Vita - University of Idaho

VITA: KATHLEEN M. PAINTER
Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, University of Idaho
PO Box 442334, Sixth Street & Rayburn, Moscow, ID 83844-2334
Phone: (208) 885-6041 Fax: (208) 885-5759
Email: kpainter@uidaho.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Washington State University, May 1992, Agricultural Economics
Thesis: Economic and Environmental Impacts of U.S. Farm Policy
M.A., Washington State University, Aug. 1982, Agricultural Economics
Thesis: Farmwomen and the Work They Do
B.A., Washington State University, June 1979, Communications, Summa Cum Laude, University
Honors Program
EMPLOYMENT
Analyst and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department, Univ. of
Idaho, Jan. 2009 - current
I am responsible for developing and maintaining economic models for Idaho farm and ranch operations,
including costs and returns analysis for all major crops and livestock systems. I also provide economic analyses
as a member of multidisciplinary state, regional, and national research projects.
Sustainable Systems Analyst, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State
University, Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008.
I had a three-year, grant-funded position as a Sustainable Systems Analyst for the Center for Sustaining
Agriculture and Natural Resources at WSU. I developed enterprise budgets for alternative and conventional
cropping systems and analyzed economic and environmental impacts of various cropping systems. I also
analyzed experimental cropping systems for several WSU and USDA researchers.
Owner, web-based internet business, 1994 - 2005
I owned and operated a home-based business marketing products from our sheep farm (handspinning supplies)
as well as other related products. I also started a family during this time and stayed home with my young
children. I sold this successful web-based business in May 2005.
Post-Doctoral research positions: Washington State Univ., 1992 – 2001 Univ. of Idaho, 1992 - 1994
I worked on research projects in the areas of sustainable agriculture, economic and environmental modeling,
farm policy, farm management, and transportation studies.
AWARDS
2009 CSREES Partnership Award for Innovative Program Models Award Our Climate Friendly Farming Project at
Washington State earned this national award for “a model program integrating cutting-edge research with highlyeffective
extension engagement to deliver important and measurable economic and environmental impacts.”

JOURNAL ARTICLES, REFEREED
Painter, Kathleen M., Eric L. Jessup, Marcia Gossard, and Kenneth L. Casavant. “Demand Forecasting for Rural Transit:
Models Applied to Washington State.” Transportation Research Record (1997):35-40, 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M., Robert Douglas Scott II, Philip R. Wandschneider, and Kenneth L. Casavant.
“Using Contingent Valuation to Measure User and Non-user Benefits: An Application to Public Transit.” Review
of Agricultural Economics, 24(2):394-409, 2002. 1
Wandschneider, P., D. Holland, K. Painter, R. Scott, and D. Willis. “Some Issues in Regulatory Benefits-Cost Analysis:
The Benefits and Costs of Regulations to Reduce Smoke from Grass Seed Field Burning in Eastern Washington.
Northwest Journal of Business and Economics. 1998.
Painter, Kathleen, Douglas Young, David Granatstein, and David Mulla. "Combining Alternative and Conventional
Systems for Economic and Environmental Gains." Amer. J. of Alternative Ag., 10(2):88-96, 1995.
Brusven, M., D.Walker, K. Painter and R. Biggam. Ecological-Economic Assessment of a Sediment-Producing Stream
Behind Lower Granite Dam on the Lower Snake River, USA. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 10 (2-
4):373-387, 1995.
Painter, Kathleen and Douglas Young. "Environmental and Economic Impacts of Agricultural Policy Reform: An
Interregional Comparison." J. of Ag. and Applied Economics, 26(2), 1-9, 1994. 2
Painter, Kathleen. "Does Sustainable Farming Pay: A Case Study." J. of Sustainable Ag., 1(3):37-48, 1991.
Young, Douglas and Kathleen Painter. "Farm Program Impacts on Incentives for Green Manure Rotations." Amer. J. of
Alternative Ag., 5(3):99-105, 1990.
Painter, Kathleen and Douglas Young. "Needed: More Federal Involvement in Water Quality Protection." J. of Soil and
Water Conservation, 45(2):280-282, 1990.
