2008

Individual - Less than 10 Years’ Experience
Vera Bitsch, Michigan State University

Individual – More than 10 Years’ Experience
Michael Boehlje, Purdue University

Group
“The Packer-Feeder Game – An Experiential Learning Program"
Clement Ward, Oklahoma State University
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University
Stephen Koontz, Colorado State University
James Trapp, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Website (Web Based Tools)
FAST Tools
Farmdoc, University of Illinois

Graduate Student Extension Competition
1st T.J. Hanson, University of Minnesota, What do we know about Minnesota’s Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ) Program?

2nd Keri Perez, North Carolina State University, Optimal Conservation Strategies for Landowners: An Extension Program to Address Conservation Decision on Agricultural Land

3rd Jennifer Thorvaldson, Colorado State University, Water Leases: Attitudes of South Platte Farmers

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2007

Individual - Less than 10 Years’ Experience
Allan Gray, Purdue

Individual – More than 10 Years’ Experience
Steven C. Blank, University of California-Davis

Group
"U.S. Livestock Identification Systems: Risk Management and Market Opportunities."
Wendy Umberger, Colorado State U., and Dee Von Bailey, Utah State University, coordinators

Website (for an electronic newsletter)
Agricultural and Resource Economics Update
Giannini Foundation­University of California

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2006

Individual - Less than 10 Years’ Experience
Lori Lynch, University of Maryland

Individual – More than 10 Years’ Experience
Gerald White, Cornell University

Group
Members of the "Tobacco Quota Buyout Program" team
Blake Brown, Gary Bullen, Ted Feitshans, Arnold Oltmans, Guido Van Der Hoeven and Michael Walden of North Carolina State University; Steve Isaacs, Tracy Probst and Will Snell, University of Kentucky; Kelly Tiller, University of Tennessee

Website - tie
FINBIN - The Farm Financial Database (The University of Minnesota)
www.FINBIN.umn.edu

Inventure - Agriculture Innovation & Commercialization Center (Purdue University)
www.agecon.purdue.edu/planner

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2005

Individual - Less than 10 Years’ Experience
Nicolas Piggott, North Carolina State University

Individual – More than 10 Years’ Experience
Stephen Amosson, Texas A&M University

Group
Members of the “Trade Adjustment Assistance Training for Catfish Producers” team
Terry Hanson, John Anderson and James Avery, Mississippi State University

Individual Website
Howard Rosenberg of Cal-Berkeley
http://apmp.berkeley.edu/

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2004

Individual
George F. Patrick, Purdue University

Group
Members of the “Winning the Game” team
Robert Craven, Edward Usset, Wynn Richardson, Tim Arlt, Willam Craig, Gary Hachfeld and Bret Oelke, University of Minnesota; Roger Selley, H. Douglas Jose, Terence Hejny, Robert Deduna and David Goeller, University of Nebraska; Roy Smith; Keith Banta, County Hedging, Inc.

Departmental Website - tie
Penn State University

Alabama A&M University

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2003

Individual
Chris Hurt, Purdue University

Group
Members of the Texas A&M University "2002 Farm Bill Education Program" team
Joe L. Outlaw, James W. Richardson, David P. Anderson, Steven L. Klose and James D. Sartewelle, III

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2002

Individual
Robert N. Wisner, Iowa State University

Group
Members of the Farm.Doc Team, University of Illinois
Paul Ellinger, Darrel Good, Robert Hauser, Dale Lattz, Joao Marines, Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Don Uchtmann, and Scott Irwin (team leader).

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2001

Individual
G. Art Barnaby, jr., Kansas State University.
Gerald A. Doeksen, Oklahoma State University.

Group
Extension Risk Management Education Coordinating Team
H. Douglas Jose, University of Nebraska, Kevin Klair, University of Minnesota, Jon Newkirk, Washington State University, James L. Novak, Auburn University, Kenneth W. Stokes, Texas A&M University and
H. Don Tilmons, University of Delaware.

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Individual
Timothy Kelsey, Pennsylvania State University, "Local Taxes and Our Community"

Group
"Managing Risk and Profits"
More than 30 faculty and staff in 13 universities and companies participated. The institutions and directors are: Iowa State University, Robert Wisner; The Ohio State University, Dean Baldwin, Cameron Thraen and Norman St-Pierre; University of Wisconsin, Robert Cropp and Kevin Bernhardt.

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1999

Individual
Lynn Harvey, Michigan State U.

Group
Purdue University project, "Food System 21: Gearing Up for the New Millennium",
Over 50 faculty and staff in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Animal Sciences, Food Sciences, Forestry and Natural Resources, and Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Co-Chairs in the Department of Agricultural Economics: Michael Boehlje and Wallace Tyner.

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Group
Master Marketer Program
Texas A&M University, Steve Amosson, Stan Bevers, Jackie Smith, Roland Smith, and Mark Waller.

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1997

Individual
Nelson Bills, Cornell U.

Group
Managing for Today's Cattle Market and Beyond Program
U. of Wyoming.

Group
The Agricultural and Food Policy Center
Texas A&M U

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