Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University
1979

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Research Interest: Beef and Dairy Production and Marketing

Specialty:Extension Specialist with responsibilities for
dairy, beef and forage economics and dairy marketing
and policy. Recent areas of emphasis include dairy policy, the economics of intensively managed pasture and value added dairy enterprises.

New - Dairy Advantage Brochure

New - Dairy Advantage: The North Carolina Dairy Industry Strategic Plan

New - DAIReXNET is a new Internet-based resource for the dairy industry.  Check it out at http://www.extension.org/ and click on the "Dairy Cattle" link.

New - Coping with Drought: Evaluating the Economics of Livestock Producers’ Options

• Webinar presentation on March 28, 2008 based on the Spring 2008 Powerpoint slide set
  (Note the presentation begins approximately 7 minutes into this recording)
• Powerpoint Spring 2008 Document (PDF Format)  (Powerpoint Slides)
• Spreadsheet for calculating the effective cost of pasture production response, animal feeding costs and carrying capacity under alternative fertilizer applications and costs (Excel)
• Word Document (PDF Format)  (Word Format)
• Powerpoint Fall 2007 Document (PDF Format)  (Powerpoint Slides)

NEW An Instructor's Guide for Teaching Forage Economics

 

• Publications/Presentations
  
• Enterprise/Irrigation Budgets
• Web Resources for Beef Cattle and Dairy Producers
  
  
• Statistics
  • N.C. Milk Prices, 2000-2008
  • N.C Milk Prices, 1989-99
  • N.C. Dairy Statistics
  • Charts -N.C. Dairy Statistics
    
    
• N.C. Dairy Financial Performance Project
  • Competitiveness of N.C. Dairy Farmers
  • 2004 Data
  • 2003 Data
  • 2002 Data
  • 2000-2004 Data
  • 1999-2003 Data
    
    
• Management and Marketing Notes
  
  
• Dairy Policy Notes and Working Papers