ABSTRACTS
Painter, Kathleen, Herbert Hinman, Patrick Fuerst, Richard Koenig, Ian Burke, Dennis Pittmann, Amanda Snyder, and
Robert S Gallagher. “Profitable Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Grain Production in the Arid West:
Experimental Plot Results in Dryland Eastern Washington.” Selected paper abstract in J. of Ag. and Resource
Economics, 33(3): 493, 2008.
Painter, K.M., & Young, D.L. (2008). A Rising Price Tide has Raised All Commodities, but Winter Canola Still Nets
Less than Soft White Winter Wheat in the Irrigated Columbia Basin. 2008 Dryland Field Day Abstracts:
Highlights of Research Progress, pp 20-21. Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University.
Huggins, D. and K. Painter. 2008. Crop Yield and Revenue Variability Across Time and Space at the Cook Agronomy
Farm, 2001-2006. 2008 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress, p 44. Crop & Soil
Sciences, Washington State University.
1 Honorable Mention (first runner-up), Outstanding Journal Article, Review of Agricultural Economics.
2 Outstanding Publication of the Year, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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Walker, D.J. and K .M. Painter. "Measuring Erosion Rate and Onsite Damage Using GIS: A Policy Application."
Abstract in Amer. J. of Ag. Econ., 76(5):1258, 1994.
Painter, Kathleen M. and Douglas L. Young. “Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs for Alternative Cropping Systems
in the Pacific Northwest Palouse.” In Abstracts: Resource Management in a Dynamic World: An International
Educational Summit, p. 9. 47th Annual Meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, Baltimore, MD,
Aug. 1992.
Painter, Kathleen and Douglas Young. "Technology Development Versus Policy Reform: How Best to Encourage
Sustainable Farming." Abstract in Amer. J. of Ag. Econ., 74(5):1304, 1992.
Mat-Lin, Raziah, Douglas L. Young, Tae-Jin Kwon, and Kathleen M. Painter. “Economic Thresholds for Postemergence
Herbicides in Winter Wheat.” Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(December
1996):1398-1399.
BOOK REVIEW
Painter, Kathleen. Review of “America's Water: Federal Roles and Responsibilities,” by Peter Rogers. In J. of Soil and
Water Conservation, 49(6):560, 1994.
RESEARCH BULLETINS, CIRCULARS, AND REPORTS
Patterson, P. and K. Painter. 2010. “Crop Input Price Summary for 2010.” AEES No. 2010-20, Dept. of Ag. Econ. and
Rural Sociology, Univ. of ID.
http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/aers/publications/AEES2010pub/CropInputCostSummary10.pdf
Painter, K., J. Miller and N. Olson. 2010. “Irrigated Organic Russet Burbank Potato Production in Southern Idaho.”
University of Idaho Extension Bulletin 876, December 2010.
Painter, K. 2010. “An Economic Analysis of the Potential for Carbon Credits to Improve Profitability of Conservation
Tillage Systems Across Washington State.” Ch. 24 in CSANR Research Report 2010-001 Climate Friendly
Farming: Improving the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.
http://csanr.wsu.edu/publications/researchreports/cffreport.html
Zaher, U., C. Stöckle, K. Painter, and S. Higgins. 2010. “Life Cycle Assessment of the Potential Carbon Credit from Noand
Reduced-Tillage Winter Wheat in the U.S. Northwest.” Ch. 25 in CSANR Research Report 2010-001
Climate Friendly Farming: Improving the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.
http://csanr.wsu.edu/publications/researchreports/cffreport.html
Yorgey, G., C. Kruger, D. Granatstein, C. Stöckle, D. Huggins, H. Collins, S. Chen, C. Feise, C. Frear, S. Higgins, C.
