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Dr. MICHAEL A. BOLANDAbbreviated VITAE – 1 December 2010OFFICE ADDRESSDepartment of Applied EconomicsUniversity of MinnesotaPhone: 612 625 3013Email: boland@umn.eduRELEVANT EXPERIENCEProfessor of Agricultural Economics and E. Fred Koller endowed chair in agribusiness management andinformation technology, University of Minnesota, August 30 th , 2010 to presentAdjunct professor, Kansas State University, 2010 to presentVisiting Lecturer, Zamorano University, 2005 to present.Visiting Lecturer, International University of Ecuador, 2004 to present.Professor of Agricultural Economics, (40% Teaching, 40% AES, 20% CES)Kansas State University, 1996 to 2010.University Distinguished Teaching Scholar,Kansas State University, January 2005 - present.EDUCATIONPh.D. Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.Fields: Agricultural Marketing, Production Economics, and Strategic Management.Dissertation: “Economic Optimization of Animal Replacement, Ration Composition, and NutrientManagement: An Application to Pork Production.”Graduated 1996.M.S. Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.Thesis: “Measuring Variability and Analyzing Determinants of Profitability Among Individual SwineProducers.”Graduated 1991.M.Ed. Agricultural Education, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.Fields: Agricultural Economics and Extension Education.Graduated 1990.B.A. Business Administration, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.Fields: General Business and Economics.Graduated cum laude 1986.1

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican Agricultural Economics AssociationAmerican Society of ManagementInternational Association of Agricultural EconomistsNational Association of Colleges and Teachers of AgricultureNational Association of Corporate DirectorsSouthern Agricultural Economics AssociationWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationSIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIESNationalUSDA International Agribusiness Competitiveness Task Force, 2008 to present. Serving as chair of taskforce appointed to examine undergraduate curriculum in agricultural economics and agribusiness todetermine the extent to which competitiveness and business policy is being taught. Participants include tenindustry executives and ten faculty members. My responsibilities include organizing a two-day curriculumretreat for task force members and an AAEA conference on this topic in 2010.International Agribusiness Case Studies, 2008 to present. Co-editor of a book entitled InternationalAgribusiness Case Studies in Honor of Professor Ray Goldberg. My responsibilities include serving as coeditor(with Ernesto Gallo) and co-author of 14 of the 25 cases studies in the book. The book was publishedin Spanish and English with the assistance of nine of Ray’s former teaching assistants at the HarvardBusiness School. All proceeds go to the Ray Goldberg Appreciation Club in AAEA.AAEA Teaching, Learning, and Communication Section, 2006 to 2009. Served as co-chair elect (2006), co-Chair (2007-08), and immediate past co-chair (2009) and helped create The Teaching Academy which isheld annually at the AAEA meetings as a formal event on Sunday afternoons for faculty interested inteaching. My responsibilities included organizing and facilitating the agenda, identifying the programcontent, and obtaining USDA CSREES as a sponsor.Farmer Cooperatives Planning Committee, 1998 to present. My responsibilities include helping plan theannual Farmer Cooperatives program. Typically this involves writing case studies for the program andmoderating or speaking on the program. Total attendance has averaged 150 paid registrants.NCERA-194 / NCERA-210, Research on Cooperatives, 2000 to present. I have served as treasurer,secretary, vice-president, and president. My responsibilities have included planning the annual researchprogram. Attendance was at 34 (2003), 37 (2004), and 33 (2005).Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2001 to 2010. I was elected Vice-President of the WAEA in2006-07 and President for 2009-10 and past-President in 2010-11. I have also served as committee chair ofteaching awards, group extension award, thesis award, future of extension awards committee, and awardscommittee. My vice-president responsibilities included chairing the selected papers session and helpingwrite the newsletter. My president responsibilities include a presidential address in 2009 discussingleadership of academic units, developing the 2010 program, appointing the executive board members,writing the four newsletters, supervising the financial reports, and planning the location of future programs.The 2010 program includes 22 invited speakers from agribusinesses and food businesses, all of whom havea graduate degree from a WAEA department. My past-President responsibilities include chairing theDistinguished Scholars Committee and overseeing incorporation and tax-exempt status.Galbraith Forum Committee, agribusiness representative, 2005. Served as chair of the 2005 GalbraithForum for the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) which included preparing2

changes in curriculum to the faculty. Process led to a new faculty member for the department as part of auniversity-wide competitive process.HONORS AND AWARDSIndividual AwardsInternational Education Award, Kansas State University, 2009.College of Agriculture Advisor of the Year Award (chosen by students), 2009.APEX Award, Purdue University award for mid-career alumni who have achieved success (nominated bythe Purdue Department of Agricultural Economics), 2009.Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (More than 10 Years Experience), American AgriculturalEconomics Association, 2009.Recognition of Merit, Zamorano University, 2008.U.S. Department of Agriculture Outstanding Teacher Award, regional winner, 2008.Associate member, Farmhouse Fraternity, 2007.Outstanding Case Study Award, Brazilian Academy of Management, 2007.Rabobank Fellow in Agribusiness Co-operation, 2005.University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Kansas State University, 2005.David Mugler Distinguished Ag Faculty Award, K-State Ag Alumni Association, 2003.Faculty of the Semester, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University (selected by Ag Student Council),fall 2001.Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (Less than 10 Years Experience), American AgriculturalEconomics Association, 2001.Extraordinary Teacher Citation, College of Agriculture, 2001.Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (Less than 10 Years Experience), Western AgriculturalEconomics Association, 2001.Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2001 (this award is based, in part, on inputfrom current and former students).Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, Gamma Sigma Delta, Kansas State University, 2001.NACTA Teaching Fellow, 2000.Cited by a survey of 1998-1999 graduating seniors (817 respondents) in colleges of Agriculture,Architecture, Planning and Design, and Arts and Sciences as one of 47 faculty (out of 542 facultytotal) who were listed by six or more seniors as Extraordinary Teachers.Gamma Sigma Delta, 1999.Cited by Council on Effective Instruction survey of more than 500 College of Agriculture students as one ofthe two best ‘motivators’ with respect to teaching. Named by 22% of all seniors, 34% of all juniors,31% of all sophomores, and 0% of all freshmen in the survey sample, January 1999.Farm Foundation Scholarship (attended Royal Agricultural College’s Plough-to-Plate Conference), 1998.College of Agriculture Teacher of the Semester, fall 1997.Outstanding Contribution to the Undergraduate Program, Department of Agricultural Economics, PurdueUniversity, 1996.Farm Foundation and International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Scholarship(attended meetings in Cancun), 1996.Business Excellence Award: Community Service, University of St. Thomas Business Alumni Association,1996.National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Graduate Student Teaching Award of Merit,School of Agriculture, Purdue University, 1996.Farm Foundation Scholarship (attended AAEA Post-Conference Teaching Workshop in Indianapolis),1996.Daiichi Pharmaceutical Corporation and American Feed Industry Association Scholarship for GraduateStudent Research, 1995.4

