Analyze trends in livestock, poultry, and egg markets. Collect and maintain a comprehensive set of production, supply, and price variables for cattle/beef, hogs/pork, broilers, turkeys, and table eggs and provide forecasts and written content to help clients make informed decisions. Assist clients with purchasing and sales decisions, understanding price risk, identifying investment opportunities, budgeting, and related objectives. Find out more about LEAP Market Analytics at… Show more Analyze trends in livestock, poultry, and egg markets. Collect and maintain a comprehensive set of production, supply, and price variables for cattle/beef, hogs/pork, broilers, turkeys, and table eggs and provide forecasts and written content to help clients make informed decisions. Assist clients with purchasing and sales decisions, understanding price risk, identifying investment opportunities, budgeting, and related objectives. Find out more about LEAP Market Analytics at www.leapmarkets.com. Show less

Courses taught included: Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Marketing, Commodity Futures Markets, Land Economics and Farm Appraisal, and Agricultural Records. Also responsible for developing and introducing Livestock and Poultry Economics to the agricultural economics curriculum at A-State. Served as faculty advisor for the Collegiate Farm Bureau club. Assisted with research and analysis related to the economic impact of cover crop use in the Arkansas Delta.

Conducted fundamental analysis of the broiler, turkey, and table egg industries. Collected, organized, and maintained data to develop production, trade, disappearance, and price forecasts across the three major poultry categories and issued timely reports to clients, who in turn used this information for decision support. Developed the economic modeling tools IEG Vantage (formerly Informa Economics) uses to analyze broiler, turkey, and egg markets. Also assisted with research (consulting)… Show more Conducted fundamental analysis of the broiler, turkey, and table egg industries. Collected, organized, and maintained data to develop production, trade, disappearance, and price forecasts across the three major poultry categories and issued timely reports to clients, who in turn used this information for decision support. Developed the economic modeling tools IEG Vantage (formerly Informa Economics) uses to analyze broiler, turkey, and egg markets. Also assisted with research (consulting) projects related to the livestock, meat, and poultry space. Show less

Administered surveys to Pennsylvania farmers and ranchers. Collected and analyzed data to set agricultural estimates at the state and county level.

Duties mostly included grading papers and homework assignments while assisting instructors with other routine tasks and staying organized. Led study sessions and provided other assistance to undergraduates in the Agribusiness/AgEcon program at the University of Arkansas. Occasionally delivered classroom lectures.