Terry Griffin
Assistant Professor 2301 S University Ave
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501/671-2182
Fax: 501/671-2279
tgriffin@uaex.edu
Background
Terry Griffin specializes in production economics and row-crop farm management. A native Arkansan raised on a diversified row crop farm near Paragould in Greene County, Terry’s interests in row crop production agriculture lead him to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy and Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Arkansas. His Master’s thesis integrated his agronomic and economic backgrounds by evaluating case studies of Arkansas’s early adopters of precision farming and analyzing the profitability of variable rate phosphorus applications on rice and soybean rotations. Terry has served as a farm management specialist for University of Illinois Extension and assisted in the coordination of the Top Farmer Crop Workshop at Purdue University. At Purdue, Terry earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics specializing in production economics and applied spatial econometrics, specifically field-scale on-farm experiments using precision agriculture technologies, and the subsequent farm management decision making process. He has acted as a reviewer for a number of interdisciplinary academic journals, especially on topics relating to precision agriculture. Terry and his wife, Dana, are proud parents of Ty, Austin, and Briley.
Education
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University
- MS in Agricultural Economics at University of Arkansas
- BS in Agronomy at University of Arkansas
Courses Taught
- AGEC 4113 Agricultural Price Analysis and Forecasting
Research Emphasis
- Methods:
o Spatial econometrics and specification of spatial interaction structures - Applied:
o Profitability and adoption of precision agriculture technologies
o Field-scale on-farm experimentation
o Farm management, machinery economics, farmland leasing,
o Rural/farm household quality-of-life
Activities
- Secretary - Southern Extension Farm Management Committee (SEFMC)
- Editorial Committee - Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
- Chapter Administrator – Arkansas Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
- Alumni Board - Alpha Iota Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Honors and Awards
- 2003 National Winner NASA Excellence Award Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture – National Association of County Agricultural Agents
- 2002 National Winner NASA GIS and Remote Sensing Decision Support Seminar – National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Publications
- Griffin, Terry W., Dobbins, C.L., Vyn, T., Florax, R.J.G.M. and Lowenberg-DeBoer, J. 2008. Spatial analysis of yield monitor data: Case studies of on-farm trials and farm management decision-making. Precision Agriculture (2008) 9(5) pp. 269–283.
- Griffin, Terry, and Lowenberg-DeBoer, J. 2005. “Worldwide Adoption and Profitability of Precision Agriculture: Implications for Brazil, Revista de Politica Agricola, 14:4, p. 20-37
- Griffin, T. W. & Lambert, D. M. 2005. Teaching interpretation of yield monitor data analysis: lessons learned from Purdue’s 37th top farmer crop workshop. Journal of Extension [On-line], 43(3) Article 3IAW5.
- Griffin, T.W., Stiles, S., Kulkarni, S. 2007. Estimating Farm Machinery Costs FSA21. http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/fsa-21.pdf
- Pendergrass, E.L. and Griffin, T.W. 2007. Verbal Farm Leases After the Arkansas Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 2007 FSA32. http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/FSA-32.pdf
- Griffin, T.W. 2008. Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Arkansas. FSA33. http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/FSA-33.pdf