WERA_OLD72: Agribusiness Scholarship Emphasizing Competitiveness

(Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group)

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Date of Annual Report: 12/18/2015

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Annual Meeting Dates: 06/21/2015 - 06/23/2015
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015

Participants

• Ira Altman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• Tatevik Avetisyan, Michigan State University
• Greg Baker, Santa Clara University
• Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University
• Dennis Conley, University of Nebraska
• Kynda Curtis, Utah State University
• Scott Downey, Purdue University
• Marshall Frasier, Colorado State University
• Levi Helmuth, North Dakota State
• Nathan Hulinsky, North Dakota State
• Aaron Johnson, University of Idaho
• Kerry Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
• Lia Nogueira, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
• Aleksan Shanoyan, Kansas State University
• James Sledd, Texas A&M University
• Forrest Stegelin, University of GA
• Desmond W Ng, Texas A&M University
• Ruby Ward, Utah State University
• Tim Woods, University of Kentucky
• Elizabeth Yeager, Kansas State University

Brief Summary of Minutes

Summary of Annual Meeting:

Faculty (17) and graduate students (4) from 13 universities, and an industry executive participated in the 2015 WERA-72 annual meeting, held at the Mandalay Bay Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 21-23, 2015. The registration fee was waived for the four graduate students that presented papers. The annual meeting featured an invited industry speaker, an industry tour, five paper sessions and one panel discussion. The program agenda, business meeting minutes and treasurer’s report are attached in appendices A, B and C respectively.

The first paper session covered topics related to production and demand in food systems. There were four papers in this session. The first presentation was related to consumer supported agriculture, comparing wellness metrics for shareholders vs. everybody else. The second presentation was about marketing ingredients and how value-based input pricing can work for a value-added product. The third presentation compared levels of hunger, ethnicity, and nutritional attainment in California. The fourth presentation provided a conceptual model of food hub performance.

This year’s industry speaker was Hank Combs, RC Farms and President of the Nevada Farm Bureau. Mr. Combs provided a very interesting presentation about the history of his family hog farm and the recycling business derived from it that his brother and he started. Mr. Combs shared with us how they started the idea of collecting scrap food from the hotels to process it into feed for this family hog operation. It was a very lively discussion about the specifics of the business and also more general topics of entrepreneurship and sales.

The second paper session was about classroom and education al program assessment. The first presentation was about assessing the impact of group composition and social factors on student performance in team-based learning activities in higher education. The second presentation was about learning outcome standards for undergraduate programs in Agricultural Business. The third presentation was about evaluations to improve college teaching and going beyond the student evaluation instruments. In the fourth presentation Elizabeth Yeager shared her experience from organizing a study abroad class.

In this year’s panel Ira Altman, Jason Bergtold, Scott Downey and Dennis Conley discussed strategies for agribusiness and agricultural economics MSc programs. They described the different master’s programs in their departments, and we all discussed the benefits, focus and type of student for each type of program.

The first day of the WERA-72 annual meeting concluded with the group’s business meeting. The business meeting was conducted along with a meeting of the executive officers. Details of the business meeting are presented in the attached appendix B.

The second day of the meeting started with an industry visit to the Gilcrease Orchard. The family farm started in 1920 with 900 acres for crops and livestock. In the 1970s they Gilcrease brothers decided to stop production of other crops and livestock and focus on developing 100 acres of an orchard accessible to the community. In 1997 the brothers established the non-profit Gilcrease Orchard Foundation to run the orchard. The WERA-72 group had the opportunity to explore the orchard and talk to the manager about the business practice, marketing strategy, and new products introduced in the orchard.

The third paper session was about rewards of collective organizational behavior. The first presentation was about alliance formation in the biotechnology industry, where the authors examined RBV and social networks. In the second presentation, the authors analyzed portrayal and perception in the cooperative value proposition. In the third presentation, the authors presented a new model to calculate changes in producer, consumer and social welfare for the U.S. cattle industry if the use of hormones and beta-agonists in production was banned.

The fourth paper session was about different topics in agribusiness management. In the first presentation, the authors analyzed business risk and financial risk in the banking sector. The second presentation was about building trust with Millennials and the principle component of customer loyalty in sales transactions. In the third presentation, Aaron Johnson provided an update to previous research on what agricultural firms value in agribusiness graduates.

The last paper session of the meeting was about extension programming in agribusiness management. In the first presentation Ruby Ward and Kynda Curtis talked about building business management capacity for American Indian agricultural businesses. The second presentation was about finding the least cost cattle ration formulation as an agribusiness production model. In the third presentation Forrest Stegelin talked about how forecasting is the heart and soul of agribusiness outreach and extension and its implications.

For a full listing of paper sessions, please see Appendix A.

Appendix A Program Agenda

WERA-72 Annual Meeting

June 21 – 23, 2015

Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday June 21, 2015 – Mandalay Bay Resort

6:00 to 8:00 Informal group dinner for those arriving early and are interested (Bayside Buffet)

Monday June 22, 2015 – Mandalay Bay Resort (Palm A room)

7:00 to 8:00 Registration and breakfast

8:00 to 8:30 Welcome, introductions

8:30 to 10:30 Paper session #1: Production and Demand in Food Systems

Comparative Wellness Metrics– CSA Shareholders versus Everybody Else

Tim Woods, Jairus Rossi, James Allen, and Graham Soley

Marketing Ingredients – Value-Based Input Pricing for a Value-Added Product

Forrest Stegelin

Hunger, Ethnicity, and Nutritional Attainment

Greg Baker and Courtney Robinson

Conceptual Model of Food Hub Performance

Brent Ross and Tatevik Avetisyan

10:30 to 11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00 to 12:00 Industry Speaker – Hank Combs, RC Farms, President of Nevada Farm Bureau

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 3:00 Paper session #2: Classroom and Educational Program Assessment

Assessing Impact of Group Composition and Social Factors on Student Performance in Team-Based Learning Activities in Higher Education

Aleksan Shanoyan and Jason Bergtold

Learning Outcome Standards for Undergraduate Programs in Agricultural Business

Marshall Frasier and Hikaru Peterson

Evaluation to Improve College Teaching: Going Beyond the Student Evaluation Instrument

Aaron Johnson and Jeremy Falk

Lessons Learned from a Study Abroad

Elizabeth Yeager

3:00 to 3:30 COFFEE BREAK

3:30 to 4:30 Panel: Strategies for Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics MSc Programs

Ira Altman, Jason Bergtold, Scott Downey, and Dennis Conley

4:30 to 5:00 WERA Business Meeting

6:00 to 9:00 DINNER

Tuesday June 23, 2015 – Mandalay Bay Resort (Palm A room)

6:45 to 7:30 BREAKFAST

7:30 to 8:00 Transit from Mandalay Bay to tour site

8:00 to 10:00 TOUR – Gilcrease Orchard

10:00 to 10:30 Transit from tour site to Mandalay Bay

10:30 to 12:00 Paper session #3: Rewards of Collective Organizational Behavior

Alliance Formation in the Biotechnology Industry: An Examination of RBV and Social Network

Maria Perez, Leonardo Sanchez, and Desmond Ng

Cooperative Value Proposition: Portrayal and Perception

Hannah Hallock, Aaron Johnson, and Scott Downey

Trade Implications for the U.S. Beef Industry

Lia Nogueira, Kathleen Brooks, and David Bullock

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 2:30 Paper Session #4: Topics in Agribusiness Management

Analyzing Business Risk and Financial Risk in the Banking Sector

Nathan Hulinsky

Building TRUST with Millennials, the Principle Component of Customer Loyalty in Sales Transactions

James Sledd and Kerry Litzenberg

What Agricultural Firms Value in Agribusiness Graduates: An Update to Previous Research Aaron Johnson, Scott Downey, Rodney Holcomb and Al Wysocki

2:30 to 3:00 COFFEE BREAK

3:00 to 4:30 Paper Session #5: Extension Programming in Agribusiness Management

Building Business Management Capacity for American Indian Agricultural Businesses

Ruby Ward and Kynda Curtis

Agribusiness Production Model: Least Cost Cattle Ration Formulation

Levi Helmuth

Forecasting – The Heart and Soul of Agribusiness Outreach and Extension

Forrest Stegelin

4:30 to 4:45 Closing Comments and Adjournment

Appendix B Business Meeting Minutes

2015 Business Meeting Minutes

Monday, June 22, 2015

4:28 PM

WERA-72 Annual Meeting 2015

Las Vegas, Nevada

Business Meeting Agenda

Attendees: Lia Nogueira, Chair; Marshall Frasier, Vice Chair; Aaron Johnson, Secretary; Scott Downey, Treasurer; Elizabeth Yeager; Aleksan Shanoyan; Jason Bergtold; Greg Baker; Forrest Stegelin; Tim Woods; Ira Altman; Desmond Ng; Ruby Ward; Kynda Curtis; David Ripplinger

Chair Nogueira called the meeting to order at 4:39 pm. Secretary Johnson took minutes

Approval of past minutes
1. Minutes from the 2014 meeting were reviewed.
2. Moved by Downey, seconded by Bergtold to approve the 2014 business meeting minutes.
3. Approved unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report
1. Treasurer Downey summarized the treasurer’s report:
  1. Current cash balance of $10,856 (exclusive of all registration revenue and expenses for 2015 meeting).
  2. 2015 meeting expenses and revenue
    1. 22 registrants for the 2015 meeting
      1. four registrants are students who are presenting
      2. Keeping with past practice, registration fee was waived for all student participants presenting papers
    2. 16 participants took advantage of early bird registration ($250 if registered before May 1)
    3. 2 participants paid late registration fee ($300 after May 1)
    4. Total revenue of $4,600
    5. Expenses for 2015 program are incomplete

Curtis moved to approve the treasurer’s report, Frasier seconded the motion.

Motion passed and the treasurer’s report was accepted as submitted.

Old business
1. Annual Report
  1. Update of activities and outcomes
    1. Nogueira reminded the need for participants to officially sign up
      1. She will email those not participating this year but who usually do
    2. Graduate student registration fee waiver
      1. Policy discussed:
        
        provide $0 registration fee for presenting students with cap of 6
        
        if more students the executive committee has discretion
      2. Moved to accept by Downey; seconded by Bergtold

Passed unanimously

Communication/Outreach
1. Website
  1. Nogueira updated group on changes done and planned for website. She encouraged members to visit website and offer suggestions
  2. Curtis suggested adding language about benefits for graduate students
  3. Bergtold suggested AgManager.info hosted by KSU may be good alternative hosting location if need in the future
  4. Curtis suggested we develop a Facebook page
  5. Ward suggested we move the listserv to system that anyone can send announcements to the list
    1. Nogueira will check with Al Wysocki (University of Florida) if we can open the access
  6. Posting presentations/papers
    1. Plan is to post papers and presentations in AgEcon Search (not doubled on the website)

New business
1. Election of WERA-72 Secretary for 2016
  1. Johnson nominated Bergtold to serve as secretary in the coming year.
  2. Moved to close nominations and declare Bertold secretary-elect by acclimation

Fraiser moved and seconded by Ira

Motion passed unanimously

Selection of location/date for future meetings
1. 2016: Denver / Fort Collins, Colorado
  1. Dates to avoid
    1. IFAMA meetings (no date yet - usually 3rd week in June - ? 13-16th)
    2. WAEA meetings (June 21-23)
    3. AAEA meetings (July 31 - Aug 2)
    4. Need to pay attention to Father's Day as well (June 19)
  2. Partners and theme ideas
    1. Ward - other regional group would be good but not WAEA
    2. Curtis - Wine Economics Association meets in June every other year in the U.S.
  3. Decision: June 6 & 7, 2016 in Ft. Collins
    1. Baker moved, Bergtold seconded
    2. passed unanimously
  4. Possible themes/ideas: Marijuana facility/production tour
2. 2017: Return to Las Vegas? Other suggestions?
  1. Ward - tour post program may be interesting
  2. Curtis - offered to help arrange Vegas option off-stripe facilities
  3. Left it to executive committee to explore options
    1. Fun, interesting, easy to get to

Nogueira acknowledged the retirements of Dennis Conley and Forrest Stegelin

Commended Danielle Quirk from Purdue University's Center for Food and Agricultural Business for all her effort in coordinating with the hotel

Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting; Woods seconded the motion
1. Chair Nogueira adjourned the meeting at 5:32 pm.

Appendix C Treasurer’s Report

2014 Treasurer’s Report

WERA – 72

June 22, 2015

Update

The WERA-72 treasury is currently held in an account at Purdue University. WERA-72 remains in strong financial condition. At present WERA holds a cash balance of $10,856.99. This balance does not include registrations or expenses for the 2015 meetings. .

Last year’s reported balance was $8,538.36 and was noted as pending review of posted transactions from the 2014 conference in Santa Rosa. There were 29 registrants last year with revenue totaling $6095. Expenses totaled $3,539.37 for a net addition to WERA accounts of $2,555.63.

Projections and Recommendations:

There are 22 registrants for the 2015 meeting. Four of those are students. Of the remaining, Sixteen of the participants took advantage of the early bird registration fee of $250 for net revenue of $4,600. Expenses for the program are not yet known, but are anticipated to roughly match revenues

If we are to return to Las Vegas in 2017, the Mandalay Bay has been terrific to work with, but food is pretty expensive and there have been concerns expressed about the costs of the rooms. From conversations with Danielle (an event planner) it will be difficult to find a good combination of costs versus benefits in Las Vegas. It may make sense to consider rotating between Western universities.

