Faculty
The MAST program compiles decades of agricultural economics experience from faculty members across the country who are among the field's most renowned experts, and they're here to equip you with the tools to succeed in today's challenging agricultural industry.
2011-2012 MAST Faculty
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Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Ph.D. |
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Art Barnaby, Ph.D. |
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Kevin Dhuyvetter, Ph.D. |
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Damona Doye, Ph.D. Dr. Damona Doye is a Regents professor and Extension economist at Oklahoma State University. She supervises the Oklahoma IFMAPS (Intensive Financial Management and Planning Support) program, which provides trained personnel to assist farmers and ranchers in developing financial plans, and is co-leader of the OSU Master Cattleman Program as well as Annie’s Project. Doye helps analyze rental rates, custom rates, land values and cost of production for crops and livestock. She has written more than 400 publications on farm and ranch financial management, record-keeping, leasing, enterprise analysis, and related topics. |
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Troy Dumler As an Extension Agricultural Economist in southwest Kansas, Troy Dumler conducts applied research and educational programs that encompass many crop and livestock topics. His recent research interests include the economic evaluation of dryland and irrigated cropping systems, and the economic impact of U.S. farm program payments on Kansas farms. |
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Rodney Jones, Ph.D. Dr. Rodney Jones conducts research and educational programs in the areas of livestock production economics and farm management. Formerly at K-State, he now is an extension specialist for Oklahoma State University, based in Enid. He studies the relative profitability and economic efficiency of alternative livestock production systems and evaluates factors contributing to the overall economic risk facing farmers and ranchers. |
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Terry Kastens, Ph.D. Dr. Terry Kastens uses and evaluates analytical techniques such as econometrics and flexible functional form modeling to research the efficiency of futures markets, the economics of precision agriculture, and hay price forecasting. He also analyzes crop budgeting and profitability, farm and machinery investment alternatives, and production and price risk management. |
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Michael Langemeier, Ph.D. Dr. Michael Langemeier’s extension and research interests include benchmarking of technical and economic performance, strategic positioning, and economies of size. He teaches courses in production economics and economic theory, and presents applied research results at seminars and meetings to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness professionals, and economists. |
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Bradley Lubben, Ph.D. Dr. Bradley Lubben conducts research and educational programs in the areas of food, animal, and public policy. He studies the impacts and alternatives of policy issues and evaluates factors contributing to the overall economic risk facing farmers and ranchers involved in those policy issues. |
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Dan O’Brien, Ph.D. Dr. Dan O'Brien assists farmers throughout Kansas with risk and return assessment of alternative methods for crops and livestock and their impact on the environment. He also works extensively with land-related issues such as buying and leasing land. Current research and extension efforts are examining relationships between energy prices and crop inputs, estimating crop yield and fertility relationships, economics of no-tillage, and the economics of various dairy production systems. |
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Bryan Schurle, Ph.D. Dr. Bryan Schurle teaches courses on finance, optimizing techniques, risk management and principles of agricultural economics. His interests include the application of computer techniques to agribusiness problems. Schurle’s research and extension efforts are oriented to finance and farm management issues. |
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Mykel Taylor, Ph.D. Dr. Mykel Taylor joined the faculty in 2011 as assistant professor of agricultural economics with a major appointment in extension. Taylor earned her Bachelor’s degree in agricultural business management in 2000 and Master’s degree in applied economics in 2001, both from Montana State University. She completed her Ph.D. in economics in 2008 at North Carolina State University. Prior to K-State, Taylor was an assistant professor and extension specialist for the School of Economic Sciences at Washington State University. |
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Glynn Tonsor, Ph.D. Dr. Glynn Tonsor joined the K-State Agricultural Economics faculty as an Assistant Professor in March 2010.He obtained his Ph.D. from K-State in 2006 and was an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University from May 2006 to March 2010. Tonsor's current efforts are primarily devoted to a range of integrated research and extension activities with particular focus on the cattle/beef and swine/pork industries. His broader interests cover aspects throughout the meat supply chain ranging from production level supply issues to end-user consumer demand issues. |