estern Agricultural Economics Association
http://waeaonline.org/
June 24 - 26, 2009
Western Agricultural Economics Association
Annual Meeting
Kauai, Hawaii
PROGRAM GUIDE
WAEA Program Quick Guide
Wednesday, June 24
7:30 a.m.
Ginger Coffee
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Ginger Pre-conference session/lunch: Retirement Symposium, Microeconomics in Service to Humanity, Doug Young, Washington State Univ.
Orchid Foyer Registration/Info Table
Orchid I & II WAEA Finance Committee Meeting
Orchid I & II WAEA Council and Executive Committee Meeting
Pool—Deck Luau Reception/Dinner
Noon–6:00 p.m.
1:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 25
7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Orchid Foyer Registration/Info Table
Jasmine Foyer Morning Coffee
Jasmine II WAEA Presidential Address: Leadership Development in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Michael Boland, Kansas State
Univ.
Keynote Address: Biofuels: Political/Economic Boondoggle or Energy Salvation for Western States, Doug Young, Washington State Univ.
Jasmine Foyer Short Coffee Break
GINGER
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Noon–1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
JASMINE III
JASMINE I
ORCHID I
ORCHID II
Symposium I
Selected Paper Session I-A
Selected Paper Session I-B
Selected Paper Session I-C
Selected Paper Session I-D
The Cost of Natural
Resource
Management in
Hawaii
The Interface between
Agriculture and Resources
Community and Regional
Economics
Cattle Prices, Attributes, and
Trade
Applications in Quantitative and
Research Methods
Jasmine II Lunch—Provided
Selected Paper Session II-A
Symposium II
Selected Paper Session II-B
Selected Paper Session II-C
Selected Paper Session II-D
Great Teaching: Student’s Perspective
Research Advances for
Production Economics
Consumer Demand: Quality and
Organics
International Trade
Selected Paper Session III-B
Selected Paper Session III-C
Selected Paper Session III-D
Responses to Drought and
Weeds
Agribusiness Issues
Consumer and Household
Economics
Resource Valuation and Returns
to Research
Jasmine Foyer Afternoon Break
Selected Paper Session III-A
Symposium III
Serving the Needs of
the Next Generation
of Agricultural and
Resource Economics
Leaders
Resource Issues in the West
Dinner—On your own
Friday, June 26
7:30 a.m.–Noon
Jasmine II Business Meeting/Breakfast
Orchid Foyer Registration/Info Table
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Symposium IV
Selected Paper Session IV-A
Selected Paper Session IV-B
Selected Paper Session IV-C
Selected Paper Session IV-D
Old West, New West,
What’s Best
Resource Economics: Policies
and Techniques
Production Risk and Technology
Demand Assessment and
Advertising
Agricultural Policy I
Selected Paper Session V-A
Selected Paper Session V-B
Selected Paper Session V-C
Selected Paper Session V-D
Water, Land, and Recreation
Contracts, Techniques, and Costs
Measuring Impacts on Supply
and Demand
Agricultural Policy II
7:15 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Jasmine Foyer Morning Break
Jasmine II Awards Luncheon
WEDNESDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Noon–5:00 p.m.
1:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Ginger: Pre-conference Session/Lunch
Orchid Foyer: Registration/Info Table
Orchid I & II: WAEA Finance Committee
Orchid I & II: WAEA Council and Executive Committee
Meeting
WEDNESDAY EVENING
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Deck—Pool: Luau Reception/Dinner
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Breakfast on your own
Orchid Foyer: Registration/Info Table
Jasmine II: Presidential Address and Keynote.
WAEA Presidential Address:
“Leadership Development in Agricultural and Applied Economics”
Michael Boland, Kansas State Univ.
Keynote Address:
“Biofuels: Political/Economic Boondoggle or Energy Salvation
for Western States”
Doug Young, Washington State Univ.
FRIDAY MORNING
7:15 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
7:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Jasmine II: Business Meeting/Breakfast
Orchid Foyer: Registration/Info Table
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Noon–1:30 p.m.