Submitted by:

W. Scott Downey

Treasurer WERA-72

Accomplishments

Outputs and activities other than Publications(Organized by Institution): California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo  Presentations and Posters: <ul> <li>MacKenzie, S., K. Schwab, M. Higgins, B. Greenwood, M. Goldenberg, J. Greenwood, and B. Hendricks. “Engaging Urban Youth with Natural Areas: Messaging that Resonates.” Selected presentation presented at the National Recreation and Park Association annual conference. Las Vegas, NV. September 2015.</li> <li>Schwab, K., M. Higgins, S. Houge Mackenzie, M. Goldenberg, W.W. Hendricks, B. Greenwood, and J. Greenwood. “#Connect: Engaging Youth via Social Media.” Selected poster presented at the Nevada Recreation and Park Society Conference. Reno, NV. April 2015.</li> <li>Schwab, K., M. Higgins, S. Houge Mackenzie, M. Goldenberg, W.W. Hendricks, B. Greenwood, and J. Greenwood. “Urban Youth and the Outdoors: Messages that Resonate.” Selected poster presented at the George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Oakland, CA. April 2015.</li> <li>O’Sullivan, P.* and M. Higgins. “A Gritty Path to Better Course Evaluations: Do Formative Assessments (SGIDs) Affective Summative Assessments.” Selected poster presented at the CSU Symposium on University Teaching. Los Angeles, CA. March 2015.</li> <li>Higgins, L.M.* and C. Schroeter. “Disentangling Teamwork Dynamics: All Work for One or One Teaches All.” Selected poster presented at the Food Distribution Research Society annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. October 2014.</li> <li>Bekkerman, A., M. Higgins, and M. Taylor. “Integrated Learning Environments: Enhancing Discovery through Research and Engagement.” Invited session at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. July 2015.</li> <li>Richardson, J., M. Higgins, and R. Fumasi. “Simulation for Risk Analysis.” Pre-Conference Workshop at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. July 2015.</li> <li>Higgins, L.M. “Learning Contracts and Learning Portfolios: Promoting Self-Directed Learners.” Invited presentation organized by the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. May 2015.</li> </ul>   North Dakota State University Presentations: <ul> <li>Nganje, William and Dragan Miljkovic: "Food Safety Information, Changes in Risk Perceptions and Offsetting Behavior," The <a href="http://www.icae2015.org/">2015 International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)</a>, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy.  </li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan, Nathan Dalbec, and Lei Zhang: “Estimating US Long-Run Demand for Major Fossil Fuels,” SAEA Annual Meetings, February 1-4, 2015, Atlanta, GA.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Tatjana, Saleem Shaik, and Dragan Miljkovic: “Identifying the Best Probability Distribution for the Body Mass Index from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data,” SAEA Annual Meetings, February 1-4, 2015, Atlanta, GA.</li> <li>Shaik, Saleem, Silvia Miranda, and Dragan Miljkovic: “Efficiency, Technical and Productivity Change in Brazilian Agriculture: Regional Analysis,” Annual IATRC Meeting, December 07-09, 2014, San Diego, CA.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan, Nathan Dalbec, and Lei Zhang: “Forecasting Natural Gas: A U.S. Energy Market Analysis,” Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) Annual Meeting, October 23-25, 2014, St. Louis, MO.</li> </ul>   Grants: <ul> <li>Nganje, William, Jeremy Jackson, Verlin H. and Other, Exceptional Impact Donor Initiative. DMF (38,185), 03/2015-08/2016.</li> <li>William Wilson,Nganje, William, Greg McKee, and Bruce Dahl. Economic Impact of UWBSI. USDAA ARS 73608 (176,554), 03/2015-04/2017.</li> <li>Lin Zhulu (PI) and Dragan Miljkovic (Co-PI): “Soil Health and Water Quality Impacts of Growing Energy Beets for Advanced Biofuel Production in North-Central United States.” NIFA FAR0021281. Effective dates: 08/2014-12/2015. Miljkovic’s Amount: $54,786.</li> <li>Dragan Miljkovi (PI), David Ripplinger (Co-PI), and Saleem Shaik (Co-PI): “Change in Land Use in ND Due to Ethanol Production from Corn,” North Dakota Department of Commerce, State Energy Program. Effective Date: 10/2014-06/2015. Miljkovic’s Amount: $27,000.</li> <li>Dragan Miljkovi (PI), David Ripplinger (Co-PI), and Saleem Shaik (Co-PI): “Impact of Tight Oil Production on Regional Development in North Dakota,“North Dakota Department of Commerce, State Energy Program. Effective Date: 10/2014-06/2014. Miljkovic’s Amount: $39,862.</li> <li>David Ripplinger (PI), Dragan Miljkovic (Co-PI), and Saleem Shaik (Co-PI): “Impact of Tight Oil Production on Labor Market in North Dakota and Montana.” North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Michigan State University. Effective Dates: 09/2014-07/2015. Miljkovic’s Amount: $15,000.</li> </ul>   Purdue University  Presentations: <ul> <li>Hallock, Hannah,Aaron  Johnson, Scott Downey and Chris McIntosh. “Evaluation to Improve College Teaching: Going Beyond the Student Evaluation Instrument.” Western Education/Extension and Research Activities Committee on Agribusiness (WERA 72) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. June 21-23, 2015.</li> <li>Downey, W. S. “Generational Selling.” Presented at Cornbelt Seed Conference in Indianapolis In. February 2015. Approximately 150 participants.</li> <li>Downey, W. S. “Marketing in Veterinary Practices.” Invited single session for Purdue University Veterinary School class. March, 2015. Approximately 40 participants.</li> </ul>   Santa Clara University Presentations: <ul> <li>Baker, Gregory A., Michael J. Harwood, and Courtney N. Robinson, 2015. "The True Cost of a Meal for Low-Income Families," International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Symposium Presentation, St. Paul Minnesota, USA.</li> <li>Baker, Gregory A.  and Courtney N. Robinson. 2015. "Hunger, Ethnicity, and Nutritional Attainment," WERA-72 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.</li> </ul>   University of Kentucky Posters, Presentations, Symposia: <ul> <li>Curtis, Kynda, Whitney McCarthy, Ruby Ward, Timothy Woods, and Lydia Zepeda, “Emerging Trends in Local Food Marketing: Future Research and Outreach Perspectives”,  Symposia for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, July, 2015.</li> <li>Woods, Timothy, and Debra Tropp, “Adapting Community Supported Agriculture to Modern Markets – Where is it Working”, Selected poster for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, <a href="http://purl.umn.edu/205885">http://purl.umn.edu/205885</a>, July, 2015.</li> <li>Woods, Timothy, Jairus Rossi, James Allen, and Graham Soley, “Comparative Wellness Metrics – CSA Shareholders versus Everybody Else”,  Selected paper presented at the WERA-72 Regional Research for Agribusiness annual meeting, Ls Vegas, NV, June, 2015.</li> <li>Zare, Samane, Timothy Woods, Wuyang Hu, and Marv Batte, “What are Students’ Preferences for Local Blueberry Foods in School Meals?”, Selected poster presented at Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference, Mobile, AL, <a href="http://www.uky.edu/ag/agecon/pubs/erssawg-poster33.pdf">uky.edu/ag/agecon/pubs/erssawg-poster33.pdf</a>, January, 2015.</li> <li>Soley, Graham, Tim Woods, Shang-Ho Yang and Wuyang Hu, “Looking at Meat Label Purchases with a Consumer Behavior Motivation Index”, selected paper for presentation at the Food Distribution Research Society Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 2014.</li> </ul>   Grants: <ul> <li>Woods, Timothy (PI) , James Allen, Marissa Aull, Alison Davis, “Going to the Farm-acy: The Effect of CSA-Backed Produce Prescriptions on Eating Behaviors and Health Outcomes in Rural Kentucky”,  USDA Farm Market Promotion Program, 2014-2016,  $98, 272</li> <li>Woods, Timothy (PI), “MarketReady Training for Specialty Crop Growers”, USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, 2014-2016, $32,811</li> </ul>   University of Nebraska-Lincoln Presentations: <ul> <li>Conley, Dennis M. U.S. Ethanol Production and an Emerging Export Market. Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, St. Paul, MN. June 2015.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia. “Trade Implications for the US Beef Industry.” Western Extension and Research Activities Committee on Agribusiness Annual Meeting, June 2015.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia. “Technical Barriers to Trade: Effect on Revenue and Surplus.” International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Annual Meeting, December 2014.</li> </ul>   Grants: <ul> <li>Conley, Dennis, Kathleen Brooks, Cory Walters and Eric Thompson. Nebraska Ethanol Board, State of Nebraska. $19,840. October 2014.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia. “Welfare Implications of UNL Wheat Breeding Programs”, ARD Wheat, Wheat Products and Other Small Grain Research Grant, with Cory Walters, $61,724 USD, July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2017.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia. “Conference: Implications of TTIP and TTP for GM/Non-GM Coexistence”, National Institute for Food and Agriculture Grant (Co-PI), USDA, $49,600 USD, June 2015 – November 2015.</li> </ul>   University of Saskatchewan Grants: <ul> <li>T. Micheels (PI), J.E. Hobbs (Co-investigator), and W.E. Kerr (Co-investigator). “Responses to CETA within the Canadian Beef Value Chain.” AFBI Scholars Program, September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2017, $67, 016</li> <li>T. Micheels (PI) and Kathy Larson (Co-Investigator) “Identification and Management of Risk in Production Agriculture in Saskatchewan.” AFBI Scholars Program, September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2017. $82,016.</li> <li>Nickerson (PI), J. Hobbs, J. House, N. Low, S. Hood-Niefer, T. Tanaka, S. Ghosh, R. Tyler, S. Whiting, R. Green, P. Shand, C. Henry, D. Korber, G. Zello, and E. Micheels. “Development of innovative therapeutic food products for treating malnutrition and responding to emergencies in high risk communities.”  Global Institute for Food Security, September 2014-August 2019, $1,996,000 project funding ($52,000 controlled by Micheels).</li> </ul>   Utah State University Presentations: <ul> <li>Brain, R. and K. Curtis, “Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Linking Rural Growers with Urban Chefs to Enhance Local Food Sourcing.” Selected Presentation of the Linking Urban and Rural Tourism Conference, Fairfax, VA, September 2015.</li> <li>Slocum, S. and K. Curtis, “The Role of Food Entrepreneurs – Suburban Farm Shops in the UK.” Selected Presentation of the Linking Urban and Rural Tourism Conference, Fairfax, VA, September 2015.</li> <li>Curtis, K. and S. Slocum, “Farm Shops: A Direct-Marketing Alternative.” Selected Track Session Presentation of the Agriculture and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA, July 2015.</li> <li>Ward, R. and K. Curtis, “Building Business Management Capacity for American Indian Agricultural Businesses.” Selected presentation of the WERA-72 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 2015.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R., M. Bradshaw, and S. Slocum, “The Role of Food and Culinary Tourism Demand in the Western US.” Selected paper presented at the 2015 National Value-Added Agriculture Conference, Austin, TX, May 2015.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R. and R. Ward, “Program Evaluation and Survey Design Techniques.” Invited presentation of the 2015 Extension Risk Management Education National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2015.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R. and S. Slocum, “Farm and Food Tourism: Exploring Opportunities in the West.” Selected presentation of the 2015 Extension Risk Management Education National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2015.</li> </ul>   Grants: <ul> <li>Co-Principal Investigator: USDA Specialty Crops Program, 2015-2016. $10,462. Legume Understory Cover Crops for Sustaining Soil Fertility, Tree Growth and Yield in Mature Peach Orchards.</li> <li>Co-Principal Investigator (Utah): NIFA – Water for Agriculture, 2015-2020. $4.5 million. Enhancing Climate Resiliency and Agriculture on American Indian Lands of the Great Basin Region.</li> <li>Co-Principal Investigator: USDA Specialty Crops Program, 2014-2016. $35,081. Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Furthering farm to restaurant communication and local sourcing statewide.</li> <li>Co-Principal Investigator: NIFA - Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI), 2014-2019. $1.7 million. Compost Carryover and Cover Crop Effects on Soil Quality, Profitability, and Cultivar Selection in Organic Dryland Wheat.</li> <li>Principal Investigator/Project Director: Western Center for Risk Management Education Grant, 2014-2015. $32,000. Expanding Direct Marketing Opportunities in the Intermountain West through Farm Shops.</li> <li>Co-Principal Investigator/Project Director: Western SARE PDP Grant, 2014-2016. $75,000. Building Business Management Capacity for American Indian Agricultural Businesses.</li> </ul>

