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 - Meat Goat Economics

• PowerPoint Presentation
  
  
• Checklist for developing a meat goat enterprise (Word© file)
  
  
• Enterprise Budget Template for meat goats (Excel© Spreadsheet)
  
  
• Instructions for using the budget template (Word© file)
  
  
  

NEW - Managing Beef Cattle Price Risk Webinar Presentation
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NEW - Managing Beef Cattle Price Risk (Powerpoint file)

NEW - Beef Production in the New Economic Environment (Powerpoint file)

NEW - Dairy Situation and Outlook for 2009: Weathering the Storm (Powerpoint file)

Dairy Advantage Brochure

Dairy Advantage: The North Carolina Dairy Industry Strategic Plan

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.

• Publications/Presentations
  
  
• Enterprise/Irrigation Budgets
  
  
• Web Resources for Beef Cattle and Dairy Producers
  
  
• Statistics
  • N.C. Milk Prices, 2000-2010
  • 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