Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes from the WCC-72 Meeting 2004 Dates: June 7-8, 2004 Place: Las Vegas, Nevada The meeting began with a business session moderated by Sue Hine. The nominating committee was selected. People that had ideas for next years conference were instructed to give them to Ruby Ward. This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Allen R. Williams, The Jacob Alliance on Niche Beef Marketing: Is it for you? This was an informative session about different farmers producing grass fed beef and/or beef with other characteristics. Some farmers were branding their own beef. A Panel discussion on Country of origin labeling followed. The panel included different people from the University of Florida and covered the beef industry (Ann Davidson Jones), produce industry (Leigh Ann Love) as well as the politics involved (James Stern). The first session of the afternoon was on agribusiness alliances and transportation. The first paper on Cooperative Grain Marketing Alliance was presented by Philip Kenkel of Oklahoma State University. This was followed by Fabio Chaddad, Washington State University, presenting Beef Supply Chain Alliances. The last paper in this session was given by Jerry Fruin of the University of Minnesota entitled Economics and Environmental Impacts of the Minneapolis Upper Harbor. The second session of the afternoon covered different teaching issues. John Siebert, Texas A&M University discussed Factors Associated with Student Motivation. Cheryl Wachenheim of North Dakota State University gave a demonstration of engaging students using personal response systems. The last session of the day looked at issues from the shoppers perspective. GM Foods: Awareness, Attitudes and Perceptions, was presented by Cheryl Wachenheim, North Dakota State University. This was followed by Food Safety Risks by Greg Baker or Santa Clara University. Gabriel Elepu of the University of Illinois presented Repeat Visits to Farmers Markets. This was followed by a cash bar which concluded the days events. Day two started with a business session moderated by Sue Hine. The secretary for the next year was elected. The officers for next year will include: Cheryl Wachenheim as chair, Ruby Ward as vice chair, James Stern will be the new secretary and Al Wysocki will continue as treasurer. Al presented the treasurers report, which showed that we are operating at a small surplus, but need to be aware of dues and other expenses. The minutes from the 2003 meeting were approved. There was some discussion of having some awards given by the committee. Cheryl Wachenheim is going to pursue this. Discussions were also undertaken on recruiting new members. Members were encouraged to actively seek out new members and where possible to encourage graduate students to attend the meetings and present their research. Glen Whipple gave his report as the regional director for this committee and stated that he enjoys the group and the meetings. Glen indicated that he would send letters to departments thanking the officers. The meeting dates were set as June 20-21, 2005. This was done in an effort to allow people teaching on the quarter system to attend. The first paper session of the day was on evaluating cost effectiveness. Sue Hine of Colorado State University presented Warehouse Expansion for Potato Marketing Cooperatives. This was followed by Cost-Effective Food Safety Risk Intervention Strategies by William Nganje, North Dakota State University. Michael Gunderson of Purdue University presented the last paper of the session Consumer Lifetime Values in Agricultural Lending. The first session following lunch was on key issues in the agribusiness sectors. The session started with a presentation by Jon Phillips or California State Polytechnic University at Pomona on Competitiveness in the California Strawberry Sector. This was followed by Dynamics in Global Soybean Processing Sector presented by Peter Goldsmith of the University of Illinois. The last paper was presented by Anthony Crooks entitled, The Hoizon Problem in the Corn Processing Sector. The program concluded after these last presentations. Some people stayed and discussed certain issues for awhile. Respectfully submitted by Ruby Ward

We have been continuing to work on coordination of research, extension, and teaching projects among participating faculty, graduate students, government, and industry leaders that results in the publication of joint research papers and extension publications. Additionally we have identified critical issues facing our industry such as food safety the role of genetically modified organism and products, and Country Origin of Labeling and then finding ways to conduct joint research that can help to provide timely information to the public. We had a number of presentations and discussions of research findings regarding issues related to agribusiness management and competitiveness. We have increased information exchange among participants and others through the cataloguing of completed and ongoing research and extension projects and products on the coordinating committees home page. ·Finally we have increased quality and output of research and extension products through participant collaboration in integrated and multi-state work.