Publications

Accomplishments (Organized by Institution): California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Publications: <ul> <li>Silva, A., M. Higgins, and M. Hussein. (2015). “An Evaluation of the Effect of Child-Directed Television Food Advertising Regulation in the United Kingdom.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.</li> <li>Higgins, L.M. and E. Llanos. (2015). “A Healthy Indulgence? Wine Consumers and the Health Benefits of Wine.” Wine Economics and Policy. 4: 3-11.</li> <li>Higgins, L.M. and K. Litzenberg. (2015). “Transferring Experience Through Team Teaching: The Chance of a Lifetime.” College Teaching. 63 (3): 105-111.</li> <li>Xia, C., M. Higgins, and M. Wolf. (2015). “Millennials Leaning In: Can Women in Agribusiness Benefit from Technology and Social Collaboration in Higher Education?” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 18 (2): 93-108.</li> <li>Schroeter, C. and M. Higgins. (2015). “The Impact of Guided vs. Self-Directed Instruction on Students’ Information Literacy Skills.” Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education. 23 (1):1-11.</li> <li>Ishdorj, A. and M. Higgins. (2015). “Children’s Food Security and Participation in National School Lunch Program.” Applied Economics and Finance. 2 (1): 119-128.</li> <li>Higgins, L.M. and C. Schroeter. (2015). “Disentangling Teamwork Dynamics: All Work for One or One Teaches All.” Journal of Food Distribution Research. 46 (1): 56-57. </li> </ul> North Dakota State University Publications: <ul> <li>William Nganje, Miljkovic, Dragan and Daniel Vioca “Offsetting Behavior and the Marginal Impact of Food Safety Information.” Paper Accepted for Publication, Review Agricultural Resource Economics. May, 2015.</li> <li>Cheryl Wachenheim, Brook R, Robert Hearne, William Nganje “Identifying Market Preferences for High Selenium Beef" Paper Conditionally Accepted for Publication, Journal of Food Distribution Research, October 2015.</li> <li>Timothy Richards and William Nganje. “Welfare Effects of Food Recall.” Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62, Issue 1, p. 107-124, 2014.</li> <li>William Nganje, Renée Shaw Hughner, and Paul M. Patterson. “Perception of Risks and Preferences for Locally Grown Produce: A Marketing System Approach,” Journal of Food Product Marketing, Vol. 20, Issue 2, p. 196-214, 2014.</li> <li>Jesus Bravo, Ignacio Molina and William Nganje. “Understanding intentional food contamination attitudes: applying Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior to a sample of fruit and vegetable industry workers.” International Journal of Agricultural Management, Volume 3 Issue 1, p.43-52, 2013.</li> <li>Claudia Dumitrescu, William Nganje, and Clifford Schultz II. “Market Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Wheat Exports in the Balkans and Black Sea Region.”  British Food Journal, 156, No. 10, p. 1518-1536, 2013.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan and Anna Glazyrina: "The Determinants of Total Fertility Rate in Russia," Journal of Policy Modeling [Accepted for publication on August 2, 2015].</li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan, William Nganje, and Daniel Voica: "Food Safety Information, Changes in Risk Perceptions and Offsetting Behavior," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review [Accepted for publication on May 19, 2015].</li> <li>Hart, Jarrett, Dragan Miljkovic, and Saleem Shaik: “The Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency in the Agricultural Sector of the European Union,” Applied Economics (2015), 47(12): 1230-1247.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan, Anais Liogier, Saleem Shaik, Nikita Barabanov, and Silvia Miranda: “Globalization and Obesity,” The World Economy (2015), 38(8): 1278-1294.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan: "The Impact of External Pressure on Voting Outcomes in Transition Economies," Review of Radical Political Economics (2015), 47(2): 193-208.</li> <li>Miljkovic, Tatjana and Dragan Miljkovic: “Modeling Impact of Hurricane Losses on Income Distribution in the Coastal U.S.,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (2014), 5(4): 265-273.</li> </ul>   Refereed Book Chapters: <ul> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan: "Dual Nature and the Human Face of Food (In)Security," In International Food Security in an Uncertain World: A Global Perspective (Volume 1) Andrew Schmitz, P. Lynn Kennedy, and Troy G. Schmitz (editors) [Accepted for publication in March of 2015].</li> </ul>   Books (Edited): <ul> <li>Miljkovic, Dragan (Ed.): “Agriculture and Trade: International Perspectives,” Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-62948-975-9).</li> </ul>   Purdue University Publications: <ul> <li>Perry, G., Deibel, P., Downey, W. S. & Gunderson, M. (2015). Agribusiness benchmarks: Creating common learning outcomes for undergraduate agribusiness management programs. Journal of Agribusiness, 32(1), 47-66.</li> <li>Yeager E., Downey, W. S. & Widmar, D. (2015). (Syngenta: Changing a global company. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 18(2), 167-183.</li> </ul>   Presentations: <ul> <li>Hallock, Hannah,Aaron  Johnson, Scott Downey and Chris McIntosh. “Evaluation to Improve College Teaching: Going Beyond the Student Evaluation Instrument.” Western Education/Extension and Research Activities Committee on Agribusiness (WERA 72) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. June 21-23, 2015.</li> <li>Downey, W. S. “Generational Selling.” Presented at Cornbelt Seed Conference in Indianapolis In. February 2015. Approximately 150 participants.</li> <li>Downey, W. S. “Marketing in Veterinary Practices.” Invited single session for Purdue University Veterinary School class. March, 2015. Approximately 40 participants.</li> </ul>   Santa Clara University Publications: <ul> <li>Lakner, Zoltan, and Gregory A. Baker. 2014. “Struggling with Uncertainty: The State of Global Agri-food Sector in 2030.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 17, No. 4.</li> </ul> University of Kentucky Publications: <ul> <li>Li, XL, and S. Saghaian. (2015). “Price Adjustment and Market Power in the Columbian Milds Coffee Market.” Journal of Agribusiness, forthcoming. </li> <li>Shepherd, J. and S. Saghaian. (2015). “Risk Perception and Trust Interaction in Response to Food Safety Events across Products and Their Implications for Agribusiness Firms.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, forthcoming.</li> <li>Ozertan, G., S. Saghaian, and H. Tekguc. (2015). “Dynamics of Price Transmission and Market Power in the Turkish Beef Sector.” Turkish journal of Economics, Business & Finance, 30(349):53-76.</li> <li>Saghaian, S. and M. Reed. (2015). “Spillover Effects of U.S. Federal Reserve’s Recent Quantitative Easing on Canadian Commodity Prices.” International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 3(1):33-43.</li> <li>Sujarwo, J., M. Reed and S. Saghaian. (2015). “Production Efficiency of Small-Scale Shallot Producers in East Java, Indonesia.” Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research, 2(2):59-71.</li> <li>Ingram, Dewayne L., Timothy A. Woods, Wuyang Hu, and Susmitha S. Nambuthiri, “Willingness-to-pay Comparisons for Flats of Groundcover Plants in Plantable Containers: Consumers versus Commercial Buyers in Kentucky”, HortScience 50(3):408-411, 2015, <a href="http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/50/3/408.full.pdf?ijkey=1dnMXc3y7VE7Ydu&keytype=ref">http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/50/3/408.full.pdf?ijkey=1dnMXc3y7VE7Ydu&keytype=ref</a></li> <li>Brislen, Lilian, Timothy Woods, Lee Meyer, and Nathan Routt, “Grasshoppers Distribution: Lessons Learned and Lasting Legacy”, University of Kentucky Experiment Station Special Report Series, SR-108, 26 p. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/SR/SR108/SR108.pdf, January, 2015. </li> <li>Maes, Thong, Wuyang Hu, Timothy Woods, Marv Batte, and Stan Ernst, "Substitutes or Complements? Consumer Preference for Local and Organic Food Attributes", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, doi:1093/ajae/aau108, 2014</li> <li>Woods, Timothy A., “Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters: Theory and Case Studies: Book Review”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, doi: 10.1093/ajae/aat082, 2014.</li> </ul>   University of Nebraska-Lincoln Publications: <ul> <li>Conley, Dennis, Kathleen Brooks, Cory Walters and Eric Thompson. Economic Impacts of the Ethanol Industry in Nebraska. Department of Agricultural Economics and the Bureau of Business Research. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Special Report. April 2015.</li> <li>Woods, Timothy, Lia Nogueira, Shang-Ho Yang and Xueting Deng. 2015. “Local Wine Expenditure Determinants in the Northern Appalachian States.” Journal of Food Distribution Research 46(2):30-50.</li> <li>Asgari, Mahdi and Lia Nogueira. 2015. “Institutional Differences and Agricultural Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 9(2):189-209.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia, Joel Michalski, Thomas L. Marsh and Vicki McCracken. 2015. “Welfare Implications of Washington Wheat Breeding Programs.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 47(2):147-174.</li> <li>Nogueira, Lia and Cory Walters. 2015. “Welfare Implications of Wheat Breeding Programs.” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, March 25, 2015.</li> <li>Brooks, Kathleen, Lia Nogueira and Jacob Birch. 2014. “U.S. Beef Trade Disruptions.” Cornhusker Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November 4, 2014.</li> </ul> University of Saskatchewan Publications: <ul> <li>Forbes-Brown, S., T. Micheels, and J.E. Hobbs, Forthcoming. Willingness to Pay for Milk and Ice Cream with the “100% Canadian Milk” Label: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. Accepted May 10, 2015.</li> <li>Lassoued, R., J.E. Hobbs, T. Micheels, and D. Zhang, Forthcoming (to be published in Dec 2015 Special Issue). Consumer trust in chicken brands: a structural equation model. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Accepted April 27, 2015.</li> </ul> Utah State University Publications: <ul> <li>Slocum, S., and K. Curtis, (in press). “Assessing Sustainable Food Behaviours of National Park Visitors: Domestic/On Vocation Linkages, and Their Implications for Park Policies.” Journal of Sustainable Tourism.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R., K. Allen, and R. Ward, (in press). “Food Consumption, Attitude, and Behavioral Change among CSA Members: A Northern Utah Case Study.” Journal of Food Distribution Research.</li> <li>Maughan, T., K. Curtis, B. Black, and D. Drost, (2015). “Economic Evaluation of Implementing Strawberry Season Extension Production Technologies in the U.S. Intermountain West.” HortScience 50(3), 395-401.</li> <li>Bosworth, R., D. Bailey, and K. Curtis, (2015). “Consumer Willingness to Pay for Local Designations: Brand Effects and Heterogeneity at the Retail Level.” Journal of Food Products Marketing 21(3), 274-292.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R., I. Yeager, B. Black, D. Drost, and R. Ward, (2014). “Market and Pricing Potential for Extended Season Fresh Produce Sales: An Intermountain West Example.” Journal of Food Distribution Research 45(2), 46-65.</li> <li>Debnath, D., K. Curtis, and S. Slocum, (2015). “Expanding Direct Marketing Opportunities through Farm Shops in Western Tourism Destinations: Extension Program Design. Proceedings of the 2014 Value-Added Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 2014.</li> <li>Brain, R., K. Curtis, and K. Hall, (2015). “Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Building Sustainable Local Food Connections.” Journal of Food Distribution Research 46(1), 1-10.</li> <li>Curtis, K.R., J.D. Gumirakiza, and R. Bosworth, (2014). “Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Multi-Labeled Produce at Farmers’ Markets.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 45(1), 14-20.</li> </ul>

Impact Statements

WERA-72 continues to facilitate the coordination and development of timely research, extension, and teaching projects among participating faculty, graduate students, government, and industry leaders, creating a pool of shared expertise in general area of agribusiness scholarship. WERA-72 continues to be a critical focal point around the academic relationships to agribusiness. Linkages with other regional research projects (such as S-1050), academic associations (AAEA, IFAMA, Food Distribution Research Society), and industry have led to very fruitful collaborations. In addition, to help developing a critical mass of agribusiness dialogue and research expertise, WERA-72 has been supportive of graduate student engagement in this field and welcomed four graduate students to this year’s meeting. To encourage graduate student participation the registration fee for graduate students presenting their work has been waived the last couple of years.

Date of Annual Report: 04/06/2017

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates:
Period the Report Covers:

Participants

• Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University
• Roger Dahlgran, University of Arizona
• Elham Darbandi, University of Kentucky
• Scott Downey, Purdue University
• Marshall Frasier, Colorado State University
• Chelsea Fullerton, Purdue University
• Jason Holderieath, Colorado State University
• Aaron Johnson, University of Idaho
• Kerry Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
• Conrad Lyford, Texas Tech University
• David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
• Karli Salisbury, Utah State University
• John Siebert, Texas A&M University
• James Sterns, Oregon State University
• Mallory Vestal, West Texas A&M University
• Ruby Ward, Utah State University
• Glen Whipple, University of Wyoming

Brief Summary of Minutes

Faculty (14) and graduate students (3) from 13 universities, and an industry executive participated in the 2016 WERA-72 annual meeting, held at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colorado, June 5-7, 2016. The registration fee was waived for the three graduate students that presented papers. The annual meeting featured two industry tours, five paper sessions and two organized sessions. The program agenda, business meeting minutes and treasurer’s report are attached in appendices A, B and C respectively.

The first of the industry tour was designed as an optional feature for those arriving early for the conference. Arrangements were made to visit Bayberry Farms north of Fort Collins. Bayberry Farms is a small startup from Haydn Christensen, a 2009 graduate from CSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Haydn conducted the tour of his greenhouse facilities and shared his range of experiences across seven years of experience of trying to break into the local wholesale and retail markets. He provided attendees with a timeline that began with a collaboration with a developer of mobile hydroponic towers that he used to produce a “pick fresh” display in a retail environment. He was able to secure a contract with Whole Foods to market in the Fort Collins store. He characterized the experience as a “great idea but a horrible business decision”. He spent much of the time explaining how he learned from that experience and pointing out subsequent decisions in investment in his facilities and a now-current relationship with Whole Foods that he judges to be successful and foundational to a strong future in his operation. Attendance by members was much lighter than expected suggesting that special care be taken in scheduling future pre-meeting tours.

The first paper session covered topics related to teaching. There were three papers in this session. In the opening presentation Bergtold shared the design and results of a study that explored the effects of where students sit within the classroom. In general, results presented were reinforced by discussion that ensued—student performance in the study varied much as participants collectively expected. The second presentation by Vestal summarized experience of a designed experiment to compare the use of “old-school” flash cards versus an electronic platform for real-time feedback in the classroom. Use of both media was effective in increasing exam performance, but students expressed preference for electronic over flashcards. Questions were raised regarding long-term retention. In the third presentation Johnson provided a review of Brown’s book, Make It Stick. All participants had been provided a copy of the book prior to the meeting. The presentation focused on the claims of the book and began a step-by-step progression of discussion through each. General conclusions were that the content of the book certainly had merit and that it was a strong integration of a broad cross section of learning and psychology literature that would make a useful reference in the teaching profession.

The second paper session was about on topics in food demand. In the first presentation Lyford posed the question as to whether SNAP recipients were being effective in getting the best prices in their food purchases. He developed an empirical model based on an “expensiveness index” and demonstrated that SNAP recipients are not systematically disadvantaged in the current food system. The second presentation by Darbandi assessed the relationship between marking margins and concentration in the US beef market. The presentation presented the development of an empirical model where the author planned to test the impact of retail concentration on beef wholesale-retail marketing margins. Participants provided useful suggestions to enhance the modelling approach. The third presentation by Vestal presented results from a case study of a business using a rewards program to build customer loyalty. Conclusions from the study suggested that while the proprietor questioned the value, overall participation was increased from loyalty users and the program was able to fund itself. This paper generated spirited discussion.

The main industry tour was held at New Belgium Brewery. The visit to New Belgium was opened with a joint presentation by Katie Wallace, Assistant Director of Sustainability and Gary Dick, long-time employee and facilities operator. Wallace provided a very interesting presentation about the history of New Belgium and focused a on the company’s commitment to sustainable production. She was forthright in discussing both the ethos of the company as well as the opportunities and challenges this presents for marketing their product. She also spent significant time discussing the culture and engagement of the employee-owners. There was a very lively discussion between WERA-72 participants and both NB employees regarding a wide range of business management issues. Following the presentation, Dick treated the group to a VIP tour of the New Belgium facilities which provided both context for the earlier discussions as well as prompting further interaction with other NB employees along the way. Participants reported high satisfaction with this activity.

Following the New Belgium presentation and tour, the group reconvened at CSU’s nearby Powerhouse Laboratory for the first organized session where Ruby Ward led discussion on the future of extension programming for small farms and direct marketing. She began the presentation by portraying the evolving nature of the market for small farms, questioning if these markets have perhaps become saturated. This brought the focus of the discussion to the role of extension activities to assist individuals in this market. Much of the discussion focused on conversation of a shift from a sense of “recruiting” participants to the market to one of helping potential entrants to understand the more competitive nature they may face. There was engaged discussion around the topic for which opinions seemed to range widely.

The second day of the meeting started with the third paper session which addressed topics in extension. The first presentation focused on the decision-making process for multigenerational farms. Here Fullerton provided an overview of the framework for characterizing farm structure and design of an empirical model for which she shared preliminary results characterizing patterns where responsibilities and attitudes were attributed to different generations. Topic spawned significant conversation among attendees. The scheduled presenter for the other paper in this session was unable to attend.

The fourth paper session was about different topics in research. In the first presentation, Siebert presented the development of a cased study of the decision of a company to sell off their agronomy division. The paper addressed both details of the case as well as teaching points that arose from the case. The second presentation by Dahlgran focused on positioning academic research to be relevant to industry. He shared recent experiences and proposed a framework for how automation could provide useful low-cost price-risk management solutions.

The last paper session of the meeting was about topics in land management. In the first presentation, Ripplinger addressed the potential for losses in crop productivity and associated supply chain impacts in North Dakota due to climate change. Discussion focused around climate-associated risks of developing processing facilities. In the second presentation Holderieath presented a generalized framework for multifunctional land uses in production agriculture. In his paper he developed a mathematical model that was pitched as a flexible framework that provided more opportunity to reflect interaction between cropping decisions across time. The paper generated good discussion and many comments for the author to consider.

The meeting closed with the final session organized by James Sterns which was structured as a set of coordinated grant writing round tables. The session was designed to allow participants to break out into groups of common interest to pursue discussion of opportunities for members to collaborate in pursuing grant opportunities relevant to the WERA-72 mission.

Appendix A Program Agenda

WERA-72 Annual Meeting

June 5 – 7, 2016

Fort Collins, Colorado

Sunday June 5, 2016 – Bayberry Farms Tour (optional)

3:00 to 5:00 TOUR – Bayberry Farms: Haydn Christensen, proprietor

6:00 to 8:00 Informal group dinner for those arriving early and interested (Old Town)

Monday June 6, 2016 – CSU Lory Student Center (Greyrock Room)

7:00 to 8:00 Registration and breakfast

8:00 to 8:30 Welcome, introductions

8:30 to 10:00 Paper session #1: Topics in Teaching

Spatial Dynamics in the Classroom: Does Where You Sit Matter?

