Department of
Agricultural & Applied Economics
Extension Website
Welcome to the AAEC Extension website
This site contains educational and informational materials related to various aspects of the agricultural industry.
Upcoming Events
Alex White will be speaking to the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers convention (Waynesboro, VA, August 2010) about marketing and general business management.
Alex White will be speaking on effective marketing strategies at the National Christmas Tree Association convention (Winston-Salem, NC, August 2010).
Recent Master's Degree Projects
Look for extension publications and materials related to these projects in the near future!
Jared Burner
Inventory Management of the Beef Carcass for Direct Marketers
Brandy Foster Morse
Developing a Financial Analysis for Virginia Vineyards
Ashleigh Waddle
Zachary Waldron
Recent Events
Alex White developed and administered the State FFA Farm Business Management CDE. Two chapters competed - Abingdon and Nelson County Sr.
Click here to see copies of the 2010 contests.
Mike Ellerbrock taught economic foundations of capitalism to 90 high school teachers and 90 students in East European nations (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary) making the transition from communism and socialism to market-based systems.
Click here for more information on Mike's trip
Mike Roberts coordinated a series of Dairy Risk Management workshops. Click on the following links for access to the handouts and presentations from this series
Dairy Risk Management Workshops - brochure
Dairy Risk Management Workshops - information on the series
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Eric Eberly
Gordon Groover
Alex White
Recent Publications
Virginia Landowner’s Guide to the Carbon Market (442-138), authored by John Ignosh, Kurt Stephenson, Matthew Yancey, Bill Whittle, and Mark Alley can be found at http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/bse/442-138/442-138.html .
A Characterization of Direct-Marketed Beef Production in Virginia (448-124), authored by Denise Mainville, Gordon Groover, Bradley Webb, and Ashleigh Waddle can be found at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/448/448-124/448-124.html .
Investing in GPS Guidance Systems? (448-076) by Gordon Groover and Robert Grisso is now available at www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-076/448-076.html and the PDF version can be printed from www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-076/448-076.pdf . The web site provides a link to an online decision aid and an Excel spreadsheet for farmers to estimating their own breakeven acreages for a GPS guidance system.
An Inventory of Beef Slaughter & Processing Facilities for Virginia Direct Marketers of Beef (448-195) by Denise Mainville and Ashleigh Waddle, is available on the VCE website at: www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-195/448-195.html . A hard copy of the publication (it is formatted to open out into a booklet that is well suited for posting on your bulletin board and also has a map showing locations of the facilities) please request one at: https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1225457081494 (you may need to copy and paste this link into your internet browser).
Describing Commercial Berry Crop Production and Marketing in Virginia: Results of a 2006 Survey (448-507) by Joseph Monson and Denise Mainville has been published to the VCE website at: www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-507/448-507.html .
Mixed Hay Enterprise Budget
Excel file
pdf file