MacConnell and K. Painter. 2010. Climate Friendly Farming TM Project: Overview and context. Ch. 1 in Climate
Friendly Farming: Improving the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest, CSANR 2010-001,
Washington State University. http://csanr.wsu.edu/publications/researchreports/cffreport.html
Yorgey, G., C. Kruger, H. Collins, C. Frear, D. Huggins, C. MacConnell and K. Painter. 2010. Bioenergy as an
agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation strategy in Washington State. Ch. 22 in Climate Friendly Farming:
Improving the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest, CSANR 2010-001, Washington State
University. http://csanr.wsu.edu/publications/researchreports/cffreport.html
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Stöckle, C., S. Higgins, A. Kemanian, R. Nelson, D. Huggins, K. Painter, J. Marcos and H. Collins. 2010. CropSyst
simulation of the effect of tillage and rotation on the potential for carbon sequestration and on nitrous oxide
emissions in eastern Washington agriculture. Ch. 23 in Climate Friendly Farming: Improving the Carbon
Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest, CSANR 2010-001, Washington State University.
http://csanr.wsu.edu/publications/researchreports/cffreport.html
Fuerst, E.P., R. Koenig, J. Kugler, K. Painter, M. Stannard, and J. Goldberger. 2009. EB2039E Organic Alfalfa
Management Guide. Wash. State Univ. Ext., Pullman, WA, 19 pp, February 2009. http://www.farmmgmt.wsu.edu/PDF-docs/budgets/EB2039E_organicalfalfamgmtguide.pdf
Painter, Kathleen. Direct Seed Mentoring Project: An Economic Comparison of Direct Seed and Conventional Growers in
the Washington/Idaho Palouse. Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association Newsletter, Spr 2010, Vol. 10, No. 3.
http://directseed.org/Newsletters/2010/Spring2010DirectLink.html
Painter, Kathleen and David Huggins. “Profitable No-Till Rotations for the Cook Agronomy Farm: Economic
Results for 2006-08.” 2009Dryland Field Day Proceeding: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crops &
Soils Tech. Rpt. 09-01, Wash. State Univ., p. 36, 2009.
Painter, Kathleen. 2009. “Why Keep Careful Farm Records Motivations for the Small Farm or Farm-based Business.”
Small Farm Digest, vol. 13, Summer 2009, pp. 9-12. Available online at
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/newsletters/smallfarmdigest/SF_Digest_Farm_Financial_Management.pdf
Painter, Kathleen, Michael McCullough, David Holland, Leroy Stodick and Jonathon Yoder. Economic & Environmental
Impacts of Policy Alternatives for Promoting Biofuel Production in Washington State. AERS 09-01, University of
Idaho, June 09. http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/aers/PDF/AERS/2009/AERS09-01.pdf
Hinman, H., J. Kugler, K. Painter, P. Petersen. EM007E 2009 Cost of Producing Alfalfa Hay Under Center Pivot
Irrigation in the Columbia Basin of Washington State. Washington State Extension, Pullman, WA. April 2009.
http://www.farm-mgmt.wsu.edu/PDF-docs/budgets/IrrigatedAlfalfaProd_Apr2009-newxlsfiles.pdf
Yoder, J., D. Young, K. Painter, J. Chen, J. Davenport, S. Galinato. Viability of Ethanol From Washington State Sugar
Beets: Report to the Washington State Department of Agriculture. March, 2009.
Frear, Craig, Suzette Galinato, Kathleen Painter, and Douglas Young. 2008. Chapter 4: Feedstock Availability and
Economic Potential for Washington State in Biofuel Economics and Policy For Washington State. School of
Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
Painter, Kathleen. Feasibility Analysis for a Mobile Slaughter Unit. December, 2008. Peer reviewed and published on
eXtension’s website, http://www.extension.org/pages/Feasibility_Analysis_for_a_Mobile_Slaughter_Unit
Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets for Under 15" Precipitation Zone Conventional and Reduced
Tillage, Eastern Washington. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009LowRainfallZoneBudgets.pdf
Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets for 15" to 18" Precipitation Zone Under Reduced Tillage, Eastern
Washington. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009IntermediateRainfallZoneDirectSeedingBudgets.pdf
Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets for 15" to 18" Precipitation Zone Under Conventional Tillage,
Eastern Washington State. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009IntermediateRainfallZoneDirectSeedingBudgets.pdf
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Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets, Over 18" Precipitation Zone No Till) Under Direct Seeding (No-Till),
Eastern Washington. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009HighRainfallZoneNo-TillBudgets.pdf
Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets, Over 18" Precipitation Zone Under Reduced Tillage, Eastern
Washington. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009HighRainfallZoneReducedTillageBudgets.pdf
Painter, K. and E. Miller. 2009 Crop Rotation Budgets, Over 18" Precipitation Zone Tillage Under Conventional Tillage,
Eastern Washington. February, 2009. Peer reviewed and published online,
http://www.csanr.wsu.edu/Publications/2009HighRainfallConventionalTillageBudgets.pdf
Fuerst, E.P., R. Koenig, J. Kugler, K. Painter, M. Stannard, and J. Goldberger. 2009. EB2039E Organic Alfalfa
Management Guide. Wash. State Univ. Ext., Pullman, WA, 19 pp, February 2009.
