 Years

Experience), American Agricultural Economics Association.

Boland, Mike. College of Agriculture 2009 Advisor of the Year Award.

Boland, Mike. APEX Award, Purdue University.

Leatherman, John, Jeff Peterson, Josh Roe, Craig Smith, Jeff Williams, Robert Wilson, and etal.

CSREES Partnership Award for Mission Integration (Awarded to K-State Watershed

Protection and Protection Strategies Team).

Schroeder, Ted. U.S. Meat Export Federation, 2009 Eric Choon Memorial Research Award.

Schroeder, Ted. 2009 Distinguished Scholar Award, Western Agricultural Economics

Association.

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AG MANAGER PAPERS

Amanor-Boadu, V. ―Practical Strategies for Business Development in Conflict and Post-Conflict

Environments,‖ www.agmanager.info, August 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V. ―Arresting a Recession: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,‖

www.agmanager.info, April 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V., C. Whorton and T. Rothlingsberger. ―Purposeful Use of Technology among

Kansas Youth: A Descriptive Analysis,‖ www.agmanager.info, October 2009.

Amosson, S., L. Almas, B. Golden, B. Guerrero, J. Johnson, R. Taylor, and E. Wheeler-Cook.

―Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala Aquifer,‖

www.agmanager.info, March 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Futures-Based Price Forecasts for Diesel Prices.‖ One-page white paper

updated on a monthly basis in 2009 and posted to www.agmanager.info.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Weekly LRP Basis Forecasts.‖ Two-page white paper updated several times

during 2009 and posted to www.agmanager.info.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and T.L. Kastens. ―2009 Kansas Land Values and Cash Rents at the County

Level.‖ White paper posted to www.agmanager.info, September 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., C. Newsom, and T.L. Kastens. ―Determining Pasture Rents in the Flint Hills of

Kansas.‖ White paper posted to www.agmanager.info, June 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Differences Between High, Medium, and Low Profit

Cow-Calf Producers: An Analysis of 2004-2008 Kansas Farm Management Association

Cow-Calf Enterprise.‖ White paper posted to www.agmanager.info, June 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and T.L. Kastens. ―2008 Harvest Year Report for USCHI=s Custom Harvester

Analysis and Management Program (CHAMP).‖ Posted to www.agmanager.info.

Golden, B., J.S. Bergtold, M.A. Boland, K.C. Dhuyvetter, T.L. Kastens, J. Peterson, and S.

Staggenborg. ―A Comparison of Select Cost-Benefit Studies on the Impacts of HR 2454

on the Agriculture Sector of the Economy.‖ White paper review report conducted for the

American Farmland Trust Center for Agriculture and posted to www.agmanager.info,

December 2009.

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Kastens, T.L. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―2009 Government Program Payments and Non-agricultural

Returns Affect Land Values.‖ White paper posted to www.agmanager.info, August 2009.

Kastens, T.L. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Valuing and Buying U.S. Farm Land, with Consideration of

Non-Ag Features.‖ White paper posted to www.agmanager.info, August 2009.


Non-Ag Features.‖ Oklahoma State University IFMAPS Today Newsletter, September

2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M., T.J. Dumler, and R. Madl. ―What to Consider with Cellulosic Biomass

Production.‖ Kansas Wheat District Meetings Presentation posted to

www.agmanager.info, February 5, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Wheat Market Outlook and Effects from the Economy.‖ Northwest Kansas

Wheat Field Tour Presentation posted to www.agmanager.info, June 15, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Wheat Market Situation and Outlook.‖ 2009 AAEA Annual Meeting

Presentation posted to www.agmanager.info, July 30, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Grain Market Situation and Outlook.‖ Western Kansas Ag Research Center

Field Day Presentation posted to www.agmanager.info, August 26, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Signals of Grain Market Direction for 2010.‖ Extension Newsletter posted to

www.agmanager.info, November 30, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Grain Market Situation and Outlook.‖ Great Bend, KS Crop School Presentation

posted to www.agmanager.info, December 22, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―How Grain Ethanol Plants Affect Local Grain Prices.‖ Iowa

State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, April

28, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―The Relationship of Ethanol, Gasoline and Oils Prices.‖

Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article,

June 23, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―U.S. Ethanol Production, Imports and Stocks.‖ Iowa State

University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, January 26,

2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.












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O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Recent Trends in U.S. Corn Wet and Dry Milling

Production.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC)

Newsletter Article, February 21, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Trends in U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity: 2005-

2009.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter

Article, September 24, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Trends in U.S. Energy Use and Supplies – How Biofuels

Contribute.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC)

Newsletter Article, October 28, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―World and U.S. Fossil Fuel Supply Inventories.‖ Iowa State

University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, November

24, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Corn Supply Prospects for U.S. Ethanol Production.‖

Ethanol Producer Magazine Article, October 27, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Grain Market Expectations for 2010.‖ Midwest Producer Magazine Article,

December 21, 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

Saak, A.E. ―Country of Origin Labeling.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Manhattan, KS,

August 2009. Posted to www.agmanager.info.

Schulz, L., K.C. Dhuyvetter, K. Harborth, and J. Waggoner. ―Factors Affecting Feeder Cattle

Prices in Kansas and Missouri.‖ White paper prepared posted to www.agmanager.info

November 2009.

BOOKS and CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Barton, D.G. ―FCStone Conversion to a Public Corporation,‖ In Cooperative Conversions,

Failures and Restructurings: Case Studies and Lessons from U.S. and Canadian

Agriculture. Knowledge Impact in Society and the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives,

University of Saskatchewan, 2009.









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Basualdo, A., M.A. Boland, and M. Mazza. ―The Argentine Beef Industry in 2007.‖

International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor Ray Goldberg.

Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services, Manhattan, KS 2009,

pp.10-22.

Spanish translation:

Basualdo, A., M.A. Boland, and M. Mazza. ―La Industria Argentina de la Carne de

Vacuno en el 2007.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en

Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing

Services, Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.10-23.

Boland, M.A., V. Pozo, and D. Sumner. ―Sunkist Growers, Inc.: Refreshing the Brand.‖



pp.214-226.


Boland, M.A., V. Pozo, and D. Sumner. ―Sunkist Growers, Inc.: Refrescando la Marca.‖

Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en Honor al Profesor Ray

Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services, Manhattan,

KS 2009, pp.212-224.

Boland, M.A., D. Sanchez, and D. Sumner. ―Sun-Maid Growers of California.‖ International

Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor Ray Goldberg. Edited by

M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services, Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.227-236.


Boland, M.A., D. Sanchez, and D. Sumner. ―Sun-Maid Growers de California y la

Industria Americana de Uvas-Pasas.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios

Internacionales: Libro en Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and

E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services, Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.225-234.

Boland, M.A., P. Mancia, and M. Taylor. ―Tree Top: Looking Forward.‖ International




Boland, M.A., P. Mancia, and M. Taylor. ―Tree Top: Mirando al Futuro.‖ Casos de

Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg.


pp.235-244.

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Boland, M.A., A. Mac Cawley and P. Sedlmajerova. ―Colun Cooperativa and the Chilean Dairy

Industry.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor Ray


KS 2009, pp.44-58.


Boland, M.A., A. Mac Cawley, and P. Sedlmajerova. ―La Industria Lactea en Chile.‖



KS 2009, pp.48-56.

Boland, M.A., E. Gallo, and J. Jaen. ―Dole Foods: Creating a ‗Green Carbon- Neutral‘

Pineapple.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor

Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services,

Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.112-120.


Boland, M.A., E. Gallo, and J. Jaen. ―Dole Foods: Creando una Pina ‗Carbono Neutral

Verde‘.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en Honor al

Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services,


Boland, M.A., E. Gallo, and D. Maradiaga. ―Establishing Trust as Part of a Global Stragegy for

Dole Foods.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor




Boland, M.A., E. Gallo, and D. Maradiaga. ―Estableciendo Confianza Como Parte de una

Estrategia Global para Dole Foods.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios



Boland, M.A. and A. Bosse. ―Guerrero Chocolates and the Global Chocolate Industry.‖



pp.130-139.


