Brian D. Adam
Resume Highlights
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More than 30 refereed publications, including 12 journal articles.
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More than 30 presentations at state, national and international conferences, for
Congressional steering committees, and for government agencies.
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Cooperator in grant projects totaling more than $1,000,000. Principal Investigator or CoPrincipal Investigator on grants totaling $383,057.
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Recipient of 2000 James Whatley Award for Meritorious Research in Agriculture
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Voted Outstanding Teacher in the Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State
University, 1990-91, 1994-95, and 2002-03 by undergraduate Ag Econ students.
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Supervisor for 14 current and former graduate students. Have supervised 3 Ph.D.
dissertations, 7 M.S. theses (one of which received Oklahoma State University’s Research
Excellence Award), and 3 master’s reports, and participated in 22 master’s and 19 doctoral
committees.
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Currently major professor for 2 Ph.D. students and 3 M.S. students.
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Co-chair of 1994 American Agricultural Economics Association Selected Papers
Competition
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Honorable Mention, 1993 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, Oklahoma State
University
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Served as adviser of the OSU chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association
(NAMA), receiving $1,800 in industry grants to support annual marketing projects.
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Chair of Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Faculty Council, 200203.
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Chair of Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1995-97
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Chair of Group IV Graduate Faculty and Group IV representative to Graduate Faculty
Council, 1997-98.
BRIAN D. ADAM
Professor
Oklahoma State University
Department of Agricultural Economics
June 2004
EDUCATION:
1990
1985
1983
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Agricultural Economics
M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Agricultural Economics
B.S., Wheaton College (Illinois), Mathematics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1990-Present
Oklahoma State University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Assistant
Professor (1990-1994), Associate Professor (1994-1999), Professor (1999Present)
1989
University of Illinois, Department of Agricultural Economics, Research
Assistant, Teaching Assistant
1985-88
University of Illinois, Department of Agricultural Economics, Research
Fellow
1985
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Research Technician
1983-85
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Graduate Research Assistant
CURRENT DUTIES WITH APPOINTMENT PERCENTAGES
Research:
70%
Teaching/Advising: 30%
 AGEC 5303, Agricultural Marketing Policy and Organization
 AGEC 3333, Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
HONORS RECEIVED
 Outstanding Teacher Award, 2002-03, Aggie-X Club, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Oklahoma State University.
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 James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Research in Agriculture, 2000, Division of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University.
 Outstanding Teacher (Professor of the Year), 1994-95, Aggie-X Club, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
 Honorable Mention, Oklahoma State University Graduate Student Council 1993 “Outstanding
Graduate Faculty Teaching Award”
 Professor of the Year, 1990-91, Aggie-X Club, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Oklahoma State University
 Best Ph.D. Thesis, 1990, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois
 USDA National Needs Fellowship (1985-1988) in Agricultural Marketing
 Co-recipient of the 1985 Transportation Research Forum Outstanding Paper Award of $2,500
 Best M.S. Thesis, 1984-85, Agricultural Economics Department, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
 Outstanding M.S. Student Award, Agricultural Economics Department, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 1984-1985
 Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award and Stipend, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 1984
 Wheaton College ROTC Dean's Medal, Dean's List, National Dean's List
 National Merit Scholar, 1979
 FFA Star Chapter Farmer Award, 1978
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UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
a. Department of Agricultural Economics
 Curriculum Committee, 1998-present
 Graduate Admissions Committee, 1998 – present
 Contest Committee, 1998 - present
 Faculty Advisory Committee, 1996 – 1998
 Graduate Admissions & Curriculum Committee, Chairman, 1995 – 1997, 2004-present
 Undergraduate Curriculums Committee 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95
 Strategic Plan Committee 1992
 Co-coordinator of Ag Sales and Service Interscholastic Competition, 1992 - 2002.
 Internship Committee 1989/90
b. Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
 Ag Faculty Council 2001-2003; Chairman 2002-2003
 Scholarship Committee 2002/03
 Committee on Careers in Agriculture 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95
 Committee for Effective Instruction 1990/91, 1991/92
c. American Agricultural Economics Association
 Professional Activities/New Products Committee 2002/03
 Co-chair of Selected Papers Competition for 1994 Annual Meetings
d.
Graduate Faculty Council – Chair and Representative to Graduate Faculty Council, Group IV
Graduate Faculty, 1997/98.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Turkey/Azerbaijan: Lectures on Converting the Azerbaijan Marketing System to a MarketOriented rather than Command Control System, November 20-24, 2002.
Turkey: Agricultural Economist for Commodity Market Development Project, The World Bank
and SEMOR, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Trade, 1999-2001.
Poland: Lectures on Food Marketing in the United States and Futures and Options Markets.
Agricultural University of Warsaw and Economics Institute of Poznan. November 1994.
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TEACHING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
a. Courses Taught with Formal Evaluation at Oklahoma State University
(4.0 Maximum)
No.
Year
Course
Students Instructora
Coursea
Enrolled
2003 AGEC 5303
24
3.5
3.5
2003 AGEC 3333
59
2.9
2.8
2002 AGEC 1114
181
3.6
3.4
2002 AGEC 5303
27
3.8
3.6
2001 AGEC 1114
170
3.4
3.2
2001 AGEC 5303
13
3.5
3.5
2000 AGEC 1114
198
3.6
3.3
2000 AGEC 5303
15
3.7
3.6
1999 AGEC 1114
177
3.6
3.4
1999 AGEC 5303
11
3.6
3.4
1998 AGEC1114
180
3.3
3.2
1998 AGEC 5303
17
3.7
3.4
1998 AGEC 4333
39
3.2
3.4
1997 AGEC 5303
20
3.7
3.4
1997 AGEC 4333
23
2.7
3.1
1996 AGEC 3303
94
3.6
3.5
1996 AGEC 5303
25
3.6
3.6
1995 AGEC 3303
80
3.5
3.4
1995 AGEC 5303
24
3.7
3.5
1994 AGEC 3303
94
3.4
3.3
1994 AGEC 5303
23
3.6
3.5
1993 AGEC 3303
100
3.2
3.2
1993 AGEC 5303
15
3.4
3.4
1992 AGEC 3303
106
3.3
3.3
1992 AGEC 5303
22
3.5
3.2
1991 AGEC 5303
23
3.6
3.6
1990 AGEC 3303
88
3.2
3.2
1990 AGEC 3303
100
3.5
3.2
1990 AGEC 5303
23
3.6
3.6
a
Average of seven questions
b. Graduate Admissions & Curriculum Committee, Chairman, 1995 - 1997.
c.