Yoder, J., C.R. Shumway, P. Wandschneider, D. Young, H. Chouinard, A. Espinola-Arredondo, S. Galinato, C. Frear, D.
Holland, E. Jessup, J. Lafrance, J.K. Lyons, M. McCullough, Painter, K. & L. Stodick. (2008, December 1).
Biofuel Economics and Policy for Washington State, 255 pp, Pullman, WA.
http://www.ses.wsu.edu/research/EnergyEcon.htm
Painter, Kathleen M. An Analysis of Food-Chain Demand for Differentiated Farm Commodities: Implications for the
Farm Sector. Research Report 215, Washington, DC: USDA, Rural Development-Cooperative Programs,
February 2008. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/RBS/pub/Painter_Report_Small.pdf
Painter, Kathleen M., David Granatstein, Elizabeth Kirby, Lynne Carpenter-Boggs. Research Brief: Market and
Opportunities for Organic Feed Production in Eastern Washington. Sustaining the Pacific Northwest 5(1): April
2007.
Fuerst, E.P., I. Burke, D. Pittmann, A. Snyder, R. Koenig, K. Painter, and R. Gallagher. 2007. Transitioning to Certified
Organic Dryland Farming in Eastern Washington: Agronomic Aspects. Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of
Research Progress: Novel Solutions to Traditional Problems, Tech. Report 07-1 p. 35, Dept. Crop and Soil
Sciences, Wash. State Univ., Pullman.
Holland, D., L. Stodick, and K. Painter. Assessing the Economic Impact of Energy Price Increases on Washington
Agriculture and the Washington Economy: A General Equilibrium Approach. WP 2007-14, School of Economic
Sciences, Washington State University. 2007.
Painter, Kathleen. “Economics of Spring Canola Production in Dryland Eastern Washington.” 2006 Field Day
Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress featuring Climate Friendly Farming. Tech. Report 06-2. Dept.
Crop and Soil Sciences, Wash. State U., Pullman, June 2006, pp. 16-17.
Painter, Kathleen. “Economics of Dryland Winter Canola Production in Eastern Washington and
Oregon.” 2006 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress featuring Climate Friendly Farming.
Tech. Report 06-2. Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences, Wash. State U., Pullman, June 2006, p. 17.
Kathleen M. Painter, Dennis Roe, and Herbert Hinman. Economics of Spring Canola Production in Dryland Eastern
Washington. EB2009E Washington State University Extension, April, 2006.
Painter, Kathleen M., Eric Jessup, and Ken Casavant. If You Build It, Will They Come, and How Many Western Planner,
27(1) 8-9, January/February 2006.
Painter, Kathleen M. and Kenneth L. Casavant. Washington State Freight Truck Origin and Destination Study: County
Level Analysis. EWITS Research Report Number 21, January 1998.
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Holland, D., K. Painter, R. Scott, P. Wandschneider, and D. Willis. “Estimates of Benefits and Costs from Reductions in
Grass Seed Field Burning.” Final report submitted to the Washington State Department of Ecology, Inter-agency
Agreement No. C9600164, January 1997.
Painter, Kate and Ken Casavant. A Comparison of Canadian versus All Truck Movements in Washington State with a
Special Emphasis on Grain Truck Movements. EWITS Working Paper Number 4, March 1996.
Painter, Kathleen. “Economics of CRP Take-Out: Experimental Plot Results.” 1996 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of
Research Progress. Tech. Report 96-3. Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences, Wash. State U., Pullman, June 1996, pp.