Jasmine II: Awards Luncheon
THURSDAY LATE MORNING
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Ginger THE COST OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANANGEMENT IN HAWAII
The Cost of Endangered Avian Species in Hawaii
The Economics of Invasive Species and the Cost to Hawaii
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM I
Organizer: William
William Moekahi Steiner, CAFNRM, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo
Chris Buddenhagen, Hawaii Invasive Species State Coordinator
Steiner, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo
Jasmine III THE INTERFACE BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCES
SELECTED PAPER SESSION I-A
Moderator: David Lambert, North Dakota State Univ.
Agricultural Land Use Change in Prairie Canada: Implications for Habitat Conservation
Benjamin S. Rashford*, and Christopher T. Bastian, Univ. of Wyoming
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Best Management Practices for Feedlot Ammonia Emissions
Carolyn Davidson*, and James Pritchett, Colorado State Univ.
Identifying Influential Factors for Colorado and Wyoming Landowners Regarding Conservation
Easement Acceptance
Graham H. McGaffin*, Donald M. McLeod, and Christopher T. Bastian, Univ. of Wyoming; Catherine
M. Keske, and Dana L. Hoag, Colorado State Univ.
Nonrenewable Aquifer Depletion and the Transition to Dryland Agriculture
Aaron Benson*, and Michael Farmer, Texas Tech Univ.
Jasmine I COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION I-B
Moderator: Ruby Ward, Utah State Univ.
Community Recruitment and Retention of New Residents: A Study Using a Market Assessment
Process.
Gibson Nene*,Bruce Johnson, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Randolph Cantrell, Charlotte Narjes, and
Rebecca Vogt, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Improving Financial Planning and Rate Analyses for South Texas Irrigation Districts
Allen W. Sturdivant*, M. Edward Rister, and Ronald D. Lacewell, Texas A&M Univ.
The Economic Contribution of the Aquacultural Suppliers of Recreational Fish in the Western
United States
Daniel Deisenroth*, Craig Bond, Stephen Davies, John Loomis, Andrew Seidl, Amalia Davies, and
Chris Myrick, Colorado State Univ.; Kevin Fitzsimmons, Univ. of Arizona; Gary Fornshell, Univ.
of Idaho; Fred Conte, Univ. of California, Davis; John Boren, New Mexico State Univ.
Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala Aquifer
Bridget Guerrero*, and Steve Amosson, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Lal Almas, Robert Taylor,
West Texas A&M Univ.; Bill Golden, Kansas State Univ.; Jeff Johnson, and Erin Wheeler-Cook,
Texas Tech Univ.; Thomas Marek, Texas AgriLife Research
Orchid I CATTLE PRICES, ATTRIBUTES, AND TRADE
SELECTED PAPER SESSION I-C
Moderator: Eric Devuyst, Oklahoma State Univ.
Calf and Yearling Cattle Prices in Western Video Markets
Steven C. Blank*, Univ. of California, Davis; Larry Forero, and Glenn Nader, UC Cooperative
Extension, and Annie Maddalena (former UCCE intern)
Prediction Markets: An Application to Anticipating Information on USDA Cattle on Feed Reports
Karina Gallardo*, Washington State Univ.; Jayson Lusk, Oklahoma State Univ.
Effects of Cattle Attributes on Auction Prices in Manitoba
Jared Carlberg*, and Jordan Templeton, Univ. of Manitoba
Impacts of Trade-Related Policy on Canadian-U.S. Basis for Fed Cattle Transactions
Lee Schulz*, and Ted Schroeder, Kansas State Univ.; Clem Ward, Oklahoma State Univ.
Orchid II APPLICATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE AND RESEARCH METHEODS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION I-D
Moderator: J. Marc Raulston, Texas A&M Univ.
Forecasting the Choice-Select Spread
R. Curt Lacy*, Berna Karali and Timothy Park; Univ. of Georgia
A Missing Variable Imputation Methodology: Prototype Food Prices Database for Use with the
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Dietary Intake Data
Gayaneh Kyureghian*, and Oral Capps Jr., Texas A&M; Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr., Univ. of Arkansas
Designing Rainfall Insurance Contracts for Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage
Denis Nadolnyak*, Auburn Univ.; Dmitry Vedenov, Texas A&M Univ.