Burton D. Morgan National Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition, second place, Krannert School ofManagement, Purdue University, 1995.A.H. Ismail Interdisciplinary Program Doctoral Research Travel Award, 1994.AAEA Foundation Fellowship, 1994.Honorable Mention Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Competition, Purdue University Chapter(Physical Sciences category), 1994.USDA National Needs Fellowship in Agribusiness, 1992-1995.Sigma Xi Research Society, 1994.Meritorious Service, National 4-H Council, 1990.National FFA Organization Citation, 1989.Graduated with honors cum laude, University of St. Thomas, 1986.Team AwardsK-State Continuing Education Association Great Plains Region Award for MAST program, 2004.Extension Program Award (with MAST faculty), Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2004.Distinguished Extension Program Award (with MAST faculty), Southern Agricultural EconomicsAssociation, 2004.K-State Research and Extension Team Award, MAST (Management and Strategic Thinking) Program,2003.Team Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary’s Award, Hard White Wheat CommercializationTeam, 2002.Extension Program Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2002.Honorable Mention, American Distance Education Consortium, Excellence in College and UniversityDistance Education National Award (with MAB faculty and staff), 2001.Honorable Mention, American Distance Education Consortium, Excellence in College and UniversityDistance Education National Award (with MAB faculty and staff), 2001.University Continuing Education Association/Peterson “Most Innovative Program in the Nation,” (withMAB faculty and staff), 2001.Honorable Mention, American Distance Education Consortium, Excellence in College and UniversityDistance Education National Award (with MAB faculty and staff), 2000.University Continuing Education Association “Best New For-Credit Educational Program in the Nation”(with MAB faculty and staff), 2000.University Continuing Education Association Region V award (with MAB faculty and staff), 1999.Blue Ribbon Award for Extension (with Purdue Swine Technology Team), American Society ofAgricultural Engineers, 1997.Distinguished Extension Program (with Purdue Swine Technology Team), American Association ofAgricultural Economics, 1996.School of Agriculture Team Award (with Purdue Swine Technology Team), Purdue University, 1996.Swine Industry Award for Innovation: Education (with Purdue Swine Technology Team), American Societyof Animal Science/National Pork Producers Council, 1996.Undergraduate TeachingUniversity of MinnesotaEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSCooperatives APEC 5811 (junior-senior level). A study of cooperatives with a special emphasis onagriculture and food. Students learn about history, principles, and cooperative governance. The class utilizesspeakers and case studies written by the instructor. Taught in 2011.5

Business Strategy APEC 4821. A study of management strategy as applied to food and agribusiness firmsusing active student learning methodology. Students are shown how economics underlie strategicmanagement and accounting concepts. A Food and Agribusiness Executive in Classroom series was startedwhere a case study is written and an executive comes to the class.Kansas State UniversityFood and Agribusiness Marketing, AGEC 515 (Junior-Senior level). A study of business marketingconcepts as applied to food and agribusinesses with special emphasis on the global institutions and channelsaffecting the input, food, and fiber markets. Students worked in groups on a team marketing plan and werepaired with a Kansas farm family. Textbook used was Food Marketing: An International Perspective byD.J. Schaffner, W.R. Schroder, and M.D. Earle. This class had a lab associated with it and was profiled inJohn Deere’s The Furrow magazine and Farm Journal. Taught five times from 1997 to 2000 withapproximately 40 students in each class.International Agribusiness, AGEC 450 (Junior-Senior level). A study of international issues affecting foodbusiness and agribusiness firms. Students participate in a three week study tour of different countries.Concepts that are taught include geographic indications, economic geography, political economy, role ofexchange rates in trade, and role of World Trade Organization policy in setting agricultural policy. Studentsare paired with students at participating universities in Santiago, Chile (Catholic University); Buenos Aires,Argentina (University of Buenos Aires, Catholic University, and Institute for Competitiveness);Montevideo, Uruguay (ORT University), and Sao Paulo, Brazil (University of Sao Paulo). Otheruniversities have included Zamorano. The same course was taught in the spring of 2007 with a focus onAustralia and New Zealand and the spring of 2008 with a focus on Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, ElSalvador, and Guatemala. It was taught in 2009 with a focus on Argentina and Chile and Central Americaand in 2010, on southern Africa.Food and Agribusiness Management Strategy, AGEC 599 (Senior level). A study of management strategyas applied to food and agribusiness firms using active student learning methodology. Students are shownhow economics underlie strategic management and accounting concepts. Assignments have included casestudies, distance education learning assignment with Montana State, South Dakota State, North DakotaState, Cal Poly SLO, and Idaho. Three new case studies are written each year for the course. This coursewas ranked first by graduating seniors in exit interviews as the most useful course in ten of the past elevenyears (ranked second in other year) and alumni surveys report similar findings. A Food and AgribusinessExecutive in Classroom series was started where a case study is written and an executive comes to the class.Senior leaders that have participated include:Tim Morris, Minnesota Corn Processors, Columbus, NE, 1998.Steve Hunt, US Premium Beef, Kansas City, KS, 1998.Tim Dodd, Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Carrington, ND, 1999.Lynn Rundle, 21 st Century Alliance, Sharon Springs, KS, 1999.Byron Ulery, Farmway Co-op, Beloit, KS, 2000.Warren Staley, Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, 2000.Mike Dooley, Midwest Grain Products, Atchison, KS 2001.Irv Cluibine, Garden City Co-op, Garden City, KS, 2001.Joe Talley, American Crystal Sugar Company, 2002.Rodney Christianson, South Dakota Soybean Processors, Volga, SD, 2002.Tom Willis, General Mills, Great Falls, ID, 2003.Jack Gherty, Land O’Lakes, Minneapolis, MN, 2003.David Christianson, Mid-Kansas Cooperative, 2004.Wade Malchow, Coors Brewing Company, 2004.John Johnson, CHS, St Paul, MN, 2005.Dan Dillon, Welch Foods, Concord, MA, 2005.6