Boland, M.A. and A. Bosse. ―Chocolates Guerrero y la Industria Global del Chocolate.‖



KS 2009, pp.143-152.

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Boland, M.A., H. Pena, and D. Sumner. ―Blue Diamond Growers and the World Almond

Industry.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor Ray


KS 2009, pp.172-182.


Boland, M.A., H. Pena, and D. Sumner. ―Los Productores Blue Diamond y la Industria

Mundial de Almendras.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en

Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing


Boland, M.A. and G.W. Brester. ―The CHS Animal Nutrition Business Unit.‖ International




Boland, M.A. and G.W. Brester. ―La Unidad de Negocio de Nutricion Animal de CHS.‖



KS 2009, pp.200-211.

Cader, H.A., Leatherman, J.C., and J.M. Crespi. ―Regional Variation in the Location Choice of

Goods- and Service-Producing Industries.‖ In S. Goetz, S. Deller, and T. Harris (eds.).

Targeting Regional Economic Development. Routledge, New York, 2009: 126-147.

Chaddad, F. and M.A. Boland. ―Cooxupe and the World Coffee Industry: Strategies to Increase

Producer Income in Brazil.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor

of Professor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing



Chaddad, F. and M.A. Boland. ―Cooxupe y la Industria Mundial del Café: Estrategias

para Aumentar el Ingreso del Productor.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios



Deller, S.C., Leatherman, J.C., and M. Shields. ―TRED as an Educational Tool.‖ Pp. 325-342 in

S. Goetz, S. Deller, and T. Harris (eds.). Targeting Regional Economic Development.

New York: Routledge. (2009).

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Gallo, E. and M.A. Boland. ―Agrolibano: Issues in the Honduras Melon Industry.‖ International



Spanish translation

Gallo, E. and M.A. Boland. ―Agrolibano: Temas de Interes en la Industria del Melon

Hondureno.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en Honor al

Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services,


Leatherman, J.C. and T.L. Kastens. ―Modeling the Probability of Manufacturing Activity in the

Great Plains.‖ Pp. 126-147 in S. Goetz, S. Deller, and T. Harris (eds.). Targeting

Regional Economic Development. New York: Routledge. (2009).

McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. ―AMPI and the Acquisition of Cass-Clay, a North Dakota Dairy

Cooperative.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of Professor




McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. ―AMPI y la Adquisicion de Cass-Clay, una Cooperativa

Lechera de Dakota del Norte.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales:

Libro en Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State

Printing Services, Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.176-187.

Peterson, H.H. and R.R. Janke. ―Organic Marketing.‖ In C.A. Francis, ed., Organic Farming:

The Ecological Systems, Agronomy Monograph 54, American Society of Agronomy,

Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America: Madison, WI, 2009.

Perez, L. and M.A. Boland. ―La Opcion Natural de Colonia: Creando Valor en el Negocio de

Carne Vacuna.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales: Libro en Honor

al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing



Perez, L. and M.A. Boland. ―Colonia‘s Natural Choice: Creating Value in the

Urugauayan Beef Business.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor

of Professor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing


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Piana, C.F., A.M. Featherstone, and M.A. Boland. ―Vertical Integration in Ecuador: The Case of

Fresh Cut Pineapples.‖ International Agribusiness Strategy Cases: A Book in Honor of

Professor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State Printing Services,



Piana, C.F. , A.M. Featherstone, and M.A. Boland. ―Integracion Vertical en Ecuador: El

Caso de la Pina Pre Cortada.‖ Casos de Estrategia de Agronegocios Internacionales:

Libro en Honor al Profesor Ray Goldberg. Edited by M.A. Boland and E. Gallo. K-State

Printing Services, Manhattan, KS 2009, pp.98-107.

BOOK REVIEWS

Amanor-Boadu, V. Book Review: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Editor). ―The Gene Revolution: GM

Crops and Unequal Development,‖ Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2007, pp. 248. (Hard

Cover), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2009: 551-553.

Dalton, T.J. Book Review: Sachs, Jeffrey D. ―Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded

Planet.‖ New York: Penguin Press, 2008. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research,

2009, 1(1): 117-118.

DISSERTATIONS, REPORTS, AND THESES

Arati, James. ―Evaluating the Economic Feasibility of Anaerobic Digestion for Kawangware

Market Waste.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Bontrager, Chad. ―Flour Moisture Control for Maximum Water Addition.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Bradwell, Becky. ―Time Savings from Paperless Processes in a Container Freight Company.‖

MAB Thesis, 2009.

Brusk, Amy. ―Survey of Business Management Factors Associated with Mixed Animal

Veterinary Practice Size and Growth.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Doan, Clair. ―Strategic Planning as a Differentiating Factor in Performance.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Frasier, Kelsey. ―Cow-Calf Production Risk Among Kansas Producers.‖ M.S. Thesis, 2009.

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Marletta, Piercarlo. ―The Economics of Bagoss Cheese Production in Bagolino, Italy.‖ MAB

Thesis, 2009.

McKamey, Matt. ―Analysis of Rail Rates for Wheat Rail Transportation in Montana; Comparing

Rates in a Captive Market to One with More Intramodal Competition.‖ MAB Thesis,

2009.

Mugera, Amin. ―Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Distribution Dynamics in the Kansas

Farm Sector.‖ M.S. Thesis, 2009.

Newsom, Cora. ―Relationship Between Castration and Morbidity and Their Effects on

performance and Carcass Quality.‖ M.S. Thesis, 2009.

Palermo, Rick. ―Analysis of Solar Power Generation on California Turkey Ranches.‖ MAB

Thesis, 2009.

Pozo, Veronica. ―Consumer Preferences for Emerging Trends in Organics: Product Origin and

Scale of Supply Chain Operations.‖ M.S. Thesis, 2009.

Regehr, Doug. ―Real Estate Advertising in Today‘s Auction Industry.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Svacina, Leslie. ―Preparing Industry Leaders: An Evaluation of Former AFA Participants‖

Workplace Skills.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Tee, Meng. ―The Economics of an Alternative Bio-energy Feedstock – The Case of Jatropha

Curcas.‖ MAB Thesis, 2009.

Upendram, Sreedhar. ―Irrigation Scheduling, Coop chices and Impact of Irrigation Technology

Upgrade on the Kansas High Plains Aquifer.‖ Ph.D. Dissertation, 2009.

EXTENSION FACT SHEETS, LEAFLETS, AND HANDBOOKS

O‘Brien, D.M., D. Belshe, R. Meyer, J. Falk, and B. Olson (editors). ―High Plains Sunflower

Production Handbook.‖ K-State Research and Extension Publication, MF-2384,

(Revised) April 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M., J. Deering, and P. Burgener. ―Sunflower Cost-Return Prospects.‖ Section of the

High Plains Sunflower Production Handbook. K-State Research and Extension

Publication, MF-2384, (Revised) April 2009.

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EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS

Bergtold, J.S., C.D. Monks, K.S. Balkcom, R.L. Raper, and F.J. Arriaga, ―Agronomic and

Economic Impact of Timing for Planting and Defoliation on Cotton Yield, Quality and

Profitability.‖ In: 2008 Cotton Research and Extension Report, Alabama Agricultural

Experiment Station, Research Report No. 33, 2009: pp. 17-19.

Johnson, J., J. Smith, and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Factors Affecting Option Premium Values.‖ Texas

A&M AgriLife Extension Service Bulletin E-577 RM2-29.0 07-09.

Leatherman, J.C. ―The Potential Economic Contribution of Dodge City Cheese to the Local,

Regional and Kansas Economy.‖

Leatherman, J.C. ―The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Russell County Economy.‖

Leatherman, J.C. ―The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Neodesha Economy.‖

Leatherman, J.C. ―The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Rice County Economy.‖

Morris, K., R. Bishop, and J.C. Leatherman with assistance from C. Cook, J. Cox and J. Patry.

―Kansas County Fiscal Conditions & Trends.‖ Custom reports to 105 Kansas counties.

