Extension State Program Specialist for Agricultural Economics BS9502

OSU-Stillwater

Cheryl DeVuyst

Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

$62000 - $84060 Salary

For full consideration please include a resume cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

The Department of Agricultural Economics has over 600 undergraduate students 50 M.S. and Ph.D. students and 25 faculty. The department prides itself on excellence in all three areas of the Land Grant mission through research teaching and extension. For more information about the department go to: Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University invites applications for a 100% extension. This position carries the expectations of excellence in extension with the land grant mission of Oklahoma State University.

The Extension State Program Specialist position is a 100 percent Extension staff appointment in the Department of Agricultural Economics. The primary responsibility of this position is to provide leadership and support with farm management production research and Cooperative Extension educational efforts within the department. This may include but is not limited to planning implementation or evaluation of agreed upon assignments within farm management. Aspects of the positions responsibilities may require grantsmanship / securing extramural funds and the ability to collaborate with other public and private sector entities. The Extension State Program Specialist is expected to work closely with the Area Extension Ag Economics Specialists as well as with the faculty and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University.

Major responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Enterprise budgets and other software tools:
Provide leadership with the design development promotion maintenance and evaluation of farm management software tools. Deliver timely annual budget updates for a set of commodity production activities and maintain the corresponding enterprise budget website. Provide other software-based farm management decision tools as stakeholder needs evolve. Provide relevant educational outreach materials with practical applications for extension educators.

Oklahoma Land values:
Sustain a land tract sales database collected from the Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma or other collaborators with annual updates. Extend a discussion of the results through various media outlets such as SUNUP interviews and addition update the Oklahoma Land Values website with current land value information.

Land tenure/custom rates:
Develop and distribute surveys to the Oklahoma public to determine rental rates for agricultural land under share cash and other payment arrangements as well as rates for custom agricultural services. Collaborate with USDA/NASS for survey delivery. Compile research results and publish the information via Extension Fact Sheets.