56-58.
Painter, Kathleen, Douglas Young, and Chris Boerboom. "Cost Savings Through Variable Herbicide Application."
Agricultural Horizons: Contemporary Issues for Agriculture, Washington State University Cooperative
Extension, pp. 7-8, July, 1995.
Young, Douglas, Kathleen Painter, David Granatstein, and David Mulla. “SARE/ACE Grant Final Report.” Washington
State University, 1995.
Painter, Kathleen, Herbert Hinman, and John Burns. 1995 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Western Whitman County,
Washington State. Extension Bulletin 1705, Wash. State University, Pullman, 1995.
Granatstein, D. and K. Painter. "Economics and Environmental Implications of Alternative Crop Rotations." Agricultural
Horizons: Contemporary Issues for Agriculture, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, pp. 1-5,
Sept. 1994.
Painter, Kathleen M., Douglas L. Young, and Robert L. Halvorson. Alternative Farm Policies for the 1995 Farm Bill and
Beyond: A Comparison of Farmer Views and Research Projections for the Palouse Region. Research Bulletin
XB 1030, Coll. of Agr. and Home Econ. Res. Ctr., Wash. State U., Pullman, 1994.
Painter, K. M. and D.J. Walker. Measuring Economic and Environmental Impacts of Federal Farm Policy Scenarios
Using Geographic Information Systems: A Watershed Case Study. A.E. Research Series 94-7, Dept. of Agr.
Econ., University of Idaho, Moscow, 1994.
Granatstein, David, and Kathleen Painter. "Economics and Environment: Putting the Winning Numbers Together."
Sustainable Farming Quarterly, Northwest Dryland Farming Newsletter.
Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO), Helena, MT, June 1993.
Painter, Kathleen, David Granatstein, and Baird Miller. 1991 Alternative Crop Rotation Enterprise Budgets, Eastern
Whitman County, Washington State. Extension Bulletin 1725, Wash. State University, Pullman, 1992.
Painter, Kathleen, Herbert Hinman, and John Burns. 1995 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Eastern Whitman County,
Washington State. Extension Bulletin 1437 (rev.), Wash. State University, Pullman, 1991.
Painter, Kathleen, Herbert Hinman, and John Burns. 1995 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Central Whitman County,
Washington State. Extension Bulletin 1799, Wash. State University, Pullman, 1991.
Painter, Kathleen, Herbert Hinman, Baird Miller, and John Burns. 1991 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Eastern Whitman
County, Washington State. Extension Bulletin 1437, Wash. State University, Pullman, 1991.
Beus, C. E., D. F. Bezdicek, J. E. Carlson, D. A. Dillman, D. Granatstein, B. C. Miller, D. Mulla, K. M. Painter, and D. L.
Young (eds.). Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture in the Palouse: Farmer Experiences and Viewpoints.
Bulletin XB 1016, Coll. of Agr. and Home Econ. Res. Ctr., Wash. State U., Pullman, 1990.
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PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
Young, D. L., G. Greenwell, and K. M. Painter. “Policy Options and Sustainable Agriculture: A Pacific Northwest
Prospective.” In Farming for Profit and Stewardship: Conference Proceedings, ed. Granatstein, D. and E. Kirby,
pp. 35-39. Dept. of Agron. and Soils, Wash. State U., Pullman, June 1990.
Young, D. L., and K. M. Painter. “The Normal Crop Acreage Proposal and Sustainable Farming Systems: Hope for the
Future” In A Century of Research Progress: Field Day Research Projects, pp. 70-75. Dept. of Agron. and Soils,
Wash. State U., Pullman, June 1990.
Painter, Kathleen, David Granatstein, and Douglas L. Young. “Alternative Crop Rotations in the Palouse: Estimated
Crop Yields, Soil Erosion, Nitrogen Leached, and Economic Returns.” In 1992 Field Day Proceedings:
Highlights of Research Progress, ed., B. Miller. Tech. Report 92-1, Crop and Soil Sciences Dept., Wash. State
U., Pullman, 1992.
Painter, Kathleen, Douglas Young, and Robert Halvorson. “Impacts of Alternative Farm Policy Scenarios: Results of a
Survey of Palouse Farmers.” In 1993 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress, ed., B. Miller.