Self Control and Food Consumption at Home and Away from Home
Hung-Hao Chang*, and Ta-Chuan Chang, National Taiwan Univ.; David R. Just, Cornell Univ.
Noon–1:30 p.m. Jasmine II Lunch–Provided
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON
Ginger GREAT TEACHING: STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM II
Organizer: Eric DeVuyst, Cheryl DeVuyst, Bailey Norwood, OSU
Jasmine III RESEARCH VALUATION AND RETURNS TO RESEARCH
SELECTED PAPER SESSION II-A
Moderator: Edward Rister, Texas AgriLife Research
Are Public Preferences for Threatened and Endangered Species Sensitive to Scope? An Empirical
Investigation Using Stated Preference Choice Experiments
Daniel K. Lew*, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries; Kristy Wallmo, NOAA Fisheries
Testing Surplus Values Gained Through Combining Stated and Revealed Preferences Data: A
Comparison of the Poisson and Multinomial Logit Models
David Gebben*, and Dr. John Loomis, Colorado State Univ.
Using Contingent Valuation to Estimate Benefits and Visitor Response to a Fee for Introducing a
Visitor Shuttle System in Kilauea, Kauai
Lynne Koontz*, and Natalie Sexton, U.S. Geological Survey; John Loomis, Colorado State Univ.
Returns to Research and Climate Change: Effects and Adaptation
B.A. McCarl*, X. Villavicencio, and X.M. Wu, Texas A&M Univ.
Jasmine I RESEARCH ADVANCES FOR PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION II-B
Moderator: Tim Fitzgerald, Montana State Univ.
Investigating the Effects of Technical Efficiency on Decisions of Farms to Exit the Aquaculture
Industry in Taiwan: An Empirical Assessment Using a Semi-parametric Approach
Hung-Hao Chang*, and Ling-Yi Hung, National Taiwan Univ.; Richard N. Boisvert, Cornell Univ.
Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle Production: A Copula-Based Approach
Eric Belasco*, Texas Tech Univ.; Ted Schroeder, Kansas State Univ.; Barry Goodwin, North Carolina
State Univ.
Correlation Methods for Large Stochastic Systems
Steven L. Klose*, and Eric Manthei, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M Univ.
A Spatial Analysis of Agricultural Cash Rents
Shannon Woodard*, and Nicholas D. Paulson, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Orchid I CONSUMER DEMAND: QUALITY AND ORGANICS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION II-C
Moderator: DeeVon Bailey, Utah State Univ.
U.S. Consumers? Valuation of Quality Attributes in Beef Products
Babatunde Abidoye*, Harun Bulut, John D Lawrence, and Brian Mennecke, Iowa State Univ.
Examining the Factors Affecting Household Purchase of Organic and Conventional Fluid Milk in the
United States
Pedro A. Alviola IV*, and Oral Capps, Jr., Texas A&M Univ.
Organic and Conventional Baby Food Consumption Analysis
Chung L. Huang*, Victoria LeBeaux, Luanne Lohr, and Michael E. Wetzstein, Univ. of Georgia
Organic and Conventional Fluid Milk Consumption in Central Ohio
Neal H. Hooker*, Ching-Hsing Chang, Abdoul Sam, and Eugene Jones, Ohio State Univ.
Orchid II INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SELECTED PAPER SESSION II-D
Moderator: Huifang Zhang, Washington State Univ.
Expected Changes in China's Grain and Oilseed Industries and Implications for the U.S. and World
Agriculture
Won W. Koo*, and Richard Taylor, North Dakota State Univ.
Economic Impacts of an Outbreak of HPAI and Potential Market Disruptions
Kristyn L. Stone*, Kamina K. Johnson, Diana R. Mitchell, and Ann H. Seitzinger, USDA-APHIS
Interactions between U.S. Biofuel Domestic and Trade Policies and Global Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Dileep K. Birur*, Thomas W. Hertel, and Wallace E. Tyner, Purdue Univ.