25 Undergraduate Advisees 2003/04
21 Undergraduate Advisees 2002/03
25 Undergraduate Advisees 2001/02
21 Undergraduate Advisees 2000/01
13 Undergraduate Advisees 1999/00
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15 Undergraduate Advisees 1998/99
12 Undergraduate Advisees 1997/98
15 Undergraduate Advisees 1996/97
16 Undergraduate Advisees 1995/96
24 Undergraduate Advisees 1994/95
33 Undergraduate Advisees 1993/94
28 Undergraduate Advisees 1992/93
25 Undergraduate Advisees 1991/92
12 Undergraduate Advisees 1990/91
d.
National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Co-Advisor, 1991/92, 1992/93,
1993/94, 1994/95
e.
Aggie-X Senior Advisor, 2001/02
Aggie-X Junior Advisor, 2000/01
f.
Graduate Student Committee Activities
Committee Position
Student
Degree
Adviser
Zelalem Chala
M.S.
Adviser
Poh Mun Mah
M.S.
Adviser
Baltazar Prado
M.S.
Adviser
Allysa Allen
M.S.
Co-Adviser
Kenra Mills
Ph.D.
Adviser
Tamara Lukens
M.S.
Adviser
Ronda Danley
M.S.
Adviser
Lawrence Mapemba
M.S.
Adviser
Othman Al-Nashwan
Ph.D.
Adviser
Jose Bellini-Leite
Ph.D.
Adviser
Carlos Gouveia-Sahad
M.Ag.
Adviser
Seung-Jee Hong
Ph.D.
Adviser
Nimet Agah
M.S.
Adviser
John Wesley Elliott
M.S.
Adviser
Keng Chen
Ph.D.
Adviser
Steven Betts
M.S.
Adviser
Everett Olbert
M.S.
Adviser
Carl Garrison
M.S.
Adviser
Dardo Escobar
M.S.
Member
Sandra Rodriguez (forestry) M.S.
Member
Emilio Tostao
M.S.
Member
Molly Buchanan
M.S.
Member
Kimberly Smith
M.S.
Member
Mmatlou Kalaba
M.S.
Member
Jamie Zlomke
M.S.
Member
Germaine Nkengoum
Ph.D.
Member
Hubertus Puaha
Ph.D.
Member
Solomon Osho
Ph.D.
Years
2003-date
2003-date
2003-date
2002-date
2001-2003
2000-2002
2000-2002
2000-2002
1999-2004
1998-2000
1998-1999
1997-2001
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1994-1996
1992-1994
1992-1993
1991-1993
2002-date
2000-2002
2000-2002
2000-2002
2000-2001
2000-2001
2000-2003
1999-2002
1999-2001
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Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Muhril Ardiansyah
Wei-Ching Chuang
DaSheng Ji
Francisca Richter
Jong In Lee
Tina Eaton
Wenui Hua
Harry Aziz
Alix Dameus
Seung-Churl Choi
Van Dyke Pratt
Solomon Kariuki
Tina Henry
Jennifer Wingrove
Michael Huebschmann
Henry Njoo
Lonnie Hamm
Rashid Majeed
Tracy Dowty
Aleligne K. Amera
Bob Wells
Megan Atkinson
Kevin Smith
Bryan Just
Mario Villaquiran
Harjanto Djunaidi
Se-Hyun Choi
Taehoon Kang
Tebogo Seleka
Carl Korning
Keeff Felty
Ph.D.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.,Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.Ag.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.S.
M.S.
M.S.
1998-2001
1999-2000
1999-2000
1998-2000
1998-2000
1998-1999
1998-1999
1997-2000
1997-2000
1997-1998
1996-1998
1996-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1995-1998
1995-2001
1994-2003
1994-1996
1994-1995
1993-1998
1993-1997
1992-1996
1992-1994
1992-1993
1992-1993
1991-1993
1990-1993
1990-1993
1990-1991
1990
1990-1991
Completed Graduate Student Dissertations & Theses Supervised
Al-Nashwan, Othman. “Import Demand for Fresh Tomatoes and Onions in Saudi Arabia.” Ph.D.
Dissertation, 2004.
Mapemba, Lawrence. “Methane and Fertilizer Production from Poultry Litter: Transportation
Cost and Break-Even Analysis.” M.S. Thesis, 2002.
Lukens, Tamara L. “Cost and Effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management Strategies Compared
to Chemical Methods in Stored Wheat.” M.S. Thesis, 2002.
Danley, Ronda. “An Economic Evaluation of Phosphine Fumigant Monitoring Devices in
Commercial Grain Elevators.” M.S. Thesis, 2002.
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Hong, SeungJee. “Essays on the Effects of Information, Producer Preferences, Prospect Theory,
and Nonlinear Costs on a Wheat Elevator’s Profit, and the Effects of the Conservation
Reserve Program on Wheat Elevators’ Merchandising Margins,” Ph.D. Dissertation, 2001.
Leite, Jose Luiz Bellini. “The Effects of Alternative Breed Technologies and Resource
Allocation on the Structure of Brazilian Milk Production,” Ph.D. Dissertation, 2000.
Elliott, Wesley. “Effects of Competition and Space on Country Elevator Grading Practices and
Prices for Wheat,” M.S. Thesis, 1997 (winner of Fall 1997 Graduate Research Excellence
Award).