Office of Local Government, Department of Agricultural Economics, K-State Research and

Extension, Kansas State University. 24 pages.

Morris, K., C. Cook and J.C. Leatherman. ―The Importance of the Health Care Sector to Kansas

Counties.‖ Custom reports to 105 Kansas counties. Office of Local Government,

Department of Agricultural Economics, K-State Research and Extension, Kansas State

University. 23 pages.

Morris, K. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Comparison of County Revenue and Expenditures: Riley County

and Peers, 2003-2007.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Rice County Health Care Telephone Survey.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Rice County Health Data and Information.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Russell County Health Care Telephone Survey.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Russell County Health Data and Information.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Russell County Health Services Directory.‖

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Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Neodesha Health Care Telephone Survey.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Neodesha County Health Data and Information.‖

Patry, J. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Neodesha County Health Services Directory.‖

Smith, C. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Economic Contributions of Recreation at Wilson Lake.‖ A report

prepared for Russell County Economic Development. February 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Distillers Grain Prices: Spatial Relationships, Arbitrage Opportunities, and Risk

Management.‖ North American Institute for Beef Economic Research, Kansas State

University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, May

2009.

FARM MANAGEMENT GUIDES

Barnaby, G.A. ―Actual Production History - Crop Insurance,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative

Extension Service Bulletin MF-907.

Barnaby, G.A. ―GRIP and GRP Crop Insurance,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension

Service Bulletin MF-2698.

Barnaby, G.A. ―Revenue Insurance,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin MF-2100.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.R. Langemeier, and S. Johnson. ―Beef Cow-Calf Enterprise,‖ Kansas State

University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin MF-266.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., J.F. Smith, M.J. Brouk, and J.P. Harner III. ―Dairy Enterprise B 100 Lactating

Cows (Freestall),‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin

MF-272.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.D. Tokach, and S.S. Dritz. ―Farrow-to-Finish Swine Cost-Return Budget,‖

Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin MF-292.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.J. Brouk, J.F. Smith, and J.P. Harner III. ―Raising Dairy Herd

Replacements,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin MF-399.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Finishing Beef,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative

Extension Service Bulletin MF-592.

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Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Drylot Backgrounding and Finishing Beef,‖ Kansas

State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin MF-593.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Drylot Backgrounding of Beef,‖ Kansas State


Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Summer Grazing of Steers in Western Kansas,‖ Kansas


Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Summer Grazing of Steers in Eastern Kansas,‖ Kansas


Dhuyvetter, K.C., T.L. Kastens, and T.J. Dumler, and R. Jones. ―Prices for Crop and Livestock

Cost-Return Budgets,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin

MF-1013.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and T.L. Kastens. ―Kansas Land Prices and Cash Rental Rates.‖ Kansas State


Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.D. Tokach, and S.S. Dritz. ―Feeder Pig Nursery Cost-Return Budget,‖


Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.D. Tokach, and S.S. Dritz. ―Swine Finishing Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas


Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.D. Tokach, and S.S. Dritz. ―Farrow-to-Weaned Pig Cost-Return Budget.‖



Cows (Freestall),‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin

MF-2441.


Cows (Freestall).‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin

MF-2442.


Cows (DryLot),‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin

MF-2540.

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Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.R. Langemeier, and S. Johnson. ―Raising Beef Replacement Heifers,‖


Dhuyvetter, K.C., M.D. Tokach, and S.S. Dritz. ―Wean-to-Finish Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Grain

Sorghum Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, MF-582.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Wheat Cost-

Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin,

MF-583.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Alfalfa Cost-


MF-584.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Corn Cost-


MF-585.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Soybeans

Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin,

MF-586.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Corn Silage

Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin,

MF-589.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Oil-Type

Sunflowers Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, MF-800.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Sunflower Cost-Return Budget,‖

Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-887.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Wheat Cost-Return Budget,‖


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Grain Sorghum Cost-Return

Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-904.

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Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Cane Hay Cost-Return Budget,‖


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Sorghum

Silage Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, MF-998.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Dry Edible

Beans Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, MF-999.

Dumler, T.J. and D.M. O‘Brien. ―Summer Grazing Steers,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative

Extension Service Bulletin, MF-1007.

Dumler, T.J., K.C. Dhuyvetter, and M.R. Langemeier. ―Winter Wheat Grazing,‖ Kansas State


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Corn Cost-Return Budget,‖ Kansas

State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-2150.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Soybean Cost-Return Budget,‖


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Sub-Irrigated Alfalfa Cost-Return

Budget,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-2367.

Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Cotton Cost-Return Budget,‖


Dumler, T.J., D.M. O‘Brien, B.L.S. Olson, and K.L. Martin. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Cotton Cost-


MF-2567.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Financial Ratios Used in Financial Management.‖ Kansas State University

Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-270.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Cash Flow Projection for Operating Loan Determination.‖ Kansas State

University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-275.

Langemeier, M.R. ―How Much Debt Can a Farm Carry?‖ Kansas State University Cooperative


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Langemeier, M.R. ―Balance Sheet - A Financial Management Tool.‖ Kansas State University


Langemeier, M.R. ―Income Statement - A Financial Management Tool.‖ Kansas State University


Langemeier, M.R. ―Interpretation and Use of the Amortization Table.‖ Kansas State University


Langemeier, M.R. ―Income and Financial Trends for Kansas Farms.‖ Kansas State University


Langemeier, M.R. ―An Integrated Financial Management Package.‖ Kansas State University


Langemeier, M.R. ―Whole Farm, Profit Objective Pricing.‖ Kansas State University Cooperative


Langemeier, M.R. ―Computation of Deferred Tax Liability - An Example.‖ Kansas State


Mintert, J.R., G.T. Tonsor, and T.C. Schroeder. ―U.S. Beef Demand Drivers and Enhancement

Opportunities: A Research Summary.‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension

Service Bulletin, MF-2876.

O‘Brien, D.M. and S.R. Duncan. ―Soybean Cost-Return Budget in Northeast Kansas,‖ Kansas


O‘Brien, D.M. and S.R. Duncan. ―Corn Cost-Return Budget in Northeast Kansas,‖ Kansas State


O‘Brien, D.M. and S.R. Duncan. ―Wheat Cost-Return Budget in Northeast Kansas,‖ Kansas


O‘Brien, D.M. and S.R. Duncan. ―Grain Sorghum Cost-Return Budget in Northeast Kansas,‖


O‘Brien, D.M., B.L.S. Olson, and S.R. Duncan. ―Oil-Type Sunflower Cost-Return Budget in

North Central & Northeast Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension


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O‘Brien, D.M. and S.R. Duncan. ―Double Crop Sunflower Cost-Return Budget in Central and

Eastern Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin,

MF-2145.

O‘Brien, D.M., B.L.S. Olson, and S.R. Duncan. ―Wheat Cost-Return Budget in North Central

Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin, MF-2158.

O‘Brien, D.M., B.L.S. Olson, and S.R. Duncan. ―Grain Sorghum Cost-Return Budget in North

Central Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin,

MF-2159.

O‘Brien, D.M., B.L.S. Olson, and S.R. Duncan. ―Soybean Cost-Return Budget in North Central


O‘Brien, D.M., B.L.S. Olson, and S.R. Duncan. ―Corn Cost-Return Budget in North Central


O‘Brien, D.M., and S.R. Duncan. ―Corn Silage Cost-Return Budget in North Central Kansas,‖


O‘Brien, D.M., S.R. Duncan, and B.L.S. Olson. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Grain Sorghum Cost-

Return Budget in North Central Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension


O‘Brien, D.M., S.R. Duncan, and B.L.S. Olson. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Corn Cost-Return Budget

in North Central Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, MF-2601.

O‘Brien, D.M., S.R. Duncan, and B.L.S. Olson. ―Center Pivot Irrigated Soybean Cost-Return

Budget in North Central Kansas,‖ Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Bulletin, K-State Research and Extension, MF-2602.

FARM MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTERS

Clark, M., J. Peterson, and B. Golden. ―Effects of High Commodity Prices on Western Kansas

Crop Patterns and the Ogallala Aquifer.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of Agricultural

Economics, Kansas State University, 3(6):1-3.

