John B. Loomis James W. Richardson WEDNESDAY EVENING

Registration

Board Meeting

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONNoon-5:00 P.M. San Carlos Ballroom Foyer

4:30-7:00 P.M. LosAngeles Room

7:00-9:00 P.M. Ferrantes Bayview

THURSDAY MORNING7:15-8:15 A.M. Breakfast (on your own)

John B. Loomis , Colorado State University, was recently named AERE Fellow. He has

been a prolific and influential scholar in the area of nonmarket valuation, identifying

cutting edge topics and methodologies. Over the last 30 years, he has authored or co-

authored 224 refereed journal articles, co-authored three books, and written 71

proceedings papers or book chapters. He has made significant contributions to

contingent valuation, travel cost modeling, and the hedonic property method. Many

of his writing are highly cited. His publication in the American Journal of Economics

(AJAE), “Statistical Efficiency of Double Bounded Dichotomous Choice Contingent

Valuation” (with Hanemann and Kanninen) was given the Publication of Enduring

Quality Award by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. The 1991 Land

Economics article “Confidence Intervals for Evaluating benefits Estimates from

Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Studies” (with Park and Creel) was the first

to outline a method to estimate confidence intervals for dichotomous choice WTP

models. It has become the fourth most cited paper published in Land Economics. In

the last 20 years, he has served as major professor, mentor and committee member

for many graduate students . He has played an important role as co-editor of the AERE

Newsletter since 1998, as well as serving as AERE Vice-President in 2000-2001 and as

an AERE board member in 1993-1995.

Dr. James W. Richardson, Texas A&M, Regents Professor of agricultural economics, has research and graduate teaching, responsibilities in public policy and

simulation analysis. Richardson's research has attracted national recognition by emphasizing quantitative, risk based policy analyses through the use of farm-

level simulation models (FLIPSIM). Evaluating the farm-level impacts of agricultural and tax policies on crop, livestock, and dairy farms is Richardson's

specialty. His research is largely responsible for the ability of AFPC to evaluate the implications of policy decisions at the farm level -- the analytical

dimension for which the Center is best known. He has received numerous awards including Lifetime Achievement Awards from the S A E A, the WAEA, five

Professional Excellence awards from the AAEA, the TAMU Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award, SAEA Distinguished Professional Contribution Award,

WAEA Teaching Award, Deputy Chancellor's Distinguished Performance Team Awards twice, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honor Professor, and

Deputy Chancellor Award for TAES Faculty Fellow and Senior Faculty Fellow, TAMU Regents Professor, two USDA Administrators Awards, and the Farm

Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Issues Education. He is presently President-Elect for the Western Agricultural Economics

Association.

Reception

Registration

WAEA Keynote Guest Address

John B. Loomis

San Carlos Ballroom III

WAEA PRESIDENT AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Welcome

Gregory M. Perry

WAEA Presidential Address

James W. Richardson

7:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. San Carlos Ballroom Foyer

8:30-10:15 A.M.

THURSDAY LATE MORNINGSan Carlos Ballroom I-FARM FINANCE: VOLATILITY, RISK AND EQUITY

The Role of Natural Enemies in Management of Primary and Secondary Pests

in Agricultural Production

National Brands, Private Labels, and Food Price Inflation

Retail Outlet Selection and Preferences for Private Labels

*Haoying Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, Satheesh V. Aradhyula,

University of Arizona

A Spatial Economietric Analysis of Crop Yield and Climate Variability in

Arizona

San Diego Room-FOOD RETAILING: CONSUMER CHOICES

MECHEL PAGGI, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FRESNOSan Carlos Ballroom IV-FRUIT PRODUCTION & MARKETING

Noon-1:30 P.M.