Chen, Keng. “Alternative Hedging Strategies for Rice-Wheat Trade in Asia,” Ph.D.
Dissertation, 1996.
Betts, Steven P. “Effects of Reducing Government Deficiency Payments on Marketing
Strategies for Wheat,” M.S. Thesis, 1996.
Olbert, Everett C. “Government Storage Programs and the Supply of and Demand for Storage:
An Empirical Analysis for Hard Red Winter Wheat,” M.S. Thesis, 1994.
Garrison, Carl O. “Grain Markets, Elevator Margins, and the Conservation Reserve Program,”
M.S. Thesis, 1993.
Completed Graduate Student Reports Supervised
Gouveia-Sahad, Carlos. “Hedging Brazilian Corn and Soybeans Using U.S. Futures Exchanges,
1999.
Agah, Nimet. “The Effects of Fertilizer Subsidies on Wheat Production in Turkey,” 1998.
Escobar, Dardo. “Analyzing the Effects of MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement on Trade
Among Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil,” 1993.
Research Program Activities
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Project #OKLO-2489, “Costs, Benefits, and Risks of
Integrated Pest Management in Grain Storage and Food Processing Facilities,” 2002.
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Project #OKLO-02291, “Effects of Institutional
Changes on Agricultural Markets for Food and Feed Grains and on Agricultural Firms,”
1996.
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Project #OKLO-2138, “Increasing Risk-Adjusted
Returns to Grain and Livestock Marketing,” 1990.
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REFEREED ARTICLES
Articles in Review
Danley, Ronda, Brian D. Adam, Jim Criswell, Ron Noyes, and Thomas W. Phillips. “Choosing
a Monitoring Device for Phosphine Fumigation in Commercial Grain Elevators: An
Economic Analysis Using a Multiple Attribute Decision-Making Model.”
Danley, Ronda, Brian D. Adam, Jim Criswell, Ron Noyes, and Thomas W. Phillips. “Accuracy
Evaluation of Phosphine Monitoring Devices.”
Articles in Preparation
Lukens, Tamara, Brian D. Adam, and Tom Phillips. “Cost and Effectiveness of Integrated Pest
Management Strategies Compared to Chemical Methods in Stored Wheat.”
Mapemba, Lawrence, Brian D. Adam, and Allen Finchum. “The Low-Tech Costs of High-Tech
Alternatives for Poultry Litter: A GIS Approach to Measuring Transportation Costs.”
Allen, Allysa, and Brian D. Adam. “Litter Happens: An Economic Evaluation of Methods to
Deal With It.”
Published Journal Articles
Adam, Brian D., Seung Jee Hong, and Michael R. Dicks. “The Effects of the Conservation
Reserve Program on Elevator Merchandising Margins in Oklahoma.” Journal of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, 36,1(April 2004):83-96.
Leite, J.L.B.; Gomes, A.T.; Adam, B.D. As condicionantes do mercado e o futuro dos sistemas
de produção de leite no Brasil. In CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ECONOMIA E
SOCIOLOGIA RURAL, 40., 2002, Passo Fundo: UFP, 2002. 1CD.
Translation: Leite, J.L.B.; Gomes, A.T.; Adam, B.D. The market conditions implications to the
Future Brazilian Milk Production. In: BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF RURAL ECONOMY
AND SOCIOLOGY, 40., 2002, Passo Fundo: UPF, 2002. 1CD.
Adam, Brian D., Steven Betts, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Post-Harvest Wheat Marketing Strategies.” Journal of Futures
Markets, 2000, 20(3):243-63.
Brorsen, B. Wade, Carl Garrison, Brian D. Adam, and Mike Dicks. “Nonresponse Bias
Corrections for the 1990 SWCS Survey of Conservation Reserve Program Acreage.”
Review of Agricultural Economics, September 1996, 18(4):669-80.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert Hauser. “The Value of Information to Hedgers in
the Presence of Futures and Options.” Review of Agricultural Economics, September 1996,
18(4):437-47.
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Kang, Tae Hoon, B. Wade Brorsen, and Brian D. Adam. “A New Efficiency Criterion: The
Mean-Separated Target Deviations Risk Model.” Journal of Economics and Business,
February 1996, 48(1):47-66.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “The Economics of Cleaning Winter
Wheat for Export: An Evaluation of Proposed Federal ‘Clean Grain’ Standards.” Journal
of Agricultural and Resource Economics, December 1994, 19(2):280-98.
Garcia, Philip, Brian D. Adam, and Robert J. Hauser. “The Use of Mean-Variance for
Commodity Futures and Options Hedging Decisions: The Case of Hogs.” Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 1994, 19(1):32-45.
Garrison, Carl O., Michael R. Dicks, and Brian D. Adam. “Estimating the Impact of
Conservation Reserve Program Expiration on Corn and Wheat Prices.” Agricultural and
Resource Economics Review, April 1994, 23(1):94-99. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment
Station Journal #AEJ-130.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert J. Hauser. “Robust Live Hog Pricing Strategies
Under Uncertain Prices and Risk Preferences.” Journal of Futures Markets, December
1993, 13(8):849-64. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Journal #6251.
Adam, Brian D., Michael A. Hudson, Raymond M. Leuthold, and Clark A. Roberts.
”Information, Buyer Concentration, and Risk Attitudes: An Experimental Analysis,”
Review of Agricultural Economics (formerly North Central Journal of Agricultural
Economics), January 1991, 13(1):59-71.
Leuthold, Raymond M., Philip Garcia, Brian D. Adam, and Wayne I. Park. “An Examination of
the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Market Efficiency: The Case of Hogs.”
Applied Economics, February 1989, 21(2):193-204.
Other Refereed Articles
Adam, Brian D., and Seung Jee Hong. “Why Don’t Grain Elevators Pay Less for Low Quality
Wheat? Information, Producer Preferences, and Prospect Theory.” in Proceedings of the
NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Ted Schroeder, ed., St. Louis, Missouri, April 23-24, 2001,
(www.agebb.missouri.edu/ncrext/ncr134/).