Prioritization of Sanitary Restrictions Facing US Exports of Bovine, Porcine, and Ovine for
Determination of Surveillance Needs
Philip L. Paarlberg*, Purdue Univ., Ann Hillberg Seitzinger, USDA-APHIS, Ann H. Seitzinger, Purdue
Univ. USDA-ERS
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Jasmine Foyer Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON
Ginger SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS LEADERS
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM III
Organizer: Henry Bahn, USDA CSREES
Jasmine III RESOURCE ISSUES IN THE WEST
SELECTED PAPER SESSION III-A
Moderator: Dileep Birur, Purdue Univ.
Rangeland Management with Invasive Annual Grasses and Wildfire in the Great Basin
Mimako Kobayashi* and Kimberly Rollins, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
Best Management Practice Auctions: Innovative and Market-Based, but are they Cost-Effective?
Craig M. Smith*, John M. Crespi, John C. Leatherman, Jeffrey M. Peterson and Josh D. Roe, Kansas
State Univ.
Federal Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Wyoming’s Energy Economy: Impacts on Tax Revenue and
Public Investment
Milton Geiger*, Don McLeod, and Roger Coupal, Univ. of Wyoming
Economic Considerations in Selecting Best Management Practices
M. Edward Rister*, Ronald D. Lacewell, Taesoo Lee, Raghavan "Srini" Srinivasan, Balaji Narasimhan, Clint Wolfe, and David Waidler, Texas AgriLife Research; Allen W. Sturdivant, Texas AgriLife
Extension; Darrel Andrews, Mark Ernst, Jennifer Owens, Tarrant Regional Water District
Jasmine I RESPONSES TO DROUGHT AND WEEDS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION III-B
Moderator: Steve Amosson, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Comparison of Drought Mitigation Strategies for Cow/calf
John P. Ritten*, Christopher T. Bastian, Michael A. Smith. Steven I. Paisley, Univ. of Wyoming
Continuous versus Discrete Decision Variables in Farm-Level Programming Models: Implications
for Optimal Drought Management
Dannele E. Peck*, Univ. of Wyoming
Determining the Economic Threshold of Sagebrush Infestation
Christopher T. Bastian*, James J. Jacobs, Michael A. Smith, and Dannele E. Peck, Univ. of Wyoming
Grazing Allotment and Stochastic Wildfire: Cost of Wildfire in Southeast Oregon
Man-Keun Kim*, Thomas R. Harris and Erqian Zhu, Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Jonathan E. Alevy, Univ.
of Alaska-Anchorage
Orchid I AGRIBUSINESS ISSUES
SELECTED PAPER SESSION III-C
Moderator: Steven Blank, Univ. of California at Davis
The Logistics of Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based Ethanol Production
David K. Lambert*, and Jason Middleton, North Dakota State Univ.
Estimating the Effects of Nutrition Knowledge and Food Culture on Produce Consumption
Christiane Schroeter*, California Polytechnic State Univ.; Lisa House, Univ. of Florida
Increasing Adoption of Renewable Energy in California Agribusinesses
Lynn Hamilton*, and Jay Noel, Cal Poly, CA
Examining the Farm-to-Retail Price Spread and Retail Price Rigidity in Light of High Food Price
Volatility
Richard J. Volpe, III*, Univ. of California, Davis
Orchid II CONSUMER AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
Moderator: Lee Schulz, Kansas State Univ.
SELECTED PAPER SESSION III-D
Adding Food-Away-From-Home to the Thrifty Food Plan: Feasibility and Nutritional Implications
Wen You*, Ge Zhang, Brenda Davy, Virginia Tech; Andrea Carlson, USDA-CNPP; Biing-Hwan Lin,
USDA-ERS
The Money-Time Poverty Threshold in at Home Food Production: A Cost Difference Approach
George C. Davis*, and Wen You, Virginia Tech
Consumer Willingness to Pay for Locally Made Specialty Food in New Hampshire: Effects of
Promotional and Local Branding Programs
Osman Hamdan*, and Dr. Craig A. Bond, Colorado State Univ.; Dr. Kelly Giraud, Univ. of New
Hampshire
Private, Public and Regulatory Incentives and Demand for Functional Food Innovation
Stavroula Malla*, Univ. of Lethbridge; Richard Gray, Univ. of Saskatchewan
Dinner on your own
7:15 a.m.–8:15 a.m. Jasmine IIBreakfast and Business Meeting
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
FRIDAY EARLY MORNING
Ginger OLD WEST, NEW WEST, WHAT’S BEST
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM IV
Organizer: Catherine Keske, Colorado State Univ.
