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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
2022

Petrolia, D. R., Ishee, S. G., Yun, S., Cummings, J. R., Maples, J. 2022. Do Wind Hazard Mitigation Programs Affect Home Sales Values?. Journal of Real Estate Research

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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2018

Maples, J., Lusk, J. L., Peel, D. S. 2018. Technology and evolving supply chains in the beef and pork industries. Food Policy

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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.

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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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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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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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