Dr. Derrell Peel Oklahoma State University, Dr. Brian Briggeman, Kansas

State University, John R. Baker, Iowa Beginning Farmer Center, Dr. Shannon

L. Ferrell, Oklahoma State University

Farm Transitions: Obstacles and Opportunites for Producers and an Industry

Santa Monica Room SYMPOSIUM SHANNON FERRELL, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Lunch on your own

10:30 A.M.-Noon

A Bio-economic Model of Spotted Wing Drosophila for California Raspberries

Transportation and Production Cost Effects on the Competitive Boundaries

for Celery and Strawberries

Effectiveness of Pear Promotional Activities

Farm Efficiency and Volatile Commodity Markets in Kansas

Food Security vs. Food Self-Sufficiency: The Case of the Philippine Goal of Self-

sufficient Rice Production

Shadow Wages' Estimation Using Tanzania National Data

*Faiza Saeed, Aarhus University, Russell Tronstad, Satheesh V. Aradhylua,

University of Arizona

*Koichi Yonezawa, Timothy James Richards, Arizona State University

AND RETAILER BEHAVIOR

RODNEY HOLCOMB, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

*Xiaojiao Jiang, Thomas L. Marsh, Washington State University

Willingness to Pay from the Mouth vs. Wallet: A Restaurant Field Experiment

with Beef

Risk Aversion and Preference for Store Price Format

*Richard Volpe, USDA-ERS

*Hirkaru Hanawa Peterson, Xianghong Li, Kansas State University

*Justin McKinley, Lawton Lanier Nalley, Nate Lyman, University of Arkansas

Elizabeth Canales, Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University, Michael

Langemeier, Purdue University, Allen Featherstone, *Graciela Andrango,

Kansas State University

Lianxin Yang, *Levan Elbakidze, Chris McIntosh, University of Idaho, Thomas

L. Marsh, Washington State University

*Derek Farnsworth, University of California, Davis

*Michael Paul McCullough, Jay Noel, Sean Patrick Hurley, California

Polytechnic State

*Ryan Larsen, Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University

*Joleen C. Hadrich, Colorado State University

*Graciela C. Andrango, Kansas State University

KAMINA JOHNSON, USDA-APHIS

JOHN PARK, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYSan Carlos Ballroom II-INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTJake Erickson, Former Student Utah State University, DeeVon Bailey, Ruby

Ward, Karin Allen, Utah State University

*Henry an, Fiona Hossack, University of Alberta

Examining the Source of Farm Equity in Northern Plains

Managing dairy risk in the 2000s

Analysis of Impacts of Targeted NGO Interventions on Small-Scale Farm

Families

Cash Versus In-Kind: Farmer Valuation of Seed Traits and Differences in

Willingness-to-Pay

Santa Monica Room-NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (SP 5)

1:30-3:00 P.M.

San Carlos Ballroom I- PROFITABILITY IN LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS MOHUA HAQUE, SAMULE ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATIOINDynamic Effects of Drought on Cow/Calf Producers *Amanda Leister, Colorado State University, John G Lee, Philip Paarlberg, Purdue

University

Benefit-Cost Analysis of NIRS Feeding Initiative for the Alberta Livestock and

Crop Industry

*Zheng Li, Scott Jeffrey, Henry An, James Unterschultz, University of Alberta, Mary-

Lou Swift, Govermentof Alberta

Energy Project Impacts on Livestock Operation Profitability *Shannon Lee Ferrell, Kellie Curry Raper, Oklahoma State University

Captive Supply Experiment: Linking Bidding Behavior and Firm Cost Structure *Kalyn T, Coatney, John M. Riley, Susan Elizabeth Head, Mississippi State University

San Carlos Ballroom II-ECONOMICS OF LOCAL FOODS SEAN PATRICK HURLEY, CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY Assessment of Farmers' Market Consumer Preferences for Produce Attributes *Jean Dominique Gumirakiza, Kynda Curtis, Ryan Bosworth, Utah State University

An economic valuation on the external cost of alternative milk packaging and

delivery options

*Clinton Lee Neill, Ryan Blake Williams, Aaron Benson, Texas Tech University

Using Sensory Evaluation Data to Understand Willingness to Pay for Locally

Labeled Goods

*Ryan Bosworth, DeeVon Bailey, Kynda Curtis, Utah State University

Per capita income and farmers' markets: Searching for an environmental

Kuznets curve for environmental attributes

*Ryan Blake Williams, Aaron Benson, Maria M. Mutuc Clinton Lee Neil, Texas Tech

University

San Carlos IV-GRADUATE PAPER COMPETITION LARRY VAN TASSELL, UNIVSERTY OF NEBRASKAThe U.S.-Brazil Cotton Dispute and the World Cotton Market *William Ridley, University of Colorado, Stephen Devadoss, University of Idaho

