• July 2014 - Current: Dean, College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and Director, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.• July 2013 - July 2014: Interim Dean, College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and Director, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.• July 1, 2008-July 2013: Professor and Head, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota• July 2005: Promotion to Full Professor, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota• July 2004: Present, E. Fred Koller Endowed Chair in Management Information Systems, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.• July 1999 – July 2000: Director of Product Development, E-Markets, Inc., Ames, IA• July 1997 – July 1999: Associate Professor, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.• Sept 1992 – July 1997: Assistant Professor, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.Selected Honors and Awards• 2007-2008 University of Minnesota Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Academic Leadership Program.• University of Minnesota, College of Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences, Distinguished Teaching Award, Spring 2007• American Agricultural Economics Association Award for Distinguished Policy Contribution (Group Award, FAPRI), August 1991.• Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Minnesota College of Food Agriculture and Natural Resource Science Spring 2010.Specialties: Risk management, Price Analysis, Commodity Marketing, Futures and Options, Industrial and Business Organization and Policy.