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Dr. Prentice is a featured speaker at numerous conferences, has published several academic research articles, and is quoted frequently in the business and farm press, from the Wall Street Journal to the Farm Journal. Dr. Prentice is co-author of Anatomy of an American Agricultural Credit Crisis, published by the Farm Credit System Assistance Board.

Dr. Prentice has 20 over years of experience in macroeconomic forecasting, policy analysis, and linkages to agriculture. Paul holds a B.A. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Connecticut.

From 1978-1985, Dr. Prentice was chief macroeconomist for USDA's Economic Research Service. In that capacity, he briefed the Secretary of Agriculture on general economic conditions and prepared numerous congressional testimonies on the implications for agriculture. In 1985, he left USDA to establish Farm Sector Economics, a consulting and publishing firm specializing in farm sector financial analysis, farm policy, and macroeconomic linkages to agriculture.

Speakers fee: $2,500 plus travel expenses

Example speeches inlcude:

  • Second-Generation Biodiesel Feedstocks: Dryland Oilseed Production on Marginal Acres, USDA Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum 2008, Washington, DC, February 2008

  • 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

  • "A New Direction for the U.S. Agricultural Economy", STRATUM Strategic Planning Conference, School of Agribusiness and Environmental Resources, Arizona State University, 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

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