Current topics include manure management, identity preserve grain production , and precision agriculture. Applied research in the area of the environmental and economic impact of land applied manure. The objective of my research is to evaluate alternative grain marketing strategies. General areas of interest include microcomputer applications to farm management decisions, mathematical programming and optimization techniques. Farm management topics include incorporating economics into precision agriculture and crop simulation models.
Current research includes the economics of precision agriculture and fertilizer response equations.
University representative to the North Central Region Extension Farm Management Committee. Current projects include development of a state wide risk management educational series. Interests in cost of production, production economics and efficiency, value added, futures and options, vertical organization, farm management, strategic planning, price discovery. Conduct research in non-market evaluation of natural resources, environmental policy analysis, integrated watershed management, environmental risk analysis and integration of biophysical simulation, economic modeling and geographic information systems for resource management. Conducts research and holds meeting on the use of futures, options and marketing strategies, and contractual agreements for buying and selling grain.