Other Faculty

Base Appointment:

             Resident Instruction, Research and Outreach

Fields of Interest

   Value-Added Agribusiness Management

   Specialty Market Analysis-Natural, Local and Organic Foods

   Rural Economic Development and Community Viability

   Farm Labor and Immigration 

Courses:

   EA308-Online Agricultural Finance

   EA328-Small Agribusiness Management

   EA428-Agribusiness Management

   EA508-Agricultural Finance

   EA530-Agricultural Marketing, Performance and Consumer Demand

Recent Grants and Industry Projects

Targeting Consumers and Enhancing Business Opportunities in Rural Colorado through Agritourism and Heritage Tourism Research and Outreach Programs. USDA-Federal State Marketing Improvement Program and CSU Cooperative Extension Venture Capital Fund (with Martha Sullins and Josh Wilson)

Economic Impact of Colorado's Wine Industry. Proposal funded by Colorado Wine Industry Development Board. August 2005-May 2006. (with George Kress and College of Business).

Grand Valley Winery Cooperative . Proposal funded by Colorado Value-added Program in Collaboration with the Western Colorado Business Development Corporation and Rocky Mountain Vintners and Viticulturalists. July 2005-May 2006.

Colorado Crop to Cuisine: Enhancing Value-Added Product Offerings and More Diverse Marketing Channels. Funded proposal to the CSU Specialty Crops Program.  (through Colorado Crop to Cuisine). February-December 2005.

Economic Analysis of Water Resource Use Efficiency in Golf. Funded proposal to the United States Golf Course Superintendents Association. (with P. Watson and E. Schuck)

Differentiating Small Farm Produce Offerings through Nutritionally Superior Cultivars, Marketing, and Extension Programs. Funded proposal to the USDA NRI Small Farms Grant Program $450,000 (with Cecil Stushnoff, Pat Kendall and Frank Stonaker).

Colorado Crop to Cuisine: Strengthening Market Relationships between Chefs and Specialty Crop Producers. Grant from CSU Specialty Crops Program. (through Honeyacre Enterprises). March 2004-January 2005.

Rocky Mountain Regional Rural Cooperative Development Grant proposal. Funded subcontract with Rocky Mountain Farmers’ Union Cooperative Center.  March-December 2004. (with S. Hine)

Book Work Plan: Livestock Insurance Products. Funded by USDA-APHIS.  September 2003-September 2004. (with D. Hoag)

Business Planning for Niche Beef Markets. Funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education. (Submitted by American Farmland Trust).

Selected Publications and Presentations and Projects

Thilmany, D., W. Umberger and A. Ziehl. “Strategic market planning for value-added natural beef products: a cluster analysis of Colorado consumers.” Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.

Thilmany, D., N. McKenney, D. Mushinski and S. Weiler. “Geographic Interdependencies and Regional Base Industries in Rural Retail Markets.” Annals of Regional Science.39(September 2005) 593-605.

Pritchett, J., D. Thilmany and K. Johnson. “Consumer Responses to Recent BSE Events. “ Forthcoming, Journal of Food Distribution Research.

Wilson, J. and D. Thilmany. Golfers in Colorado: The Role of Golf in Recreational and Tourism Lifestyles and Expenditures. Forthcoming, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Thilmany, D. “Emerging Immigration and Farm Labor Issues in the Mountain West.” Invited paper to Immigration Reform: Implications for Farmers, Farm Workers, and US Agriculture. Washington DC. June 2006.

Thilmany, D. “The Role of Public Research and Outreach in a Maturing Organic Agricultural Sector.” Invited Presentation to the USDA-ERS Food for Thought Seminar Series. June 2006.

Thilmany, D. “Tapping into USDA’s Organic Programs and Services.” Invited paper to All Things Organic, 2006 Organic Trade Exposition. Chicago IL. May 2006.

Thilmany, D., J. Keeling-Bond, and C.Bond. Eat Your Fruits and Veggies: What Factors Influence Fresh Produce Shopping Location Choices among Consumers.” Research report for the 2006 Food Distribution Research Society meetings. Quebec-city, Quebec. October 2006.

Thilmany, D., J. Keeling, C. Stushnoff, P. Kendall, F. Stonaker and M. Bunning. “Direct Marketing of Fresh Produce: Understanding Consumer Interest in Product and Process-Based Attributes.” Selected paper for the 2006 American Agricultural Economics Association meetings. Long Beach CA. July 2006

Wilson, J., P. Ritten and D. Thilmany. “Will you Have Wine with That? Growing the Wine Consumer and Tourist Market in Colorado.” Selected for the 2006 Western Agricultural Economics Association meetings. Anchorage AL. June 2006

Watson, P., S. Davies, D. Thilmany and E. Schuck. “Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Population Growth and Water Policy in Colorado.” Selected paper for the 2006 Western Agricultural Economics Association meetings. Anchorage AL. June 2006

Thilmany, D. The Future of Animal Agriculture. Organized Symposium for 2006 Western Agricultural Economics Association meeting. Anchorage AL. June 2006.

Thilmany, D., J. Keeling, C. Stushnoff, P. Kendall, F. Stonaker and M. Bunning. “Potential to Differentiate Nutritionally Superior Produce Cultivars in the Market.” Selected paper for the 2006 Western Agricultural Economics Association meetings. Anchorage AL. June 2006

Food Safety and Animal Health. In Thilmany, D. “Agricultural Workers Trends and Issues in the Mountain West.” 2004 Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Summer 2004. pp 49-56.

Thilmany, D.D., W. Umberger, A. Ziehl, T.Field, J. Scanga and M. Sullins. "A Curriculum for Niche Beef Marketing."  In cooperation with American Farmland Trust.  2004.  

Thilmany, D.D. "The Changing Face of Rural Areas in the Intermountain West."  Presented at The Changing Face of Rural America Conference, Asilomar, CA, May, 2003.

Thilmany, D.D. and E. Garner. "Agricultural Statistics."  Invited chapter for Encyclopedia of Social Measurement.  Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Editor-in-Chief. Academic Press.  Forthcoming, 2004. (with Elizabeth Garner)