Jason S. Bergtold and Elizabeth Yeager

Student Response Systems: Impact on Short and Long Term Knowledge Retention

Mallory Leach, Mallory Vestal, Bridget Guerrero, and Kevin Williams

The Challenge to “Make it Stick” – Lessons to be Had

Aaron Johnson

10:00 to 10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:15 to 11:45 Paper session #2: Topics in Food

Differential Effects of Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Using Reinforcement

Janani Thapa and Conrad Lyford

Assessing the Relation between Marketing Margin and Concentration in the U.S. Beef Market

Elham Darbandi and Sayed Saghaian

Does Customer Loyalty Pay, or are You Paying for Customer Loyalty?

Kendra L. Cox, Mallory K. Vestal, and Bridget L. Guerrero

11:45 to 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 to 1:00 Transit from CSU to tour site

1:00 to 3:15 TOUR – New Belgium Brewery: Katie Wallace, Assistant Director of Sustainability

VIP tour of NB facilities

3:15 to 3:30 Walk to CSU Powerhouse Laboratory

3:30 to 4:45 Organized Session 1: Discussion on Future Extension Programing For Small Farms and Direct Marketing

Ruby Ward

4:45 to 5:15 WERA Business Meeting

5:30 to 9:00 DINNER (Old Town)

Tuesday June 7, 2016 – CSU Lory Student Center (Greyrock Room)

7:00 to 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 to 9:00 Paper Session #3: Topics in Extension

Challenges and Approaches to Working with Hard-to-Reach Agricultural Producers

Duncan M. Chembezi and E’licia L. Chaverest

Decision-Making within a Multi-Generational Context

Chelsea Fullerton and Scott Downey

9:00 to 10:00 Paper Session #4: Topics in Research

United Agriculture Cooperative, LLC: Case Study on the Decision to Sell the Agronomy Division

John W. Siebert and John L. Park

Other Avenues to Relevance in Agribusiness Research

Roger A. Dahlgran and Vivek Kumar

10:00 to 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

10:30 to 12:00 Paper session #5: Topics in Land Management

Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity and Education: The Case of Tanzania

Shaikh Eskander, Mintewab Bezabih, Razack Lokina, and Byela Tisigwa

Losses to Crop Production and Processing from Climate Change

David Ripplinger

A Generalized Adoption Criteria for Multifunctional Land Uses in Production Agriculture

Jason Holderieath and W. Marshall Frasier

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 2:30 Organized Session 2: WERA-72 Coordinated Grant Writing Round Tables

James A. Sterns

2:30 to 2:45 Closing Comments and Adjournment

Appendix B Business Meeting Minutes

2016 Business Meeting Minutes

Monday, June 6, 2016

4:45 pm

WERA-72 Annual Meeting 2016

Fort Collins, CO

Business Meeting Agenda

Attendees: Marshall Frasier (Chair), Aaron Johnson (Vice Chair), Jason Bergtold (Secretary), Scott Downey (Treasurer), Duncan Chembezi, Roger Dahlgran, Elam Darbandi, Shaikh Eskander, Jason Holderieath, Kerry Litzenberg, Conrad Lyford, David Ripplinger, John Siebert, James Stearns, Mallory Vestal, Ruby Ward

Chair Marshall called the meeting to order at 4:46 pm. Secretary Bergtold took minutes.

Approval of past minutes.
1. Minutes from the 2015 meeting were reviewed.
2. Moved by Downey and seconded by Ripplinger to approve the 2015 business meeting minutes.
3. Approved unanimously.

Treasure’s Report
1. Treasurer Downey summarized the treasurer’s report:
  1. Current cash balance is down from 2015 by $2000, with additional expenses the balance will be down by about $7500 at the end of this meeting.
  2. 2015 Meeting Expenses and Issues
    1. Costs of the 2015 meeting in Las Vegas where higher than expected, which resulted in a loss.
    2. 19 registrants, of which 3 were students. Most took advantage of early bird registration.
    3. Based on the outcome, discussion among attendees occurred. Recommendations were made to keep rotating meeting location to the university of the current chair. This would be good from a fiscal perspective.

We could award for some of our funds and better connect with AAEA or related meeting.

Bought books for the meeting this year. It was felt that this was a good use of money.

Johnson moved to approve the treasurer’s report, Ripplinger seconded.

Motion passed and the treasurer’s report was accepted as submitted.

Old Business
1. Annual report
  1. Marshall reminded that this was the chair’s responsibility. We had 60 days to complete the report.
  2. Attendees were asked to provide feedback by 6/30/2017 to Chair Marshall.
2. WERA-72 Website
  1. Discussion occurred about developing a new WERA-72 website. Recommendations included a Google site or space on one of the participating organization’s or university’s websites. Bergtold mentioned that agamanager.info may be a possibility, given the site has a high number of internet hits. KSU was open to hosting the site. Ripplinger suggested a Word Press Site could be used too, which would allow for multiple managers.
  2. Attendees indicated that we want the ability to readily be able to update the site as needed, increase access to the site for members, and get needed information up in a timely manner.

We need a single person in charge of the site to better be able to update and oversee administration of the site. Communications officer needs to be long term not year to year. The executive committee needs to fill Conrad Lyford’s position.

Should obtain our own domain name. Downey purchased right to the wera72.com domain name.

There was a high desire to complete this before the next meeting and we have a high need. The Executive team was tasked to explore this and Bergtold indicated he would explore the option for using agmanager.info.

Attendees provided a clear directive for the executive committee to act.

Elections
1. Treasurer
  1. Treasurer Downey described the position.
  2. Purdue manages the WERA-72 account. Easy to transfer the money to another institution.

Downey was nominated to continue as treasurer. Downey indicated he is willing to serve until 2020.

Johnson moved to elect Downey as Treasurer, Conrad Lyford seconded.

Motion passed unanimously.

Secretary
1. Ripplinger was nominated for the position as Secretary by Ruby Ward, Stearns seconded.
2. Motion was made to close nominations. There was unanimous vote to approve Ripplinger as the next Secretary.

New Business
1. 2017 Annual Meeting
  1. It was decided to use the model of university/state-based meetings.
  2. Idaho was considered as a good place for the next meeting. Considered the cities of Boise, Coeur d'Alene and Moscow. Boise has access to more agribusiness opportunities for tours. Simplot is in Boise and they have built a facility that we could use and/or rent. Coeur d'Alene would be at a resort, but do not know availability or expense yet. Could do a dinner Tour with Spokane Seed or Jacyln Seed. In Moscow, we would be on the University of Idaho campus, but may have higher food expenses. Could do a tour focusing on supply side issues with fertilizer and grain handling facilities (e.g. McGregor, who is a regional input supplier)

Other meetings to consider for dates of the meeting: WAEA 7/9 – 7/12 in Tahoe; IFAMA no dates yet;

Executive committee needs to decide on location in Idaho and work on potentially soliciting sponsors. Flexibility should be provided to the people organizing the meeting.

Litzenberg nominated to have the meeting in Idaho in mid-June, 2017. Downey seconded.

Motion passed with unanimous consent.

Preference for dates: Mid-June (second week) … 11 – 13 as our first date.

Next meeting will be in Kansas in 2018 (e.g. Manhattan or Kansas City).

Creation of an outstanding teacher or innovator award.
1. Could sponsor awardee and provide a travel stipend to come give a presentation at the annual WERA-72.
2. Could make the award focus on innovator of the year in teaching or agribusiness. Could be a business and industry person, as well.

Attendees asked if we wanted another teaching award or if we would want to institutionalize this each year. There will be an administrative burden.

Other teaching awards exist, e.g. NACTA.

Could partner with TLC or AEM sections of AAEA.

If we did pursue this, the executive committee could be the selection committee and choose from a set of nominated individuals. We would want to make sure to go outside of the WERA-72 network to invite in and increase membership.

Stearns motioned to table the discussion until next year. Litzenberg seconded. Motion passed with unanimous consent.

We want to make sure WERA-72 has a presence at the AAEA and WAEA meetings.

Bergtold move to adjourn the meeting. Stearns seconded the motion. Frasier adjourned the meeting at 5:48 pm.

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

To help developing a critical mass of agribusiness dialogue and research expertise, WERA-72 has been supportive of graduate student engagement in this field and welcomed three graduate students to this year’s meeting. To encourage graduate student participation the registration fee for graduate students presenting their work has been waived the last couple of years.

Date of Annual Report: 06/12/2017

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 06/05/2016 - 06/07/2016
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2015 - 09/30/2016

Participants

Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University
• Roger Dahlgran, University of Arizona
• Elham Darbandi, University of Kentucky
• Scott Downey, Purdue University
• Marshall Frasier, Colorado State University
• Chelsea Fullerton, Purdue University
• Jason Holderieath, Colorado State University
• Aaron Johnson, University of Idaho
• Kerry Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
• Conrad Lyford, Texas Tech University
• David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
• Karli Salisbury, Utah State University
• John Siebert, Texas A&M University
• James Sterns, Oregon State University
• Mallory Vestal, West Texas A&M University
• Ruby Ward, Utah State University
• Glen Whipple, University of Wyoming

Brief Summary of Minutes

Summary of Annual Meeting:

For a full listing of paper sessions, please see Appendix A.

Appendix A Program Agenda

WERA-72 Annual Meeting

June 5 – 7, 2016

Fort Collins, Colorado

Sunday June 5, 2016 – Bayberry Farms Tour (optional)

3:00 to 5:00 TOUR – Bayberry Farms: Haydn Christensen, proprietor

6:00 to 8:00 Informal group dinner for those arriving early and interested (Old Town)

Monday June 6, 2016 – CSU Lory Student Center (Greyrock Room)

7:00 to 8:00 Registration and breakfast

8:00 to 8:30 Welcome, introductions

8:30 to 10:00 Paper session #1: Topics in Teaching

Spatial Dynamics in the Classroom: Does Where You Sit Matter?

Jason S. Bergtold and Elizabeth Yeager

Student Response Systems: Impact on Short and Long Term Knowledge Retention

Mallory Leach, Mallory Vestal, Bridget Guerrero, and Kevin Williams

The Challenge to “Make it Stick” – Lessons to be Had

Aaron Johnson

10:00 to 10:15 COFFEE BREAK

10:15 to 11:45 Paper session #2: Topics in Food

Differential Effects of Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Using Reinforcement

Janani Thapa and Conrad Lyford

Assessing the Relation between Marketing Margin and Concentration in the U.S. Beef Market

Elham Darbandi and Sayed Saghaian

Does Customer Loyalty Pay, or are You Paying for Customer Loyalty?

Kendra L. Cox, Mallory K. Vestal, and Bridget L. Guerrero

11:45 to 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 to 1:00 Transit from CSU to tour site

1:00 to 3:15 TOUR – New Belgium Brewery: Katie Wallace, Assistant Director of Sustainability

VIP tour of NB facilities

3:15 to 3:30 Walk to CSU Powerhouse Laboratory

3:30 to 4:45 Organized Session 1: Discussion on Future Extension Programing For Small Farms and Direct Marketing

Ruby Ward

4:45 to 5:15 WERA Business Meeting

5:30 to 9:00 DINNER (Old Town)

Tuesday June 7, 2016 – CSU Lory Student Center (Greyrock Room)

7:00 to 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 to 9:00 Paper Session #3: Topics in Extension

Challenges and Approaches to Working with Hard-to-Reach Agricultural Producers

Duncan M. Chembezi and E’licia L. Chaveres

Decision-Making within a Multi-Generational Context

Chelsea Fullerton and Scott Downe

9:00 to 10:00 Paper Session #4: Topics in Research

United Agriculture Cooperative, LLC: Case Study on the Decision to Sell the Agronomy Division

John W. Siebert and John L. Park

Other Avenues to Relevance in Agribusiness Research

Roger A. Dahlgran and Vivek Kumar

10:00 to 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

10:30 to 12:00 Paper session #5: Topics in Land Management

Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity and Education: The Case of Tanzania

Shaikh Eskander, Mintewab Bezabih, Razack Lokina, and Byela Tisigwa

Losses to Crop Production and Processing from Climate Change

David Ripplinger

A Generalized Adoption Criteria for Multifunctional Land Uses in Production Agriculture

Jason Holderieath and W. Marshall Frasier

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 2:30 Organized Session 2: WERA-72 Coordinated Grant Writing Round Tables

James A. Sterns

2:30 to 2:45 Closing Comments and Adjournment

2016 Business Meeting Minutes

Monday, June 6, 2016

4:45 pm

WERA-72 Annual Meeting 2016

Fort Collins, CO

Business Meeting Agenda

Chair Marshall called the meeting to order at 4:46 pm. Secretary Bergtold took minutes.

Approval of past minutes.
1. Minutes from the 2015 meeting were reviewed.
2. Moved by Downey and seconded by Ripplinger to approve the 2015 business meeting minutes.
3. Approved unanimously.

Treasure’s Report
1. Treasurer Downey summarized the treasurer’s report:
  1. Current cash balance is down from 2015 by $2000, with additional expenses the balance will be down by about $7500 at the end of this meeting.
  2. 2015 Meeting Expenses and Issues
    1. Costs of the 2015 meeting in Las Vegas where higher than expected, which resulted in a loss.
    2. 19 registrants, of which 3 were students. Most took advantage of early bird registration.
    3. Based on the outcome, discussion among attendees occurred. Recommendations were made to keep rotating meeting location to the university of the current chair. This would be good from a fiscal perspective.

We could award for some of our funds and better connect with AAEA or related meeting.

Bought books for the meeting this year. It was felt that this was a good use of money.

Johnson moved to approve the treasurer’s report, Ripplinger seconded.

Motion passed and the treasurer’s report was accepted as submitted.

Old Business
1. Annual report
  1. Marshall reminded that this was the chair’s responsibility. We had 60 days to complete the report.
  2. Attendees were asked to provide feedback by 6/30/2017 to Chair Marshall.
2. WERA-72 Website
  1. Discussion occurred about developing a new WERA-72 website. Recommendations included a Google site or space on one of the participating organization’s or university’s websites. Bergtold mentioned that agamanager.info may be a possibility, given the site has a high number of internet hits. KSU was open to hosting the site. Ripplinger suggested a Word Press Site could be used too, which would allow for multiple managers.
  2. Attendees indicated that we want the ability to readily be able to update the site as needed, increase access to the site for members, and get needed information up in a timely manner.

We need a single person in charge of the site to better be able to update and oversee administration of the site. Communications officer needs to be long term not year to year. The executive committee needs to fill Conrad Lyford’s position.

Should obtain our own domain name. Downey purchased right to the wera72.com domain name.

There was a high desire to complete this before the next meeting and we have a high need. The Executive team was tasked to explore this and Bergtold indicated he would explore the option for using agmanager.info.

Attendees provided a clear directive for the executive committee to act.

Elections
1. Treasurer
  1. Treasurer Downey described the position.
  2. Purdue manages the WERA-72 account. Easy to transfer the money to another institution.

Downey was nominated to continue as treasurer. Downey indicated he is willing to serve until 2020.

Johnson moved to elect Downey as Treasurer, Conrad Lyford seconded.

Motion passed unanimously.

