• Managing Crop Margins - Ag Outlook & Management Seminar - November 2009
• ACRE - 2009 - July 2009
• Pricing for Profit - March 2009
• Managing Margins in 2009 - Ag Outlook & Management Seminar - January 2009
• Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Horticulture and Organic Titles - October 2008
• Organic Agriculture - Making the Transition - October 2008
• Organic Agriculture - How Viable/Still Viable? - October 2008
• 2008 Farmland Leasing - August 2008
• Maintaining Profitability - Crop Advantage Series 2008 - February 2008
• Farmland Leasing Arrangements - August 2007
• Farmers Market - April 2007
• Organic Economics: An Overview of a Viable Alternative - April 2007
• Using Enterprise Budgets to Make Decisions - April 2007
• Finding Finance for Your Organic Operation - April 2007
• Corn Market Outlook - April 2007
• Where From Here - Cash Rental Rates and Land Values / Choosing Crop Insurance - April 2007
• Long Term Rotations: Viable Rotations - April 2007

Publications

• Developing Enterprise Budgets
• Economic Analysis of Three Rotations -- PMR 1001
• Iowa Vegetable Production Budgets -- PM 2017
• Muscatine melon: A case study of a place-based food in Iowa
• Let the vineyards be fruitful: A study of the potential market for Iowa grape juice

Counties Served:

Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Grundy, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware

Areas of Expertise

Business Planning and Business Start-Ups, Insurance and Risk Management Tools and Techniques, Organic and Food-Based Alternative Agricultural Enterprises, Regional Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture and Water Quality Issues, and Whole Farm and Enterprise Financial Analysis and Decision-Making.

Education

PhD., Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, 1994
M.S.,  Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, 1980
B.A.,  Economics/Accounting, University of Northern Iowa, 1978
   

Awards/Honors/Publications

University Extension Achievement Team Award, 2004
University Extension Achievement Team Award, 2003
University Extension New Professional Award, 1993
University Extension Achievement Team Award, 1993
Authored/Co-authored Publications: eight refereed journal articles, seven presented papers/book chapters, 27 departmental/extension/professional papers.