Cooperative Marketing Leader Program, 2009 to present. Risk management program for agribusinessretailers to evaluate alternative programs. My responsibilities included organizing, developing the fee-forserviceprogram, and speaking on the program. Attendance was limited to 30 from 11 different states.U.S. Department of State, 2006 to present. Cultural affairs speaker on topics related to international foodeconomy. My responsibilities include speaking on these topics as requested by U.S. embassy staff.AgGlobalVision Inc., 2007 to 2009. Case writer and board advisor for The Executive Seminar onInternational Agribusiness which had its inaugural seminar at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlanta in June2007. This program is similar to the Agribusiness Seminar at Harvard and is sponsored by a number ofleading agribusinesses. The program is similar to one that I organized with Sparks Companies (now InformaEconomics) in 2000 and 2001. My responsibilities include writing and facilitating cases. The conferencecoordinator is now a senior vice-president for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the program is onhold.Wells Fargo Agribusiness Executive Education, 2007 to 2008. Case writer and faculty speaker foragribusiness seminars developed by Wells Fargo. My responsibilities including writing one case on anindustry and firm in each state and facilitating that case in an executive program.Competitive Strategy, 2005 to present. I teach a three course module, two-week program in an executiveMBA in Quito, Ecuador. The program is developed by me and focus on strategy development, strategyexecution, and strategy evaluation. My responsibilities include writing suitable cases for the class.Director Development and Leadership, 2000 to present. We developed a brand new curriculum fordirector development with one-day modules on basic strategic thinking, basic governance, basic finance,and advanced governance. My responsibilities include basic strategic thinking concepts (e.g., vision,mission, developing high performance boards), basic governance concepts (e.g., cooperative principlesand policies), basic finance concepts (e.g., equity management, financial ratios), and advancedgovernance (e.g., board evaluation, manager evaluation). States where I have taught include California,Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington,and Wyoming.International Agribusiness, 2000 to present. Developed a program on international agribusiness that istaught on various MAB and MBA agribusiness programs in various countries in Central and SouthAmerica (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, andUruguay) and Australia and New Zealand. Subjects include geographic indicators and productdifferentiation, competitiveness, free trade agreements, and other management and marketing concepts asapplied to trade. I have taught on 12 programs since 2002. The course curriculum and slides have beentranslated into Spanish.Business Development, 2000 to present. I am responsible (with Don Hofstrand) for the businessdevelopment materials on www.AgMRC.org which is housed at Iowa State University. This includeswriting case studies on cooperatives and value-added businesses (approximately 2-3 per year),maintaining various commodity profiles (e.g., barley, sugar beets, dry beans, wheat classes, sunflowers,canola, and other grains, etc.), and similar activities which are available electronically on the website. Myoutreach activities include business development meetings and a monthly ethanol newsletter.Process Verification, 2001 to 2004. Developed an online manual and educational materials for groups ofproducers seeking to be Process Verified status for meat through USDA. We put together a committee ofretail supermarkets meat managers, a processor, food scientists, and 20 producers in a beef marketingcooperative to provide input to the project. The manual has been used by over a dozen groups across theUnited States who are seeking process verification status. In addition, one country (Uruguay) has had8

their beef industry verified using our materials. We did a program at National Cattleman’s BeefAssociation in 2004 and I have done over a dozen meetings on this topic.Risk Management Education, 1998 to 2000. My responsibilities included teaching the value added partfor the Kansas Risk Management Clubs. Subjects included vertical coordination (contracting andintegration), specialty crops (e.g., sunflowers, dry beans, value-enhanced crops, etc.). I taught ondifferent county programs and wrote 13 extension publication (Economic Issues series) for use in RiskManagement notebooks and received national recognition.Hard White Wheat, 1998 to 2002. My responsibilities included teaching the incentives necessary for theadoption of hard white wheat in Great Plains. Subjects included analyzing benefits and costs of certifiedand bin-run seed, analyzing benefits and costs of milling hard white wheat, studying contracting programsfor hard white wheat, and analyzing benefits and costs of segregating hard white wheat at countryelevators. I taught on nine county programs, one national program, wrote five extension publications, andspent two months at country elevators segregating grain with grain scientists and entomologists. Theprogram received a national award from USDA.Value-based Marketing of Pork, 1993 to 1998. My responsibilities included research and teaching oneconomic incentives needed for lean pork production. Sponsors included the National Pork ProducersCouncil and Farm Journal Publications. I taught on 14 county programs, four national programs, andwrote nine extension programs. The program received four national awards.GRANT ACTIVITIESSummary of Revenue Generation ActivitiesTotal grant amounts funded to my department $4,404,263Total grant indirect costs paid to employer $812,415Total grant amount funded to my employer and contractors $14,896,663Total fee for service income generated $108,814Case study royalty income $17,616Manuscripts in review1. Sanchez, D., M.A. Boland, J. Crespi, and T. Xia. “Determinants of Price for Denomination of OriginCheese in the EU.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (first review)2. Canales, E. and M.A. Boland. “The Impact of CO2 Emissions on Retail Agribusinesses.” InternationalFood and Agribusiness Management Review (first review)Refereed Journal Articles1. Boland, M.A. “Increasing Coordination in the Plant and Plant Product Processing and HandlingSector.” Choices 25,4(2010):2. McKee, G.J., J. Jacobson, and M. Boland. 2010.”Management Alliances: The Case of Dakota ValleyElectric and Northern Plains Electric.” Management Quarterly; Fall; 51 (3).3. Boland, M.A. and J. Crespi. “From Farm Economics to Applied Economics. The Evolution of aProfession as Seen through a Census of its Dissertations from 1951 to 2005.” Applied EconomicPerspectives and Policy fall 2010.4. Dorsey, S. and M.A. Boland. “Vertical Integration in the U.S. Food Economy.” Journal of Agriculturaland Applied Economics 41,3(December 2009):585–598.9