Secretary
1. Ripplinger was nominated for the position as Secretary by Ruby Ward, Stearns seconded.
2. Motion was made to close nominations. There was unanimous vote to approve Ripplinger as the next Secretary.

New Business
1. 2017 Annual Meeting
  1. It was decided to use the model of university/state-based meetings.
  2. Idaho was considered as a good place for the next meeting. Considered the cities of Boise, Coeur d'Alene and Moscow. Boise has access to more agribusiness opportunities for tours. Simplot is in Boise and they have built a facility that we could use and/or rent. Coeur d'Alene would be at a resort, but do not know availability or expense yet. Could do a dinner Tour with Spokane Seed or Jacyln Seed. In Moscow, we would be on the University of Idaho campus, but may have higher food expenses. Could do a tour focusing on supply side issues with fertilizer and grain handling facilities (e.g. McGregor, who is a regional input supplier)

Other meetings to consider for dates of the meeting: WAEA 7/9 – 7/12 in Tahoe; IFAMA no dates yet;

Executive committee needs to decide on location in Idaho and work on potentially soliciting sponsors. Flexibility should be provided to the people organizing the meeting.

Litzenberg nominated to have the meeting in Idaho in mid-June, 2017. Downey seconded.

Motion passed with unanimous consent.

Preference for dates: Mid-June (second week) … 11 – 13 as our first date.

Next meeting will be in Kansas in 2018 (e.g. Manhattan or Kansas City).

Creation of an outstanding teacher or innovator award.
1. Could sponsor awardee and provide a travel stipend to come give a presentation at the annual WERA-72.
2. Could make the award focus on innovator of the year in teaching or agribusiness. Could be a business and industry person, as well.

Attendees asked if we wanted another teaching award or if we would want to institutionalize this each year. There will be an administrative burden.

Other teaching awards exist, e.g. NACTA.

Could partner with TLC or AEM sections of AAEA.

If we did pursue this, the executive committee could be the selection committee and choose from a set of nominated individuals. We would want to make sure to go outside of the WERA-72 network to invite in and increase membership.

Stearns motioned to table the discussion until next year. Litzenberg seconded. Motion passed with unanimous consent.

We want to make sure WERA-72 has a presence at the AAEA and WAEA meetings.

Bergtold move to adjourn the meeting. Stearns seconded the motion. Frasier adjourned the meeting at 5:48 pm.

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

3.WERA-72 has been supportive of graduate student engagement in this field and welcomed three graduate students to this year’s meeting.

Date of Annual Report: 03/22/2018

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 06/12/2017 - 06/13/2017
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2017

Participants

Kwame Addey (Graduate Student), North Dakota State University;
Mahdi Asgari (Graduate Student), University of Kentucky;
Greggory Baker, Santa Clara University;
Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University;
Joshua Berning, University of Georgia;
Maria Boerngen, Illinois State University;
Kate Brooks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln;
Kuan-Ju Chen (Graduate Student), Washington State University;
Youngran Choi (Graduate Student), Washington State University;
Scott Downey, Purdue University;
Matt Elliott, South Dakota State University;
Dillon Feuz, Utah State University;
Aaron Johnson, University of Idaho;
Ryan Larsen, Utah State University;
Zongyu Li (Graduate Student), Washington State Unvirsity;
Conner Mccollum, (Graduate Student), Kansas State University;
Jinat Rehana (Graduate Student), North Dakota State University;
David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University;
Karli Salisbury (Graduate Student), Utah State University;
Sulagna Sarkar (Graduate Student), Iowa State University;
Aleksan Shanoyan, Kansas State University;
James Sterns, Oregon State University;
Ye Su, University of Nebraska - Kearney;
Ruby Ward, Utah State University;
Glen Whipple, University of Wyoming;
Brett Wilder (Graduate Student), University of Idaho;
Tim Woods, University of Kentucky;
Na Zuo (Graduate Student), University of Kentucky;
Steve Sonka, University of Illinois;
Dave Downey, Purdue University;
Sam Funk, Rabo Agrifinance

Brief Summary of Minutes

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

The theme of the meeting was The Future of Agribusiness Research, Teaching, and Extension. The meeting had the objective to conduct strategic planning and support ongoing collaboration within the agribusiness academy.

Faculty (19), graduate students (11), and two professionals from agribusinesses participated in the 2017 WERA-72 annual meeting at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Boise, Idaho, June 12-13. The registration fee was waived for graduate students that presented papers and a significant effort was made by leadership to get graduate student participation. Additional support to pay travel expenses for invited program contributors was given by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s sections of Teaching, Learning & Communication (TLC) and Agricultural Economics and Management (AEM). TLC and AEM members voted to each contribute $2500 to the program expenses. In addition, AEM offered to pay for the registration fee for the first 10 AEM members registering for the program.

The program started on Monday morning with a welcome from Michael Parrella, Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at University of Idaho. Vid Mohan-Ram, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at J.R. Simplot Company addressed the group on the topic of industry-academia relationships. He focused on what industry needs from the academia and what industry needs to do for the academy. That presentation was followed by an extended panel that brought a set of challenges the agribusiness academy will face in teaching, research and extension programs. The presenters were three seasoned faculty who have earned a reputation of forward thinking in the areas of teaching, research and extension. The panel session allowed each of the three to present their thoughts and we concluded with a time of general discussion. A member of industry was the moderator and general discussant for the session.

The afternoon was spent in working groups in each of the three areas responding to the challenges. The first day of the program was concluded with reconvening as a larger group and reporting on the small group discussions.

The second day was a compilation of presentations by attendees on research, teaching and extension efforts in the agribusiness area. Nine presenters were scheduled to present on their work. An additional seven posters were displayed and attendees had a chance to discuss the work presented on the posters with the authors. The program concluded with a discussion on how to coordinate research efforts to address concerns in the industry on a broader scale and scope.

Business Meeting Agenda

WERA 72 BUSINESS MEETING
Boise, Idaho
June 13, 2017
Reports
1. Minutes 2016 Business Meeting
2. Treasurer’s Report
Old Business
3. 2016 Publication Data
4. Other old business
New Business
1. 2017 Report/Publication Data
2. Renewal of WERA 72
3. Elections
4. 2018 plans
a. Location – Jason Bergtold
b. Content ideas
5. Other new business

2017 Business Meeting Minutes

WERA 72 Business Meeting Minutes

Boise, Idaho

June 13, 2017

Attendees: Aaron Johnson, Jason Bergtold, Scott Downey, David Ripplinger, Brett, Connor, Dave Downey, Kerry Litzenberg, James Stearn, Tim Woods, Sam Funk, Ruby Ward, Kate Brooks, Matt Elliot, Mahdi Asgari, Maria Boerngen

12.42 meeting called to order by President Aaron Johnson

Reports

2016 minutes read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report – Scott Downey. Expect to break even on 2017 meeting. 32 attendees is highest since 2010. Deliverable to AEM and TLC, summary of discussions, invitation to join subcommittees. Bergtold, Brett. Passed unanimously.

Website update. Jason Bergtold. Has registration and abstracts. Located at wera72.net/com/org. James asked how much archived material has been moved. Jason- has some information. Ruby-other information. James-he and Glen Whipple have records.

Old Business

Members must provide 2016 Publication Data-Aaron for the Activity Report. Send to Aaron ASAP. Due 60 days from meeting. Committee is approved through 2019.

Consideration of awards.

Other old business

New Business

Renewal of WERA 72. 2017 Report/Publication Data. Your role in this group is to share so that the report is thick.

Elections.

Kate Brooks-UNL, and Ryan Larsen, Utah State, were secretary-nominating committee. Position ladder explained.

No other nominations. Nominations closed. Comments by Dave Ripplinger on behalf of Ryan Larsen. Kate Brooks made comments about herself. Kate Brooks was elected.

2018 Annual Meeting.

Last year it was decided that we had lost interest in Las Vegas. A new plan was to hold the annual meeting near President’s home institution.

Manhattan: on-campus, Kansas State great campus. Kansas City-city, more to do, lower cost fares. Content: possibilities. Concepts. Dates: June 19-20, 2018.

Creation of Committees: one for each led.

Meeting adjourned.

2017 Treasurer's Report

2017 Treasurer’s Report
WERA – 72
June 13, 2017
Update
The WERA-72 treasury is currently held in an account at Purdue University. WERA-72 remains in strong financial condition. At present WERA holds a cash balance of $7528.85. This balance is down from 2016 because of the report timing last year that included revenue, but not expenses. Neither revenue nor expenses for 2017 are included in this year’s reported balance
Last year’s reported balance was $9,425.35 costs were modest relative to past years at $1896.50. There were 19 registrants for the 2016 meeting. Three of those were students.
Projections and Recommendations:
There are 32 registered this year. Eleven of those are registered as students. Three were speakers. The rest paid at the early bird rate of $250 (with five of those paid through AEM). We had two guests (Vid and the dean), which are not included in these numbers. Expenses for 2017 are expected to be roughly equal to or less than revenues. The costs for speakers' travel will be covered from grants from the TLC and AEM sections of AAEA. Five registrants were covered by a grant from AEM. Receivables from AAEA sections therefore will include the travel costs for speakers plus $1,250 for sponsored AEM registrations.
The promotion of this year’s program and venue appear to be successful. Here are past attendances for all registrants and students for each venue since 2011.
Year
Total
Student
Venue
2011
30
5
Las Vegas, NV
2012
25
3
West Lafayette, IN
2013
24
1
Las Vegas, NV
2014
29
4
Santa Clara, CA
2015
22
4
Las Vegas, NV
2016
19
3
Fort Collins, CO
2017
32

11
Boise, ID
There is a deliverable to the AEM and TLC sections in exchange for the funding received.
Submitted by:
W. Scott Downey
Treasurer WERA-72