Jasmine III RESOURCE ECONOMICS: POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES
SELECTED PAPER SESSION IV-A
Moderator: Milton Geiger, Univ. of Wyoming
Reclamation Bonding in Oil and Gas Development in the State of Wyoming
Bridgette White*, Univ. of Wyoming
Conjunctive Water Management and Managed Recharge: An Optimal Control Investigation
Levan Elbakidze*, and Garth Taylor, Univ. of Idaho
Informing Optimal Experimentation and Adaptive Management through Dynamic Modeling with
Multiple Controls
Craig A. Bond*, and John B. Loomis, Colorado State Univ.
The Impact of Irrigation Technology Improvements and the Loan Deficiency Payment Program on
Agricultural Groundwater Use
David B. Willis*, Clemson Univ.
Jasmine I PRODUCTION RISK AND TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Jeff Luckstead, Univ. of Idaho
SELECTED PAPER SESSION IV-B
Profit Determinants of Sexed Semen in Dairy Cattle
Dana L. Hoag*, Katie McCullock, and Jay Parsons, Colorado State Univ.
Identifying Characteristics of Risk Efficient Farms
Rebecca L. Goldbach*, Dustin L. Pendell, Colorado State Univ.; Jeffery R. Williams, Kansas State
Univ.
Measuring the Relative Impacts of Fuel Prices, Fertilizer Costs and Crop Prices on Wheat Farm
Income in Utah: A Sensitivity Analysis Using Simetar?
Ruby Ward*, and John C. Olson, Utah State Univ.
Interactive Effects of Production Practices on Risk Management Potential of Variable Rate Irrigation
and Variable Rate Fertilization
Carl Dillon*, and Jordan Shockley, Univ. of Kentucky
Orchid I DEMAND ASSESSMENT AND ADVERTISING
SELECTED PAPER SESSION IV-C
Moderator: Jill McCluskey:,Washington State Univ.
Conjoint Experiment in Willingness to Pay for Ecolabel Attributes
Catherine A. Durham*, Cathy Roheim, and Brady P. Horn, Oregon Sate Univ.
Import Demand for Tropical Fresh Fruits in the US: A Dynamic Application of AIDS Model
Jack E. Houston*, Kilungu Nzaku, and Chung L. Huang, Univ. of Georgia
Why Do US Products Suffer from Poor Images in Japan?
Linda Lehrke*, Dr. Hikaru Peterson, Kansas State Univ.
Household Demand Analysis for Bottled Water in the United States
Senarath Dharmasena*, and Oral Capps Jr., Texas A&M Univ.
Optimal Advertising Allocations: The Case of the United States Potato Board
Jennifer Keeling Bond*, Colorado State Univ.; Tim Richards, Arizona State Univ.
Orchid II AGRICULTURAL POLICY I
SELECTED PAPER SESSION IV-D
Moderator: Steven Klose, Texas A&M Univ.
Economics of State Level Water Conservation Goals
Justin Weinheimer*, Phillip Johnson, Thomas Knight, Eduardo Segarra, Texas Tech Univ.
Farm Level Impacts of 2008 Farm Bill Payment Limit Rules and Adjusted Gross Income Eligibility
Criteria
J. Marc Raulston*, George M. Knapek, Joe L. Outlaw, James W. Richardson; Texas A&M Univ.
Potential Ramifications of the EPA Dairy Cow Tax
Brian K. Herbst*, David P. Anderson, Joe L. Outlaw, James W. Richardson, Texas A&M Univ.
Searching for the Right Niche: Biofuel Policy Design for Washington State
Jonathan Yoder*, C.R. Shumway, P. Wandschneider, D.L. Young, H.H. Chouinard, A.F. EspinolaArredondo, S. Galinato, C.S. Frear, D. Holland, E.L. Jessup, J.T. Lafrance, J.K. Lyons,
M.P. McCullough, K.M. Painter, and L. Stodick, Washington State Univ.