Adam, Brian D., and Seung Jee Hong. “Why Don’t Grain Elevators Pay More for High Quality
Wheat? The Effects of Risk and Information.” in Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference
on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Ted
Schroeder, ed., Chicago, Illinois, April 19-20, 1999,
(www.agebb.missouri.edu/ncrext/ncr134/).
Elliott, Wesley, Brian D. Adam, Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “Can the Grain Marketing
System Provide Sufficient Quality Incentives to Producers?” in Proceedings of the NCR-
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134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Ted Schroeder, ed., Chicago, Illinois, April 20-21, 1998:249-64.
Elliott, Wes, Brian D. Adam, Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “Effects of Competition and
Space on Country Elevator Grading Practices and Prices.” in Proceedings of the NCR-134
Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, B. Wade Brorsen, ed., Chicago, Illinois, April 21-22, 1997:54-62.
Adam, Brian D., and James N. Trapp. “Seasonal Price Index Updates for Oklahoma Crops.”
Current Farm Economics, 1997, 70(1):67-79.
Betts, Steven, Brian D. Adam, and B. Wade Brorsen. "Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Post-Harvest Marketing Strategies," in Proceedings of the NCR134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, B. Wade Brorsen, ed., Chicago, Illinois, April 22-23, 1996:158-75.
Adam, Brian D., Steven Betts, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Post-Harvest Marketing Strategies.” Current Farm Economics,
1996, 69(1):17-32.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson. “Robust Risk Management Strategies for U.S. Hard Red
Winter Wheat Producers.” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied
Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois,
April 1995:306-22.
Adam, Brian D., Daniel S. Tilley, and Everett Olbert. “The Effects of Government Storage
Programs on Supply and Demand for Wheat Stocks.” Proceedings of the NCR-134
Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 1995:54-63.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert J. Hauser. “The Value of Information to Hedgers in
the Presence of Options.” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity
Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994:
207-18.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, and Everett Olbert. “The Effects of Government Storage
Programs on Returns to Storage Hedges.” Current Farm Economics, March 1994, 67(1):313.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, Everett Olbert, and Roger Sahs. “Storage Hedging: What's a
Merchandiser to Do? Returns to Hedging for Central Oklahoma Wheat Elevators.”
Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis,
Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 1993: 87-94.
Garrison, Carl O., Mike Dicks, Brian D. Adam, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Grain Markets After
the Conservation Reserve Program.” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied
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Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois,
April 1993: 141-48.
Anderson, Kim, Roger Sahs, and Brian Adam. “Marketing Strategies and the Government
Program.” Current Farm Economics, September 1992, 65(3):3-11.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, and Phil Kenkel. “The Economics of Cleaning Wheat: An
Economic Engineering Analysis.” Current Farm Economics, June 1992, 65(2):30-42.
Adam, Brian D., Stephen R. Koontz, and James N. Trapp. “Output Uncertainty in Fed Cattle
Hedging.” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis,
Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, pp. 218-230, and Oklahoma State University
PP #3704, May 1992.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert J. Hauser. “Hedging Strategies with Options When
Information is Limited: An Application to Marketing Live Hogs,” Current Farm
Economics, March 1991, 64(1):32-43.
Adam, Brian D., and Philip Garcia. “Hog Producers' Marketing Decisions Under Alternative
Utility Specifications,” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity
Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April
1990: 264-76.
Garcia, Philip, and Brian D. Adam. “The Sensitivity of Live Hog Marketing Strategies to
Uncertain Prices,” Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price
Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April
1990: 277-91.
Leuthold, Raymond M., Philip Garcia, Brian D. Adam, and Wayne I. Park. “A Re-examination
of the Pricing Efficiency of the Hog Futures Market.” Proceedings of the NCR-134
Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 1987: 55-69.
Roberts, Clark A., Brian D. Adam, and Michael A. Hudson. “The Impacts of Varying
Information Levels on Competitive Bidding Processes: An Experimental Investigation.”
Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis,
Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 1987: 362-80.
Book Review
Adam, Brian D. Review of Food Marketing: An International Perspective, by David J.
Schaffner, William R. Schroder, and Mary D. Earle, Boston: WCB McGraw-Hill, 1998.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 1998, 80(1):237-39.
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Extension Publications
Kenkel, P., J. T. Criswell, G. Cuperus, R. T. Noyes, K. Anderson, W. S. Fargo, K. Shelton, W. P.
Morrison, and B. Adam. “Current Management Practices and Impact of Pesticide Loss in
the Hard Red Winter Wheat Post-Harvest System,” Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
Service Circular E-930, November 1994.
Anderson, Kim, and Brian D. Adam. “Cash Marketing Wheat”, OSU Extension Fact Sheet
No. 516 (revised), November 1992.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson, Principal Investigators; Ron Noyes, Bobby Clary, Gerrit
Cuperus, Scott Fargo, David Epperly, Philip Kenkel, and Carl Garrison. “Costs and
Benefits of Cleaning Hard Red Winter (HRW) and Soft Red Winter (SRW) Wheats.” A
report submitted by Oklahoma State University to Economic Research Service under
Cooperative Agreement Number 58-3AER-0-80092, Oklahoma State University Extension
Circular E920, December 1991, Revised October 1992.
Anderson, Kim, and Brian D. Adam. “Cash Marketing Wheat,” OSU Extension Fact Sheet
No. 516, January 1991.
Anderson, Kim, and Brian D. Adam. “Wheat Futures Contract Risk and Return,” OSU
Extension Fact Sheet No. 518, November 1990.
Other Publications
Published Selected Papers and Abstracts of Selected Papers/Posters
Adam, Brian D. “Changes in Demand for Grain Quality Characteristics in a Decoupled Policy
Environment,” Presented in Organized Symposium “Implications of the 1996 FAIR Act for
Grain and Oilseed Markets” at 1997 AAEA Annual Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
July 27-30, 1997. Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December
1997, 79(5):1688-89.