5. Boland, M.A., J. Crespi, and D. Oswald. “An Analysis of the 2002 Farm Bill’s Value-AddedProducer Grants Program.” Journal of Agribusiness 27,1/2(2009):107-123.6. Bosse, A. and M.A. Boland. “Policy Implications for a School Nutrition Program in Honduras.”International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 13,2(2010)7. Pozo, V., M.A. Boland, and D. Sumner. “Sunkist Growers: Refreshing the Brand.” Review ofAgricultural Economics 31,3(Fall 2009):628-639.8. Chaddad, F. and M.A. Boland. “Strategy-Structure Alignment in the World Coffee Industry: The Caseof Coopuxe.” Review of Agricultural Economics 31,3(Fall 2009):653-665.9. Boland, M.A. “Leadership Development in Agricultural and Applied Economics: Challenges forAcademic Units.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 34,3(December 2009):367–382.10. McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. “American Crystal Sugar Company: Making Ethanol from Sugar Beets.”Review of Agricultural Economics 31,2(Summer 2009):383-392.11. Brester, G., B. Grant and M.A. Boland. “Marketing Organic Pasta from Big Sandy to Rome: It’s a LongKamut.” Review of Agricultural Economics 32,2(Summer 2009):359-369.12. Boland, M.A. and G. McKee. “The Restructuring of Dakota Growers Pasta Company.” Journal ofCooperatives 23(2009):141-151.13. McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. “North American Bison Cooperative and North Dakota Natural BeefLLC: Governance of a Contractual Alliance” Journal of Cooperatives 23(2009):152-163.14. Sanchez, D., M.A. Boland, and D. Sumner “Sun-Maid Growers.” Review of Agricultural Economics30,2(2008):360-369.15. McKee, G. and M.A. Boland. “Cass-Clay Creameries and AMPI.” Journal of Cooperatives21,1(2008):1-14.12. Boland, M.A., B. Golden, and L. Tsoodle. “Agency Problems in the Food Processing Industry.”Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 402(2008):623-34.13. Boyd, S., M.A. Boland, K. Dhuyvetter, and D. Barton. “The Persistence of Profitability in Local FarmSupply and Grain Marketing Cooperatives.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics59,1(2007):201-210.14. Boland, M.A., L. Perez, and J.A. Fox. “Uruguayan Beef Industry.” Choices 22,1(Spring 2007):13-19.15. Boland, M.A., A.M. Bosse, and G.W. Brester. “Mountain States Lamb Cooperative.” Review ofAgricultural Economics, 29,1(2007):157-169.16. Boland, M.A. and G. Brester. “Coors’ Malt Barley Contracting Program.” Review of AgriculturalEconomics, 28,1(Spring 2006):272-283.17. Boland, M.A. and T. Marsh. “Input Quality in the Sugar Beet Industry.” Journal of Agriculturaland Resource Economics 31,1(2006):114-128.10

18. Piana, C., A. Featherstone, and M.A. Boland. “Vertical Integration in Ecuador: The Case of Fresh-CutFruit.” Review of Agricultural Economics 27,4(Winter 2005):593-604.19. Boland, M.A. and S.K. Schumacher. “The Sustainability of Profitability in the Food Economy.”Agricultural Finance Review 65,1(Spring 2005):31-44.20. Schumacher, S. and M.A. Boland. “Persistence in Profitability in Food and Agribusiness Firms.”American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87,1(February 2005):103-115.21. Schumacher, S. and M.A. Boland. “The Effects of Industry and Firm Characteristics on Profitability inthe Food Economy.” Agribusiness 21,1(January 2005):97-108.22. Taylor, M., G. Brester, and M.A. Boland. “General Mills and its Hard White Wheat ContractingProgram.” Review of Agricultural Economics 27,1(Spring 2005): 117-129.23. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “Undergraduate Agribusiness Programs: Focus or Falter.” Review ofAgricultural Economics 26,4(Winter 2004):564-78. invited paper.24. Boland, M.A., V. Amanor-Boadu, and D. Barton. “Land O’Lakes: Issues in Portfolio Management.”International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 7,2(2004):62-74.25. Boland, M.A. and L. Thielen. “Industry Note: The USDA CSREES HEP: Doctoral Fellowships in theNational Need of Management and Marketing.” International Food and Agribusiness ManagementReview, 7,1(2004):67-69.26. Amanor-Boadu, V. and M.A. Boland. “Dan Dillon, CEO of Welch Foods.” International Food andAgribusiness Management Review27. Brester, G. and M.A. Boland. “The Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Cooperative: Sweet or Sugar-Coated Visions of the Future.” Review of Agricultural Economics 26,2(summer 2004): 287-302.27. Mulik, K., J.A. Fox, and M.A. Boland. “Acceptability of Irradiation to Restaurant Managers.” FoodProtection Trends 23,12(December 2003).28. Perez, L., M.A. Boland, and T. Schroeder. “Country of Origin Labeling in Uruguay.” InternationalFood and Agribusiness Management Review 6,4(2003):1-13.29. Brester, G. and M.A. Boland. “Premier Technology: Case Study in Human Resource Management.”Journal of Food Distribution Research (November 2003):21-30.30. Boland, M.A. “Cargill: Challenges with Wheat Biotechnology and Identity-Preserved Marketing.”International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 6,3(2003).31. Boland, M.A. and J. Katz. “Jack Gherty: CEO of Land O’Lakes.” Academy of Management Executive17,3(August 2003):24-31.32. Boland, M.A. and D. Barton “American Crystal Sugar Company.” Journal of Finance Case Research6(2002): 26-47.33. Boland, M.A. and T. Schroeder. “Marginal Value of Quality Attributes for Natural and Organic Beef.”Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 34,1(April 2002):39-50.11

