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Burton English
develops and uses simulation models to evaluate
production and environmental issues associated
with agricultural production. Involved in examining
the economics of biomass to energy conversion
for nearly 25 years, he has analyzed alternative
environmental policies and impacts on production
agriculture, examined alternative land use changes
on net farm income, and estimated the impacts
of environmental policies on small and medium-sized
agricultural producers. He has evaluated the economic
potential for, and impacts of, new crop production
including herbaceous and short rotation wood crops.
He developed the original alternative fuel module
used in the U.S. DOE-EIA National Energy Modeling
System. He evaluated the capabilities of the nation
to meet food and fiber demands through the year
2030 with the information used in both Resource
Conservation Act Appraisals 1 and 2. Dr. English
has estimated the impacts of alternative value-added
agricultural enterprises on state economies including
assessments of wood residues and biodiesel industries
in Tennessee, estimated willingness to pay for
eco-certified wood products, and helped develop
the ORIBAS model used in the analysis. Various
tools used in his research include crop simulation
models, econometric models, linear programming
models, logit models, I-O models, spreadsheet
analytical models, and hybrid models for economic
analysis. As a professor, he has taught graduate
and undergraduate courses in Agricultural and
Trade Policy, Agricultural Production, Managerial
Economics, Agricultural Finance, Research Methods,
Mathematical Programming, Agribusiness Operations
Research, Advanced Quantitative Methods and Agricultural
Supply Analysis; directed numerous M.S.
and Ph.D. students; and chaired graduate committees.
He has co-authored several books that examine
technology adoption in agriculture and resource
use and modeling techniques.
Current
Position:
Professor, Agricultural Economics, University
of Tennessee
Education:
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University,
1981
M.S. Agricultural Economics, New Mexico State
University, 1976
B.S. Forestry, Iowa State University, 1974
Professional Experience:
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University
of Tennessee, 1993-Present.
Staff Economist and Adjunct Assistant Professor:
Center for Agricultural and Rural
Development and Department of Economics, Iowa
State University; 1981 to 1986.
Research Associate: CARD, Iowa State University;
1977 to 1981.
Research Assistant: CARD, Iowa State University;
1976 to 1977.
Awards and Other Professional Activities:
USDA’s Certificate of Appreciation, 1989;
UTK Chancellor Award for Research, 1994; Neal
and Trice Peacock Teaching/Learning Merit Certificate,
April 1992; Neal and Trice Peacock Teaching/Learning
Merit Certificate, April 2000; Dutch and Marilee
Cavendar Award for Best Research Publication,
July 2000.
Selected Publications/Presentations
English, Burton C.,
R. Jamey Menard. Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte,
and Marie Walsh. Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production
from Maize Stover in Selected Midwestern States,
Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of
Energy, Outlaw, Collins, and Duffield, editors,
CABI Publishing, MA, July 2005.
English,
Burton C., J. Menard,
M. Walsh, and K. Jensen. Economic Impacts of Using
Alternative Feedstocks in Coal-Fired Plants in
the Southeastern United States (2004). Available
at
http:// web.utk.edu/~aimag/pubimpact.html.
English,
Burton C., D. De La Torre Ugarte, J.
Menard, C. Hellwinckel, and M. Walsh. An Economic
Analysis of Producing Switchgrass and Crop Residues
for Use as a Bio-energy Feedstock (2004). Available
at http://web.utk.edu/~aimag/pubimpact.html.
Roberts, R.K.,
B.C. English, J.A. Larson, R.L.
Cochran, W.R. Goodman, S.L. Larkin, M.C. Marra,
S.W. Martin, W.D. Shurley, and J.M. Reeves. “Adoption
of Site-Specific Information and
Variable Rate Technologies in Cotton Precision
Farming.” Journal of Agricultural and
Applied Economics 36(2004):143-158.
Kim L. Jensen,
Burton C. English, R. Jamey Menard,
and Yu Zhang, "An Evaluation of Tennessee
Soybean Growers' Views on a New Generation Cooperative
to Produce Biodiesel," Journal of
Agribusiness, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2004, pp. 107-117.
Burton
C. English, Jamey Menard, Marie Walsh,
and Kim Jensen. Economic Impacts of Using Alternative
Feedstocks in Coal-Fired Plants in the Southeastern
United States. Department of Agricultural Economics,
Agri-Industry Modeling and Analysis Group, Project
Report, December 2004.
Jensen, K., P.
Jakus, B. English, and J. Menard.
2003. “Market Participation and Willingness
to Pay for Environmentally Certified Hardwood
Products,” Forest Science 49: 632-641 (2003).
Jensen, K., J.
Menard, B. English, and W. Park.
“The Wood Transportation and Resource Analysis
System (WTRANS): An Analysis Tool to Assist Wood
Residue Producers and Users” Forest
Products Journal. May 2002: 27-33.
Graham, Robin
L., Burton C. English, and Charles
E. Noon. A Geographic System-based modeling system
for evaluating the cost of delivered energy crop
feedstock, Biomass and Bioenergy,
Elsevier Science Ltd., Vol 18. pp 309-329.
Kim Jensen, Paul
Jakus, Burt English, and Jamey
Menard. Willingness to Pay for Environmentally
Certified Hardwood Products by Tennessee Consumers.
University of Tennessee
Department of Agricultural Economics Studies Series.
01-02, February, 2002.
Larson, J.A.,
B.C. English, and R.K. Roberts.
“Precision Farming Technology and Risk Management.”
Chapter 19, pp. 417-442. In (eds. R.E. Just and
R.D. Pope) A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role
of Risk in U.S. Agriculture. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2002.
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