Betts, Steven, Brian D. Adam, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Postharvest Marketing Strategies.” Abstract published in American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1996, 78(5):1399.
Adam, Brian, Daniel Tilley, and Everett Olbert. “The Effects of Government Storage Programs
on Supply and Demand for Wheat Stocks.” Abstract published in American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, December 1995, 77(5):1361.
Adam, Brian D., Roy Attaway, Mike Dicks, and Carl Garrison. “The Effects of the
Conservation Reserve Program on Elevator Merchandising Margins.” Abstract published
in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1994, 76(5): 1263.
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Garrison, Carl O., B. Wade Brorsen, Brian D. Adam, and Mike Dicks. “Recropping Rates of
Conservation Reserve Program Acreage.” Abstract published in Journal of Agricultural
and Applied Economics, July 1993, 25(1):283.
Kang, Tae-Hoon, Harry P. Mapp, and Brian D. Adam. “A Mean-Separated Target Deviations
Risk Model.” Abstract published in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, July
1993, 25(1):291.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, Phil Kenkel, and Carl Garrison. Poster, “The Economics of
Cleaning Wheat.” Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings,
January 31 - February 3, 1993, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Abstract published in Journal of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, July 1993, 25(1):296.
Anderson, Kim, Brian Adam, and Roger Sahs. Poster, “Government Program Impact on Price
and Income.” Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings, January 31
- February 3, 1993, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Abstract published in Journal of Agricultural and
Applied Economics, July 1993, 25(1):296.
Adam, Brian D., Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “The Profitability of Cleaning U.S. Wheat:
Is a Market Premium Necessary?” Papers of the 1992 Annual Meeting, Western
Agricultural Economics Association, pp. 172-9, and Oklahoma State University PP #3721,
July 1992.
Kenkel, Phil, Brian D. Adam, Gerrit Cuperus, and W. Scott Fargo. “A Risk Analysis of Insect
Control Strategies in Stored Wheat,” Papers of the 1991 Annual Meeting, Western
Agricultural Economics Association, pp. 220-6, and Oklahoma State University AE #9151,
July 1991.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson. “Preliminary Results of Measuring Costs and Benefits of
Cleaning Winter Wheat.” Presented in Organized Symposium, “The Effect of Grain
Quality on U.S. Competitiveness in The World Market.” AAEA Annual Meeting,
Manhattan, Kansas, August 6, 1991. Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural
Economics, December 1991, 73(5):1523-4.
Adam, Brian D. “Evaluating the Impact of Information on Bidding Processes: Experimental
Results.” Presentation in Organized Symposium, “Current Laboratory Market Experiments
in Agricultural Economics,” AAEA Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 1,
1988. Abstract published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1988,
70(5):1177.
Adam, Brian D., and Dale G. Anderson. “Effects of Contract Rail Rates in Level of Grain Bids
at Country Elevators.” Abstract published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
December 1986, 68(5):1389.
Adam, Brian D., and Dale G. Anderson. “Implications of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 for
Level and Variability of Country Elevator Bid Prices.” 1985 Transportation Research
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Forum Proceedings. Oxford, Indiana: The Richard B. Cross Co., 1985, pp. 357-63.
(Co-recipient of the 1985 Outstanding Paper Award of $2,500.)
Other Publications
Phillips, Thomas W., Ronald T. Noyes, and Brian D. Adam. “Integrated Pest Management for
Grain Elevators that Supply the Breakfast Cereal Industry: Case Studies and Economic
Analysis.” Final Report to the Grocery Manufacturers of America, June 2002, 94 pp.
Adam, Brian D., Roy Attaway, Mike Dicks, and Carl Garrison. “The Impacts of the
Conservation Reserve Program on Agricultural Industries.” Proceedings of the
NC-163 Post CRP Land Use Conference, Denver, Colorado, January 10-11, 1994, pp. 16471.
Adam, Brian D., and Phil Kenkel. “OWC Assists Marketers,” High Plains Journal, July 5,
1993, p. 3A.
Kang, Taehoon, Brian D. Adam, and Harry P. Mapp. “An Efficiency Criterion: Expected
Value-Separated Semivariance,” Working Paper, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Oklahoma State University, AE #92128.
Hudson, Michael A., Raymond M. Leuthold, Steven T. Sonka, Clark A. Roberts, and Brian D.
Adam. “Microcomputer-Based Networks: A Tool for Teaching and Research in
Agricultural Marketing.” Proceedings of the North Central Computer Institute Conference
on Computers in Agricultural Marketing, Des Plaines, Illinois, October 1986, pp. 19-24.
Hudson, Michael A., Raymond M. Leuthold, Clark A. Roberts, Brian D. Adam, and Steven T.
Sonka. “Microcomputer-Based Networks for Teaching Agricultural Marketing.”
Proceedings of the American Agricultural Economics Teaching Workshop, Reno, Nevada,
August 1986, pp. 176-81.
Adam, Brian D., and Dale G. Anderson. “Effects of Contract Rail Rates on Level of Grain Bids
at Country Elevators.” Department of Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 1986 - #7,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Book Chapter
Criswell, J. T., G. W. Cuperus, W. S. Fargo, R. T. Noyes, B. Adam, P. Kenkel, E. Williams, and
K. Anderson. “Fumigation Decision-Making Process: Economic Costs and Risks.” In
Proceedings of the International Controlled Atmosphere and Fumigation in Grain
Storages, Navarro, S. and Donahaye, E. [Eds.], Caspit Press Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel, 1993.
Posters
Leite, J.L.B.; Adam, B.D.; Carneiro, A. V.; Yamaguchi, L.C.T. Modelo econométrico para
estimar preço de vacas e novilhas de leite. In CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE
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ECONOMIA E SOCIOLOGIA RURAL, 40., 2002, Passo Fundo. Anais... Passo Fundo:
UFP, 2002. 1 CD.