34. Katz, J. and M. Boland. “One for All and All for One? A New Generation of Cooperatives Emerges.”Long Range Planning Journal 35(2002):73-89.35. Herrman, T.J., M.A. Boland, K. Agrawal, and S.R. Baker. “Use of a Simulation Model to EvaluateWheat Segregation Strategies for Country Elevators.” Applied Transactions of the ASAE 18,1(2002):105-112.36. Boland, M.A., E. Lehman, and J. Stroade. “A Review of Baccalaureate Degree Programs inAgribusiness Management.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 4,3(2001):1-11.37. Boland, M.A., D. Huffman, and J.A. Fox. “Costs of Implementing HACCP and SSOP’s.” Journal ofFood Safety 21,3(November 2001):191-204.38. Fingerhut, K., P. Zhang, J.A. Fox, and M.A. Boland. “Consumer Preferences for Pathogen-reducingTechnologies in Beef.” Journal of Food Safety 21(2001):97-110.39. Boland, M.A., C. Freberg, and D. Barton. “Dakota Growers Pasta.” Case Research Journal21,2(Spring 2001):35-56.40. Boland, M.A., N. Mitchell, and K. Stiegert. “Midwest Grain Products.” International Food andAgribusiness Management Review 3(2000):457-72.41. Boland, M.A., M. Johnson, and S. Schumacher. “Wheat Breeder Battles: Hard Red vs. White.”Choices 15, 2(2000):17-20.42. Katz, J. and M.A. Boland. “U.S. Premium Beef.” Supply Chain Management Journal 5, 2(2000):99-109.43. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “Benchmarking Procedures for Retail Fertilizer Firms.” AgriculturalFinance Review 59(1999):65-76.44. Schumacher, S., M.A. Boland, R. Madl, and G. Ham. “Hard White Wheat Release Procedures: ADecision Case.” Journal of Natural Sciences and Life Sciences Education 28(1999):63-71.45. Boland, M. A., A. Featherstone, and S. J. Chapman. “Characteristics of Master’s Programs inAgribusiness Management.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 2, 1(1999): 63-82.46. Boland, M.A. and S. Daniel. “Agricultural Economists for the Private Sector -- Are We MeetingTheir Needs?” Review of Agricultural Economics 21, 2(Fall/Winter 1999):319-330.16 refereed manuscripts were published before 1999 on various issues related to pork production.Evaluation of Research ScholarshipOf my 83 written cases and teaching notes, royalty income is paid on 24 of them from textbook publishingcompanies. 64 of my cases have been translated into Spanish, 2 into Portuguese, 2 into French, 2 intoArabic, and 2 into Chinese. 9 of my cases have been utilized into the two most widely used strategicmanagement textbooks. These are used in at least 1100 college of business school classes annually acrossthe world. Teaching notes for my cases have been requested by 2,117 different instructors. The mainstreamagribusiness journals are not yet listed on the Social Science Index for citation counts.12

K-State Research and Extension MF Publications and Research Reports1. Fuller, F., J. Beghin, M.A. Boland, B.A. Babcock, and W. Foster. “Global Prospects for Dairy inArgentina and Chile: Evidence from Field Visits and Model Simulations.” MATRIC Briefing Paper06-MBP 11, Midwest Agribusiness Trade and Research Information Center, Iowa State University,Ames, IA, August 2006, 82 pages.2. Boland, M.A. “Economic Issues with the Persistence of Profitability in Food Businesses andAgricultural Businesses.” MF- xxxx, K-State Research and Extension publication, 20063. Dhuyvetter, K.D., T.K. Kastens, and M.A. Boland. “The U.S. Ethanol Industry: Where will it beLocated in the Future?” Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, November 2005, 42pages.4. Boland, M.A., G.W. Brester, and M.R. Taylor. “An Overview of the U.S. Wheat Gluten Industry.”Montana State University Agricultural Trade and Marketing Center Briefing Paper, Montana StateUniversity, Bozeman, MT, 2005.5. Boland, M.A., G.W. Brester, and M.R. Taylor. “Global and U.S. Wheat Gluten Industries: Structure,Competition, and Trade.” Montana State University Agricultural Trade and Marketing Center BriefingPaper, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 2005.6. Fox, J.A., M.A. Boland, and L. Perez. “Grassfed Certification: The Case of Uruguyan Beef.”Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, May 2005, 21 pages.7. Vaaler, B., M.A. Boland and T. Schroeder. “Costs and Benefits of Marketing Differentiated Beefthrough Process Verification Systems.” Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, May2005, 21 pages.8. Sanden, R., L. Thielen, and M.A. Boland. “Economic Issues with Process Verification.” MF-2646, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2004.9. Boland, M.A., N. Domine, D. Korber, D. O’Brien, and P. Thierault. “Economic Issues withSunflowers.” MF-2514, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2001.10. Dean, E., K. Dhuyvetter, and M.A. Boland. “Economic Issues with Soybeans.” MF-2513, K-StateResearch and Extension publication, 2001.11. Belshe, D, M.A. Boland, S. Daniel, and D. O’Brien. “Economic Issues with Dry-Edible Beans.” MF-2513, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2001.12. Hamman, L., K. Dhuyvetter, and M.A. Boland. “Economic Issues with Grain Sorghum.” MF-2512,K-State Research and Extension publication, 2001.13. Boland, M.A. and K. Dhuyvetter. “Economic Issues with Milling Hard White and Red Wheat.” MF-2499, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2002.14. Boland, M.A., K. Dhuyvetter, and M. Howe. “Economic Issues with Certified and Bin-Run WheatSeed.” MF-2498, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2000.15. Boland, M.A., M. Marshall, and K. Dhuyvetter. “Economic Issues with White Corn.” MF-2497, K-State Research and Extension publication, 2000.13

