Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes from the WCC-72 Meeting, Las Vegas,June, 2003

The meeting began with a business session where the nominating committee was selected. This was followed with a presentation by Dr. Julie Caswell, Food Safety, What is the Economists Value Added. The presentation was very informative and addressed many key issues surrounding food safety today.
The first paper session included topics about consumer food safety behavior. Wendy Umberger, Colorado State University, presented her work on characteristics affecting consumer perceptions and preference for U.S. labeled beef. This was followed by Lynn Hunnicutt of Utah State, who presented the results of a survey conducted to determine consumer views on the safety aspects of various characteristics of produce.

The second paper session dealt with industry food safety actions with a paper presented by Susan Hine of Colorado State University, Employees and Food Safety: Is Training Im0ortant to Food Service Managers? The next paper in this session was Food Safety Risk Perception Gap between Consumers and Processors of Specialty Meats presented by Willaim Nganje of North Dakota State. The last paper in the session, Analysis of Strategic Marketing Decisions for Organic Ag Producers, was presented by Jon Phillips of Cal Poly, Pomona.

In first session of the afternoon, Tony Crooks of the Rural Business Cooperative Services, presented a 2002 study completed on the challenges facing agricultural cooperatives in the 21st century. This was followed by two papers: Karl Meilke, University of Guelph, presented a paper on Modeling Bio-terrorism in the Agrifood Sector. This was followed by a presentation by Greg Baker, Santa Clara, on a study that he conducted on Factors Affecting Consumer Response to Low Probability Food Safety Risks. This was followed by a cash bar, which concluded this days events.

Day two started with a business session where the new secretary for next year was elected. Next years officers will include: Sue Hine as chair, Cheryl Wachenheim vice chair, Ruby Ward will be the new secretary and Al Wysocki will continue on as treasurer. Al presented the treasurers report, which showed that we are operating with a small surplus and we should be in good shape for next year. The minutes for the 2002 meeting were then approved.

Next, Charlie Hall discussed the need to complete an annual report in order to maintain funding for this committee. All members were requested to submit any work (including collaboration with other members) to be included the report. He will complete this report (with the assistance of Sue Hine) before leaving his duties as chair. The members of the committee all expressed their thanks to Al Wysocki for his continued work as treasurer and web master. Glen Whipple then gave his report as the regional director for this committee and stated that he has been very impressed with the group as a whole and enjoys attending our meetings. A date was then set for next year, June 7-9, at the Boardwalk once again.

Coordination of research effort for study of determinants of motivation of agribusiness students between four members of WCC72, Wysocki(Florida) , Dooley(Purdue), Litzenberg and Siebert (TAMU).

Expanded the coordination of WCC-72, NCR-224, and S-222 by having joint annual meetings, paper presentations, and research project planning.

Third year of a successful competitive, blind-review paper selection process for papers to be presented at the annual meeting.

Successful implementation of an active WCC-72 website (site is located at https://webct.ufl.edu:9030/public/WCC72/index.html and maintained by Dr. Al Wysocki at the University of Florida).

Increased the participation in WCC-72 by including 1890 and private schools in all correspondence, access to website across other committees, and inviting more senior professors, outside stakeholders, and international participants.

Took a more active approach in integrating Extension educational programming and corresponding outreach functions within the scope of WCC-72.

WCC-72 has been valuable as an outlet for research and as a networking group for testing and improvement of teaching tools such as the agribusiness simulation entitled "ProStar" which was developed at Illinois State University.

Bullock, K. Wayne, Kerry K. Litzenberg, David A. Bessler,  Future Employment Opportunities for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Higher Education Graduates, submitted to Journal of Economic Education Review, June 2003.

Hall, C., Fairchild, G., Taylor, G., Litzenberg, K.,Baker, G., Agribusiness Capstone Courses Design: Objectives and Strategies. submitted to International Food and Agribusiness Management Review., May 2002.

Siebert, John, George Davis, Kerry Litzenberg, and Joseph Broder, Time Allocation Decisions Associated with Job Market Preparations: Undergraduate Perception Versus Market Realities, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84 (1), February 2002, p222-233.

Barton, Susan, Bridget Behe, Charles Hall, John Haydu, Roger Hinson, Robert McNiel, Travis Phillips, Russell Powell, and Forrest Stegelin. 2003.
Establishing and Operating a Garden Center: Requirements and Costs. NRAES-161, February 2003.