(Translation: Leite, J.L.B.; Adam, B.D.; Carneiro, A. V.; Yamaguchi, L.C.T. Econometric model
to estimate milk cows and heifers price. In: BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF RURAL
ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY, 40., 2002, Passo Fundo: UPF, 2002. 1 CD).
Danley, Ronda, and Brian D. Adam. “An Evaluation of Phosphine Fumigant Monitoring
Devices.” Poster presented at the dedication of the Stored Product Research and Extension
Center (SPREC) at Oklahoma State University, October 11, 2001.
Lukens, Tamara, and Brian D. Adam. “Economic Costs and Benefits of Insect IPM.” Poster
presented at the dedication of the Stored Product Research and Extension Center at
Oklahoma State University, October 11, 2001.
Leite, Jose-Ruiz Bellini, and Brian D. Adam, “Improving Productivity of Brazilian Milk
Production.” Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association and
Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Chicago, Illinois, August 5-8, 2001.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, Phil Kenkel, and Carl Garrison, Oklahoma State University,
“The Economics of Cleaning Wheat.” Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Annual Meetings, January 31 - February 3, 1993, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Magruder Plot
Centennial, Oklahoma State University, May 21-22, 1992; and Ag Week, Oklahoma State
University, March 22-26, 1993.
Anderson, Kim, Brian Adam, and Roger Sahs, Oklahoma State University, “Government
Program Impact on Price and Income.” Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Annual Meetings, January 31 - February 3, 1993, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
Adam, Brian D., Poh Mun Mah, Thomas W. Phillips, and Paul Flinn. “Is There Any Reason for
Businesses Not to Adopt Integrated Pest Management Practices? The Economics of IPM in
Stored Grain.” Presented at the 2004 AAEA Annual Meetings, Denver, Colorado, August
1-4, 2004. Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 2004,
forthcoming.
Adam, Brian D. “Is There Any Reason for Businesses Not to Adopt IPM? The Economics of
IPM in Stored Grain.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Science
Association, Bozeman, Montana, June 20-23, 2004.
Adam, Brian D. “The New and Improved Wheat Blending Model.” Presented at the 2004 Spring
Grain Elevator Manager Workshops, Weatherford, Enid, Catoosa, and Stillwater,
Oklahoma, April 5-7, 2004.
Adam, Brian D., and Kenra Mills. “Economic Analysis of IPM Strategies.” Presented at RAMP
Project meeting at Purdue University, October 28-29, 2003.
Adam, Brian D., Kenra Mills, and Tamara Lukens. “Economic Costs and Benefits of Insect
IPM.” Presentation at the dedication of the Stored Product Research and Extension Center
at Oklahoma State University, October 11, 2001.
Adam, Brian D., and Seung Jee Hong. “Why Don’t Grain Elevators Pay Less for Low Quality
Wheat? Information, Producer Preferences, and Prospect Theory.” in Proceedings of the
NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Ted Schroeder, ed., St. Louis, Missouri, April 23-24, 2001,
(www.agebb.missouri.edu/ncrext/ncr134/).
Adam, Brian D., and Seung Jee Hong. “Why Don’t Grain Elevators Pay More for High Quality
Wheat? The Effects of Risk and Information.” Presented at 1999 NCR-134 Conference on
Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago,
Illinois, April 19-20, 1999. Published in Proceedings.
Elliott, Wesley, Brian D. Adam, Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “Can the Grain Marketing
System Provide Sufficient Quality Incentives to Producers?” Presented at 1998 NCR-134
Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 20-21, 1998. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D. “Changes in Demand for Grain Quality Characteristics in a Decoupled Policy
Environment,” Presented in Organized Symposium “Implications of the 1996 FAIR Act for
Grain and Oilseed Markets” at 1997 AAEA Annual Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
July 27-30, 1997. Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December
1997, 79(5):1688-89.
Elliott, Wes, Brian D. Adam, Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “Effects of Competition and
Space on Country Elevator Grading Practices and Prices.” Presented at 1997 NCR-134
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Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-22, 1997. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., Steven Betts, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Post-Harvest Wheat Marketing Strategies.” Presented at 1996
AAEA Annual Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, July 28-31, 1996. Abstract in American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1996, 78(5):1399.
Betts, Steven, Brian D. Adam, and B. Wade Brorsen. “Effects of Reduced Government
Deficiency Payments on Post-Harvest Marketing Strategies.” Presented at NCR-134
Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk
Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 22-23, 1996. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson. “Robust Risk Management Strategies for U.S. Hard Red
Winter Wheat Producers.” Presented at NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity
Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 24-25,
1995. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., Daniel S. Tilley, and Everett Olbert. “The Effects of Government Storage
Programs on Supply and Demand for Wheat Stocks.” Presented at NCR-134 Conference
on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management,
Chicago, Illinois, April 24-25, 1995. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., and Daniel S. Tilley. “The Effects of Government Programs on the Supply and
Demand for Storage.” Presented by Daniel S. Tilley at a Workshop in the Department of
Economics at Oklahoma State University, March, 24, 1995.
Adam, Brian D., Roy Attaway, Michael R. Dicks, and Carl Garrison. “The Effects of the
Conservation Reserve Program on Elevator Merchandising Margins.” Presented at AAEA
Annual Meetings, San Diego, California, August 7-10, 1994. Abstract in American Journal
of Agricultural Economics, December 1994, 77(5):1263.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert J. Hauser. “The Value of Information to Hedgers in
the Presence of Options.” Presented at NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price
Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 18-19, 1994.
Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., Roy Attaway, Mike Dicks, and Carl Garrison. “The Impacts of the
Conservation Reserve Program on Agricultural Industries.” Presented at NC-163 Post CRP
Land Use Conference, Denver, Colorado, January 10-11, 1994. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D., Kim Anderson, Everett Olbert, and Roger Sahs. “Storage Hedging: What's a
Merchandiser to Do? Returns to Hedging for Central Oklahoma Wheat Elevators.”
Presented at NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and
Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 19-20, 1993. Published in Proceedings.
