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November 19, 2009
Andrew Muhammad is co-author with Keithly Jones (USDA/ERS) of an article entitled "An Assessment of Dynamic Behavior in the U.S. Catfish Market: An Application of the Generalized Dynamic Rotterdam Model" published in the December issue of Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics.

November 5, 2009
Ag Econ Alumnus Steve Martin (Ph.D.'2000), has been named head of the Delta Research and Extension Center at Stoneville effective November 1, 2009. http://msucares.com/news/releases/09/091105.html

October 26, 2009
Josh Maples, junior AFRE major from Elkmont, AL, recently received two national awards. He is the recipient of the Lindley Finch Memorial Scholarship awarded through Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity,and he was recognized at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN, October 21-24, for earning the American FFA Degree.

October 15, 2009
John Michael Riley and John Anderson are co-authors of "Estimated Value of Crop Production Losses in Mississippi in 2009" which details the impacts of weather on corn, soybeans, cotton, sweet potatoes, rice, grain sorghum and peanuts.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
An article entitled "Human Capital and Rural Economic Development" by Allen Barefield was published in the August issue of Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics.

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Ken Hood and Kim Morgan are co-authors of two recently published Extension publications: "Marketing a Food Product: Marketing Considerations for a Small-Scale Food Processor", and "Consider a Co-Packer: A Risk Management Tool".

Monday, September 21, 2009
Steve Turner, Chair of the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) Review Committee will present ''C-FARE Review of NASS Agricultural Price Program: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century'' to the USDA Economists Group on September 22.

Friday, September 11, 2009
An article entitled ''Do Americans Want Ethanol? A comparative Contingent-valuation Study of Willingness to Pay for E-10 and E-85'' by Dan Petrolia, Sanjoy Bhattacharjee, Darren Hudson, and Bill Herndon is available online in Energy Economics.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Barry Barnett is a co-author with Benjamin Collier and Jerry Skees (U of KY) of an article entitled ''Weather Index Insurance and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges in Lower Income Countries'' published in The Geneva Papers.

Thursday, August 20, 2009
Dan Petrolia and Teddy Kim are authors of an article entitled ''What are Barrier Islands Worth? Estimates of Willingness to Pay for Restoration'' published in a recent issue of Marine Resource Economics.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
An article entitled ''The Relationship between Oil, Exchange Rates, and Commodity Prices'' by Ardian Harri, Lanier Nalley, and Darren Hudson was published in the August issue of Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics.

Thursday, February 5, 2009
Barry Barnett is a co-author of an article entitled ''Searching for Farmland Preservation Markets: Evidence from the Southeastern U.S.'' published in the January 2009 issue of Land Use Policy. Other authors are Jeffrey H. Dorfman, John C. Bergstrom, and Bethany Lavigno from the University of GA.

Monday, February 2, 2009
Dan Petrolia is a co-author of a University of Minnesota Staff Paper entitled ''The Economic Feasibility of Producing Ethanol from Corn Stover and Hardwood in Minnesota.