U.S. and Chinese Apple Trade in ASEAN *Jeff Luckstead, Washington State University, Stephen Devadoss, University of

Idaho, Ron C. Millethammer, Washington, State University

California's Proposition 37 Voter Intention and the Impact of Prior Knowledge,

Prices, and Campaign Advertising

*Brandon R. McFadden, Jayson L. Lusk, Oklahoma State University

3:00-3:30 P.M. Break

THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON

Do Expenditures on wildfire suppression save homes? *Michael Hand, David Calkin, Matthew Thompson, USDA Forest Service

San Diego Room-SYMPOSIUM KATELYN MCCULLOCK, LIVESTOCK MARKETING INFO CTR, DENVERThe Future of Dairy in the West C. Wilson Gray, University of Idaho, Joleen Hadrich, Colorado State University,

David Anderson, Texas A&M University

Is Separated Ownership and Control Farming Crowding Out Combined

Ownership and Control in U.S.?

*Matthew Elliott, Harvey James, University of Missouri

STEVEN KLOSE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYWhat floats your boat? Preference revelation from lotteries over complex

goods

Janathan Yoder, Washington State University, Adrienne Ohler, Illinois State

University, *Hayley H. Chouinard, Washington State University

An Empirical Approach to Directly Accounting for Expectations in Behavioral

Models

*Apryl Joy Hekman, Daniel Deisenroth, California State University, Stanislaus

THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON

Dinner on your own5:00 P.M.

CHRIS BASTIAN, UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

DAWN THILMANY, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYBuilding farmers in the West: Innovative Approaches to Engage and Evaluate

a New Set of Stakeholders

Dr. Dawn Thilmany (Martha Sullins, Adrian Card), Colorado State University,

C. Wilson Gray, University of Idaho, Joann Warner (Dr. Kellie Enns and Dr.

Kinda Curtis), Asst. Director Western Center for Risk Management Education

Spatio-temporal modeling of irrigation water use and transfers: Implications

of hydrologic connectivity

*Levan Elbakidze, R. Garth Taylor, University of Idaho

*Michael Patrick Brady, Umesh Bastola, Washington State University

*Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University

*Yongqiu Cai, Feng Qiu, University of Alberta

*Darren Haarsma, Feng Qiu, University of Alberta

*Muhammad Al Amin, Benjamin S. Rashford, Christopher Bastian, University

of Wyoming

Cross Hedging High Plains Sunflowers

ROOM 6 SYMPOSIUM

San Carlos Ballroom II-LAND VALUE AND USE

Does Complexity or Incentives Drive Irrigators to be Inefficient?

Precipitation as a Natural Experiment to Estimate the Agricultural Value of

Irrigation Water

San Diego Room-WATER USE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DERRELL PEEL, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

*Gregory McKee, William W. Wilson, North Dakota State University

*Mykel Taylor, Kevin Dhuysetter, Kansas State University

Estimating the Foregone Benefits of Water Transfers in Northern California

*Eric Houk, California State University-Chico

3:30-5:00 P.M.

San Carlos Ballroom I-AG FINANCE: MARKETS AND MANAGEMENT JOLEEN HADRICH, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

*Lisa Elliot, Zhiguang, South Dakota State University

*Claire Luensmann, Ted. C. Schroeder, Kansas State UniversityTime Paths of Implied Volatility Spillovers in Agricultural Markets

Population Growth and Farm Land Conversion: A Case Study of Edmonton-

Calgary Corridor

State-Dependent Land-Use Responses: Appplication to Farmland Conversion

in Alberta

Determination of Risk Premiums in Agricultural Land Leasing Contracts

Risk and Return Trade-Offs in Partnering Strategies between Coops and IOFs

Agricultural Land Use in a Changing Climate: Implications for Waterfowl

Habitat in Prairie Canada

*Myriah Johnson, James W. Richardson, Texas A&M Univ, Qiang Hu, Arizona State

Univ

*Suprana Bhattacharya, Konstantinos Giannakas, Karina Schoengold, University

of Nebraska-Lincoln

*Steven E. Sexton, North Carolina State University

Impact of Biofuel Demand on Water Allocation in the Ogallala

The Impact of the Beef Industry in the Southern Ogallala Region

10:00-10:30 A.M. Break

Jeffrey Stroup, *Thomas Russell Harris, Univ of Nevada-Reno, Gary Smith, PNW

Regional Economic Analysis Project, Mark Nichols, Institute for the Study of

Gambling

San Carlos Ballroom IV TRADE: POLICY, STRATEGY AND CLIMATE

Measuring Health Benefits of Biomass Co-Firing

Market and Welfare Effects of Federal Renewable Policy in the U.S. Electricity

Sector

Assessing the Net Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Natural Gas

