Invited Speeches:

• "Inflation, Productivity, and Economic Growth", Industry Outlook Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 2000
• "Global Financial and Economic Markets", STRATUM Strategic Planning Conference, Center for Agribusiness Policy Studies, Arizona State University, Mesa AZ, February 2000
• "Challenging External Financial Conditions: Implications for Farm Credit", Farm Credit Banks' Presidents' Meeting, Farm Credit Administration, Denver CO, February 1999
• "Challenging External Financial Conditions: Implications for Agribusiness Managers", STRATUM Strategic Planning Conference, Center for Agribusiness Policy Studies, Arizona State University, Mesa AZ, February 1999
• "Financial Conditions in the U.S. Farm Sector: Implications for International Agribusiness", Food and Farming Matters, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, England, December 1998
• "Macroeconomics, the Asian Flu, and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Chicago, IL, October 1998
• "Implications of the Asian Flu for U.S. Agriculture: Issues for Agribusiness", STRATUM 1998 Strategic Planning Conference, Center for Agribusiness Policy Studies, Arizona State University, Mesa AZ, February 1998
• "Where is the Agricultural Economy Headed?, Farm Credit Bank of Wichita: Presidents' Conference, Estes Park, CO, July 1997
• "A New Financial Environment for Agribusiness", STRATUM 1997 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Resource Management, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, February 1997
• "Globalization and Competition: Implications for Farm Machinery", North American Agricultural Equipment Conference, Atlanta GA, November 1996
• "Globalization and Competition: Implications for Farm Credit", Farm Credit Administration, Presidents' Annual Meeting, McLean VA, November 1996
• "The U.S. General Economic Outlook", Industry Outlook Conference, Chicago IL, October 1996
• "Globalization and Competition: Implications for Farm Machinery", Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque NM, April 1996
• "Productivity and Agriculture: An Aggregate Analysis", STRATUM 1996 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, February 1996
• "A New Direction for the U.S. Agricultural Economy", STRATUM 1995 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, March 1995
• "Who is Financing Livestock Production?", USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, Washington, DC, February 1995
• "Prospects for the General Economy and the U.S. Farm Sector", Arkansas Farm Bureau, Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, July 1994
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 1994
• "Economic Policy and Freedom: The Case for Agriculture", American Alfalfa Processors Association, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March 1994
• "The Outlook for Agriculture and the Western Farm Economy", Western Farm Credit Bank, Annual Stockholders Meeting, Monterey, CA, March 1994
• "The Outlook for Agriculture: Implications for the Farm Equipment Industry", Equipment Manufacturers Institute, Ag Marketing & Management Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 1994
• "The Outlook for Food Prices and Inflation", Agricultural Outlook Conference, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, December 1993
• "The Changing Structure of Agriculture", Agricultural Bankers Conference, American Bankers Association, Dallas, TX, November 1993
• "The Western Farm Economy, NAFTA, and the Clinton Budget Proposal", Annual Stockholders Meeting, Western Farm Credit Bank, Sacramento, CA, March 1993
• "Financial Constraints on Policy", STRATUM 1993 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, February 1993
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Omaha, NE, October 1992
• "The Outlook for the Western Farm Economy", Annual Stockholders Meeting, Western Farm Credit Bank, Phoenix, AZ, March 1992
• "Strategic Planning: The Outlook for the General Economy", STRATUM 1992 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, January 1992
• "The General Economic Outlook and Implications for Meat Demand", American Meat Institute Economics Conference, Washington, DC, December 1991
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Prospects for the Soviet Union", Industry Outlook Conference, Omaha, NE, October 1991
• "The General Economic Outlook", Great Plains and Western States Outlook Conference, Fort Collins, CO, August 1991
• "Strategic Planning: The Outlook for the General Economy", STRATUM 1991 Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, January 1991
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Denver, CO, October 1990
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Memphis, TN, April 1989
• "The Outlook for Higher Inflation Ahead: Implications for Agriculture", Livestock Business Advisory Service Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, September 1988
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, Denver, CO, May 1988
• "Adapting to a Changed Agriculture", Agricultural Relations Council Annual Meeting, Orlando, FLA, February 1988
• "Farm Sector Financial Conditions", Farm Credit Corporation of America Annual Planning Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 1987
• "The Farm Sector Economic and Financial Outlook", Industry Outlook Session, American Association of Agricultural Economics, Annual Meetings, Michigan State Univ., August 1987
• "Regional Financial Adjustments in U.S. Agriculture", The Prudential Insurance Company Annual Planning Meeting, New York, NY, April 1987
• "World Competition for Grain Markets", Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, November 1986
• "Farm Sector Financial Outlook and Implications for the Farm Equipment Industry", Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 1986
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Cooperatives Planners and Economists Annual Planning Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 1986
• "Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Impact on Agriculture", Agricultural Bankers College, American Bankers Association, Ames, IA, June 1986
• "The Macroeconomic Outlook and Linkages to Agriculture", Industry Outlook Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 1986
• "The Non-Crisis in American Agriculture", Society of Government Economists, Washington, DC, April 1986
• "Macroeconomic Linkages to Agriculture", National Economists Club, Washington, DC, February 1985
• "The Interaction of Monetary and Fiscal Policies", National Agricultural Credit Committee, Washington, DC, December 1984
• "The General Economic Outlook", Great Plains and Western States Outlook Conference, Dillon, CO, July 1984
• "The General Economic Outlook", Great Plains and Western States Outlook Conference, Laramie, WY, July 1983
• Second-Generation Biodiesel Feedstocks: Dryland Oilseed Production on Marginal Acres, USDA Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum 2008, Washington, DC, February 2008
• The Outlook for the U.S. Economy, With Linkages to Agriculture, Industry Outlook Conference, Denver, CO, April 2004
• The Outlook for the General Economy with Linkages to Farm Commodities, Farm Credit Services Southwest Board of Directors Annual Planning Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2003
• The Outlook for U.S. Grains and Oilseeds Markets: Discussion, Industry Outlook Conference, Breckenridge, CO, April 2002
• Hard or Soft Landing: Prospects for Recession?, Industry Outlook Conference, Copper Mountain Resort, CO, April 2001