16. Boland, M.A., C. Freberg, and D. Barton. “Economic Issues with Food and Agribusiness FirmProfitability.” MF-2487, K-State Research and Extension publication, August 2000.17. Fox, J.A. and M.A. Boland. “Costs and Benefits of Carcass Anti-Microbial Technologies.” ResearchReport 32, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2000.18. Peterson, D., M.A. Boland, J.A. Fox, and E.A.E. Boyle. “Costs Related to HACCP Implementationfor Small Meat & Poultry Businesses in the Great Plains.” Research Report 33, Department ofAgricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2000.19. Boland, M.A., and B. Bowden. “Economic Issues with GMOs.” MF-2449, K-State Research andExtension publication, December 1999.20. Boland, M.A., J. Katz, and D. Barton. “Case Studies on Food and Agribusiness Closed MembershipCooperatives.” MF-2448, K-State Research and Extension publication, December 1999.21. Boland, M.A., C. Lusk, and E. Boyle. “Economic Issues with Natural Beef.” MF-2432, K-StateResearch and Extension publication, December 1999.22. Boland, M.A., and D. Barton. “Economic Issues with Vertical Coordination.” MF-2431, K-StateResearch and Extension publication, November 1999.23. Boland, M.A., M. Domine, K. Dhuyvetter, and T. Herrman. “Economic Issue with Value-EnhancedCorn.” MF-2430, K-State Research and Extension publication, November 1999.24. Coltrain, D., L. Neufeld, M.A. Boland, and C. Marr. “Economic Issues with Specialty Crops.” MF-2427, K-State Research and Extension publication, August 1999.25. Boland, M.A., and M. Howe. “Economic Issues with Hard White Wheat.” MF-2400, K-StateResearch and Extension publication, May 1999.26. Boland, M.A., J. Lusk, and D. Barton. “Factors Underlying Producer Investments in ProcessingCooperatives.” Research Report #30, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University,Manhattan, KS, 1999.27. Givry, S., M.A. Boland, and J. E. Fox. “A Consumer Survey to Identify Marketing Issues for NaturalBeef.” Department of Agricultural Economics Research Report #29, Kansas State University,Manhattan, KS, September 1999, 12 pages.28. Peterson, D., M.A. Boland, and E. Boyle. “Marketing Issues for Natural Beef Products: Opinionsof Supermarket Meat Managers and Consumers.” Department of Agricultural Economics ResearchReport #28, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, September 1999, 18 pages.29. Boland, M.A., K.A. Foster, J.T. Akridge, and J.C. Forrest. Simulation Results for a Pork PackingPlant. Station Bulletin 677, Office of Agricultural Research Programs, Purdue University, WestLafayette, IN, February 1994, 26 pages.National Food and Agribusiness Management Education Commission Papers1. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “A Summary of Undergraduate Curriculum in AgribusinessManagement Degrees.” NFAMEC Working Paper #1, 2004.14

2. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “A Summary of Doctoral Degree Research in AgribusinessManagement, Food Business, and Industrial Organization, 1951 to 2002.” NFAMEC Working Paper#2, 2004.3. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “Graduate Courses in Agribusiness Management.” NFAMECWorking Paper #3, 2004.4. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “Introductory and Advanced Agribusiness Management Coursesand Food Business Courses in Undergraduate Agribusiness Degrees.” NFAMEC Working Paper #4,2004.5. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “A Summary of Extension Programs in Agribusiness Managementand Food Business.” NFAMEC Working Paper #5, 2004.6. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “A Summary of Masters Degree Research in AgribusinessManagement.” NFAMEC Working Paper #6, 2004.7. Boland, M.A. and J.T. Akridge. “Industry Advisory Committee Report.” NFAMEC Working Paper,2004.EXTENSION ACTIVITIESNational Meetings where Original Paper or Slides were Prepared and PresentedAdvanced Governance, Minnesota Grain and Feed Association, Duluth, MN 2/4/2011 (62 managers anddirectors)Basic Finance, Colorado Cooperative Council Education Meeting, Loveland, CO 2/3/2011 (32 managersand directors)Advanced Governance, South Dakota Co-op Education Program, Huron, SD 1/11/2011 (21 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, South Dakota Co-op Education Program, Huron, SD 1/12/2010 (17 managers anddirectors)Advanced Governance, Pacific NW Co-op Education Program, Spokane WA 11/8/2010 (91 managers anddirectors)Advanced Strategic Thinking, Pacific NW Co-op Education Program, Spokane, WA 11/9/2010 (91managers and directors)Advanced Governance, California Co-op Center Education Program, Sacramento CA 11/6/2010 (42managers and directors)Advanced Strategic Thinking, California Co-op Center Education Program, Sacramento CA 11/7/2010 (33managers and directors)Advanced Governance, Sunsweet Cooperative, San Francisco CA 11/1/2010 (23 managers and directors)Advanced Governance, South Dakota Co-op Education Program, Huron, SD 1/18/2010 (27 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, South Dakota Co-op Education Program, Huron, SD 1/19/2010 (22 managers anddirectors)Advanced Governance, Pacific NW Co-op Education Program, Boise, ID 11/11/2009 (62 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, Pacific NW Co-op Education Program, Boise, ID 11/12/2009 (62 managers anddirectors)Advanced Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Visalia, CA 11/3/2009 (21 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, California Co-op Education Program, Visalia, CA 11/4/2009 (21 managers anddirectors)15