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Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Beef Cow Enterprise Profits Highly Variable.‖ Beef

Tips Newsletter, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University,

November 2009.

Frasier, K., T.C. Schroeder, and M.R. Langemeier. ―Production, Marketing, and Pricing Practices

and Methods of Cow-Calf Producers.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of Agricultural

Economics, Kansas State University, December 2009.

Featherstone, A.M. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Credit Quality of Kansas Farms.‖ KFMA Newsletter,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, July 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Measuring Economies of Size.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, January 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Relative Importance of Livestock Income to KFMA Farms.‖ KFMA

Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, January

2009.

Langemeier, M.R. and L. Snider. ―Divergence in Farm Performance.‖ KFMA Newsletter,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, February 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Benchmarking and Trend Analysis.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, March 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Potential Impact of Credit Crisis on Production Agriculture, Part II.‖ KFMA

Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, March

2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Long-Term Trends in Labor Benchmarks.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, April 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Financial Performance and Farm Size.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, May 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Financial Performance and Farm Type.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, June 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Potential Impact of Credit Crisis on Production Agriculture, Part III.‖ KFMA

Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, August

2009.

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Langemeier, M.R. ―Relative Efficiency and Profitability of Wheat Enterprises.‖ KFMA

Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, September

2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Tillage and Conservation Practices on KFMA Farms.‖ KFMA Newsletter,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, September 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Persistence in Financial Performance.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, October 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Labor Efficiency and Productivity Benchmarks.‖ KFMA Newsletter,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, November 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Measuring Scope Efficiency for Crop and Beef Farms.‖ KFMA Newsletter,

Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, December 2009.

Roehl, K., K. Herbel, and M.R. Langemeier. ―Compensation and Benefits for Full-Time

Employees.‖ KFMA Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University, November 2009.

Widmar, D. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Factors Impacting Cost Efficiency in Eastern Kansas.‖

KFMA Newsletter, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University,

July 2009.

FARM MANAGEMENT REPORTS

Langemeier, M.R. and K. Herbel. ―Executive Summary: 2008 Profitlink Analysis.” Department

of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, May 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. and K. Herbel. ―2008 Annual Profitlink Summary.‖ Department of


Langemeier, M.R. and K. Herbel. ―2008 Enterprise Profitcenter Summary.‖ Department of


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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Amanor-Boadu, V. ―In Search of a Theory of Shopping Value: The Case of Rural Consumers.‖

Review of Agricultural Economics, 31, 3(2009):589-603.

Amanor-Boadu, V., P. Marletta, and A. Biere. ―Entrepreneurial Supply Chains and Strategic

Collaboration: The Case of Bagòss Cheese in Bagolino, Italy.‖ International Food and

Agribusiness Management Review, 12, 3(2009):49-68.

Barton, D.G. ―FCStone Conversion to a Public Corporation.‖ Journal of Cooperatives,

23(2009):183-202.

Belasco, E., M. Taylor, B.K. Goodwin, and T.C. Schroeder. ―Probabilistic Models of Yield,

Price, and Revenue Risks for Fed Cattle Production.‖ Journal of Agricultural and

Applied Economics, 41(April 2009):91-105.

Bergtold, J.S., R.L. Raper, and E.B. Schwab.‖ The Economic Benefit of Improving the Proximity

of Tillage and Planting Operations in Cotton Production with Automatic Steering.‖

Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 25(2009):133-143.

Boland, M.A. ―Leadership Development in Agricultural and Applied Economics: Challenges for

Academic Units.‖ Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 34, 3(December

2009):367-382.

Boland, M.A. and G. McKee. ―The Restructuring of Dakota Growers Pasta Company.‖ Journal

of Cooperatives, 23(2009):141-151.

Brester, G., B. Grant, and M.A. Boland. ―Marketing Organic Pasta from Big Sandy to Rome: It‘s

a Long Kamut.‖ Review of Agricultural Economics, 31, 2(Summer 2009):359-369.

Bulatewicz, T., W. Jin, S. Staggenborg, S. Lauwo, M. Miller, S. Das, D. Andresen, J.M.

Peterson, D.R. Steward, and S.M. Welch. ―Calibration of a Crop Model to Irrigated

Water Use Using a Genetic Algorithm.‖ Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13

(2009):1467-1483.

Burton, R.O. Jr., R.P. Smith, and A. Schlegel. ―Economics of Reduced-Till, No-Till and

Opportunity Cropping in Western Kansas.‖ Journal of the American Society of Farm

Managers and Rural Appraisers 72(2009):164-176.

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Cader, H.A. and J.C. Leatherman. ―The Growth of Information Technology Industries in Urban

and Rural Areas.‖ International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy,

5(1/2/3)(2009):136-149.

Cader, H.A. and J.C. Leatherman. ―Small Business Survival and Sample Selection Bias.‖ Small

Business Economics: An International Journal : Online First: DOI 10.1007/s11187-009-

9240-4. (2009)

Christev, A. and A.M. Featherstone. ―A Note on Allen-Uzawa Partial Elasticities of

Substitution: The Case of the Translog Cost Function.‖ Applied Economics Letters,

16, 11(2009):1165-1169.

Crespi, J.M. and S. Marette. ―Quality, Sunk Costs and Competition.‖ Review of Marketing

Science, 7(2009):1-34.

Crespi, J.M. and S. Marette. ―The Pro-Competitive Effects of Demand Enhancing Check-off

Programs.‖ American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(2009):389-401.

Das, B.R., D.V. Rainey, and W.P. Miller. ―Spatial Variability of Economic Impacts: Examining a

Hypothetical Retiree In-migration Policy.‖ Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 39,

1(2009)23-36.

Dorsey, S. and M.A. Boland. ―Vertical Integration in the U.S. Food Economy.‖ Journal of

Agricultural and Applied Economics, 41, 3(December 2009):585–598.

Gao, Z. and T.C. Schroeder. ―Consumer Reponses to New Food Quality Information: Are Some

Consumers More Sensitive Than Others.‖ Agricultural Economics 40, 3(May 2009):339-

346.

Gao, Z. and T.C. Schroeder. ―Effects of Label Information on Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for

Food Attributes.‖ American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91, 3(2009):795-809.

Jones, R. and M.R. Langemeier. ―A Review of Population Data Utilization in Beef Cattle

Research.‖ Journal of Animal Science. Published online, November 6, 2009.

Kornecki, T.S., R.L. Raper, F.J. Arriaga, E.B. Schwab, and J.S. Bergtold. ―Impact of Rye Rolling

Direction and Different No-Till Row Cleaners on Cotton Emergence and Yield.‖

Transactions of the ASABE, 52(2009):375-381.

Lagae, H., M.R. Langemeier, D.W. Lybecker, and K.A. Barbarick. ―Economic Value of

Biosolids in a Semi-Arid Agroecosystem.‖ Agronomy Journal, 101(July-August

2009):933-939.

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Lambert, David K. ―The Expected Utility of Genetic Information in Beef Cattle Production.‖

Agricultural Systems, 99(2009):44-52.

Lambert, David K. and Shahera D. McCoy. ―Trade Creation and Diversion Effects of Preferential

Trade Associations on Agricultural and Food Trade.‖ Journal of Agricultural Economics,

60(February 2009):17-39.

McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. ―American Crystal Sugar Company: Making Ethanol from Sugar

Beets.‖ Review of Agricultural Economics, 31, 2(Summer 2009):383-392.

McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. ―North American Bison Cooperative and North Dakota Natural

Beef LLC: Governance of a Contractual Alliance.‖ Journal of Cooperatives,

23(2009):152-163.

Moyer, J.L., K.C. Dhuyvetter, and D. Shoup. ―Comparison of Returns from Legumes in

Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue for Hay.‖ Online. Forage and Grazinglands,

doi:10.1094/FG-2009-1041-01-RS. (October 2009):1-6.

