Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), Mississippi State University, 1985
M.S. (Agricultural Economics), Louisiana State University, 1981
B.S. (Agricultural Business), Louisiana State University, 1979

Crop Production Economics
Farm Management
Farm Commodity Policy

J. Nelson Fairbanks Endowed Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004-present.

Assistant to the Director, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2008.

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2002-present.

Assistant Director, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997-2000.

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1994-2002.

Agricultural Economist, Farm Sector Financial Analysis Branch, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1985-1994.