Accomplishments

Publications

CALIFORNIA Bacon, C.M. and G.A. Baker, (2017) The rise of food banks and the challenge of matching food assistance with potential need: towards a spatially specific, rapid assessment approach." Agriculture and Human Values. DOI: 10.1007/s10460-017-9783-y. Deikmann, Lucy O., Leslie Gray, and Gregory A. Baker. 2017 Forthcoming "Drought, water access, and urban agriculture: A case study from Silicon Valley." Local Environment, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2017.1351426. Babb, Alexis A., Gregory A. Baker, Courtney N. Robinson, and Michael J. Harwood. 2016 “Mi Pueblo Food Center.” Journal on Food System Dynamics. Vol. 7, No. 2. FLORIDA Pakseresht, A., B.R. McFadden, and C.J. Lagerkvist. (2017) “Consumer Acceptance of Food Biotechnology based on Policy Context and Upstream Acceptance.” European Review of Agricultural Economics. 44(5):757-780. Dong, Z., Z. Gao, and B.R. McFadden. (2017) “Impact of Food Choice on Sodium Intake Patterns from Multiple NHANES Surveys.” Appetite. 109:144-153. McFadden, B.R. (2017) “The Unknowns and Possible Implications of Mandatory Labeling.” Trends in Biotechnology (2017) 35.1:1-3. McFadden, B.R., B.W. Brorsen, and W.R. Raun. (2017) “Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations Based on Plant Sensing and Bayesian Updating.” Precision Agriculture. 1:1-3. Lusk, J.L., J.M. Crespi, B.R. McFadden, J.B.C. Cherry, L.E. Martin, and A.S. Bruce. (2016) “Neural Antecedents of a Random Utility Model.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 132:93-103. McFadden, B.R. (2016) “Examining the Gap between Science and Public Opinion about Genetically Modified Food and Global Warming.” PLOS ONE.     McFadden, B.R., and J.L. Lusk. (2016) “What Consumers Don't Know about GM Food and How that Affects Beliefs.” Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal: fj-201600598. McFadden, B.R. and S.E. Stefanou. (2016) “Another Perspective on Understanding Food Democracy." Choices (2016) 31(1). Crespi, J.M., J.L. Lusk, J.B.C. Cherry, L.E. Martin, B.R. McFadden, and A.S. Bruce. (2016). “Neural Activations Associated with Decision-Time and Choice in a Milk Labeling Experiment.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2016) 98:74-91. Francisco, A.J., A.S. Bruce, S. Lim, J.M. Crespi, J.L. Lusk, B.R. McFadden, R.L. Aupperle, and J.M. Bruce. (2015). “Are Consumers as Constrained as Hens are Confined? Brain Activations and Behavioral Choices after Informational Influence.” Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization (2015) 13:113-119. GEORGIA Kaninda, S., E.G. Fonsah, G.E. Boyhan, E.L. Little and J.W. Gaskin (2017). “Economic Analysis of Crop Rotation Systems for High Value Cool-Season Vegetables in Southern Region of the USA.”  Intl. J. of Veg Sciences. 26(5):637-646. Awondo, S. N., E. G. Fonsah and D. J. Gray. (2017).  “Incorporating Structure and Stochasticity in Muscadine grapes Enterprise Budget and Investment Analysis.” HortTechnology. 27 (2): 212-222. Awondo, N. S., O.A. Ramirez, G. Colson, E.G. Fonsah, G. Kostandini (2016).  “Self-Protection from Weather Risk Using Improved Maize Varieties or Off-Farm Income and the Propensity for Insurance.” Agricultural Economics. 48 (2016) 1–16. Ahmadiani, M., C. Li2, Y. Liu E.G. Fonsah, C. M. Bliss, B. V. Brodbeck and P. C. Andersen (2016).  “Profitability of Organic Vegetable Production via Sod Based Rotation and Conventional Versus Strip Tillage in the Southern Coastal Plain.” Sustainable Agriculture Research. Vol. 5 (4). Boyhan, G., J. Gaskin, E. Little, E.G. Fonsah, and S. Stone (2016).  “Evaluation of Cool Season Vegetable Rotations in Organic Production.”  HortTechnology. 26 (5):637-646. Muhammed, A, S. Zahniser and E.G. Fonsah. (2015). “A Dynamic Analysis of US Banana Demand by Source: a focus on Latin American suppliers”,   Int. J. Trade and Global Markets, Vol. 8 (4): 281-296. IDAHO Johnson, Aaron J., W. Scott Downey, Kerry K. Litzenberg, Allen F. Wysocki, and Elizabeth A. Yeager. “Attitude Change by Students in Professional Sales Courses: Implications for Recruiters and Potential Employers.” Journal of Agribusiness. 35(1):75-85. ILLINOIS Aslıhan D. Spaulding, Kerry Tudor, and Winn Mahatanankoon (2015). “The Effects of Outcome Expectations on Individual’s Anxiety and Continued Usage of Mobile Devices: A Post-adoption Study.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. Vol. 18. Issue 4. pp.173-188. Askar H. Choudhury, James R. Jones, Raquiba (Lena) Choudhury, and Aslıhan D. Spaulding (2015) “Association of Rainfall and De-trended Crop Yield Based on Piecewise Regression for Agricultural Insurance.” Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research. Vol. 16. No.2. pp.34-46. Boerngen, M.A., J.W. Rickard, S.M. Lorenz, and E. Baker.  2016.  Assessing Student Demographics in a Non-Land Grant Agriculture Program. NACTA Journal, Vol. 60, Suppl. 1: 44-45 (Abstr.). Boerngen, M.A., and J.W. Rickard.  2017.  Does Structure Alter Students’ Perceptions of Group Projects?  NACTA Journal, Vol. 61, Suppl. 1: 7 (Abstr.). INDIANA Yeager E., Downey, W. S. & Widmar, D. (2015). Syngenta: Changing a global company. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 18(2), 167-183. (25% acceptance rate) Morgan, C. J., Widmar, N. O., Yeager, E. A., Downey, W. S., & Croney, C. C. (2016). Perceptions of Social Responsibility of Prominent Fast Food Restaurants. Modern Economy, 7(06), 704. (OA, 2-GJIF=.71) Ringelberg, J., Downey, W. S., & Spangenberg, B. (2017). BASF: Differentiating on service innovation. Submitted to International Food and Agribusiness Marketing Review. (In press). Downey, W. S., Funk, J., & Fullerton, C. (2017). Summary of multigenerational farm decision making results. (In Press. Available 7/1/17 from CAB).  KENTUCKY Rossi, Jairus, Timothy Woods, and James Allen (2017), “CSA Shareholder Food Lifestyle Behaviors: A Comparison Across Different Consumer Groups”, Journal of Agriculture and Human Values, doi:10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7, <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7">http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7</a> Katchova, Ani, and Timothy Woods, (2016), “Competitive Advantages in Sourcing and Marketing Local Foods by Food Cooperatives”, Agribusiness, 32(4). Allen, James, IV, Jairus Rossi, Timothy Woods, Alison Davis, (2016) “<a href="https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?REF=dbBV-NCarBg-VI5BhjfMzyCXU6hbAc7dqzpm0f1vft500ey7047TCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRhbmRmb25saW5lLmNvbS9kb2kvYWJzLzEwLjEwODAvMTQ3MzU5MDMuMjAxNi4xMTc3ODY2">Do community supported agriculture programmes encourage change to food lifestyle behaviours and health outcomes? New evidence from shareholders</a>,” International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, doi: 10.1080/14735903.2016.1177866.  <a href="https://exchange.uky.edu/owa/redir.aspx?REF=IhdF6mdUNWq33j0gKw_Hx7y0kohGijAbv6SI8ZErDo500ey7047TCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRhbmRmb25saW5lLmNvbS8xMC4xMDgwLzE0NzM1OTAzLjIwMTYuMTE3Nzg2Ng..">http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14735903.2016.1177866</a> Vassalos, Michael, Wuyang Hu, Timothy Woods, Jack Schieffer and Carl Dillon (2016), “Risk Preferences, Transaction Costs and Choice of Marketing Contracts: Evidence from a Choice Experiment with Fresh Vegetable Producers”, Agribusiness, 32(3):379-396, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/agr.21450/full">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/agr.21450/full</a> MISSOURI Elliott, M. and H. James. 2017. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/age.2016.32">Nature of the Farm: Revisited</a>,” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 46(1), 123-145. Sulemana, I., H. James, and J.S. Rikoon. 2017. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2016.1231635">Environmental Kuznets Curves for Air Pollution in African and Developed Countries: Exploring Turning Point Incomes and the Role of Democracy</a>,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 6(2). S.K. Dary, H. James, A.S. Mohammed. 2017. “<a href="https://doi.org/10.5539/sar.v6n2p141">Triggers of Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana: A Non-Parametric Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perspectives</a>,” Sustainable Agriculture Research, 6(2), 141-151. <ol start="2017"> <li>Stallman, H. James. 2017. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apce.12147">Farmers’ Willingness to Cooperate in Ecosystem Service Provision: Does Trust Matter?</a>“ Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 88(1), 5-31.</li> <li>Hendrickson, H. James. 2016. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10806-016-9641-8">Power, Fairness and Constrained Choice in Agricultural Markets: A Synthesizing Framework</a>,” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29(6), 945-967.</li> <li>Harris, H. James. 2016. “<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/11/1189">The Production of Food and Fiber: An Adaptation of CoP Features for Sustainable Water Use in Agribusiness</a>,” Sustainability, 8(11), 1189.</li> <li>Ng, H. James. 2016. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCLM.2016.10001168">No Man Lives on an Island: Habitual Agency and Complexity in Entrepreneurial Decision-making</a>,” International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management, 3(3), 244-259.</li> <li>James, D. Ng, P. Klein. 2016. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2016.077624">Complexity, Novelty, and Ethical Judgment by Entrepreneurs</a>,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 8(2), 170-195.</li> <li>Sulemana, H. James, C. Valdivia. 2016. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.04.002">Perceived Socioeconomic Status as a Predictor of Environmental Concern in African and Developed Countries</a>,” Journal of Environmental Psychology, 46(June), 83-95.</li> <li>Sulemana, L. McCann, H. James. 2016. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHD.2016.076209">Perceived Environmental Quality and Subjective Well-being: Are African Countries Different from Developed Countries?</a>“ International Journal of Happiness and Development, 3(1), 64-87.</li> <li>Stallman, H. James. 2015. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.07.006">Determinants Affecting Farmers’ Willingness to Cooperate to Control Pests</a>,” Ecological Economics, 117, 182-192.</li> <li>DeRosier, I. Sulemana, H. James, C. Valdivia, W. Folk, R. Smith. 2015. “<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662514568061">A Comparative Analysis of Media Reporting of Perceived Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops and Foods in Kenyan and International Newspapers</a>,” Public Understanding of Science, 24(5), 563-581.</li> </ol> NEBRASKA Aiken, D., K. Brooks, D. Goeller, M. Habrock, B. Lubben, J. Parsons, L. Van Tassell, C. Walters, and R. Wilson. 2016. “Nebraska 2016 Farm Financial Health Survey.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics White Paper. (<a href="http://agecon.unl.edu/research/nebraska-farm-financial-health-survey.pdf">Link</a>) Birch, J., and K. R. Brooks. 2015. “2015 Nebraska Feedyard: Labor Cost Benchmarks and Historical Trends.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Circular: EC836. Birch, J., and K. R. Brooks. 2016. “Nebraska Panhandle Historic, Seasonal Price Patterns and Futures Basis Beef Cattle 2001-2015.  University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Circular: EC291. Busdieker-Jesse, Nichole L., Lia Nogueira, Hayri Onal and David S. Bullock. 2016. “The Economic Impact of New Technology Adoption on the U.S. Apple Industry.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(3):549-569. Ellison, B., and K. R. Brooks. 2017. “Which Livestock Production Methods Matter Most to Consumers?” Agriculture and Human Values. Published online February 27, 2017. Mills, B., A. Azzam, K. Brooks, and D. Aiken. 2016. “An Economic Analysis of the Nebraska Livestock Friendly Country Program,” Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy, 11(2). NORTH DAKOTA Nganje, William and Siew Lim. “Opportunities for Majors in Economics.”  Book Chapter, In Economics for the Eager: Why Study Economics? edited by K. Vaidya, University of Canberra, 2015. Nganje, William, Miljkovic, Dragan and Daniel Vioca. “Offsetting Behavior and the Marginal Impact of Food Safety Information.” Agricultural Resource Economics Review, Vol 45/1 (April 2016). Wachenheim, C.J. 2016. Slaughterhouse in Southeastern Afghanistan: A Public–Private Partnership. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(3), pp. 251-261. Wachenheim, C.J., R Hearne, Scott C. Hovde, W. Nganje. 2015. Identifying Market Preferences for High Selenium Beef. Journal of Food Distribution Research 46(3), pp. 1-18. Wachenheim, Cheryl and Eric Ahlness. 2017. Experiential Learning for a Combat Deployment. NACTA Journal Wachenheim, Cheryl, C., S. Hovde, R. Hearne, and W. Nganje. Identifying Market Preferences for High Selenium Beef. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 46(3), (2015):50-67. Wolf-Hall, Charlene and William Nganje. “Microbial Food Safety: A food Systems Approach.”  Book, Published by CABI, Boston MA, 2017.  Zheng, Shi, Zhigang Wang, and Cheryl Wachenheim. 2017. Risk Perceptions and Risk Attitudes among Chinese Consumers: the Toxic Capsule Crisis. Journal of Risk Research. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2017.1281337">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2017.1281337</a>. Zhu, Qianyu, Cheryl J. Wachenheim, Zhiyao Ma and Cong Zhu. 2017 Supply Chain Re-engineering: A Case Study of the Tonghui Agricultural Cooperative in Inner Mongolia. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (in press). UTAH Slocum, S., and K. Curtis, (in press, 2017). “Food and Agricultural Tourism: Theory and Best Practice.” Routledge. Curtis, K., R. Bosworth, and S. Slocum, (in press, December 2017). “Drink Tourism: A Profile of the Intoxicated Traveler.” Accepted for publication as a chapter of “Craft Beverages and Tourism, Volume 2 – Environmental, Societal, and Marketing Implications.” Curtis, K.R., and R. Brain, (2017). “Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Linking Rural Growers with Urban Chefs to Enhance Local Food Sourcing.” In Slocum, S.L. & Kline, C. (Eds.) Linking Urban and Rural Tourism: Strategies in Sustainability (pp. 202-215). Wallingford, United Kingdom: CAB International. Slocum, S.L. and K.R. Curtis, (2017). “The Urban-Rural Tourism Relationship: A Case of Suburban Farm Shops.” In Slocum, S.L. & Kline, C. (Eds.) Linking Urban and Rural Tourism: Strategies in Sustainability (pp. 82-93). Wallingford, United Kingdom: CAB International. Gumirakiza, J.D., K.R. Curtis, and R. Bosworth, (2017). “Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bundled Fresh Produce Claims at Farmers’ Markets.” Journal of Food Products Marketing, 23(1), 61-79. Curtis, K., and S. Slocum, (2016). “The Role of Sustainability Certification Programs in Reducing Food Waste in Tourism.” Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture, 11(1), 1-7. Slocum, S., and K. Curtis, (2016). “Assessing Sustainable Food Behaviours of National Park Visitors: Domestic/On-Vacation Linkages and their Implications for Park Policies.” Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 24(1), 153-167. Curtis, K., S. Slocum, T. Teegerstrom, C. Bishop, and M. Landis, (2017). “Innovative Food Tourism Development Strategies for Sustainability on American Indian Reservations.” Journal of Food Distribution Research 48(1), 46-53. Curtis, K., and S. Slocum, (2016). “The Potential Impacts of Green Certification Programs Focused on Food Waste Reduction on the Tourism Industry.” Journal of Food Distribution Research 47(1), 6-11. Ward, R.A., T. Teegerstrom, K. Curtis, K. Salisbury, S. Emm, and C. Bishop, (2016). “American Indian Agricultural Money and Business Management.” Utah State University Extension Curriculum (PowerPoint Presentations, Instructor Notes, and Worksheets). Online at: <a href="http://diverseag.org/htm/money-management-curriculum">http://diverseag.org/htm/money-management-curriculum</a>. Knudsen, T., K. Curtis, J. Reeve, and B. Black, (2017). “Northern Utah Peach Orchard Costs and Returns Comparison by Management Strategy, 20 Acres, 2015.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2017-03pr. Curtis, K., and M. Bradshaw, (2017). “Conducting a Market Assessment: Estimating Market Size and Price for Small-Scale Food Tourism Enterprises.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2017-04pr. Curtis, K. and J. Rudd, (2017). “Southeastern Utah Small-Scale Mixed Vegetable Production Costs and Returns - 2 Acres, 2016.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2017-01pr. Curtis, K. and T. Knudsen, (2016). “Northern Utah Grass-Fed Beef Production Costs & Returns, 2016.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2016-03pr. Curtis, K. and T. Knudsen, (2016). “Southern Utah Grass-Fed Beef Production Costs & Returns, 2016.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2016-04pr. Knudsen, T., K. Curtis, J. Reeve, and B. Black, (2016). “Northern Utah Conventional Peach Orchard Costs and Returns, 20 Acres, 2015.” Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2016-02pr. Knudsen, T., K. Curtis, J. Reeve, and B. Black, (2016). “Northern Utah Organic Peach Orchard Costs and Returns, 20 Acres, 2015.”  Utah State University Fact Sheet, Applied Economics/2016-01pr. CANADA Micheels, Eric T. and Andreas Boecker, 2017. Competitive strategies among Ontario farms marketing direct to consumers. Agricultural and Food Economics. 5:10 DOI 10.1186/s40100-017-0079-8 Gabruch, Amanda and Eric T. Micheels, 2017 . The Effect of Saskatchewan's Ownership Restrictions on Farmland Values. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 42(1):114–126. Omid Mirzaei, Eric T. 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Zhang, 2015. Consumer trust in chicken brands: a structural equation model. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63 (4): 621-647.

Impact Statements

3. WERA-72 has planned for the coming year publications and presentations that will continue the discussion of positioning the agribusiness academy for relevancy to a broader audience and greater inclusion of industry professionals. An organized symposium will be given at AAEA annual meeting in 2018 to report the ideas purported by the group last summer. In addition, details will be shared in a three paper series that is being prepared for consideration at Choices.

Date of Annual Report: 12/12/2018

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 06/19/2018 - 03/20/2018
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018

Participants

Michael Barrowclough, Illinois State University; Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University; Maria Boerngen, Illinois State University; Kathleen Brooks, University of Nebraska – Lincoln; Vanessa de Oliveira (Graduate Student), University of Nebraska – Lincoln; Marshall Frasier, Colorado State University; George Hoselton (Graduate Student), Illinois State University; Simon Jette Nantel, University of Wisconsin – River Falls; Aaron Johnson, University of Idaho; Conner McCollum (Undergraduate Student), Kansas State University; Kota Minegishi, University of Minnesota; Emily O’Donnell (Graduate Student), University of Nebraska – Lincoln; David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University; Aleksan Shanoyan, Kansas State University; Cory Walters, University of Nebraska – Lincoln; Tim Woods, University of Kentucky; Choi Youngran (Graduate Student), Washington State University; Na Zuo, University of Arizona.

Brief Summary of Minutes

The theme of the meeting continued our exploration of the Future of Agribusiness Research, Teaching and Extension that began at the annual meeting in 2017, as well as present new research, extension and teaching ideas. We conducted strategic planning sessions for agribusiness teaching and extension efforts on the second day of the meetings to help facilitate increased multi-state collaborative projects in these areas.

Faculty (13); graduate students (4) and an undergraduate student participated in the 2018 WERA-72 annual meeting at the Alumni Center located on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. The registration fee was waived for graduate and undergraduate students that presented papers and a significant effort was made to again increase graduate student participation.

The program started on Tuesday morning (6/19) with a welcome from Dr. Jason Bergtold. The first day was comprised of 14 research, extension and teaching presentations. We then had a short meeting about activities on the Future of Agribusiness started at the 2017 annual meeting. The day ended with our annual business and executive team meetings.

The second day of the program started with a tour at the Plumlee Buffalo Ranch, where attendees learned about local buffalo and other ranching operations and conditions in Kansas. Attendees were given a two hour tour of the ranch and agribusiness presentation by the owners. In the afternoon, two break-out sessions helped to develop multi-state collaborative projects that would help to assess teaching efforts in agribusiness classes and the impacts on graduating students entering the job market, as well as how to improve coordination among agribusiness extension professionals using state-of-the art online tools. We concluded with a time of general discussion and adjourned the meeting.