Fracking

Sources of Growth and Cyclical Stability by ERS County Typology

Regionalization Strategies for a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak in the

United States

Ethanol trade as impacted by climatic variability: Learning from the U.S-Brazil

experience

Dynamic Impacts of Export Controls on Price Transmission

Has SAFTA Proved Beneficial for Regional Trade?

Financial Assessment of Algae Biofuels Production: A Comparison of Two

Alternative Cultivation Systems

*Man-Keun Kim, Utah State Univ., Bibek Paudel, Dept of Applied Economics

Ferrantes Bayview Breakfast and WAEA Business Meeting

San Carlos Ballroom I-FARM MANAGEMENT

Does Daylight Savings Time Lead to More Time Exercising?

MICHAEL PAUL MCCULLOGH, CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY

Price Characteristics of a Colorado Hay Auction

FRIDAY EARLY MORNING

San Carlos Ballroom II-COMMUNITY, REGIONAL and HEALTH ECONOMICS

7:15-8:15 AM

8:30-10:00 AM

*Frank Nti, Andrew Barkley, Kansas State University

*Sheng Gong, Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University

Wheat Variety Yield Data: Do Commercial and Public Performance Tests Provide

the Same Information?

Conservation Practice Adoption in Kansas: A Conditional View

*Katelyn McCullock, Livestock Marketing Information Center, Carolyn Davidson,

Economist, James Robb, Livestock Marketing Information Center

MYKEL TAYLOR, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

JAY NOEL, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITYSanta Monica Room AGRICULTURE'S IMPACT ON WATER

MECHEL PAGGI, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FRESNO*Kamina Keiko Johnson, USDA, David Anderson, Texas A&M, Ann Hillberg

Seitzinger, APHIS, Phillip Paarlberg, Purdue University, Stephen L. Ott, USDA

*Rachna Tewari, Jaime Malaga, Jeff Johnson, Texas Tech University

*Feng Qiu, University of Alberta

*Pavan Dhanireddy, Washington, State University

*Alison Sexton, Abt Associates, Steven Sexton, North Carolina State University

*Bhagyashree Katare, University of MinnesotaAn insight into understanding obesity through the study of immigrant population

San Diego Room IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE and NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY

Purposeful Design of Undergraduate Programs in Agribusiness Dr. Marshall Frasier, Colorado State Univ, Dr. Hikaru Peterson, Kansas State Univ,

Dr. Penelope Diebel, Oregon State Univ, Dr. Kellie Enns, Colo State Univ

*Dereje B. Megeressa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

*Bridget L. Guerrero, Stephen H. Amosson, Ted McCullum, Texas A&M AgriLife

Extension Servies

San Carlos Ballroom III SYMPOSIUM

*Frederico Garcia Suarez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

MARSHALL FRASIER, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

An Optimal Control Model of the High plains Aquifer for Ag Use

San Carlos Ballroom II-MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION SEAN PATRICK HURLEY, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC State University

10:30-Noon FRIDAY LATE MORNINGSan Carlos Ballroom I-TEACHING/EXTENSION LYNN HAMILTON, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY

Understanding Agricultural Sustainability: A California Agribusiness Students

Perspective

*Pei Xu, David Vera, California State University-Fresno, Kuo-Liang Chang,

South Dakota State University

Making the Woemn, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Cost Competitive:

the California Experience

*Julian Alston, Kate Binzen Fuller, Callifornia State University-Davis, Jonathan

Kaplan, California State University-Sacramento, Kabir Paull Tumber,

University of California-DavisThe Economics of Perennial Plant Diseases: A Case Study of the Costs of

Grapevine Viruses and the Benefits of the National Clean Plant Network

*Kate Binzen Fuller, University of California-Davis

Master's Programs in Agricultural Economics: Situation and Analysis Shannon Smith Porter, *Jon C. Phillips, Cal State Poly Univ-Pomona

Subsidy Farming, Information, and Payment Incidence in Factor Markets:

Evidence from Market Experiments

San Carlos Ballroom IV-FARM POLICY AMANDA LEISTER, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

*Mechel Paggi, California State University-Fresno

Who Responds to Air Quality Alerts?