Tech. Report 93-4, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Wash. State U., Pullman, 1993.
Painter, K. M., and D. L. Young. “Alternative Agricultural Policy Scenarios: Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs by
Policy. In 1993 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress, ed., B. Miller. Tech. Report 93-4,
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Wash. State U., Pullman, 1993.
Painter, Kathleen, Roger Pennell, Douglas Young, and Roger Veseth. “An Economic and Soil Conservation Evaluation
of a Variable Landscape No-Till System.” 1994 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress, pp. 66-
69. Technical Report 94-6. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA,
June 1994.
Painter, Kathleen, Douglas Young, and Chris Boerboom. “Herbicide Cost Savings Through Variable Landscape
Application.” 1994 Field Day Proceedings: Highlights of Research Progress, (pp. 103-105). Technical Report
94-6. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, June 1994.
Granatstein, D. and K. Painter. "Economics and Environmental Implications of Alternative Crop Rotations." Agricultural
Horizons: Contemporary Issues for Agriculture, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, pp. 1-5,
Sept. 1994.
Scott, R. D., P. R. Wandschneider, K. M. Painter, and D. L. Young. “Using Contingent Valuation to Value Particulate
Pollution.” In Proceedings of 30th Ann. Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, 5 pp. Portland,
Oregon, May 2-4, 1996.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Painter, Kate and Ty Meyer. Economic Reality Check: Direct Seed Mentor Project. 2010 Direct Seed Cropping Systems
Conference, Jan. 21, 2010, Kennewick, WA.
Painter, Kate. Can Carbon Credits Encourage Adoption of No-Till Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference,
May 19-20, Missoula, MT.
Painter, Kate. Direct Seed Mentoring Program Financial Analysis. Spokane County Conservation District Annual
Meeting. May 25, 2010, Rockford, WA.
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Painter, Kate. When to Stop An Economic Analysis of Bluegrass Production Under Various Residue Management
Regimes, Departmental Seminar, October 1, 2010, Moscow, ID.
Painter, Kate. University of Idaho Extension Farm Management, Presentation at 2010 Planning Meeting, October 13,
2010, Moscow, ID.
Painter, Kate and Shelley Jones. Cook Agronomy Farm: 2010 Economics. December 2, 2010, Pullman, WA.
Painter, Kate. Economics of Switchgrass Production. Switchgrass Biofuel Workshop, December 8, 2010, Prosser, WA.
Painter, Kathleen, Michael McCullough, David Holland, Leroy Stodick and Jonathon Yoder. Economic & Environmental
Impacts of Policy Alternatives for Promoting Biofuel Production in the State of Washington. Presentation at 2009
Western Ag Econ Association Annual Meeting, Lihue, HI, June 24, 2009.
Painter, Kathleen. “An Interactive Tool to Determine the Feasibility of a Mobile Slaughter Unit.” Presentation at How to
Survive and Be Profitable in the Beef Business: Planned Grazing and Grass-fed Beef Production, May 19-20,
2009, Richland, WA.
McCullough, Michael, David Holland, Jonathon Yoder and Kathleen Painter. Evaluating Policy Alternatives to
Encourage Biofuel Production in the State of Washington. Presentation at 2009 Sun Grant Initiative Energy
Conference, WA DC, March 12, 2009.
Painter, Kathleen M. Impacts of Land Rent Arrangements in Periods of Volatile Ag Prices. Presentation to Nez Perce
Grain Growers Association, November 6, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Impacts of Rising Input and Crop Prices on Profits for Farm Operators and Landlords. In
cooperation with Whitman County Extension and Washington State University, Colfax, WA, October 6, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Ag Econ 101:Evaluating Farm Costs. Mid-Columbia Agricultural Energy Efficiency Workshop,
Walla Walla, WA, September 18, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Profitable Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Grain Production in the Arid West. Western
Agricultural Association Annual Meeting, Big Sky, MT, June 26, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Modeling Farmer Behavior with Carbon Markets. Presentation to WA State Climate Impacts Ag
Working Group, Moses Lake, WA, June 23, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. and Douglas L. Young. Biofuels for the Basin Economics of Biofuel Feedstocks. Columbia Basin
Crop Consultants Conference, January 25, 2008.