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Jasmine Foyer Morning Break
10:30 a.m.–Noon
FRIDAY LATE MORNING
Ginger NO SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM V
Jasmine III WATER, LAND, AND RECREATION
SELECTED PAPER SESSION V-A
Moderator: Jonathan Yoder, Washington State Univ.
The Value of Scouting for Big Game Animals for Hunters and non-Hunters: A Count Data Approach
Eugenie Montblanc,* Kimberly Rollins, Mimako Kobayashi, and M.D.R. Evans, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
The Impacts of Changes in Surfacewater and Groundwater Characteristics on Irrigated Agriculture:
The Case of California's Central Valley
Kurt Schwabe*, Ken Baerenklau, and Keith Knapp, Univ. of California
Patterns of Palm Oil Expansion in Southeast Asia
Joanne Gaskell*, and Holly Gibbs, Stanford Univ.
Water Use, Sharing, and Willingness to Pay: A Survey of Western Households
Jennifer Thorvaldson*, James Pritchett, Alan Bright, Andrea Shortsleeve, Troy Bauder, and Reagan
Waskom, Colorado State Univ.
Jasmine I CONTRACTS, TECHNIQUES, AND COSTS
SELECTED PAPER SESSION V-B
Moderator: Penny Diebel, Oregon State Univ.
Importance of Immigrants for U.S. Agriculture
Stephen Devadoss* and Jeff Luckstead, Univ. of Idaho
Role of Learning in the Evolution of Processing Potato Contracts
Kynda Curtis*, and Tigran Melkonyan, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
Contracting with Agents Seeking Status
Philippe Bontems Toulouse*, School of Economics (GREMAQ-INRA and IDEI)
The Impact of the 2006 E. coli Outbreaks on Consumer Demand for Salad Vegetables
Ron Mittelhammer*, and Jill McCluskey, Washington State Univ.; Faysal Fahs, N. Dakota State Univ.
Orchid I MEASURING IMPACTS ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SELECTED PAPER SESSION V-C
Moderator: Lynn Hamilton, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
The Impact of Ethanol on the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: A Multi-Market Analysis
Suparna Bhattacharya*, Azzeddine Azzam, and Darrell Mark, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
An Event Analysis of the 2006 E. coli Outbreak in Spinach and Lettuce
Huifang Zhang*, Thomas Marsh, and Jill McCluskey, Washington State Univ.
The Impacts of Food Scares on U.S. Meat Demand
Yanhong H. Jin *, Rutgers University; Sergio Collin-Castillo, and Victoria Salin, Texas A&M Univ.
Generic and Brand Advertising: Is There an Economic Impact on U.S. Demand for Peanut Butter?
Stanley M. Fletcher*, Univ. of Georgia; Tullaya Boonseang, former Univ. of Georgia
Orchid II AGRICULTURAL POLICY II
SELECTED PAPER SESSION V-D
Moderator: Gary Brester, Montana State Univ.
Regulatory Compliance Costs and California Specialty Crop Producers Profitability
Jay Noel*, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Mechel S. Paggi, and Fumiko Yamazaki, California State Univ.
Evaluation of Production Behavior Under Decoupled Policy Options: An Experimental Economics
Approach
Christopher T. Bastian*, Dale Menkhaus, and Amy M. Nagler, Univ. of Wyoming
Impacts of Dramatic Increases in Corn Based Ethanol Production on Grain Production and Marketing
Patterns in South Dakota
Bashir A. Qasmi*, Yonas Hamda, and Scott W. Fausti, South Dakota State Univ.
Landowner Willingness to Sell Water Rights in Nevada
Mimako Kobayashi*, Kynda Curtis, and Staci Emm, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Noon-1:30 p.m. Awards
Jasmin II WAEA AWARDS PROGRAM AND LUNCHEON
Published Graduate Student or MS Thesis Award
Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Published Research Award
JARE Outstanding Journal Article for 2008 Award.
Extension Program Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award Selection Committee
Outstanding Undergraduate Awards