Nalley, L.L., A.P. Barkley, B. Watkins, and J. Hignight. ―Enhancing Farm Profitability through

Portfolio Analysis: The Case of Spatial Rice Variety Selection.‖ Journal of Agricultural

and Applied Economics, 41, 3(December 2009):641-652.

Nalley, L. L., A.P. Barkley, and K.D. Sayre. ―Alternative Specifications of the Photothermal

Quotient to Improve Predictive Ability of Grain Yield Component Models of Wheat

Cultivars.‖ Agronomy Journal, 101(April 2009):556-563.

Nalley, L. L., A.P. Barkley, J.M. Crespi, and K.D. Sayre. ―The Global Impact of the CIMMYT

Wheat Breeding Program.‖ Journal of International Trade and Agricultural

Development, 10, 1(January-February 2009):11-29.

Pozo, V., M.A. Boland, and D. Sumner. ―Sunkist Growers: Refreshing the Brand.‖ Review of

Agricultural Economics, 31, 3(Fall 2009):628-639.

Raper, R.L., E.B. Schwab, J.S. Bergtold, A.J. Price, K.S. Balkcom, F.J. Arriaga, and T.S.

Kornecki. ―Maximizing Cotton Production and Rye Cover Crop Biomass through Timely

In-Row Subsoiling.‖ Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 25(2009):321- 328.

Riley, J.M., T.C. Schroeder, T. Wheeler, S. Shackelford, and M. Koohmaraie. ―Valuing Fed

Cattle Using Objective Tenderness Measures.‖ Journal of Agricultural and Applied

Economics, 41(April 2009):163-175.

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Saak, A.E. ―Private Information in Monopoly with Random Participation.‖ Economics Letters,

102, 2(2009):67-69.

Serra, T., S.E. Stefanou, J.M. Gil, and A.M. Featherstone. ―Investment Rigidity and Policy

Measures.‖ European Review of Agricultural Economics, 36(March 2009):103-120.

Serra, T., D. Zilberman, J.M. Gil, and A.M. Featherstone. ―The Effects of Decoupling on Land

Allocation.‖ Applied Economics, 41, 18(2009):2323-2333.

Smith, C.M., Nejadhashemi, Amirpouyan, and J.C. Leatherman. ―Using a BMP Auction as a

Tool for the Implementation of Conservation Practices.‖ Journal of Extension,

47, 2(2009): 1-10.

Springer, J.D., A.K. Lusby, J.C. Leatherman, and A.M. Featherstone. ―An Evaluation of

Alternative Tax and Expenditure Limitation Policies on Kansas Local Governments.‖

Public Budgeting & Finance, 29(Summer 2009):48-70.

Steward, D.R., J.M. Peterson, X. Yang, T. Bulatewicz, M. Herrera-Rodriguez, D. Mao, and N.

Hendricks. ―Groundwater Economics: An Object-Oriented Foundation for Integrated

Studies of Irrigated Agricultural Systems.‖ Water Resources Research, 45(2009):

W05430.

Tonsor, G.T. and A.M. Featherstone. ―Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers.‖

Review of Agricultural Economics, 31(Fall 2009):493-510.

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

Steak Food Safety and Quality Assurances in Canada, Japan, Mexico, and the United

States.‖ Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57(2009):395-416.

Williams, J.R., S. Mooney, and J.M. Peterson. ―What is the Carbon Market: Is There a Final

Answer?‖ Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 64, 1(January/February 2009): 27A-

35A.

Williams, J.R., D.L. Pendell, R.V. Llewelyn, D.E. Peterson, and R.G. Nelson. ―Net Returns to

Tillage Systems under Changing Input and Output Market Conditions.‖ Journal of the

American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, 72, 1(2009).

Xia, T. and R.J. Sexton. ―Retail Prices for Milk by Fat Content: A New Theory and Empirical

Test of Retailer Pricing Behavior.‖ Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 34,

2(August 2009): 256–275.

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Xia, T. ―Asymmetric Price Transmission, Market Power, and Supply and Demand Curvature.‖

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 7, 1(July 2009): Article 6.

OTHER ARTICLES

Dhuyvetter, K.C. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Beef Cow Enterprise Profits Highly Variable.‖ Beef

Tips Newsletter, Department of Animal Sciences & Industry, November 2009.

www.asi.ksu.edu/beeftips.


Non-Ag Features.‖ Oklahoma State University IFMAPS Today Newsletter, September

2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―U.S. Ethanol Production, Imports and Stocks.‖ Iowa State

University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, January 26,

2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Recent Trends in U.S. Corn Wet and Dry Milling

Production.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC)

Newsletter Article, February 21, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―How Grain Ethanol Plants Affect Local Grain Prices.‖ Iowa

State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, April

28, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―The Relationship of Ethanol, Gasoline and Oils Prices.‖

Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article,

June 23, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ― Trends in U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity: 2005-

2009.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter

Article, September 24, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Trends in U.S. Energy Use and Supplies – How Biofuels

Contribute.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC)

Newsletter Article, October 28, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―World and U.S. Fossil Fuel Supply Inventories.‖ Iowa State

University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC) Newsletter Article, November

24, 2009.

http://www.asi.ksu.edu/beeftips

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O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Differences in Corn Prices Across U.S. Ethanol Producing

Regions.‖ Iowa State University Ag Marketing Resource Center (ISU AgMRC)

Newsletter Article, December 21, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. and M. Woolverton. ―Corn Supply Prospects for U.S. Ethanol Production.‖

Ethanol Producer Magazine Article, October 27, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Grain Market Expectations for 2010.‖ Midwest Producer Magazine Article,

December 21, 2009.

POSTERS

Anand, M., J.S. Bergtold, P.A. Duffy, D. Hite, F. Arriaga, and R.L. Raper. ―Farmers‘

Willingness to Produce Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstocks: Examining the Case for Cover

Crops in the Southeast.‖ Poster presented at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

Golden, B. ―Impact Analysis of the Wet Walnut Creek Intensive Groundwater Use Control

Area.‖ Poster presentation at the 2009 CSREES National Water Conference in St. Louis,

MO, February 2009.

Li, X. and H.H. Peterson. ―The Impacts of Imports and Consolidation on the U.S. Organic Food

System.‖ Poster presented at the USDA-CSREES Agribusiness Markets and Trade

Project Directors meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Smith, C.M., J.R. Williams, J.D. Roe and J.C.Leatherman. ―Using Watershed Manager to Cost-

Effectively Target Cropland Best Management Practices.‖ Poster presented at From Dust

Bowl to Mud Bowl – Sedimentation, Conservation Measures and the Future of Reservoirs

Conference, Kansas City, MO, September 14-16, 2009.

Smith, C.M., J.R. Williams, J.D. Roe and J.C.Leatherman. ―Using Watershed Manager to Cost-

Effectively Target Cropland Best Management Practices.‖ Poster presented at K-State

Research and Extension Conference, Manhattan, KS, October 20-22, 2009.

Schulz, L.L., J.R. Mintert, K.C. Dhuyvetter, T.C. Schroeder, K.W. Harborth, and J.W.

Waggoner. ―Improving the Value of Feeder Cattle and Calves: The Factors Affecting

Auction Prices.‖ Selected poster at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

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Upendram, S. and J.M. Peterson. ―Optimal Irrigation and Risk-Efficient Crop Choices in

Western Kansas.‖ Poster presented at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Zereyesus, Y., K. Ross, and V. Amanor-Boadu. ―Distribution of Local Government Revenue

Sources: Policy Implications for Economic Development in Kansas.‖ Poster presented at

the K-State University Research Forum, March 6, 2009.

PRESENTED PAPERS

Amanor-Boadu, V., P. Marletta, and A. Biere. ―Entrepreneurial Supply Chains and Strategic

Collaboration.‖ International Agribusiness Management Association Congress,

Budapest, Hungary, June 20-23, 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V. ―When Participant Interests Clash: Assessing Discovery of Innovative

Solutions to Sustainability as Entrepreneurial Activities.‖ 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V. and Y.A. Zereyesus. ―How Much Did Speculation Contribute to Recent Food

Price Inflation?‖ Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, January 31-

February 3, 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V., Y.A. Zereyesus, and K. Ross. ―Distribution of Local Government Revenue

Sources and Citizen Well-Being.‖ Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta,

GA, January 31-February 3, 2009.

