SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: OLD SERA35 : Delta Region Farm Management and Agricultural Policy Working Group
- Period Covered: 09/30/2019 to 09/28/2020
- Date of Report: 09/28/2020
- Annual Meeting Dates: 09/24/2020 to 09/25/2020
Participants
Michael Deliberto - Louisiana State University Brian Hilbun - Louisiana State University Ranjit Mane - University of Arkansas Robert Stark - University of Arkansas Hua Wang - Louisiana State University Evan Gregory - Mississippi State University Lawson Connor - Louisiana State University Eugene Young - USDA-NASS Kent Kovacs - University of Arkansas Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm - University of Arkansas Digvijay Mohite - University of Arkansas Brian Mills - Mississippi State University Larry Falconer - Mississippi State University J. F. Meullenet John Westra - University of Nebraska Esmerelda Dickson - USDA-NASS
Call to Order, Mike Deliberto, Chairman, DRFMG, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Self-Introduction of Members
Project Status in the National Information Management and Support System (NIMSS)
Expiration of current DRFMG project on September 30, 2020
New five-year DRFMG project proposal submitted (May 2020); pending review
Update your project participation Appendix ‘E’; please use the following NIMSS project identification:
S_tempSERA35: Delta Region Farm Management and Agricultural Policy Working Group (10/01/2020-09/30/2025)
Applied Agricultural Economic Research and Extension Presentations:
1. Farm Budget Implications of Dicamba Ruling, Evan Gregory, Mississippi State University
2. Influence of Lateral Flows in an Aquifer on the Agricultural Value of Groundwater, Kent Kovacs, University of Arkansas
3. The Economic and Environmental Benefits of The Rice Checkoff Program in Arkansas, Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm, University of Arkansas
4. Big Data Ownership: Issues and Concerns for Different Stakeholders, Digvijay Mohite, Ranjitsinh Mane, and Prahlad Jat, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
5. Economics of Irrigation Water Management (IWM) Tools for Rice Producers in Arkansas, Danielle Reed, Ranjitsinh Mane, Chris Henry, and Brad Watkins, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and University of Arkansas
6. Crop Insurance: Rating and Evaluation, Lawson Connor and Rajan Dhakal, Louisiana State University
7. Assessing Whole Farm Risk via Alternative Enterprise Selection, Mike Deliberto, Louisiana State University
Adjourn
Accomplishments
The SERA35 group engaged in formal presentation and discussion of current farm management research and extension activities in each of the states represented. Formal topics of discussion included:alternative enterprise production costs assoiicated with dicamba soybean and cotton production systems, water aquifer flows and economic valuation, rice checkoff program estiamtion and impact, big data ownership, risk and rteturns of alternative enterprise selection, and crop insurance.
Impacts
- The basic goal of this activity is to foster increased communication and collaboration among agricultural economists in the mid-South working in the area of farm management. Impacts of this effort result in better information and analysis of issues impacting farm finances being made available to producer clientele groups in the region.