Prior Appropriation and Water Quality *Timothy Fitzpatrick, University of Montana

Making Friends to Incluence Others: The Effect of Corruption on the Creation,

Allocation and Impacts of Social Capital

*Hayley H. Chouinards, Gregmar Ignacio Galinato, Philip R. Wandshcneider,

Washington State University

An Analysis of the California Cap-and-Trade Program: Implications for the

Food Processing Sector

RYAN WILLIAMS, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

Analyzing the Impact of Changing Farm Policy on Texas High Plains

AgricultureEconomic Evaluation of Switchgrass Feedstock Production Systems Tested in

Potassium-Deficient Soils

*Christopher Bastian, Amy M. Nagler, Dale J. Menkhaus, Mariah D, Ehmke,

Owen Phillips, Benjamin R. Cook, University of Wyoming*DeDe Jones, Bridget Guerrero, Michelle Jones, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

*Mohua Haque, Jon T. Biermacher, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,

Inc., Kering Maru, Virginia State University, John A. Guretzky, University of

Nebraska-Lincoln

Designing Feasibility Templates for Undergraduate Instruction and Extension

Programs

Noon-1:30 P.M.

Timothy K.M. Beatty, Univ. of Minnesota, *Alison Sexton, ABT Associates

Awards Luncheon and Adjourn

A Spatial Economietric Analysis of Crop Yield and Climate Variability in

Arizona

*Rodney B. Holcomb, Phil Kenkel, Oklahoma State University

*Haoying Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, Satheesh V. Aradhyula,

University of Arizona

Macroeconomic Dynamics and Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP)Food Deserts, Sustainable Food Hubs, Pre-School Aged Native American

Indian Children, and Childhood Obesity

*Tina Saitone, Richard Sexton, University of California-Davis

*Senarath Dharmasena, Oral Capps, Jr., David A. Bessler, Texas A&M

UniversityDolores Stegelin, Clemson University, *Forrest Stegelin, University of Georgia

San Diego Room-POTPOURRI The Costs and Benefits of Pierce's Disease Research in the California

Winegrape Industry

MICHAEL PAUL MCCULLOUGH, CAL POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY

Santa Monica Room-ISSUES IN FOOD POLICY

7:00-9:00 P.M.

WednesdayOpening Reception Ferrantes Bayview

ThursdaySan Carlos III Santa Monica San Diego San Carlos IV San Carlos II San Carlos I

Farm Finace:

Voilatity, Risk and

Equity

8:30-10:15 A.M. Welcome, President and Keynote Addresses San Carlos Ballroom III

10:15-10:30 A.M. Short Break in

10:30-Noon Symposium 1

Farm Transitions:

Obstacles and

Opportunites for

Producers and an

Industry

Food Retailing:

Consumer Choices and

Retailer Behavior

Fruit Production &

Marketing

International

Development

Noon-1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own

1:30-3:00 P.M. Symposium 2

Profitability in

Livestock

Operations

3:00-3:30 P.M. Break

3:30-5:00 P.M. Symposium 3

The Future of Dairy in the

West

Natural Resource

Management

Graduate Paper

Competition

Economics of Local

Foods

Ag Finance:

Markets and

Management

5:00 P.M. Dinner on your own

Friday7:15-8:15 A.M. Breakfast and Business Meeting

Building farmers in the

West: Innovative

Approaches to Engage and

Evaluate a New Set of

Stakeholders

Water Use in

Agricutural Production

Land Value and Use

Purposeful Design of

Undergraduate Programs in

Agribusiness

Agriculture's Impact

on Water

Impacts of Revewable

and Non-Renewable

Energy

Trade: Policy,

Strategy and Climate

Community,

Regional and

Health Economics

Farm Management

8:30-10:00 A.M. Symposium 4

10:00-10:30 A.M. Break

10:30 A.M.-Noon Issues in Food Policy Potpourri Farm Policy Managing

Environmental

Pollution

Teaching/

Extension