Amanor-Boadu, V., Y.A. Zereyesus, and K. Ross. ―HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Agricultural

Crop Mix Strategy: The Case of Zambia.‖ African Issues Symposium, K-State Alumni

Center, Manhattan, KS, March 30-April 1, 2009.

Ariyaratne, C.B., and A.M. Featherstone. ―Impact of Government Payments, Depreciation and

Inflation on Investment Behavior in American Agriculture Sector Using Sample of

Kansas Farms.‖ Selected Paper Presented at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 27, 2009.

Barkley, A. ―Team Exams: Learning Teamwork through Experience.‖ Presented at the North

American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) annual conference, Stillwater,

OK, June 16-19, 2009.

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Barnaby, G.A. ―2008 SURE Payments Based on CRC, APH & CAT Crop Insurance Worksheet.‖

2009 Washington Association of Wheat Growers Convention, Spokane, WA, November

20, 2009.

Barnaby, G.A. ―Overview of USA Crop Insurance Program.‖ Pluriagri/Farm Conference and

Pacifica, Paris, France, November 24-25, 2009.

Barnaby, G.A. ―Calculation of Indemnities Under USA Major Crop Insurance Contracts

Worksheet.‖ Pluriagri/Farm Conference and Pacifica, Paris, France, November 24-25,

2009.

Barnaby, G.A., J.R. Williams, A.T. Saffert, and M.R. Langemeier. ―A Risk Analysis of Adjusted

Gross Revenue-Lite Insurance on Beef Farms.‖ Presented at the 2009 National Extension

Risk Management Education Conference, Reno, NV, March 31-April 1, 2009.

Barton, D.G. ―Cooperative Finance: Principles and Practices.‖ Arthur Capper Cooperative

Center, Manhattan, KS, October 26, 2009.

Belasco, E.J., T.C. Schroeder, and B.K. Goodwin. ―Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle

Production: A Copula-Based Approach.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Western

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, June 2009.

Belasco, E.J., T.C. Schroeder, and B.K. Goodwin. ―Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle

Production: A Copula-Based Approach.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Western

Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, June 2009.

Bergtold, J.S. and S. Funk, ―A Deeper Look at No-Tillage Practices on the Plains: Is

Conservation Tillage Conserving Dollars in Your Pocket?‖ 2009 Risk and Profit

Conference, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan,

KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Bergtold, J.S. and E. Onukwugha. ―Re-Examining the Specfication of Regression Models of

Multinomial Responses: An Application to Predicting Post-Stroke Discharge

Disposition.‖ Paper presented at the IPSOR 14th

Annual International Meeting, Orlando,

FL, May 16-20, 2009.

Bergtold, J.S. and E. Onukwugha. ―Revisiting the Statistical Specification of Multinomial

Logistic Regression Models: An Application to Predicting Post-Stroke Discharge

Disposition,‖ Paper presented at the 46th

Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley

Economic Association, Kansas City, MO, October 22-24, 2009.

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Cooper, J., M.R. Langemeier, G. Schnitkey, and C. Zulauf. ―Constructing Farm Level Yield

Densities from Aggregated Data.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Crespi, J.M. ―New Issue in Generic Advertising, Promotion and Research.‖ Presented to USDA

Administrators and Farm Foundation Directors, Washington, DC, December 3, 2009.

Dalton, T.J. ―New Biotechnology Initiatives: Water efficient Maize for Africa.‖ Presented at

ICABR symposium on Biotechnology in Developing Countries, UC Berkeley, January 23,

2009.

Dalton, T.J. ―Ex-Ante Impact Assessment of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa Project.‖

Seminar presented to the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya.

August 3, 2009.

Dalton, T.J. ―Ex-Ante Impact Assessment of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa Project.‖

Presentation at workshop held by the Water Efficient Maize for Africa Project, Nairobi

Safari Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, August 9, 2009.

Dalton, T.J. ―Active Learning Education and Soil Conservation in Asian Cassava Systems.‖

Seminar presented at a workshop on Impact Assessment, Inter-American Development

Bank, Washington, DC, October 19, 2009.

Das B., J Leatherman and K Morris. ―Making the Case for a Regional Energy Demand Model‖,

Selected Paper presented at Mid Continent Regional Science Association Annual Meetings,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 28-30, 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Modifying Yield-Goal Based N and P Fertilizer Recommendations to Varying

Prices of Grains and Inputs.‖ ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings,

Pittsburg, PA, November 1-5, 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Modifying Yield-Goal Based N and P Fertilizer Recommendations to Varying

Input and Output Prices.‖ ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 International Annual Meetings,

Pittsburg, PA, November 1-5, 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Flexible Cash Rents – What, Why, and How?‖ 2009 Risk and Profit


KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Flexible Cash Rents – What, Why, and How?‖ 2009 Risk and Profit


KS, August 20-21, 2009.

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Featherstone, A.M. ―What‘s Happening Internationally?: Comparing Farmland Value Around the

World.‖ Full Harvest Agricultural Investing Seminar, Clarksdale, MS, September 14,

2009.

Featherstone, A.M. ―Impacts of the Financial Market Crisis on the Agricultural Sector.‖

Presented at the Global Agribusiness Puzzle Conference, Kansas City, MO, August 28,

2009.

Featherstone, A.M. ―Impacts of the Financial Market Crisis on the Agricultural Sector.‖ 2009

Risk and Profit Conference, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University, Manhattan, KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Featherstone, A.M. and C.A. Wilson. ―Synthetic Rating of Credit Quality for Kansas Farms.‖

Economic Research Service, Washington DC, September 22, 2009.

Fox, John A. ―Laboratory Experiments and Non-Market Values: Applications in Natural

Resources and Food Safety.‖ Department of Natural Resources and Environmental

Management, University of Hawaii, July 2009.

Girante, M.J., B.K. Goodwin, and A.M. Featherstone. ―Wealth, Debt, Government Payments,

and Yield Performance.‖ Selected Paper presented at 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 27, 2009.

Goldbach, R.L., D.L. Pendell, and J.R. Williams. ―Identifying Characteristics of Risk Efficient

Farms.‖ Presented at the 2009 Western Agricultural Economics Association Meetings,

Kauai, HI, June 24-26, 2009.

Golden, B. ―Evaluation of Policy Options Aimed at Achieving a Reduction in Groundwater

Consumption in Western Kansas.‖ Presentation at the 2009 CSREES National Water

Conference in St. Louis, MO, February, 2009.

Grunewald, O. ―Grain Swaps.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Department of Agricultural

Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Guerrero, B., S. Amosson, L. Almas, R. Taylor, B. Golden, J. Johnson, E. Wheeler-Cook, and T.

Marek. ―Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala

Aquifer.‖ Selected paper presented at the 2009 Western Agricultural Economics

Association Meetings, Kauai, HI, June 24-26, 2009.

38

Jiang, H., J.C. Bernard, H.H. Peterson, and J.A. Fox. ―Japanese Willingness to Pay for

Agricultural Products with the ―USA‖ Label: A Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis for

Pork.‖ Selected Paper at the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Association Annual

Meeting, Burlington, VT, June 2009.

Jones, R., T. Xia, and J.M. Crespi. ―Now You See It, Now You Don‘t; Why Packer Market

Power is So Elusive?‖ 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Department of Agricultural


Langemeier, M.R. ―The Relative Cost Efficiency of No-Till Farms.‖ 2009 International Farm

Management Association Conference, Bloomington, IL, July 19-24, 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. ―Relative Efficiency of Kansas Wheat Farms.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit


KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Langemeier, M.R. and L. Snider. ―Marginal Propensity to Consume for a Sample of Kansas

Farms.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 2009.

Lehrke, L. and H.H. Peterson. ―Why Do Japanese Consumers Have Poor Images of US

Products?‖ Selected Paper at the 2009 Western Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, June 2009.

