• Environmental and Natural Resources (Protecting and enhancing water resources; Compatibility of agriculture, natural resources and the environment; Sustaining forest, range and related natural resources).

• Economic and Social Issues (Improving competitiveness in global markets; Impacts of new agricultural technologies).

• Animal Systems (Animal production systems).

• Plant Systems (Pest management strategies; Biology and management of plant systems).

6:00 pm

Reception hosted by the National Cotton Council and the National Crop Insurance Service

8:30 - 9:00 am

Personal Introduction of Attendees' Research

Mark Krause "A Stochastic Dominance Analysis of Yield and Price Insurance Strategies in North Dakota"

David Buschena, Michael Roberts and Alan Baquet "Accuracy of Experimental Methods for Risk Preferences"

10:00 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 11:45

Joe Atwood and David Buschena "Risk Averse Behavior Under Risk Neutral Preferences and Transactions Costs"

Lindon Robison "When Does Mean-Variance Utility Get it Right?"

Ray Huffaker "Is Risk Necessary in Economic Analysis?"

11:45 - 1:30 pm  Lunch

1:30 - 3:00

Amit Bitybal "Renewal Theory and Natural Resource Regulatory Policy Under Uncertainty"

Jay Coggins "Quasi-Option Value in Natural Resource Decisions: Luck or Learning?"

Rob Innes "The Economics of Safe Drinking Water"

3:00 - 3:15  Break

3:15 - 5:00

Risk and Public Safety Discussion

Mark Messionnier "Economics and Management of Risk in Public Health: The CDC Experience"

6:00 pm  Dinner - Ribs and Reds. This is highly recommended.

March 23 - Saturday

8:30 - 10:00 am

Brian Wright and Seung Jick Yoo "Booms and Busts in Natural Growth: Evidence from Tree Ring Data"

Matt Holt and Satheesh Aradhyula "Endogenous Risk in Rational-Expectations Commodity Models: A Multivariate Generalized Arch-M Approach"

Mario Miranda and Joe Glauber "Price Stabilization, Revenue Stabilization and the Natural Hedge"

10:00 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 10:45

David Zilberman "Who Benefits from Economic Information?"