Departmental Newsletter
October 2007
Announcements
- Adult Agriculture Group Fall Workshop
- Will Snell gave two presentations at the KCTCS Full Time Adult Agriculture Workshop on October 2 in Versailles. His first presentation was "New Federal Farm Bill Update" which was immediately followed by a presentation on "Tobacco Production Issues".
- Upcoming Seminars/Conferences
- A seminar related to "Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Mgt." - April 21-22, 2008 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. More information is available at http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/.
- A Conference related to "Food Distribution Research Society-2007" - October 3-7, 2007 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA. More information is available at http://extendeded.towson.edu
- A Workshop on, "Grantmanship" -October 9, 2007 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. More information can be found at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/usdagrant
- The 2008 IAMA Forum & Symposium Monterey, California June 14-17, 2008. www.ifama.org
- Riggins Retires
- After 30 years of service, Steve Riggins has retired! He will be irreplaceable in the department from his knowledge about grain markets to his bad (and occasionally good) jokes Although he has retired, Dr. Riggins will not stop working -- He will continue work at his consulting firm which focuses heavily on Agricultural BASIS. He will be truly missed by all! To his wife Karen, we wish you the best of luck!
- Future Alumni Born
- Aleta Botts and Robert Doyle, 2 alumni of our department, have had a baby! Elijah Duke Doyle arrived at 9:07 September 30. He weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long. According to Aleta, he has his father's face and his mother's stubborness. Aleta is a staffer on the House Agriculture Committee in DC, while Robert is still with Southern States in Richmond VA.
- Rick and Alicia Ostermeier want to announce the birth of their son, Cooper. He was born in early October and wighed in at 6 lbs, 15 oz. Cooper is doing well and Alice and Rick are excited about getting into the parent routine. The Ostermeiers have moved to Greenwood, IN where Rick has been working as a Data Integrity Analyst.
- Condolences
- Our condolences to Amy and Will Snell on the death of her father on September 18. Edwin Bryan was born in Frisco, Texas, served as an Army medic during World War II, and was an employee of Ford Motor Company for 42 years. The family moved to Louisville in 1970. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Publications & Presentations
- Maynard, Leigh and Kelly Stoeppel. "Hedonic Price Analysis of Thoroughbred Broodmares in Foal." Journal of Agribusiness, 25:2; Fall 2007.
Economic Subject Matter Agent Trainings
The annual Economic Subject Matter agent training meetings are take place this year from Monday, October 15 to Thursday October 18. The day-long training will be held this year at the Lee County Extension Office, the Harrison County Extension Office, the Adair County Extension Office, and the UK Research and Education Center at Princeton.
Training Agenda
- Economic Outlook & Farm Bill (Larry Jones or Craig Infanger)
- Tobacco Outlook (Will Snell or Laura Powers)
- Livestock Outlook (Lee Meyer)
- Forage/Feed Economics (Kenny Burdine)
- Grain Market Outlook (Kenny Burdine)
- Horticulture Outlook (Tim Woods)
- Timber Market Outlook & Crop Planting Decisions (Greg Halich)
- Ky. Green Energy Options (Alison Reum)
- Land Values (Dick Trimble)
- Retirement Decisions for Farmers (Carl Dillon)
- this may be of interest to agents for their personal planning, as well as for farmer clienele
Introducing our new graduate students . . .
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| Símon Jetté-Nantel Ph.D., Canada |
Kelly Davidson M.S., Kentucky |
Mason Routt M.S., Kentucky |
Malvern Mupandawana Ph.D., Zimbabwe |
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| Tao Wu M.S., China |
Pedro de Costa M.S., Portugal |
Aric Myers M.S., Kentucky |
John Woolley M.S., Kentucky |
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| Ermine Bayer M.S., Turkey |
Patrick McNutt M.S., West Virgina |
Kar Lo Lim Ph.D., Maylaysia |
Thanks from Baohui Song
Baohui Song recently left our department to accept an assistant professor position at California State University, Chico. Following is a letter he sent to the department.
I would like to express my great gratitude and sincere appreciation to all the faculty and staff members in our department. After 6 years of study and research in our department, I was well trained in both theoretical and practical knowledge of our profession. I really appreciate all your help, support, and advising.
I have accepted an offer in California State University, Chico as an assistant professor (tenure-track) in agribusiness. I have moved to Chico, CA and settled down. The new semester will start next week. I am expecting another exiting experience here!
My news contact information is as follows:
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929
bsong@csuchico.edu
Fax: (530) 898-5845
Phone: (530) 898-3056
2007 Agricultural GSO Picnic
Those that attended the 2007 Fall GSO Picnic had a great time, got to know each other better and went away full. What more could we ask! The food, games and little ones were the highlight of the event and provided much entertainment to all that attended.
For More Information
Tina Briggs is the Editor. Karen Pulliam edits the Web version.