Lehrke, L., T. Xia., and H.H. Peterson. ―The Relationship among ‗Junk‘ Food and Fruits and

Vegetables: An Analysis of Natural Foods Shoppers.‖ Paper presented at the Fall 2009

NEC 63 / Consumer Market Demand Conference, Banff, Alberta, September 27-29,

2009.

Llewelyn, R.V., J.R. Williams, D.L. Pendell, A. Schlegel, and T.J. Dumler. ―A Risk Analysis of

Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit


KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Nalley, L. and A. Barkley. ―Using Portfolio Theory to Enhance Yield Stability and Food Security

in Low-Income Nations.‖ Paper presented at the Food Security and Agricultural

Development Conference, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, July 28-30,

2009.

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Nalley, L., B. Watkins, J. Hignight, and A. Barkley. ―Enhancing Profitability for Arkansas Rice

Farmers through Portfolio Analysis.‖ Presented as a selected paper at the annual meetings

of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, January 31-February

3, 2009.

Nalley, L., A. Barkley, and J.M. Crespi. ―Enhancing Farm Profitability through Portfolio

Analysis: The Case of Spatial Rice Variety Selection.‖ Presented as a selected paper at

the annual meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Atlanta, GA,

January 31-February 3, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―Grain Market Situation and Outlook.‖ Cover Your Acres Conference, Oberlin,

KS, January 20-21, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―The Effects of the Micro-Market Structure for Kansas Grain Elevators on Spatial

Grain Price Differentials.‖ NCCC-134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting

and Market Risk Management Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 20-21, 2009.

O‘Brien, D.M., F. Lamm, D. Rogers, and T.J. Dumler. ―Effect of the Changing U.S. Economy on

the Relative Profitability of Center Pivot Sprinklers and SDI Systems.‖ Paper presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Irrigation Association, San Antonio, TX, December 2-4,

2009.

O‘Brien, D.M. ―The Impact of Kansas Grain Industry Structure on Corn and Wheat Bids.‖ 2009



O‘Brien, D.M. ―Wheat Market Situation and Outlook.‖ Presentation at the 2009 Agricultural

and Applied Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

Peterson, H.H., and R. York. ―Store Sales and Procurement Data as a Market Research Tool.‖

Invited Presentation at Food Distribution Research Society 2009 Conference,

Broomfield, CO, October-November, 2009.

Peterson, J.M., M. Clark, and B. Golden. ―Water Conservation in the Ogallala Region of

Kansas.‖ Presentation to Congressional Staff, Manhattan, KS, August 2009.

Pfromm, P., V. Amanor-Boadu, R. Nelson, P. Vadlani, and R. Madl. ―Bio-Butanol Vs. Bio-

Ethanol: A Technical and Economic Assessment,‖ Sustainable Fuel from Renewable

Resources, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2009 Annual Meeting, Nashville,

TN, November 8-13, 2009.

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Pfromm, P., R. Nelson, and V. Amanor-Boadu. ―Bioenergy and Sustainability: An Engineer's

Unit Operations/Mass Balance Approach,‖ American Institute of Chemical Engineers

2009 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 8-13, 2009.

Pozo, V., A.E. Saak, and H.H. Peterson. ―Product Origin and Reputation for Quality: the Case of

Organic Foods.‖ Selected Paper: 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 26-28, 2009.

Ross, K., T.J. Dalton, and A.M. Featherstone. ―A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis of Bean

Producers from North and South Kivu.‖ African Issues Symposium, Kansas State

University, Manhattan, KS, March 30, 2009.


Producers from North and South Kivu.‖ Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA January 21, 2009.

Saak, A.E. ―Country of Origin Labeling.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Saak, A.E. ―Country of Origin Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Reputational

Concerns.‖ University of Alberta, Department of Agricultural Economics, August 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Marginal Relevance of Major Professor.‖ 2009 Agricultural and Applied

Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Food Safety Risk Perceptions and Risk Attitudes of Beef Consumers in

Selected Countries.‖ US Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference, Denver,

CO, November 12, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Consumer Demand Drives Beef Industry Prosperity.‖ Quality Liquid Feeds,

VIP Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 14, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Benefits of Animal ID and Traceability.‖ Kansas State University Animal

Sciences and Industry, Manhattan, KS, October 8, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Greatest Contributions of Agricultural Economists in Organization and

Performance of Agricultural Markets.‖ 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Wholesale Pork Price Reporting.‖ National Pork Producers Council, Pork

Packer Industry Council, and Retail Advisory Committee, San Antonio, TX, October 1,

2009.

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Schroeder, T.C. ―Industry Incentives for Animal Traceability.‖ ID Expo 2009, National Institute

of Animal Agriculture, Kansas City, MO, August 26, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Consumer Beef Demand: Prescription for Prosperity.‖ First Recipient of

Animal and Range Sciences Beef Leadership Lecture Award, Nutrition Conference,

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, April 21, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Economics of Ethanol Policies: Food vs. Fuel.‖ Kansas State University

Agronomy Department, Manhattan, KS, March 9, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Beef Industry Update.‖ Cattlemen’s Day, Kansas State University, Manhattan,

KS, March 6, 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. ―Benefits of Animal Identification Systems.‖ Kansas Farm Bureau Meeting,

Manhattan, KS February 9, 2009.

Schulz, L., T.C. Schroeder, and C.E. Ward. ―Impacts of Trade-Related Policy on Canadian- U.S.

Basis for Fed Cattle Transactions.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Western Agricultural

Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, June 2009.

Schurle, B.W. and T.J. Dumler. ―The Obesity Epidemic--What it means for Agriculture.‖ 2009



Smith, C.M., J.M. Crespi, J.C. Leatherman, J.M. Peterson, and J.D. Roe. ―Best Management

Practice Auctions: Innovative and Market-Based, but are they Cost-Effective?‖ Selected

Paper at the 2009 Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Kauai,

HI, June 24-26, 2009.

Smith, R., R. Burton, and A. Schlegel. ―Dry Land Farming Risk and Profit: How Are They

Affected by Tillage and Opportunity Cropping in Western Kansas?‖ 2009 Risk and

Profit Conference, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University,

Manhattan, KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Snider, L. and M.R. Langemeier. ―A Long-Term Analysis of Changes in Farm Size and Financial

Performance.‖ 2009 Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, GA, February 2009.

Ward, C.E., T.C. Schroeder, and L. Schulz. ―Impacts from Government Regulation on the

Canadian-U.S. Basis for Fed Cattle.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 Agricultural and

Applied Economics Association Meetings, Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

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Williams, J.R., R.V. Llewelyn, D.L. Pendell, A. Schlegel, and T.J. Dumler. ―A Risk Analysis of

Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation.‖ Presented at the 2009

Southern Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 31-

February 3, 2009.

Williams, J.R., C.M. Smith, and J.D. Roe. ―Economics of Streambank Stabilization.‖ Presented

at From Dust Bowl to Mud Bowl – Sedimentation, Conservation Measures and the Future

of Reservoirs Conference, Kansas City, MO, September 14-16, 2009.

Williams, J.R., A.T. Saffert, G.A. Barnaby, and M.R. Langemeier. ―A Risk Analysis of Adjusted

Gross Revenue-Lite Insurance on Beef Farms.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 National

Extension Risk Management Education Conference, Reno, NV, March 2009.

Woolverton, M. and D.M. O‘Brien. ―The Post-recession Landscape for Food and Agriculture –

Maintaining Our Competitiveness.‖ 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Department of

Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 20-21, 2009.

Xia, T. and X. Li. ―Consumption Inertia and Asymmetric Price Transmission.‖ Selected paper.

Presented at the 2009 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meetings,

Milwaukee, WI, July 2009.

Yeager, E. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Benchmarking Recommendations Using a Sample of Kansas

Farms.‖ Paper presented at the 2009 International Farm Management Association

Conference, Bloomington, IL, July 19-24, 2009.