Cook, M.L. and Chaddad, F.R. (2004). "Redesigning Cooperative Boundaries: The Emergence of New Models," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(5): 1249-1253. Chaddad, F.R. and Cook, M.L. (2004). "The Economics of Organization Structure Changes: A U.S. Perspective on Demutualization," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 75(4): 575-594. Chaddad, F.R. and Cook, M.L. (2004). "Understanding New Cooperative Models: An Ownership-Control Rights Typology," Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(3): 348-360. Azevedo, P.F., Chaddad, F.R. and Farina, E.M.M.Q. (2004). "The Food Industry in Brazil and in the United States: The Impacts of FTAA on Trade and Investment." Working Paper SITI 07, Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division (ITD), Inter-American Development Bank. Bijman, J., Chaddad, F.R. and Cook, M.L. (2004). "How Strengthening Vertical Coordination May Lead to Restructuring of Macrohierarchies," Dynamics in Chains and Networks, H.J. Bremmers, S.W.F. Omta, J.H. Trienekens and E.F.M. Wubben (eds.), Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 252-261. Hall, Charles R., Gary F. Farichild, Gregory A. Baker, Timothy G. Taylor, and Kerry K. Litzenberg. 2003. "Agribusiness Capstone Courses Design: Objetives and Strategies." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. Volume 6, No. 4. Baker, Gregory A. 2003. "Food Safety and Fear: Factors Affecting Consumer Response to Food Safety Risk." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. Volume 6, No. 1. Woods. A Marketing Systems Approach to Removing Distribution Barriers Confronting Small-Volume Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 403, University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Knoxville, Tennessee, http://cals.ncsu.edu/saaesd/scsb/list/2000.htm , August 2004, 110 pages Klingeman, William, David Eastwood, John Brooker, Charles Hall, Bridget Behe, and Patricia Knight. Consumer Survey Identifies Plant Management Awareness and Added Value of Dogwood Powdery Mildew Resistance, HortTechnology, Volume 14, Number 2, April-June 2004. Hall, C.R. 2004. Impacts of Technology on the Development, Production, and Marketing of Nursery Crops Acta Hort. (ISHS) 630:103-111, www.actahort.org/books/630/630_12.htm. Gardener, Justin, David Eastwood, Charles Hall, and John Brooker. Applying Decision Analysis Tools to the Pricing of Flowering Dogwood Trees that are Resistant to Powdery Mildew, HortTechnology, Volume 14, Number 1, January-March 2004. Eastwood, David, John Brooker, Charles Hall, Ed Estes, Tim Woods, James Epperson, and Forrest Stegelin. 2004. A Marketing Systems Approach to Removing Distribution Barriers Confronting Small-Volume Fruit and Vegetable Growers. Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin #403, ISBN 1-58161-403-1. John Brooker, Charles Hall, and David Eastwood, The Fourth National Nursery Industry Survey of Production and Marketing Practices, Proceedings of Southern Nurserymens Associations Research Conference: Forty-Ninth Annual Report, Volume 49, 2004. Charles Hall, John Brooker, and David Eastwood, The Status of Computerization in the U.S. Nursery Industry, Proceedings of Southern Nurserymens Associations Research Conference: Forty-Ninth Annual Report, Volume 49, 2004. Lesch, William C., and Cheryl J. Wachenheim. "Chairperson Views on the Internationalization of Agricultural Economics Curricula at Land Grant Universities." NACTA Journal 48(1):11-21, March 2004. Wachenheim, C.J. "Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food Products." AgBiotechNet Vol. 6, ABN 126, 1-6, 2004. Wachenheim, C.J., and W. C. Lesch. U.S. Executives Views on International Agribusiness Education in the United States: An IAMA Membership Survey. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 7(1):42-59, 2004. Wachenheim, C.J., and T. VanWechel. The Influence of Environmental Impact Information on Consumer Willingness to Pay for Products Labeled as Free of Genetically Modified Ingredients. Journal of Food Distribution Research 35(2):1-13, 2004 . Wachenheim, Cheryl W., Jeremy W. Mattson, and Won W. Koo. Canadian Exports of Livestock and Meat to the United States. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52:1 (2004): 55-71. Lim, Heejin, Julia Heilig, Stan Ernst, Richard Widdows, and Neal H. Hooker. 2004. Tracking the Evolution of E-Grocers: A Quantitative Assessment. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 35(2): pp. 66-82 Teratanavat, Ratapol and Neal H. Hooker. 2004a. Understanding the Characteristics of U.S. Meat and Poultry Recalls: 1994-2002. Food Control. 15(5): pp. 359-367 Nganje, William, Simeon Kaitibie, and Thomas Taban. Multinomial Logit Model Comparing Consumers and Processors Risk Perception of Specialty Meats. Paper Accepted for publication, Agribusiness, An International Journal, September 2004. Dahl, Bruce, William Wilson and William Nganje. Stochastic Analysis of Variety Selection and Release Decision. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Vol. 29, No. 1 (April): 94-111, 2004. Nganje, William, Dean Bangsund, Larry Leistritz, William Wilson, and Napoleon Tiapo. Estimating Regional Economic Impacts of Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat and Barley. Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol.26, No.3 (Fall):332-347, 2004. Nganje, William, William Wilson, and James Nolan. "Terrorism and the Grain Handling System in Canada and the United States. Current Agriculture, Food & Research Issues, A Journal of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. Number 2/2001/p. 37-48, 2004. Fulton, Joan, S. Hine, J. Vandeburg, K. McNamara (2004) A Local Cooperatives Financial and Strategic Analysis of the Evaluation of Potential Merger Partners, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 7, Issue 3. Loureiro, Maria, S. Hine (2004) Preferences and Willingness to Pay for GM Labeling Policies, Journal of Food Policy, Issue 29/5 December.