Students and faculty in ag econ and business combine for four awards, 31 papers and posters

U of A agricultural economics and agribusiness students and faculty combined for four awards and 31 shortlisted papers and posters at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s annual meeting in Oklahoma City earlier this month.

“The AEAB faculty and student awards at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s annual meeting showcase the high-quality work being done here in the department,” said Professor and Department Chair John Anderson. “Our faculty have been recognized by their peers as leaders in the profession. Our students have been given the opportunity to not only learn from these outstanding scholars, but to work alongside them to become well-trained and competent agricultural economists. It is exciting to see both our faculty and students being recognized for the great work they are doing on behalf of stakeholders in our region.” .

The SAEA Outstanding Academic Course Award was presented to Associate Professor Nathan Kemper. AGEC 1103 Principles of Agricultural Microeconomics was selected for the course.

Assistant Professor Jada Thompson was selected as the recipient for the SAEA Emerging Scholar Award. Thompson received this award for her extensive research and writing on the economic impact of bird flu.

For the Outstanding Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics article, Assistant Professor and Extension Agricultural Economist Hunter Biram, Assistant Professor Eun Park, Keith H. Coble, Ardian Harris and Jesse Tuck received the award. He was selected for his paper on Reducing Price and Production Risk Using Income Protection and Agricultural Risk Hedging.“

Awarded first place for the SAEA Poster Award were AEAB graduate student Jack Myers, Assistant Professor Trey Malone, Professor and Tyson Endowed Chair in Food Policy Economics, Brandon McFadden, and Christopher A. They are Wolf. They were selected for their poster “Consumer Choice Confounding Effects of Banning the Word ‘Milk’ on Non-Dairy Beverage Labels.”

“I am honored and humbled to be the recipient of the SAEA Outstanding Poster Award,” said Myers. “Receiving this award is more than just a ribbon; it reflects the mission and purpose of a land-grant institution in producing and disseminating research results.”

A total of 31 posters and papers were also selected along with the winners. All selected works were written and reviewed by students and faculty in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at U Delle Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

Featured Posters:

• “Will Rice Subsidy Help Alleviate Food Insecurity in Mauritius?” – Professor Lawton Lanier Nally, Roshini Brizmohun-Gopaul, Sophia Ultes, Program Associate Wei Yang, Associate Professor Alvaro Durand-Morat

• “The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Food Security in Mauritius” – Abigail Burch, Lainey Deitrick, Ultes, Lexi Burris, Julian Phillips, Amy Farmer, Brismohun-Gopaul, Lanier Nally

• “Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Feasibility of Electrochemical Substance and Energy Recovery from Municipal Wastewater” – Leah English, Carla Morrissey, Associate Dean Jenny Pope, Greg Thoma, Lauren Greenlee

• “The Economic Impact of Covid-19: A Regional Analysis of the Arkansas Agriculture and Forestry Sector” – J. Pope, English, Matthew Pelkey, Rebecca Montgomery, Nana Tian

• “Identifying Barriers to Entry for Food Pantry Participants” – Alexis Skinner, Di Fang, Rudy Nyga, Lanier Naley, Young, Shelby Ryder, Program Associate

• “Consumer Confusion Effects of Banning the Word ‘Milk’ from Non-Dairy Beverage Labels” – Jack Steven Myers*, Assistant Professor Trey Malone, Professor Brandon R. McFadden, Christopher A. Wolf

• “What Came First, the Feed or the Chicken: A Spatiotemporal Assessment of the Delmarva Broiler Industry” – Assistant Professor Jada Thompson Elizabeth Ann Tillmany

• “Integrating Economic Analysis into a Decision Support Tool for Improved Sustainability of Manure Management Systems” – Erin Elizabeth Scott, Sudharsan Varma Vempali, Jacob Hickman, Richard Stowell, Teng Lim, Greenlee, Thoma, Gilbert Mieto, J. Pop

Selected Papers:

• “Economic Feasibility and Soil Health Implications of Alternative Nutrient Management Strategies for Nutritional Value and Productivity of Annual Warm-Season Forages” – Evanelle Meyer, Christine Neiman, Professor Michael Popp, Professor of Animal Science Ken Coffey

• “Economic Feasibility of Grazing Cattle on Bermudagrass or Sod-seeded Sorghum Sudangrass with and without Cow Pea” – Meyer, Niemann, M. Pope, Coffey

• “Substitutability between Natural Capital and Other Capital: Evidence from a Hedonic Analysis of Groundwater in Arkansas” – Kent Forrest Kovacs, Rider

• “The Role of Peer Irrigation in Irrigated Farm Use and Share in Irrigation Practices in the Arkansas Delta” – Forrest Covas

• “Analysis of Time-Related Factors in Adoption of Irrigation Best Management Practices” – Evelyn Osei, Professor Qiuqiong Huang

• “Historical Assessment of Days to Plant in Arkansas Rice” – Bayarbat Badarch, Professor Brad Watkins

• “An Application to Demand for Farmed and Wild-Foraged Mushrooms Assessing the Value of ‘Wildness’ to US Consumers” – Courtney Fay Cooper, Malone

• “The Future of Public and Private Plant Breeding” – Lexie Burris, Nally, Young, Jason Lusk, Jesse Tuck

• “Marketing Channel Selection of Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Producers” – Grace Mahamba, M.D. Pope, J. Pope, Brooke Anderson, Malone

• “Using a Choice Test to Measure Consumer Confusion of CBD Oil” – McFadden, Benjamin Campbell, Adam Rabinowitz, Tyler Marks

• “To determine whether large export sales reports move commodity market prices” – Professor Andrew M. Mackenzie, William Johnson

• “Agricultural Producer and Citizen Attitudes About Crop Residue Burning: A US Investigation with a Focus on Arkansas” – Jillian Hink, McFadden, Ryan Bresnahan, Aaron Shew

• “A Meta-Analysis of Tree Cover and Property Values ​​in the United States” – Forrest Kovacs, Grant West, Robert Hite

• “The Impact of Cover Crop Adoption on Farm Risk and Crop Insurance Premiums” – Rajan Dhakal, Associate Lawson Connor

• “Employment, Productivity, and Network Effects of the Wage Protection Program” – Aaron Staples, Christopher (Keith) Deming, Craig Carpenter, Malone

• “Solar Investment Analysis: Investment Tax Credit Effects, Electricity Rate Structure, and Financial Profitability” – Morgan King, M.D. Pope, Douglas Hutchings, Professor and Department Head John Anderson

• “The Global Evolution of Protein: 50 Years of Poultry Evolution” – Elizabeth Hamilton, Thompson

• “Effects of Replacing Carbon Emission Labeling” – Sarah Gardner, McFadden, Naley, Durand-Morat, Shew, Rudy Nyga

• “The Importance – or Lack of – ‘Localization’ of Farmed and Wild-Caught Seafood in the United States” – Malone, Richard T. Maelstrom, Myers, Courtney Faye Cooper, Eric Abaidu

• “Do Sustainability Standards Affect Consumer WTP? The Case of Ghanaian Rice” – Vera Adabrah-Danquah, Durand-Morat, Nally

• “Voters’ evaluations of the trade-off between water quality and food production” – Marceline Azem, Maelström, Malone

• “Covering Non-Linear Effects of Crops on Resilience to Very Wet and Dry Weather Events” – Connor, Dakal

• “Examining the effects of allowing omissions in questionnaire scales commonly used in nutrition economics research” – Emily Schlichtig, McFadden, Caroline May, Lusk

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