Yeager, E. and M.R. Langemeier. ―Productivity Divergence Across Kansas Farms.‖ Paper

presented at the 2009 Risk and Profit Conference, Department of Agricultural


PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS

Harner, J.P., J.F. Smith, B.J. Bradford, M.W. Overton, and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―In the

Thermoneutral Zone: Potential Benefits of LPCV Buildings.‖ Proceedings of the 2009

Western Dairy Management Conference, March 11-13, 2009. Reno, NV.

Harner, J.P., J.F Smith, B.J. Bradford, M. Overton, and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Potential Benefits of

LPCV Buildings in Colorado.‖ Proceedings of the 20th

Annual Colorado Dairy Nutrition

Conference, Colorado State University, January 27, 2009, Greeley, CO.

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O‘Brien, D.M., M. Wood, and T. Ziegler. ―2009 Irrigated Cropland Leasing Arrangements.‖

Proceedings of the Central Plains Irrigation Conference, Colby, KS, February 24-25,

2009.

Lamm, F., D.M. O‘Brien, D. Rogers, and T.J. Dumler. ―Using the K-State Center Pivot Sprinkler

and SDI Economic Comparison Spreadsheet - 2009.‖ Proceedings of the Central Plains

Irrigation Conference, Colby, KS, February 24-25, 2009.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Aiken, R.M., D. O'Brien, B. Olson and L. Murray. ―Crop sequence effects on wheat water use,

productivity and economic returns.‖ AgronomyAbstracts /AnMtgsAbsts2009.54699

Dhuyvetter, K.C., T.L. Kastens, and D. Ruiz Diaz. ―Modifying Yield-Goal Based Fertilizer

Recommendations to Varying Prices of Grains and Inputs.‖ ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual

Meeting Abstracts, Pittsburg, PA, November 1-5, 2009. Abstract 37-1.

Dhuyvetter, K.C., T.L. Kastens, and D. Ruiz Diaz. ―Modifying Yield-Goal Based N and P

Fertilizer Recommendations to Varying Input and Output Prices.‖ ASA, CSSA, SSSA

Annual Meeting Abstracts, Pittsburg, PA, November 1-5, 2009. Abstract 237-6.

Harner, J.P., J.F. Smith, and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Temperature Changes in Low Profile Cross

Ventilated Dairy Facilities.‖ 2009 ASABE Annual International Meeting, June 21-24,

2009. Reno, NV. #096770.

Lambert, David K. and Jason Middleton. ―The Logistics of Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based

Ethanol Production Under Uncertainty.(Abstract).‖ Journal of Agricultural and Resource

Economics, 34(December 2009):546-547.

Lambert, David K. ―JARE Editors‘ Report: December 2009.‖ Journal of Agricultural and

Resource Economics, 34(December 2009):556-559.


Producers from North and South Kivu.‖ Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,

41(August 2009):547.

Zereyesus, Y.A., A.M. Featherstone, and M.R. Langemeier. ―Farm level Nonparametric Analysis of

Profit Maximization Behavior with Measurement Error.‖ Journal of Agricultural and

Applied Economics, 41(August 2009):537.

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REPORTS OF PROGRESS

Schulte, K.M. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Differences Among High, Medium, and Low Profit Dairy

Operations: An Analysis of 2004-2008 Kansas Farm Management Association Dairy

Enterprises.‖ Dairy Research 2009, Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment

Station and Cooperative Extension Service Report of Progress 1021, p. 1-5.

RESEARCH REPORTS


―Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala Aquifer.‖

Research report prepared for the Industry Review Committee of the Economic and

Assessment and Impact Priority Area of the Ogallala Aquifer Program. February, 2009.



Research report presented at the annual Ogallala Aquifer Program conference. March,

2009.



Research report presented at the annual meeting of Groundwater Management District

#3. March, 2009.

Bergtold, J.S., C.D. Monks, K.S. Balkcom, R.L. Raper, and F.J. Arriaga, ―Agronomic and Economic

Impact of Timing for Planting and Defoliation on Cotton Yield, Quality and Profitability.‖

In: 2008 Cotton Research and Extension Report, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station,

Research Report No. 33, 2009: pp. 17-19.

Golden, B., J.S. Bergtold, M.A. Boland, K.C. Dhuyvetter, T.L. Kastens, J. Peterson, and S.

Staggenborg. ―A Comparison of Select Cost-Benefit Studies on the Impacts of HR 2454

on the Agriculture Sector of the Economy.‖ White paper review report conducted for the

American Farmland Trust Center for Agriculture and posted to www.agmanager.info

December 2009.

Parcell, J., T.C. Schroeder, and G.T. Tonsor. ―Wholesale Pork Price Reporting Analysis.‖ Value

Ag Research Report for Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

November 2009.


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Peterson, J.M., C.M. Smith, J.C. Leatherman, K.R. Douglas-Mankin, T.L. Marsh, J.A. Fox, M.

Lee, and M. Henry. ―Integrating Economic and Biophysical Models To Assess The

Impacts Of Water Quality Trading.‖ Final Technical Report to the USEPA-NCER.

Washington, D.C. 2009.

Schroeder, T.C., C.E. Ward, and L. Schulz. ―Determinants of the Canadian-U.S. Basis for Cash

Fed Cattle and Impacts from Government Regulations.‖ Research Report Submitted to

CanFax Research Services, December 2009.

Schroeder, T.C. Project Director with 10 members of the NAIS Benefit-Cost Research Team.

―Benefit-Cost Analysis of the National Animal Identification System.‖ Final research

report prepared for and delivered to USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,

January 2009.

SOFTWARE

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―CRP_Managed-Hay.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-Landbuy.xls‖— Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-Lease.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―FlexRent.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Bermuda Hay Economics.xls‖ — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Fescue-Legume Hay Economics.xls‖ — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-FertCostCalc.xls‖ — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Fertilizer_Calculator.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-NPI_CropBudgets.xls‖ — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-OptionStrategies.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―FM-GuidesBCrops.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Economics of spraying crops.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

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Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―CropSpray.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―GrainSeasonals.xls‖ — Updated in 2009 (updated monthly)

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Irrigation-Cost.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―FeederCattleRiskMgmtTool.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―CattleSeasonalsCash.xls‖ — Updated in 2009 (updated monthly)

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-Graze.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―PastureRents.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―KSU-Beef (kcd).xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Cattlebuysell.swf‖ – stand alone online tool — Developed in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―Cowlease.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

Dhuyvetter, K.C. ―SEW formula.xls‖ — Modified in 2009

STAFF PAPERS

Staff. ―Staff, Programs, and Publications In Agricultural Economics- Kansas State University

2009.‖ Staff Paper 09-03; 1-45, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State

University, May 2009.


―Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallah Aquifer.‖

Staff Paper 09-04;1-50, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University,

June 2009.

Schlegel, J.B. and L.J. Tsoodle. ―Irrigation Equipment Cost Survey in Kansas.‖ Staff Paper

10-01; 1-9, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, October

2009.

Schlegel, J.B. and L.J. Tsoodle. ―2005 Irrigation Equipment Cost Survey in Kansas.‖ Staff Paper

10-02; 1-9, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, November

2009.

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WORKING PAPERS AND MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

Xia, T., J.M. Crespi, and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Could Packers Manipulate Cash Markets by Linking

Contracts and Futures Prices?‖ Working paper.

Fewell, J. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Differences Between High-, Medium-, and Low-Profit

Producers: An Analysis of 2006-2008 Kansas Farm Management Association Crop

Enterprises.‖ Working paper.

Schulte, K.M. and K.C. Dhuyvetter. ―Differences Among High, Medium, and Low Profit Dairy

Operations: An Analysis of Historical Kansas Farm Management Association Dairy

Enterprises.‖ Working paper.

Saak, A.E. ―Dynamic Informative Advertising of New Experience Goods.‖ Working Paper.

Saak, A.E. ―Country of Origin Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Cost Variability.‖

Working Paper.

Saak, A.E. ―Groundwater Use in Asymmetric Aquifer under Incomplete Information.‖ Working

Paper.

Lehrke, L. and H.H. Peterson. ―Acculturation and Weight Gains in International Students at a US

University.‖ Working paper.

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