Business Meeting Agenda

WERA-72 Business Meeting

Manhattan, Kansas

June 19, 2018

Call to Order

Approval of 2017 Annual Meeting Minutes

Reports

Treasurer’s Report

Update on WERA-72 Website

Old Business

Annual Report Requirements and Timeline

Other Old Business

New Business

2018 Report/Publication Data

WERA-72 Renewal

Elections

2019 Plans
1. Location – North Dakota, David Ripplinger
2. Content Ideas

Other New Business

2018 Business Minutes

WERA 72 Business Meeting Minutes

Manhattan, KS

June 19^th, 2018

Attendees: David Ripplinger, Kate Brooks, Aaron Johnson, Jason Bergtold, Michael Barrowclough, Tim Woods, Aleksan Shanoyan, Simon Jette-Nantel, Maria Boerngen, Kota Minegishi, Youngran Choi, Na Zuo, George Hoselton, Connor McCollum, Marshal Frasier

Meeting was called to order by President Jason Bergtold

Reports:

2017 business meeting minutes were handed out for approval
- Aleksan Shanoyan moved for approval, Marshal Frasier seconded, approved unanimously.

Treasurer’s report: Scott Downey (absent) prepared report which was distributed to attendees.
- Currently waiting for funds back from AAEA. Report needs amended to read $7500 to be received from AAEA not $5000.
- Current meeting has projected revenues of $3300 with about $2500 or $2600 in expenses with the largest expense being food.
- Attendance down compared to last year, somewhat due to California ban on travel to Kansas
- Aaron Johnson moved for approval, Tim Woods seconded, approved unanimously.

Jason Bergtold provided an update in regards to the Website
- They are keeping information up-to-date, but need ideas. If you have ideas or pictures, please let Jason know. Also, you can email Jason the PowerPoint/papers from presentations at meetings this year to be added to the website.

Old Business

Members need to provide publication/presentation data for the 2017-2018 report. Time frame is based on USDA fiscal year so needing publications and presentations from October 2017 to September 2018. These can include agribusiness related material from teaching, research and/or extension. Please emphasize any multi-state work if you have it. These can be emailed to Jason Bergtold at bergtold@ksu.edu in a word document.

Listserv: Aaron Johnson mentioned that he has been working to clean up the listserv but more needs to be done. They have cleaned it up through mail chimp but it is partially updated. Currently need to look at additions. If you have colleagues that are not receiving WERA 72 information please have them send an email to David Ripplinger to be added to the list. Emails are also be circulated through AEM and TLC listserv.

New Business

2018 Annual report – was discussed in old business but is due in 60 days after the meeting

New WERA-72 Project Proposal
- Gwen Whipple is retiring so WERA 72 will have new administrator
- This is a 5 year proposed project due by January 1, 2019
- Old document is online
- If you have any thoughts/suggestions, please let the executive committee know

WERA 72 is hosting two projects on Future of Agribusiness
- Track Session at 2018 AAEA annual meetings hosted by TLC & AEM
  - Overview, research, teaching, and extension presentations based on 2017 WERA 72 meetings on the future of agribusiness
  - Information form sessions plus this year’s discussion will put together Choices articles

Location and dates for meeting in 2019: David Ripplinger
- Based on previous year discussion, annual meetings are going to be held near President’s home institution. David Ripplinger proposed 2019 meetings will be in Fargo, ND on June 11-12, 2019.
  - Aaron Johnson moved the motion for dates and location, Marshall Frasier seconded, unanimously approved.

Discussion of registration fee and student fees
- Student fees have never been charged
- Aaron Johnson moved to make registration free for the first 10 new members and $100 for new members past 10, conditional on receiving accounts receivable from AAEA. Marshall Frasier Seconded. Motion approved unanimously.

Elections for Secretary:
- Aaron Johnson nominated Simon Jette-Nantel and Maria Boerngen. Marshall Frasier moved nominations close and Aleksan Shanoyan seconded, motion passed. Each candidate made comments about themselves. Maria Boerngen was elected.

Aaron Johnson moved to adjourn, Aleksan Shanoyan seconded, meeting adjourned.

Treasurer’s Report

2018 Treasurer’s Report

WERA – 72

June 19, 2018

Update:

The WERA-72 treasury is currently held in an account at Purdue University. WERA-72 remains in strong financial condition. Last year’s reported balance was $7,528.85, which included neither revenue nor expenses. Revenue from the 2017 event totaled $2,575.35. Expenses for the meeting were $3,990.97 plus $5,252.20 in travel expenses for the four wisemen who brought their expertise to the planning meeting. This results in a current cash balance of $859.43 plus a receivable from AAEA of $5,000 which has been invoiced but not yet received.

Projections and Recommendations:

There are 18 registered for this year’s event with five of these as graduate students for expected revenue of $3,300, against what would be expected as similar expenses.

The promotion of this year’s program and venue appear to be successful for recent non-west coast events at universities. Here are past attendances for all registrants and students for each venue since 2011.

Year	Total	Student	Venue
2011	30	5	Las Vegas, NV
2012	25	3	West Lafayette, IN
2013	24	1	Las Vegas, NV
2014	29	4	Santa Clara, CA
2015	22	4	Las Vegas, NV
2016	19	3	Fort Collins, CO
2017	32	11	Boise, ID

Submitted in absentia by: Scott Downey

Treasurer WERA-72

Accomplishments

Publications

Georgia   Vinson, E., E. Coneva, J. Kemble, F. Woods, J. Sibley, E.G. Fonsah, P. Perkins-Veazie, and J. Kessler Jr (2018).  “Prediction of Flower Emergence and Evaluation of Cropping Potential in Selected Banana Cultivars (Musa sp.) Cultivated in Subtropical Conditions of Coastal Alabama”,  HortScience-13290 (forthcoming)   Vinson, III E.L., E. Coneva, J.  Kemble, F. Woods, J. Sibley, E. G. Fonsah, P. Perkins-Veazie, and R. Kessler (2018).  “Prediction of Flower Emergence and Evaluation of Crop Cycle Duration, Cold Tolerance and Fruit Production Potential in non-Cavendish and Cavendish Banana Cultivars in Response to Subtropical Conditions of Coastal Alabama”, HortScience Journal Manuscript#-12900 (forthcoming).   Kaninda, S., E.G. Fonsah, G.E. Boyhan, E.L. Little and J.W. Gaskin (2018). “Economic Analysis of Crop Rotation Systems for High Value Cool-Season Vegetables in Southern Region of the USA”. (Forthcoming).   Kaninda, S. T., G. Kostandini and E. G. Fonsah (2018) “The Impact of Migration, Remittances and Public Transfers on Technology Adoption: The Case of Cereal Producers in Rural Kenya”, Journal of Agricultural Economics – Decision on Manuscript ID JAE-OA-11-16-0246.R1.   Fonsah, E.G., M. Tertuliano, S. Chattapadhya, T. Manower, A. Hussain, S. Islam, Md.S. Isalam, Md. J. Uddin, A. S. Amin, and B. Amin (2018).  “A Survey of Agricultural Value Chain: A Case Study of Bangladesh Banana Industry”, Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 7 (1) 141-148.   Fonsah, E.G., Y. Chen, S. Diffie, R. Srinivansan and D. Riley (2018).  “Economic Productivity and Profitability Analysis for Whiteflies and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) Management Options.”, Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 7 (1): 1-9.    Awondo, S. N., O. A. Ramirez, G. S. Datta, G. Colson & E. G. Fonsah (2018). “Estimation of Crop Yields and Insurance Premiums Using a Shrinkage Estimator”. North American Actuarial Journal, 0(0), 1–20, 2018   Vinson III, E.L., Coneva, E.D., Kemble, J.M., Woods, F.M., Sibley, J.L., Perkins-Veazie, P.M. and Fonsah, E.G. (2017). Phenological parameter responses gauge banana fruit production potential in the coastal region of Alabama, USA. Acta Hortic. 1178, 61-66 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1178.11.   Awondo, S. N., E. G. Fonsah and D. J. Gray. (2017)  “Incorporating Structure and Stochasticity in Muscadine grapes Enterprise Budget and Investment Analysis”, HortTechnology: 27 (2): 212-222 (April).   Awondo, N. S., O.A. Ramirez, G. Colson, E.G. Fonsah, G. Kostandini (2016).  “Self-Protection from Weather Risk Using Improved Maize Varieties or Off-Farm Income and the Propensity for Insurance”, Agricultural Economics 48 (2016) 1–16.   Ahmadiani, M., C. Li2, Y. Liu E.G. Fonsah, C. M. Bliss, B. V. Brodbeck and P. C. Andersen (2016).  “Profitability of Organic Vegetable Production via Sod Based Rotation and Conventional Versus Strip Tillage in the Southern Coastal Plain”, Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 5 (4) (November).   Boyhan, G., J. Gaskin, E. Little, E.G. Fonsah, and S. Stone (2016).  “Evaluation of Cool Season Vegetable Rotations in Organic Production”.  HortTechnology: 26 (5):637-646.   Fonsah, E. G., (2015).  Book Review: Land Grabbing in Africa: The Race for Africa’s Rich Farmland, Edited by Fassil Demissie, Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, Vol:7 (4):336-338.   Riley, D., Sparks, A., Jr., Srinivasan, R., Kennedy, G., Fonsah, G., Scott, J., Olson, S., (2018). Thrips: Biology, Ecology, and Management. In: Wakil, W., Brust, G.E., Perring, T.M. (Eds.), Chapter 3: Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests of Tomato. First Edition, Academic Press, Elsevier, pp. 49–71.     Illinois   Andrew Geil, Glen Sagers, Aslıhan D. Spaulding, and James Wolf. 2018. “Cyber Security on The Farm: An Assessment of Cyber Security Practices in the Agriculture Industry.” International Food and Food and Agribusiness Management Review: 21 (3).  pp. 317 – 334.   Boerngen, M.A., D. Kopsell, J. Leptein, and A.M. VanDerZanden. 2018. Faculty perceptions of incorporating service-learning into landscape horticulture courses. NACTA Journal 62(2):175-180.   Boerngen, M.A. and E. Hortenstine. 2018. Risk tolerance and cheap talk in the college classroom. NACTA Journal, Vol. 62, Suppl.1:9 (Abstr.).   Lucy Loftus, Aslıhan D. Spaulding, Richard Steffen, Dave Kopsell, and Nweze Nnakwe. 2017. “Determining Barriers to Use of Edible School Gardens in Illinois.” Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Vol. 36. Issue.7. pp. 507-513.   Rickard, J.W., M.A. Boerngen, S.M. Lorenz, and E. Baker. 2017. Assessing student demographics in a non-land-grant university department of agriculture. Natural Sciences Education 46(1):170021 (published online 14 December 2017).   Kansas   Embaye, W., J.S. Bergtold, D. Archer, C. Flora, G. Andrango, M. Odening and J. Buysse. “Examining Farmers’ Willingness to Grow and Allocate Land for Oilseed Crops for Biofuel Production.” Energy Economics (Accepted March 2018): Forthcoming.   Sant’Anna, A.C., J.S. Bergtold, A. Shanoyan, G. Granco and M.M. Caldas. “Examining the Relationship Between Vertical Coordination Strategies and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Industry.” Agribusiness (Accepted February 2018): Forthcoming.   Granco, G., A.C. Sant’Anna, J.S. Bergtold, M.M. Caldas. “Factors Influencing Ethanol Mill Location in a New Sugarcane Producing Region in Brazil.” Biomass and Bioenergy 111 (2018): 125 – 133.   Kentucky   Thilmany, Dawn and Timothy A. Woods (2018), “Local Food Coming of Age: The Evolution of the Local Brand, Policy Initiatives and Role of Direct Markets in the Agriculture Portfolio”, Choices 33(3):1-2   Holcomb, Rodney B., Clinton L. Neill, Joanna Lelekacs, Margarita Velandia, Timothy A. Woods, H.L. Goodwin, and Ronald L. Rainey (2018), “A Local Food System Glossary: A Rose by Any Other Name”, Choices 33(3)   Rossi, Jairus J., Timothy A. Woods, and James E. Allen IV (2017), “Impacts of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Voucher Program on Food Lifestyle Behaviors: Evidence from an Employer-Sponsored Pilot Program”, Sustainability  <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9091543">http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9091543</a>   Rossi, Jairus, James E. Allen, Timothy A. Woods, and Alison F. Davis  (2017), “CSA Shareholder Food Lifestyle Behaviors: A Comparison Across Different Consumer Groups”, Journal of Agriculture and Human Values, doi:10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7, <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7">http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9779-7</a>   Saghaian, S., M. Nemati, C. Walters, and B. Chen. (2018). “Asymmetric Price Volatility Transmission between U.S. Biofuel, Corn, and Oil Markets.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 43(1):46-60.   Seok, J. H., S. Saghaian, and M. Reed. (2018). “The ‘Signaling Effect’ and the Impact of High Maximum Residue Limit Standards on U.S. Vegetable Exports.” Economic Analysis and Policy, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2018.04.004">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2018.04.004</a>   Nemati, M. and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Dynamics of Price Adjustment in Qualitatively Differentiated U.S. Markets: The Case of Organic and Conventional Apples.” Journal of Agribusiness, 36, 1 (spring): 1-20.   Saghaian, S. and H. Mohammadi. (2018). “Factors Affecting Frequency of Fast Food Consumption.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 49(1):22-29. Hansen, C., J. C. Stowe, and S. Saghaian. (2018). “How Determinants of Thoroughbred Stud Fees Change over Time: A Hedonic Price Approach.” Journal of Agribusiness, 36, 1 (spring): 89-108.   Darbandi, E. and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Beef Consumption Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation.” International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 6(2):49-61.   Alamri, Y, and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Measuring the Intensity of Competition among Rice Exporters to Saudi Arabia.” International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 8, (1): 355-366. Chen, B. and S. Saghaian, and Y. Zheng. (2017). “Organic Labelling, Private Label, and U.S. Household Demand for Fluid Milk.” Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1414936.   Mohammadi, H., S. Saghaian, and P. Alizadeh. (2017). “Prioritization of Expanded Marketing Mix in Different Stages of the Product Life Cycle: The Case of Food Industry.” Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. (19): 993-1003.   Reed, M. and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Macroeconomic Issues in Agricultural Economics.” In Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Economics. Editors Cramer, G.L., K.P. Paudel, and A. Schmitz, Chapter 22:399-411.   Nebraska   Westerhold, A., C. Walters, K. Brooks, M. Vandeveer, J. Volesky, W. Schacht. 2018. "Risk implications from the selection of rainfall index insurance intervals", Agricultural Finance Review, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-10-2017-0097">https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-10-2017-0097</a>   Brooks, K., C. Walters, J. Parsons, A. Ramirez, L. Van Tassell, B. Lubben and J. D. Aiken. 2018. “Characteristics Contributing to Nebraska Farm and Ranch Financial Stress.” Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, 2018: 140-156. (<a href="https://asfmra.dcatalog.com/v/2018-Journal-of-ASFMRA/">Link</a>).   Brooks, K., C. Walters, J. Parsons, A. Ramirez, L. Van Tassell, B. Lubben and J. D. Aiken. 2018. “Characteristics Contributing to Nebraska Farm and Ranch Financial Stress.” Cornhusker Economics: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.   North Dakota   Qin, Ming, Cheryl Joy Wachenheim, Zhigang Wang, Shi Zheng. 2018. Factors affecting Chinese farmers’ microcredit participation. Agricultural Finance Review. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2017-0111">https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2017-0111</a>.   Şentürklü, Songul, Douglas G Landblom, Robert Maddock, Tim Petry, Cheryl J. Wachenheim, and Steve I. Paisley. 2018. Effect of yearling steer sequence grazing of perennial and annual forages in an integrated crop and livestock system on grazing performance, delayed feedlot entry, finishing performance, carcass measurements, and systems economics. Journal of Animal Science 96(6): 2204–2218.   Zheng, Shi, Zhigang Wang, and Cheryl Joy Wachenheim. 2018. Technology adoption among farmers in Jilin Province, China: The case of aerial pesticide application. China Agricultural Economic Review. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-11-2017-0216">https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-11-2017-0216</a>.   Wachenheim, Cheryl, David C. Roberts, Nana Addo, and John Devney. 2018. Farmer Preferences for a Working Wetlands Program. Wetlands Journal. doi:10.1007/s13157-018-1052-3.   Wachenheim, Cheryl, David C. Roberts, Neeraj Dhingra, William Lesch, and John Devney. 2018. Effects of Contract Attributes on Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment Decisions in the Prairie Pothole Region: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 73(3): 337-352. doi:10.2489/jswc.73.3.337   Zhu, Qianyu, Cheryl J. Wachenheim, Zhiyao Ma and Cong Zhu. 2017. Supply Chain Re-engineering: A Case Study of the Tonghui Agricultural Cooperative in Inner Mongolia. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 21(1), pp. 133 – 160. <a href="https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2016.0095">https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2016.0095</a>.   Wachenheim, Cheryl and Eric Ahlness. 2017. Experiential Learning for a Combat Deployment. NACTA Journal 61(3), pp. 219-225.   Zheng, Shi, Zhigang Wang, and Cheryl Wachenheim. 2017. Risk Perceptions and Risk Attitudes among Chinese Consumers: the Toxic Capsule Crisis. Journal of Risk Research. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2017.1281337">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2017.1281337</a>.   South Carolina   Scalco, Andrea, Roberta de Castro de Souza Pião, Willerson Lucas Campos, and Gregory A. Baker. 2017 Forthcoming. "A Independêcia da Escolha dos Canais de Marketing nas Rendas do Produtores Orgânicos Americanos.” Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (Rural Sociology and Economy Journal). Vol. 55, No. 4.   Deikmann, Lucy O., Leslie Gray, and Gregory A. Baker. 2017 Forthcoming. "Drought, Water Access, and Urban agriculture: A Case Study from Silicon Valley." Local Environment, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2017.1351426.   Texas   Antwi, Kwaku, Conrad Lyford and Richard Yeboah.  “Analysis of Food Security among Cocoa Producing Households in Ghana.”  Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability, (2018, 11, 2:  129-144).  ISSN 2201-4357   Oldewage-Theron, Wilna, Sara Duvenage, Abdulkadir Egal, Conrad Lyford.  “Comparative analysis of the factors contributing to sustainability of a food and nutrition intervention programme: Two case studies from South Africa.”    Evaluation and Program Planning, 71 (2018): 51-57. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.08.003">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.08.003</a>   Namini, Sima. Darren Hudson, Alexandre Trindade, Conrad Lyford.  “Commodity price volatility and U.S. monetary policy: Commodity price overshooting revisited.”  Agribusiness June 2018.  DOI: 10.1002/agr.21564   Thapa, Janani and Conrad Lyford.  “Nudges to Increase Fruits and Vegetables Consumption:  Results from a Field Experiment,”  The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management Spring 2018, 42 (1).   Thapa, Janani, Conrad Lyford, Barent McCool, Barbara Pence, Audrey McCool, and Eric Belasco.  “Improving Cancer Risk Awareness including Obesity as a Risk Factor for Cancer in a Small U.S. Community,” Journal of Cancer Education (2017, 32, 4:  827-835) doi:10.1007/s13187-016-1060-z