Caswell, Julie A. In Press. Setting Food Safety Priorities: Toward a Risk ANALYSIS Based System. In Setting Food Safety Priorities: Toward a Risk-Based System, ed. Sandra A. Hoffman and Michael R. Taylor. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.

Ten Conversations About Identity Preservation (PDF) by Peter Goldsmith and Karen Bender, research report for the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board, May 5, 2003

Sporleder, Thomas and Peter Goldsmith, Differentiation within the Grain and Oilseeds Sectors: The Evolution and Reengineering of Supply Chains. This manuscript was prepared for presentation at the Economic Research Service Symposium on Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Grains and Oilseeds: Implications for an Industry in Transition, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., January 27-28, 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D., C. Pomar, Z. Tao, and J. Rivest. "Social Welfare and the Selection of the Optimum Hog Slaughter Weight." The Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming November, 2003

Goldsmith, Peter D., Gabriel Ramos and Carlos Steiger. Intellectual Property Piracy in a North- South Context: Empirical Evidence. Journal of International Business Studies. Under review. May, 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D. , H. Gow, and N. Turan. Is it Safe? Post-Market Surveillance versus -ante Signalling. Food Policy. Under Revision. May, 2003.

Ansine, G.W, M.H. Thomas, N. Stratis, K. Millia, P. Goldsmith and Bruton, N.L. The Environmental Effects of the Swine Industry on Residential Property Value in North Carolina. Under Revision. The Journal of Applied and Agricultural Economics. May 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D. and Hamish R. Gow. Strategic Positioning Under Agricultural Structural Change: A Critique of Long Jump Co-operative Ventures. The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. Accepted, April 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D., Gabriel Ramos and Carlos Steiger. A Tale of Two Businesses: Intellectual Property Rights and the Marketing of Agricultural Biotechnology. Choices. Accepted. April, 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D., F. Amankwah, K. Gunjal, , and J. Smith. Financial Feasibility of Producing Value-Added Seafood Products from Shrimp Waste. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology. Accepted. February, 2003.

Goldsmith, Peter D., K. Gunjal, and B. Ndarishikanye, Rural-Urban Migration and Agricultural Productivity: The Case of Senegal. Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming. January, 2003.

Ansine, G.W, M.H. Thomas, N. Stratis, K. Millia, P. Goldsmith and Bruton, N.L. The Environmental Effects of the Swine Industry on Residential Property Value in North Carolina. Revised and Resubmitted. The Journal of Applied and Agricultural Economics. January, 2003.

Siebert, John W., Coy Meyring and Dustin Newton. "Facilitating Structural Change in Animal Agriculture, the Case of Enviro Ag Engineering." (This piece has been submitted to International Food and Agribusiness Management Review.)

Nayga, Rudolfo and John Siebert. "Analysis of At-Home Consumption of Dairy Products in the United States." (This piece has been submitted to International Food and Agribusiness Management Review.)

Hine, Susan, Joan R. Fulton, Maria L. Loureiro, Jennifer M. Vandeburg, and Kevin T. McNamara. "Local Cooperatives‘ Evaluation of Business Investment Opportunities," Journal of Agribusiness, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2003.

Lyford, Conrad P., Donald J. Ricks, H. Christopher Peterson, and James A. Sterns. "A Framework for Effective Industry Strategic Planning," Journal of Agribusiness, Volume 20, Number 2, Fall 2002.

"What are Agricultural Economics Ph.D. Students Learning about Agribusiness Research Methods and Subject Areas," Nacta Journal, 2003, vol.47, no.2, pp. 31-35.

Polyn, G. "Agribusiness hedging Cargill: cultivating growth," Risk, 2003, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 45-46.

Loureiro, Maria and Susan Hine. "Discovering Niche Markets: A Comparison of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Local (Colorado Grown), Organic, and GMO-Free Products," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Volume 34, No.3, 2002.

Starbird, S. Andrew. The Effect of Coordinated Replenishment on Quality. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 32-39. 2003.

Starbird, S. Andrew. Penalties, Rewards, and Inspection: Provision for Quality in Supply Chain Contracts. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 109-115. January 2001.

Starbird, S. Andrew. Designing Food Safety Regulations: the Effect of Inspection Policy and Penalties for Noncompliance on Food Processor Behavior, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 616-635, December 2000.