Agricultural & Applied Economics: Academic Programs

AAEC 3020 Undergraduate Research Projects

Students in AAEC 3020 Introduction to Computers in Agribusiness and Natural Resources learn computer-based research methods - from writing a research proposal and collecting and analyzing data to writing a report and making a presentation. Click the following files to see the Powerpoint presentations for students in the Spring class.

2008

• GM Crops: Is Failure Adopting Them Causing a Decline in Competitiveness?
  - Team 1: Andrew Menaquale
• GE Corn- Are Farmers Really benefitting?
  - Team 2: Joshua Boyd, John Broadway, Jack Purvis 
• Chicken Litter: Having Poultry Farmers Knee Deep Since 2003
  - Team 3:   David Fleming, Natasha James, Wesley Studdard
• ARE YOU SMART ENOUGH TO FARM ORGANICALLY?
  - Team 4: Chris Anderson, Lori Edmondson, Katie Thomason
• Are livestock farmers paying higher feed grain prices of corn due to ethanol advancement?
  - Team 5: Jameson Hoffner, Shaunda Boucugnani, Brett Freeze  
• The diversion of corn for ethanol production and its negative effect on feed grain production for farmers
  - Team 6: Jason Edenfield, Matt Twyne, Jon Marlo
• Food Safety or Political Statement
  - Team 7: Ben McCorkle, Tara Smith, Kraig Streeman
• Are Wholesome Menus Diminishing the Fast Food Industry Advancement?
  - Team 8: Barrett Wills, Brittany Lacy, Warren Clemens
• Is the Weak Dollar Helping or Hurting U.S. Ag Exports  
  - Team 9: Gaines Story, Jereme Wright, Matt Friedel                                 
• Did Reforms in 1986 Lead to Immigration Growth While Farm Laborers Withered?
  - Team 10: Kevin Walsh, Trevor Cobb, D.H. Bathon