Impact Statements

WERA-72 has planned for the 2019 cycle for continued agribusiness publications and collaborations that will continue the discussion of the positioning of the agribusiness academy in the short- and long-term. We will be publishing a 3 to 4 paper series summarizing the results and findings from the past two meetings, as well as preparing grant and research proposals following these topics.

Date of Annual Report: 09/10/2019

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 06/11/2019 - 06/12/2019
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2018 - 09/30/2019

Participants

Maria Boerngen-Illinois State University, Albert Boaitey-U Wisconsin-River Falls, David Bullock-North Dakota State University, Jennifer Clark-University of Florida, Steve Davis-Southwest Minn State, Karen DeLong-University of Tennessee, Jason Gergtold-Kansas State University, Eric Hanson-North Dakota State University, George Hoselton-Illinois State University, Aaron Johnson-University of Idaho, Jinho Jung-Dept. of Ag Econ, Purdue University, Brooks Kate-University of Nebraska Lincoln, Sunghun Lim-University of Minnesota, Ivory Lyles-University of Nevada, Reno, Eric Micheels-University of Saskatchewan, Kota Minegishi-University of Minnesota, Frayne Olson-North Dakota State University, David Ripplinger-North Dakota State University, Kristi Schweiss-ND Farmers Union, Jacob Styan-Illinois State University, Chcryl Wachenheim-North Dakota State University, Timothy Woods-University of Kentucky, Na Zuo-University of Arizona

Brief Summary of Minutes

WERA 72 Business Meeting Agenda

Fargo, North Dakota

June 11th, 2019

Attendees: Kate Brooks, Steve Davis, Ivory W. Lyles, Jennifer Clark, Jacob Styan, George Hoselton, Aaron Johnson, Na Zuo, Jason Bergtold, Kota Minegishi, Albert Boaitey, Eric Micheels, Karen DeLong, Tim Woods, Maria Boerngen, David Ripplinger

Meeting was called to order at 4:15 by President David Ripplinger. Attendance sheet was passed around for sign-in.

Reports:

2018 business meeting minutes were handed out for approval. Aaron Johnson moved to suspend reading and approve as written, Tim Woods seconded, approved unanimously.

Treasurer’s report: Scott Downey (absent) prepared the report, which David Ripplinger read. The annual meeting will at least break even this year, and may have funds left to contribute to the balance. Scott Downey wishes to step down as treasurer, but will stay involved with the group. A new custodian institution is needed for WERA funds. Tim Woods moved to accept the treasurer’s report, Eric Micheels seconded, approved unanimously.

President’s report: David Ripplinger introduced Ivory W. Lyles as the new administrator of the project, and discussed administrative details that need to be addressed within 90 days:

Activity reporting for the previous year: David will send an email asking for information to be submitted. This is especially important as we are entering a new phase of the project (the previous approval was for 2014-2019).

David discussed the low participation by individuals from the Western region and the need to keep travel logistics in mind when determining future meeting locations (more on that under “new business”).

David will send information about the FTE report

Old Business: David Ripplinger – None.

New Business: David Ripplinger

Elections

Treasurer: No attendees indicated interest in serving in this role to replace Scott Downey.

Secretary: Jennifer Clark indicated interest in serving. Tim Woods nominated, Eric Micheels seconded, Jennifer was elected.

2020 Annual Meeting

Discussion of enrollment numbers at recent WERA meetings since moving to campuses instead of Las Vegas, speculation about whether a ‘destination’ location would help with attendance. Further discussion about the cost of hosting the meeting in various locations (e.g., Las Vegas vs. individual campuses), and the possibility of a western location encouraging the western institutions such as the California schools to participate. Discussion of surveying those in attendance at this year’s meeting and past participants not in attendance, to determine what drives their participation (i.e., location, budget, etc.). Decision to proceed with the survey, and the executive committee will then make a determination on the 2020 location.

Discussion of the WERA approval: The project renewal submission was disapproved, and we were temporarily approved for two years as a committee. Ivory Lyles discussed an email that he received about potential issues that caused this decision, including the number of land grants participating, a list of individual members, no record of previous reports, the proposal not explaining why the group is important, and the proposal explaining what issues should be addressed but lacking a plan for doing so. We have two years to address these concerns. Jason Bergtold confirmed that all necessary information was submitted by the deadline, so there appears to be confusion about what happened with the approvals following submission. Ivory Lyles reviewed the process for how regional groups such as WERA are evaluated, and will help us figure out what needs to be done moving forward.

Aaron Johnson moved to adjourn, Kate Brooks seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 4:42 p.m.

Accomplishments

The committee hosted a session at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the AAEA on the challenges and opportunities facing agribusiness education, Extension, and research. In addition to discussion of research, Extension, and educational programs during the 2019 meeting of the committee, a technology-enhanced activity to discuss and develop concensus on agribusiness curricula was held.

Publications

Baker, G., Gray, LC, Harwood, MJ, Osland, TJ, TOoley, JBC."On-Farm food loss in Northern California: Results of Field Survey Measurements."Resources, Conservation & Recycling. Forthcoming.  Boerngen, M. Effectiveness of paperless communication from the USDA Farm Service Agency. 2019. Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural  2019: 27-32.  Boerngen, M., & Hortenstine, E. 2019. Risk Tolerance and Cheap Talk in the College Classroom. 2019. Natural Sciences Education 48(1). doi:10.4195/nse2018.12.0022  Brewer, B., J.S. Bergtold, A.M. Featherstone and C.A. Wilson. “Farmer’s Choice of Credit Between the Farm Credit System, Commercial Banks, and Nontraditional Lenders.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 5 (2019):362 - 379.  Darbandi1 , E. and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Price Transmission Differences between Conventional and Organic Products.” Journal of Advances in Economics and Finance, 3(4): 135-140. https://dx.doi.org/10.22606/jaef.2018.34004.   Embaye, W., J.S. Bergtold, D. Archer, C. Flora, G. Andrango, M. Odening and J. Buysse. “Examining Farmers’ Willingness to Grow and Allocate Land for Oilseed Crops for Biofuel Production.” Energy Economics 71 (2018):311 – 320.  Hansen1 , C., J. C. Stowe, and S. Saghaian. (2018). “How Determinants of Thoroughbred Stud Fees Change over Time: A Hedonic Price Approach.” Journal of Agribusiness, 36, 1 (spring): 89-108. 1 Denotes a graduate student with whom I serve as major advisor, committee member or another graduate student.   Koble, K.F., M.B. Menegat, J.S. Bergtold, S.S. Dritz, M.D. Tokach, J.M. DeRouchey, R.D. Goodband and J.C. Woodsworth. “Using Network Flow Modeling to Determine Pig Flow in a Commercial Production System.” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 155 (2018): 190 – 202.  Marks, B., & Boerngen, M. 2019. A Farming Community's Perspective on Nutrient Loss Reduction. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 4(1). doi:10.2134/ael2019.02.0004  Mohammadi, H., S. Saghaian, H. Aghasafari, and M. Aminizadeh. (2018). “Assessing the Effective Factors on Agricultural Intra Industry Trade between Iran and Asian Trading Partners.” Agricultural Economics, 12(3): 135-153.   Nemati1 , M. and S. Saghaian. (2018). “Dynamics of Price Adjustment in Qualitatively Differentiated U.S. Markets: The Case of Organic and Conventional Apples.” Journal of Agribusiness, 36, 1 (spring): 1-20.   Qin, Ming, Cheryl Joy Wachenheim, Zhigang Wang, and Shi Zheng. 2019. Factors Affecting Chinese Farmers’ Microcredit Participation. Agricultural Finance Review 79(1), pp. 48-59.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2017-0111">https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2017-0111</a>.  Ramsey, S., J.S. Bergtold, E. Canales and J.R. Williams. “Effects Farmers’ Yield Risk Perceptions on Conservation Practices Adoption in Kansas.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 5 (2019): 380-403.  Rogriguez, D., Bullock, D., & Boerngen, M. The origins, implications, and consequences of yield-based nitrogen fertilizer management.. 2019. Agronomy Journal 11(2): 1-11.  Ronaghi, M., S. Saghaian, M. Reed, and H. Mohammadi. (2018). “The Impact of the Agricultural Sector in Developing Countries that Produce Natural Gas on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 6(4): 53-69.   Saghaian, S., M. Nemati1 , C. Walters, and B. Chen1 . (2018). “Asymmetric Price Volatility Transmission between U.S. Biofuel, Corn, and Oil Markets.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 43(1):46-60.   Saghaian, S. and H. Mohammadi. (2018). “Factors Affecting Frequency of Fast Food Consumption.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 49(1):22-29.   Sant’Anna, A.C., J.S. Bergtold, A. Shanoyan, G. Granco and M.M. Caldas. “Examining the Relationship Between Vertical Coordination Strategies and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Industry.” Agribusiness 34(4) (2018): 793 – 812.  Şentürklü, Songul, Douglas G Landblom, Robert Maddock, Tim Petry, Cheryl J. Wachenheim, and Steve I. Paisley. 2018. Effect Of Yearling Steer Sequence Grazing of Perennial And Annual Forages in an Integrated Crop And Livestock System on Grazing Performance, Delayed Feedlot Entry, Finishing Performance, Carcass Measurements, and Systems Economics. Journal of Animal Science 96(6), pp. 2204–2218, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky150">https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky150</a> (not corresponding author).  Seok1 , J. H., S. Saghaian, and M. Reed. (2018). “The ‘Signaling Effect’ and the Impact of High Maximum Residue Limit Standards on U.S. Vegetable Exports.” Economic Analysis and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2018.04.004.   Wachenheim, C., S. Lim, D. Roberts, and J. Devney. 2019. Landowner valuation of a working wetlands program in the Prairie Pothole Region. Agricultural Economics. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12503">https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12503</a>   Williams, J.R., J.S. Bergtold, E. Canales and N.T. Scrimsher. “A Sample of Kansas Farm Management Association Members Use and Effects of Continuous No-Tillage.” Agmanager.info. Production Economics: Production Publications. 2018. Available at: <a href="http://www.agmanager.info/production-economics/production-publications/sample-kansas-farm-management-association-members-use">http://www.agmanager.info/production-economics/production-publications/sample-kansas-farm-management-association-members-use</a>.  Zheng, Shi, Zhigang Wang, and Cheryl Joy Wachenheim. 2019. Technology adoption among farmers in Jilin Province, China: The case of aerial pesticide application. China Agricultural Economic Review 11(1), pp. 206-216. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-11-2017-0216">https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-11-2017-0216</a>.

Impact Statements

The Committee is in early discussions with the editors of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Journal and Applied Economics Teaching Resources for special editions of their journal using content from the 2020 and subsequent Committee meetings.