R. Gallagher, A. Snyder, D. Pittmann, R. Koenig, K. Painter, H. Hinman, J. Johnson-Maynard, E. Fuerst, and I. Burke.
Agronomic, Ecological, and Economic Trade-Offs among Different Dryland Organic Transition Cropping
Systems. Ecological Society of America, San Jose CA, 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Canola: Profitable Alternative Crop for the Columbia Basin Powerpoint Presentation at Franklin
County Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting,
January 5, 2007, Pasco, WA.
Carpenter-Boggs, Lynne, David Granatstein, and Kathleen M. Painter. Market and Opportunities for Organic Production
in Eastern Washington. Crop and Soil Sciences Seminar, Washington State University, February 5, 2007,
Pullman, WA.
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Painter, Kathleen M. Economics of Canola Production in the Pacific Northwest. Powerpoint Presentation at the 2007
Farm Forum, February 7, 2007, Spokane, WA.
Painter, Kathleen M. Economics of Oilseed Crops. Powerpoint Presentation at Bio-Energy in the Palouse Workshop and
Tour, sponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, April 6, 2007, Colton,
WA.
Painter, Kathleen M. Consumer Demand for Differentiated Farm Commodities: Help for Mid-Sized Farmers
Presentation at Joint Annual Meetings, Ag & Human Values and Association for the Study of Food and Society,
Victoria, B.C., Canada, May 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. and Kent Madison. Oregon Grown Biodiesel Case Study: Engaging Consumers, Helping Farmers.
Presentation at Joint Annual Meetings, Ag & Human Values and Association for the Study of Food and Society,
Victoria, B.C., Canada, May 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M., David Huggins, and Mike Ensley. Economics of No-till Cropping Systems across the Landscape.
Presentation at 2007 Cook Agronomy Farm Field Day, June 2007.
Hinman, Herbert and Kathleen M. Painter Determining How Much to Charge for a Value-Added Farm Commodity:
Shepherd’s Grain Case Study. Presentation at American Association of Agricultural Economists, Portland, OR,
July 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Adding Value to Farm Products: Help for Washington Cattle Producers Presentation at Ethanol
Round Table with Rep Cathy McMorris-Rogers, Colfax, WA, August 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Organic & Beyond: Consumer Demand for Differentiated Farm Commodities. School of Economic
Sciences Faculty and Graduate Student Seminar Series, Pullman, WA, September 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Bio-Energy Crops: Canola Production in Western Washington Presentation at Focus on Farming
Conference, Lynnwood, WA, November 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Biofuel Feedstock Economics. Presentation at 2007 Biofuels Summit III, Pasco, WA, November,
2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Cook Agronomy Farm: Economic Analysis Powerpoint Presentation to Cook Farm Advisory
Committee Meeting, Pullman, WA, December 2007.
Painter, Kathleen M. Cook Agronomy Farm: Economic Analysis Powerpoint Presentation to Crop Consultants Meeting,
Clarkston, WA, December 2007.
Kathleen M. Painter. Budgeting for Winter Canola Powerpoint Presentation at Hooked on Biofuels, a conference
sponsored by the Washington State Oilseeds Commission, May, 2006, Pasco, WA.
Kathleen M. Painter. Production Costs for Irrigated and Dryland Winter Canola Production Powerpoint Presentation for
Connell Grain Growers, June, 2006, Pasco, WA.
Kathleen M. Painter. Can We Produce Home-Grown Biodiesel Powerpoint Presentation for WSU Fact Finding Tour,
August 9, 2006, Pullman, WA.
Kathleen M. Painter. Can We Produce Home-Grown Biodiesel Powerpoint Presentation for Biodiesel Team Meeting,
Snohomish County, August 16, 2006, Everett, WA.
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Kathleen M. Painter. An Analysis of Consumer Demand for Sustainably Produced Farm Products Powerpoint
Presentation for Ag of the Middle Annual Meeting, October 21, 2006, Minneapolis, MN.