Advanced Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 3/30/2009 (27 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 3/29/2009 (27 managersand directors)Basic Governance, Missouri Value-Added Program, Jefferson City, MO, 3/11/2009 (11 producers)Advanced Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 11/14/2008 (51 managersand directors)Basic Strategic Thinking, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 11/15/2008 (51 managersand directors)Current Issues Affecting Cooperatives, California Cling Peach Growers Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA10/23/2008 (35 directors)Succession Planning, Wells Fargo Agribusiness Program, Purdue University, 10/19-10/21/2008 (61managers)Current Issues Affecting Agricultural Retailers, K-State Risk and Profit, 8/14/2008 (32 producers)Current Issues in Cooperatives, Quentin Burdick Cooperative Center Advisory Board, Minot, ND, 7/22/08(7 directors)Current Issues Affecting Retail Agribusinesses, Farm Credit Services, Monterey, CA 7/17/2008 (31managers and directors)Future of Cooperatives, Seneca, KS 6/18/2008 (11 managers and directors)Basic Strategic Thinking and Regionalization, Agri Coop, Manhattan, KS 6/8-6/10/2008 (11 managers)Future of Cooperatives, Moundridge, KS 5/5/2008 (9 managers and directors)Future of Cooperatives, Garden City, KS 4/28/2008 (12 managers and directors)Future of Cooperatives, Pratt, KS 4/21/2008 (10 managers and directors)Advanced Strategic Thinking, Missouri Director Development Program, Colombia, MO, 3/14-3/15/07 (21managers and directors).Basic Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 2/7/2008 (62 managers anddirectors)Advanced Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Sacramento, CA 2/8/2008 (62 managers anddirectors)Basic Strategic Thinking, TreeTop Cooperative, Yakima, WA, 10/31/2007 (15 directors and managers)Cooperative Restructuring, Land O’Lakes Board of Directors, 10/06/2007 (32 directors and managers)Basic Governance, California Co-op Education Program, Visalia, CA, 10/05/2007 (23 directors andmanagers)Basic Strategic Thinking, California Co-op Education Program, Visalia, CA, 10/04/2007 (23 directors andmanagers)U.S. Rural Development Policy: Creating Value? K-State Risk and Profit, 8/13/2007 (15 producers)Farming in South America, Agribusiness Executive Seminar, Atlanta, GA, 06/14-06/16/2007 (24executives)Basic Strategic Thinking, Sun-Maid Growers of California, Fresno, CA, 02/01/2007 (15 directors andmanagers)Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 2/4/2006 (22managers and directors)Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 2/5/2006 (22managers and directors)Advanced Strategic Thinking, Missouri Director Development Program, Colombia, MO, 3/6-3/8/07 (32managers and directors).Farming in South America, K-State Risk and Profit, 8/12/06 (22 producers)Good-to-Great, Oklahoma Co-op Council summer retreat, Tex-OK, Oklahoma, 8/2/06 (72 directors andmanagers)Basic Governance, Sun-Maid Growers of California, Fresno, CA, 7/27/06 (15 directors and managers)Advanced Strategic Thinking, Missouri Director Development Program, Jeff City, MO, 3/8-3/92006 (43managers and directors).16

Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 2/5-6/2006 (22managers and directors)Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 2/5-6/2006 (22managers and directors)Persistence of Profitability, Kansas Cooperative Council, Hutchinson, KS, 1/16-17/2006 (121 managers anddirectors).Basic Finance, Wyoming Director Development Program, Cheyenne, WY, 11/12/2005 (14 managers anddirectors).Basic Governance, Wyoming Director Development Program, Cheyenne, WY, 11/13/2005 (14 managersand directors).Basic Finance, Montana Director Development Program, Billings, MT, 11/10/2005 (18 managers anddirectors).Basic Governance, Montana Director Development Program, Billings, MT, 11/11/2005 (18 managers anddirectors).California and National Issues for Cooperatives and Related Organizations, California AgricultureSymposium, Sacramento, CA, 3/23/2005.Finance Considerations for Value Added Groups, Kansas Agricultural Innovation Center, Manhattan, KS,March 10, 2005 (6 producers)Advanced Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Denver, CO, 3/4/2005 (21managers and directors).Advanced Governance, Missouri Director Development Program, Columbia City, MO, 2/14/2005 (54managers and directors)Basic Strategic Thinking, Missouri Director Development Program, Jeff City, MO, 2/15/2005 (54 managersand directors)Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 2/2/2005 (32managers and directors).Director Development Issues, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, San Diego, CA, 1/21/2004 (200directors)Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 12/3/2004 (28managers and directors).Basic Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Denver, CO, 12/2/2004 (22 managers anddirectors).Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Denver, CO, 12/2/2004 (22 managersand directors).Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Denver, CO, 12/3/2004 (37 managers anddirectors).Basic Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 8/11/2004 (27 managers anddirectors).Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 8/11/2004 (27 managersand directors).Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 8/12/2004 (31 managers anddirectors).Strategic Thinking, Missouri Director Development Program, Jeff City, MO, 3/15-16/2004 (52 managersand directors).Basic Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 3/5-6/2004 (23managers and directors)Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 3/5-6/2004 (23managers and directors).Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Colorado Springs, CO, 3/5-6/2004 (31managers and directors.Best Management Practices for Value Added Cooperatives (and their Members), Rocky Mountain SugarCooperative, Fort Collins, CO and Billings, MT, 3/9-10/2004.17

Process Verification: What does it Mean for Your Operation?, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association,Phoenix, AZ, 1/27/2004 (110 producers).Advanced Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 11/18-19/2003 (36managers and directors).Basic Finance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 11/18-19/2003 (36 managers anddirectors).Basic Governance, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 11/18-19/2003 (25 managers anddirectors).Basic Strategic Thinking, Colorado Director Certification Program, Greeley, CO, 11/18-19/2003. (25managers and directors).Governance Issues in Ethanol Cooperatives, Omaha, Nebraska, 11/11/2003 (31 managers and directors).Pro-Fac Cooperative and Birds Eye, Farmer Cooperatives 2003, Kansas City, MO, 10/29/2003, 21 pages.Strategic Thinking Part 2: Mission, Vision, and Objectives, Colorado Institute of Cooperatives and RockyMountain Cooperative Development Center, Aurora, CO, 8/19/2003 (62 managers and directors).New Generation Cooperative Training Program, Omaha, NE, 11/20/2002. (Governance Issues in Producer-Owned Ethanol Businesses: Results from a Survey, 2 pages; 30 managers and directors).Sparks Traceability Study, Memphis, TN, 11/18/2002 (USDA Process Verified Programand Good Natured Family Farms program, 12 pages with Renee Hawkins, 18 industry executives).Farmer Cooperatives 2002, St Louis, MO, 11/14/2002 (South Dakota Soybean Processors, 32 pages).Food and Agribusiness Executive Education Program. This program is a case studies-based programsponsored in conjunction with Sparks Companies. All of the cases are written by myself and Sparksstaff. Attendance has been 25 executives.USDA Process Verified, Nebraska Pork Industry Meetings, Norfolk, NE, 8/11/2003 (21 producers).USDA Process Verified, Nebraska Pork Industry Meetings, Lincoln, NE, 8/12/2003 (17 producers).Organic Food Surveys, Balls Foods, Kansas City, KS, 6/6/2002 (11 meat managers).New Generation Cooperatives, Harvey County producers, Hesston, KS, 2/22/02 (75 producers).New Generation Cooperatives, Edwards County Risk Management Club, Kingsley, KS, 3/14/2001 (11producers).Vertical Coordination, Phillips County Risk Management Club, Phillipsburg, KS, 3/7/2001 (15 producers).Value Added Businesses, NE Kansas Area Extension, Manhattan, KS, 10/2/2000 (10 producers).IP of Food and Feed Grains , Wheat Industry Meeting, Manhattan, KS, 8/2/2000 (40 executives).GMOs, IP Crops, and other Issues, Scientific Advisory Committee, AIB, Manhattan, KS, 7/12/2000 (30executives).New Generation Cooperatives, Marshall County Risk Management Club, Marysville, KS, 2/23/2000 (10producers).Value-Added Businesses, McPherson County Risk Management Club, Moundridge, KS, 2/2/2000 (10producers).What Alliances Can do for You, National Lamb Feeders Association, Kansas City, KS, 1/27/2000 (100producers).Selling to Retail Food Supermarkets, USDA-SARE Conference, Lincoln, NE, 11/20/1999 (200 producers).Investments in Meat Processing, National Pork Producers Council, Des Moines, IA, 9/27/1999 (100producers).US, EU, and GMO’s, Grain Industry Alliance Annual Meeting, Manhattan, KS, 9/16/1999 (35 executives).Agricultural Market Analysis, USDA-Land Grant University Workshop, Washington DC, 7/20/1999 (???).Identity Preservation Costs, Kansas Farm Bureau Advisory Committee, Manhattan, KS, 2/23/1999 (15executives).Niche Markets, Risk Management Workshops, Ottawa, KS, 2/22/1999 (10 producers).Contracts, Cooperatives, and Crops, Finney County Risk Management Meeting, Garden City, KS,1/18/1999 (15 producers).Value Added Opportunities, Commanche-Kiowa-Clark Counties Risk Management Meetings, Protection,KS, 1/18/1999 (15 producers).Marketing Natural Beef, All Natural Beef Cooperative Annual Meeting, De Soto, KS, 1/16/1999 (1018