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Adam, Brian D., Phil Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “The Profitability of Cleaning U.S. Wheat: Is
a Market Premium Necessary?” Presented at WAEA Annual Meetings, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, July 12-15, 1992. Published in Proceedings.
Adam, Brian D. “Costs and Benefits of Cleaning Winter Wheat.” Presented to The American
Farm Bureau Grain Quality Advisory Committee, Kansas City, Missouri, June 8-9, 1992.
Adam, Brian D. Testimony before Steering Committee composed of USDA, Congressional, and
Industry Representatives on Costs and Benefits of Cleaning Winter Wheat, Washington,
D.C., April 3, 1992.
Adam, Brian D. Testimony before Steering Committee composed of USDA, Congressional, and
Industry Representatives on Costs and Benefits of Cleaning Winter Wheat, Washington,
D.C., October 28-29, 1991.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson. “Preliminary Results of Measuring Costs and Benefits of
Cleaning Winter Wheat.” Presented in Organized Symposium, “The Effect of Grain
Quality on U.S. Competitiveness in The World Market,” at AAEA Annual Meeting,
Manhattan, Kansas, August 6, 1991. Abstract in AJAE, December 1991, 73(5):1523-4.
Adam, Brian D., and Kim Anderson. “Preliminary Results from Survey of Off-Farm and
On-Farm Grain Cleaning Facilities: Discussion.” Presented in Organized Symposium,
“The Effect of Grain Quality on U.S. Competitiveness in International Trade,” WAEA
Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 9, 1991.
Adam, Brian D. “Grain Quality: Is It a Real Problem?” Presented at the Oklahoma Ag Policy
1991 Meeting, El Reno, Oklahoma, February 12, 1991.
Adam, Brian D. Testimony before Steering Committee composed of USDA, Congressional, and
Industry Representatives on Costs and Benefits of Cleaning Winter Wheat, Washington,
D.C., January 4, 1991.
Adam, Brian D., and Philip Garcia. “The Value of Improved Price Forecasts to Livestock
Producers.” Presented at the Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati,
Ohio, March 30 - April 1, 1989.
Adam, Brian D. “Evaluating the Impact of Information on Bidding Processes: Experimental
Results.” Presentation in Organized Symposium, “Current Laboratory Market Experiments
in Agricultural Economics,” AAEA Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 1,
1988. Abstract in AJAE, December 1988, 70(5):1177.
Adam, Brian D., Clark A. Roberts, and Michael A. Hudson. “The Effects of Monopsonist
Buyers on Livestock Auction Prices: An Experimental Analysis.” Presented at the
Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-9, 1988.
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Adam, Brian D., Clark A. Roberts, and Michael A. Hudson. “The Effects of Monopsonist
Buyers on Prices in Livestock Auctions: An Experimental Analysis for Single-Sided
Auctions.” Presented at the Public Choice Society/Economic Science Association Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 18-20, 1988.
Adam, Brian D., Clark A. Roberts, and Michael A. Hudson. “Effects of Information on
Competitive Bidding Processes: The Case of Heterogeneous Cattle.” Presented at the
Public Choice Society/Economic Science Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona,
March 1987.
Adam, Brian D., and Dale G. Anderson. “Effects of Contract Rail Rates on Level of Grain Bids
at Country Elevators.” Selected Paper presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Reno,
Nevada, July 1986. Department of Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 1986 - #7,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Abstract in AJAE, December 1986, 68(5):1389.
Adam, Brian D., and Dale G. Anderson. “Measuring the Unmeasurable: The Effects of
Confidential Contract Rates on Rail Shipper and Grain Producers.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of The Surface Freight Transport Regulation Committee, Transportation
Research Board, National Research Council, at Washington, D. C., January 16, 1986.
PRESENTATIONS BY STUDENTS
Leite, Jose Ruiz Bellini, and Brian D. Adam. A Bio-Economic Model to Improve Productivity of
Milk Production, Contributed Paper presented by Jose Ruiz Bellini Leite at the 25th
International Conference of Agricultural Economics, Durban South Africa, August 16-22
2003.
Lukens, Tamara. “Are Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategies More Expensive than
Chemical-Based Strategies for Controlling Insects in Stored Grain?” Presentation at the
Oklahoma State University Graduate College Research Symposium, March 7, 2002.
Danley, Ronda. “Developing a Fumigation Management Plan.” Grain Elevator Manager Training
Workshop, Enid, Oklahoma, January 24, 2002.
Adam, Brian D., Daniel S. Tilley, and Everett C. Olbert. “The Effects of Government Storage
Programs on Supply and Demand for Wheat Stocks.” Presented by Everett Olbert at
AAEA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 6-9, 1995. Abstract in American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 1995, 78(5).
Garrison, Carl O., B. Wade Brorsen, Brian D. Adam, and Mike Dicks. “Recropping Rates of
Conservation Reserve Program Acreage.” Working Paper, Department of Agricultural
Economics, Oklahoma State University, 1993. Presented by Carl Garrison at 1993
Southern Agricultural Economics Association Meetings in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Kang, Tae Hoon, Brian D. Adam, and Harry P. Mapp. “A Mean-Separated Target Deviations
Risk Model.” Presented by Tae Hoon Kang at 1993 Southern Agricultural Economics
Meetings in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
3-5 Most Important Works
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert Hauser. “The Value of Information to Hedgers in
the Presence of Futures and Options.” Review of Agricultural Economics, September 1996,
18(4):437-47.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Kenkel, and Kim Anderson. “The Economics of Cleaning Winter
Wheat for Export: An Evaluation of Proposed Federal 'Clean Grain' Standards.” Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics, December 1994, 19(2):280-98.
Garcia, Philip, Brian D. Adam, and Robert J. Hauser. “The Use of Mean-Variance for
Commodity Futures and Options Hedging Decisions: The Case of Hogs.” Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 1994, 19(1):32-45.
