Wesley N. Musser

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Wesley N. Musser
Professor and Farm Management Specialist
Phone: 301-405-0017 Office: 2213 Symons Hall
E-mail: wmusser@arec.umd.edu Personal Web Page
 
             
          
Education:

B.S. 1967, University of Nebraska: Agricultural Honors
M.S. 1968, University of Nebraska: Agricultural Economics
Ph.D. 1974, University of California, Berkeley: Agricultural Economics

Research: Farm Risk and Financial Management.
Extension Programs: Crop Insurance; Farm Financial and Risk Management; Cost of Production.  
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Selected Publications:

Musser, Wesley N., “Extension Programs in Crop Insurance: A Maryland Case Study,Agricultural and Resource Economics Review,37(2008): 22-26.

Daberkow, Stan, Dayton Lambert, and Wesley Musser, “U.S. Corn Producers’ Response to Increased Energy Prices: Evidence from Producer Surveys in 2001 and 2005,”Western Economics Forum,6(2007): 15-27.

Hanson, Gregory D., Robert L. Parsons, and Wesley N. Musser. “A Transition Finance Training Program.”Agricultural Finance Review.62(2002): 179-89.

McNew, Kevin, and Wesley N. Musser. “Farmer Forward Pricing Behavior: Evidence from Marketing Clubs.”Agricultural and Resource Economic Review.31(2002):200-210.

Patrick, George F., and Wesley N. Musser. “ Choice Dilemmas and Risk Management Education.” Journal of Extension. 40(2002).http://www.joe.org/joe/2002june/iw1.html

Musser, Wesley N., George F. Patrick, and Stanton Ullerich. “Demonstrating Differences in Risk Attitudes.” Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, (2002):15-20.

Lynch, Lori, and Wesley N. Musser. “A Relative Efficiency Analysis of Farmland Preservation Programs.” Land Economics.77(2001): 577-94.

 
Extension Education Presentations

Crop Insurance Update, Upperco, December 8, 2011.

Estate Planning Workshop, Leonardtown, September 28, 2011

Organized and Chaired Maryland Crop Insurance Industry Conference, Bowie, MD, September 1, 2011.

Extension Publication: 

Rhodes, Jennifer L., Jennifer Timmons, J. Richard Nottingham, and Wesley Musser, Broiler Production Management for Potential and Existing Growers, Revised, University of Maryland Extension, 2011.

Rhodes, Jennifer L., Jennifer Timmons, J. Richard Nottingham, and Wesley Musser,Broiler Production Management for Potential and Existing Growers,University of Maryland Extension, 2009.

Rhodes, Jennie, Shannon Dill, and Wesley Musser, “Annie’s Project in Maryland, Presentation at National Women in Agriculture Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 1-2, 2008.

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Last updated: 02/29/2012