producers).Natural Beef Update, Balls Food Stores, Kansas City, KS, 1/13/1999 (24 meat managers).21 presentations were done prior to 1999 on swine lean growth modeling.Summary of Graduate Student InvolvementServed as Major or Co-Major ProfessorCompleted Ph.D. thesis 1 Ph.D. in Process 1Completed M.S. - Thesis 21 M.S. in Process - Thesis 0Completed M.A.B. - Thesis 10 M.A.B in process - Thesis 1Served as Member of Advisory Committee (not major professor)Completed Ph.D. 5 Ph.D. in Process 2Completed M.S. - Thesis 25 M.S. in Process - Thesis 0Completed M.B.A. 5 M.B.A. in process 0Completed M.A.B. - Thesis 27 M.A.B in process - Thesis 4INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCESSouth Africa Study Tour, December 27, 2009 to January 13, 2010.Denomination of Origin and Other International Agribusiness Issues,, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman,Qatar, Saudi Arabia,and United Arab Emirates, May-June 2009.Cooperatives Role in Value-Added Agriculture, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 14-18, 2009.Denomination of Origin, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, Budapest,Hungary, June 19-23, 2009.Denomination of Origin, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa, November 2008.Branding by Geography, Central Asia, September 20 to 30, 2007.Competitive Strategy (taught six times), Quito, Ecuador; San Salvador, El Salvador; San Jose, Costa Rica;Managua, Nicaragua; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay;Sao Paolo, Brazil; Lima, Peru; Panama City, Panama; 1999-2007.Agriculture in Australia and New Zealand Study Tour, May 17 to June 6, 2007.Cooperatives, Beef, Dairy, and Wine Industries in Argentina, Graduate Student Study Tour, Argentina,December 29, 2006 to January 14, 2007 (repeated December 2008 and January 2009).Marketing Beef to the USA, Kansas Paraguay Exchange Program, Asuncion, Paraguay and La Paz, Bolivia,December 13-18, 2006.School Nutrition Program. Zamorano University, Honduras, July 5 to July 15, 2006.Cooperative Study Tour, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, May 14 to June 5, 2006.Marketing a Country and Free Trade Agreements, US Agency for International Development, Fes, Rabat,and Meknes, Morocco, April 18-23, 2006.Structure and Strategy: Aligning Co-operative Governance and Capital Structures, 8 th annual AgribusinessCo-operative Leadership and Governance Forum, Monash University, Hamilton Island, Australia,December 11-12, 2005.Chilean and Argentinian Dairy Complex Study Tour, Chile and Argentina, 11/28-12/9/2005.A New Generation of US Cooperatives, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, 11/15/2005.USDA Process Verified for Small Countries, Rural Association, Asuncion, Paraguay, 10/15/2005North American Meat Complex, Santiago, Chile, Fundacion Chile, 10/12-13/2005.International Cooperative Alliance, Cartegena, Colombia (invited presentation about North Americancooperatives), 9/12/2005CAFTA-DR: What It Means for Honduras and the U.S., various locations, Honduras, summer 2005.Hard White Wheat, Santiago, Chile, 1/8-15/2005.North American Hard Wheat Industry, Osorono, Chile, 1/13/2005 (60 producers).Management Strategy (taught one week course), International University, Quito, Ecuador, 11/14-18/2004.19

U.S. Beef Industry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6/2/2004.North American Agriculture and Beef Industry, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile, 6/6/2004.New Generation Cooperatives, University of Piura, Piura, Peru, 5/27-28/2004.North American Trade Issues and Peru, University of Piura, Lima, Peru, 5/26/2004.Management Strategy (taught one week course), International University, Quito, Ecuador, 3/22-25/2004.Geographic Indications and Cooperatives, University of Piura, Piura, Peru, 3/26/2004.Hard White Wheat, ORT University, Montevideo, Uruguay, 6/15/2002.North American Beef Industry, Argentinian agribusiness leaders, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/7/1999 (40executives)Overview of U.S. Ag. Trade Policy, Uruguayan producers, Mercedes, Uruguay, 10/6/1999 (60 producers).Property Rights & Wheat Varieties, L’École Superieure de Purpan, Toulouse, France, 6/11/1999 (12scientists) L’École Superieure de Purpan, Toulouse, France (attended Goudy and Valentin defense,presented seminar), 6/1999.20