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Dr. Joshua G Maples

Dr. Joshua G Maples

Title

  • Associate Professor
    Undergraduate Coordinator

Contact Information

josh.maples@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-1774
Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Bldg., Room 320A

Overview

Biography

Josh Maples Extension, teaching, and research efforts center around commodity marketing, price risk management, and agricultural policy. Maples' Extension specialty is in livestock marketing and policy with particular focus on beef cattle and catfish. His Extension and research focus is on helping producers make informed marketing and price risk management decisions and on understanding policy implications of new proposals. He also works with producer organizations and media to provide current market analysis. In the classroom, he teaches the senior and graduate level Ag Policy course, AEC 4413/6413 Public Problems of Agriculture. He has previously taught AEC 4123/6123 Financial and Commodity Futures Marketing.

Education

  • Oklahoma State University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agricultural Economics
  • Mississippi State University, Master of Science (M.S.), Agriculture
  • Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics

Research/Extension Interests

Beef Cattle Markets
Livestock Marketing
Commodity Markets
Commodity Price Risk Management
Catfish

Teaching Interests

AEC 4413/6413 Public Problems of Agriculture

Website

Publications

Year Publications
2023

Petrolia, D. R., Ishee, S. G., Yun, S., Cummings, J. R., Maples, J. 2023. Do Wind Hazard Mitigation Programs Affect Home Sales Values?. Journal of Real Estate Research 45(2):137-159.

2023

Cooper, J., Breneman, V., Ma, M., Lusk, J. L., Maples, J. 2023. Econometric assessment of the effects of COVID-19 outbreaks on U.S. meat production and plant utilization with plant-level data. Food Policy 119(102522).

2023

Boyer, C. N., Lambert, D. M., Martinez, C. C., Maples, J. 2023. Beef and Pork Processing Plant Labor Costs. Agribusiness 39(3):691-702.

2023

Martinez, C. C., Dudensing, R. M., Maples, J. 2023. Exploring the Specific Stressors Faced by Cattle Producers. Choices Quarter 1.

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2023

Martinez, C., Li, P., Boyer, C. N., Yu, E., Maples, J. 2023. Beef Price Spread Relationship with Processing Capacity Utilization. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2(1):133-145.

2023

Boyer, C. N., Martinez, C. C., Maples, J., Benavidez, J. 2023. Price Ranges from Fed Cattle Negotiated Cash Sales. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy 45(3):1659-1671.

2022

Rushing, J. B., Lemus, R. W., Maples, J., Lyles, J. C. 2022. Stocker cattle performance on inter-seeded alfalfa bermudagrass pastures in Mississippi. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management

2022

Maples, J., Mitchell, J. L., Anderson, D. P., Anderson, J. D., Bastian, C. T., Brown, S., Koontz, S. R., Peel, D. S. 2022. Potential beef cattle topics in the 2023 farm bill. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44(3):1261-1272.

2022

Maples, J., Brorsen, B. W. 2022. Handling the discontinuity in futures prices when time series modeling of commodity cash and futures prices. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(2):139-152.

2021

Marshall, T. L., Coatney, K. T., Parish, J. A., Little, R. D., Maples, J., Williams, B. R. 2021. Factors impacting reproductive success and asset value of beef breeding females in Mississippi auctions. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

2021

Rushing, J. B., Lemus, R. W., Rivera, D., Maples, J., Lyles, J. C. 2021. Beef cattle feeding costs as impacted by hay yield and quality. Agronomy Journal

2021

Anderson, J. D., Mitchell, J. L., Maples, J. 2021. Invited Review: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for food supply chains. Applied Animal Science 37(6):738-747.

2021

Weersink, A., von Massow, M., Bannon , N., Ifft, J., Maples, J., McEwan, K., McKendree, M. G., Nicholason, C., Novakovic, A., Rangarajan, A., Richards, T., Rickard, B., Rude, J., Schipanski, M., Schnitkey, G., Schulz, L., Schuurman, D., Schwartzkopf-Genswein, K., Stephenson, M., Thompson , J., Wood, K. 2021. COVID-19 and the Agri-Food System in the United States and Canada. Agricultural Systems 188(103039).

2021

Maples, J., Thompson, J. M., Anderson, J. D., Anderson, D. P. 2021. Estimating COVID‐19 Impacts on the Broiler Industry. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 43(1):315-328.

2021

Martinez, C. C., Maples, J., Benavidez, J. 2021. Beef cattle markets and COVID‐19. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 43(1):304-314.

2020

Rushing, J. B., Maples, J., Rivera, J. D., Lyles, J. C. 2020. Early-season grazing of native grasses generates greater net returns in east-central Mississippi. Agronomy Journal

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2020

Rushing, J. B., Lemus, R. W., Maples, J., Lyles, J. C. 2020. Impact of poultry litter application to alfalfa production in Mississippi. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management

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2020

Harri, A., Maples, J., Riley, J. M., Tack, J. 2020. Firm Decision Making under both Input and Output Price Uncertainty. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 45(3):549-570.

2019

Maples, J., Lusk, J. L., Peel, D. S. 2019. Technology and evolving supply chains in the beef and pork industries. Food Policy 83:346-354.

2018

Maples, J., Lusk, J. L., Peel, D. S. 2018. Unintended consequences of the quest for increased efficiency in beef cattle: When bigger isn't better. Food Policy 74:65-73.

2018

Brorsen, B. W., Fain, J. R., Maples, J. 2018. Alternative Policy Responses to Increased Use of Formula Pricing. Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization 16(1).

2016

Maples, J., Brorsen, B. W., Biermacher, J. T. 2016. The rainfall index annual forage pilot program as a risk management tool for cool-season forage. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 48(1):29-51.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2021

Johnson, J., Rushing, J. B., Maples, J., Rivera, J. D. 2021. Forage machinery costs. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3632.

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2021

Maples, W. E., Maples, J. 2021. Introduction to Futures Markets. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3649.

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2020

Lemus, R. W., Rivera, J. D., Maples, J., Johnson, J. 2020. Estimating Dry Hay Value. Mississippi State University Extension Service Publication P3431.

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2020

Maples, W. E., Maples, J. 2020. Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) for Row Crops, Livestock, and Dairy.

2020

Brewer, S. L., Maples, J., Coble, K. H. 2020. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance for Feeder Cattle in Mississippi. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3488.

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2020

Maples, W. E., Maples, J. 2020. Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for Row Crops, Livestock, Dairy, and Aquaculture. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3531.

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2019

Marshall, T. L., Maples, J., Parish, J. A., Coatney, K. T. 2019. Benefit-Cost Analysis of Selling Pregnant Replacement Females: Information and Timing Matters. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3331.

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2018

Maples, J., Goodrich, B., Lemus, R. W., Rushing, J. B. 2018. Forage Risk Management Using Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance.

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2018

Goodrich, B., Maples, J. 2018. Forage Risk Management: Subsidized Insurance as a Strategy. Alabama Extension

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