Garrison, Carl O., Michael R. Dicks, and Brian D. Adam. “Estimating the Impact of
Conservation Reserve Program Expiration on Corn and Wheat Prices.” Agricultural and
Resource Economics Review, April 1994, 23(1):94-99. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment
Station Journal #AEJ-130.
Adam, Brian D., Philip Garcia, and Robert J. Hauser. “Robust Live Hog Pricing Strategies
Under Uncertain Prices and Risk Preferences.” Journal of Futures Markets, December
1993, 13(8):849-64. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Journal #6251.
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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Funded Grants
“Optimal Selection of Management Practices for Phosphorus Abatement: Using GIS and
Economic Methodology in the Modeling of a Watershed.” Project funded by Oklahoma
Water Resources Research Institute, 3/1/04-2/28/05, $25,000. Project Principal
Investigators: Brian D. Adam, Art Stoecker, Bailey Norwood, and Daniel Storm.
“Sitlington Enriched Graduate Scholarships,” to be used for recruiting graduate students. A
competitive grant funded by the Sitlington Endowment in the amount of $4,000/yr. for
three years, plus $1,000 in research support, 2004-2007; total $13,000. Project Leader
Brian Adam.
“Converting Poultry Litter in the Eucha-Spavinaw Watershed to Electricity,” an OCAST project
with Skinner, Stamper & Associates collaborating with OSU, 2003-2004. Total Project
$100,000, OSU’s portion $10,000. Project Principal Investigators: Skinner, Stamper, &
Associates, Brian D Adam, Rodney Holcomb, and Phil Kenkel.
“Developing Sustainable Stored Grain IPM Systems in Oklahoma and Texas,” participant and
collaborator. Project funded by Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education (SARE),
2002-2003, $138,600. Project Principal Investigators: Ron Noyes, Jim Criswell, and Tom
Phillips, Oklahoma State University; Greg Cronholm and Carl Patrick, Texas A&M
University.
“Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Insects in Stored Products,” collaborator on
subcontract between Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University, $50,000.
Total project funded by Environmental Protection Agency, $200,000. Project Leaders:
Sonny Ramaswamy, Kansas State University; Thomas W. Phillips, Oklahoma State
University; Bh. Subramanyam, Kansas State University; Frank Arthur, USDA-ARSGMPRC; and Dirk Maier, Purdue University.
“Theory of Cooperative Evolution: The Influence of Economic, Social, and Psychological
Factors on Cooperative Formation and Producer Participation,” Cooperative Agreement
with Rural Business Cooperative Service, USDA, 2000-2001, $51,000. Project Leaders:
Daniel S. Tilley, Wade Brorsen, and Brian D. Adam.
“Grain and Oilseed Marketing Institutions: New Wave Cooperatives and Other Coalitions,”
Targeted Research Initiative Program, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources, Oklahoma State University, 2000-2002, $25,000. Project Leaders: Daniel S.
Tilley, Brian Adam, and Rodney Holcomb.
“Commodity Market Development Project,” The World Bank and SEMOR, Republic of Turkey
Ministry of Industry and Trade. 1999-2001, Total Amount $75,000. Principal
Investigators: Kim Anderson, Daniel S. Tilley, Wade Brorsen, and Brian D. Adam.
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“Sitlington Enriched Graduate Scholarships,” to be used for recruiting graduate students. A
competitive grant funded by the Sitlington Endowment in the amount of $3,000/yr. for
three years, plus $1,000 in research support, 1998-2001; total $10,000. Project Leaders:
Brian Adam and Wade Brorsen.
“Developing a Multi-Institution Proposal for Evaluating Market Structure Implications of
Changing Grain and Oilseed Market Structures,” Targeted Research Initiative Program,
Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University,
1998-2000, $22,500. Project Leaders: Brian Adam and Wade Brorsen.
“Identification of Impediments to Efficiency in the Nonvertically Integrated Wheat Production,
Marketing, and Processing System,” Targeted Research Initiative Program, Division of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, 1997/98,
$34,350. Project Leaders: Francis Epplin, Brian Adam, Wade Brorsen, Phil Kenkel,
Agricultural Economics; John Solie, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Thomas F.
Peeper, Agronomy.
“Mathematics without Calculus,” National Science Foundation interdisciplinary award in Course
and Curriculum Development, $3,785. Total project $200,000; Project Leaders Benny
Evans, Bruce C. Crauder, and Alan V. Noell, Oklahoma State University Mathematics
Department.
“Robust Risk Management Strategies for U.S. Producers,” Targeted Research Initiative Program,
Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University,
1994/95, $32,207. Project Leaders Brian Adam and Kim Anderson.
“A Market Analysis of Value-Added Wheat Products,” conducted by OSU-NAMA for
Oklahoma Wheat Commission, 1993, $1,150. Project Leaders Brian Adam and Phil
Kenkel, NAMA Co-advisers.
“A Marketing Study on ‘The Right Mix’ Alfalfa-Wheat Straw Mulch Product,” conducted by
OSU-NAMA for Oklahoma Small Business Development Corporation and Mr. Stanley
Patton, OSBDC client, 1992, $650. Project Leaders Brian Adam and Phil Kenkel, NAMA
Co-advisers.
“Measuring Costs and Benefits of Cleaning Hard Red Winter (HRW) and Soft Red Winter
(SRW) Wheats,” ERS/USDA Cooperative Agreement 58-3AEK-0-80092, 9/19/90 9/30/91, $75,000. Project Leaders Brian Adam and Kim Anderson.
“Estimating the Impacts of Land Retirement Programs,” ERS/USDA Cooperative Agreement,
43-3AER-1-80146, 9/1/91 - 9/30/92, $15,700, Project Leaders Mike Dicks and Brian
Adam. Extended thru 9/30/93, total $56,200.
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“Improved Efficacy of Stored Grain Protectants Through Use of Summer Aeration,” Southern
Regional Pesticide Impact Assessment Program Research Project No. SR91-45-E-OK,
$12,000. Project Leader W. Scott Fargo.