Kathleen M. Painter. New Economics of WSU BIOAg: Adding Value. Powerpoint Presentation for BIOAg Institutional
Transformation, October 22, 2006, Pullman, WA.
Kathleen M. Painter. Economics of Irrigated Winter Canola Production Powerpoint Presentation for Biofuels Summit,
Columbia Basin College, November 3, 2006, Pasco, WA.
Kathleen M. Painter. Farm-Level Economics of Growing Canola. Powerpoint Presentation at 2006 Biofuels Summit and
Expo, a conference sponsored by the Washington State Oilseeds Commission, December 14, 2006, Kennewick,
WA.
POSTERS
Painter, K., D. Roe, T. Meyer, and H. Kok. 2010. Direct Seed Mentoring Project: Preliminary Economic Results. Poster
presented at the 2010 PNW Direct Seed Association Annual Conference, Kennewick, WA.
Painter, K., H. Hinman, P. Fuerst, R. Koenig, I. Burke, D. Pittmann, A. Snyder, and R. Gallagher. 2008. Profitable
Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Grain Production in the Arid West: Experimental Plot Results in Dryland
Eastern Washington. Poster presented at the annual Washington State University Academic Showcase, Pullman,
WA.
Painter, K. and D. Huggins. 2007. Economics of No-Till Cropping Systems across the Landscape: Cook Agronomy Farm,
Pullman WA, 2001-2006. Poster presented at the annual ASA/CSSA/SSSA meetings, New Orleans, LA.
Gallagher, R., D. Pittmann, A. Snyder, R. Koenig, K. Painter, H. Hinman, E. Fuerst, and I. Burke. 2007. Transitioning to
Direct-Seeded Organic Dryland Grain Production in Eastern Washington. Poster presented at the annual
ASA/CSSA/SSSA meetings, New Orleans, LA.
Snyder, A., D. Pittmann, I. Burke, R. Koenig, P. Fuerst, R. Gallagher, B. Baik, and K. Painter. 2007. Integrating Legume
and Forage Cover Crops for Weed Control in Organic Cereal Grain Production under Direct-Seeded Systems.
Poster presented at the PNW Direct Seed Association Annual Conference, Pasco, WA.
Painter, K., H. Hinman, P. Fuerst, R. Koenig, I. Burke, D. Pittmann, A. Snyder, R. Gallagher. 2007. How to Survive the
Organic Transition Period: Results from Cropping System Trials in the Dryland Wheat Producing Region of
Eastern Washington. Poster presented at the annual AAEA meetings, Portland, OR.
Painter, Kathleen M. and Dennis Roe. Economics of Canola Production for Washington State: Economic Analysis of
Interviews with Current Dryland and Irrigated Producers. Poster presentation at Climate Friendly Farming
Symposium & Field Day, June 22-23, 2006, Pullman, WA.
Piaskowski, Julia L. and Kathleen M. Painter. Beyond Coffee: Can Fair-Trade Policies Help PNW Wheat Growers
Poster for Sustainable Agriculture, Communities & Environments in the Pacific Northwest, May, 2006, Richland,
WA.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
Painter, Kathleen M. Determining Costs of Production for Agricultural Systems. Workshop presented at Washington State
University to teach graduate students and researchers how to calculate costs of production for agricultural
systems. Pullman, WA, May 23 & 30, 2008.
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Painter, Kathleen M. Impacts of Rising Input and Crop Prices on Profits for Farm Operators and
Landlords. Workshop presented in conjunction with Whitman County Extension to teach farmers and landlords
how to use spreadsheet-based cost calculators for farm enterprise budgets. Colfax, WA, October 6, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Calculating Impact of Input Costs on Farm Income and Land Rent. Workshop presented in
conjunction with Spokane County Extension to teach farmers and landlords how to use spreadsheet-based cost
calculators for farm enterprise budgets. Spokane, WA, November 6, 2008.
Painter, Kathleen M. Enterprise Budgeting: A Tool for Calculating Farm Income and Equitable Land
Leases. Workshop presented in conjunction with Klickitat County Extension to teach farmers and landlords how
to use spreadsheet-based cost calculators for farm enterprise budgets. Goldendale, WA, December 2, 2008.
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