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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
PLSC 330 - Plant Propagation
3 credit hour(s)

The art of plant propagation is as old as civilization. Throughout human history, farmers and gardeners have observed, learned, and adapted from nature ways to multiply plants in cultivation. This course explores the principles and practices for increasing plant numbers with emphasis on the anatomical and physiological basis for various methods. Exploration of lecture concepts via seed starting, tissue culture, cuttings, layering, grafting, and other practical techniques. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : PLSC 210. Comments: Typically offered spring semester

Other Instructors: Occhialini, Alessandro | Pulte, Andy

Semesters Offered: Spring
PLSC 511 - Seed Biology and Physiology
1 credit hour(s)

Discussion and readings related to the seed as a biological system: its formation, development, dormancy, germination and viability.
Recommended Background: Coursework in plant physiology.
Comment(s): Typically offered Spring semester in alternate years that end with an even number.

Semesters Offered: Spring | Syllabus: Example 2022 Syllabus
PLSC 632 - Environmental Plant Ecophysiology
3 credit hour(s)

Physiological and ecological principles of plants and the relation of those principles to plant responses to the environment. Water relations, gas exchange, stress physiology, seed biology, plant competition, plant defense.

Recommended Background: Plant physiology coursework.
Comment(s): Typically offered Fall semester in alternate years that end with an even number.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate or permission of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

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ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

Google Scholar
ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, General, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
PLSC 330 - Plant Propagation
3 credit hour(s)

The art of plant propagation is as old as civilization. Throughout human history, farmers and gardeners have observed, learned, and adapted from nature ways to multiply plants in cultivation. This course explores the principles and practices for increasing plant numbers with emphasis on the anatomical and physiological basis for various methods. Exploration of lecture concepts via seed starting, tissue culture, cuttings, layering, grafting, and other practical techniques. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : PLSC 210. Comments: Typically offered spring semester

Other Instructors: Occhialini, Alessandro | Pulte, Andy

Semesters Offered: Spring
PLSC 511 - Seed Biology and Physiology
1 credit hour(s)

Discussion and readings related to the seed as a biological system: its formation, development, dormancy, germination and viability.
Recommended Background: Coursework in plant physiology.
Comment(s): Typically offered Spring semester in alternate years that end with an even number.

Semesters Offered: Spring | Syllabus: Example 2022 Syllabus
PLSC 632 - Environmental Plant Ecophysiology
3 credit hour(s)

Physiological and ecological principles of plants and the relation of those principles to plant responses to the environment. Water relations, gas exchange, stress physiology, seed biology, plant competition, plant defense.

Recommended Background: Plant physiology coursework.
Comment(s): Typically offered Fall semester in alternate years that end with an even number.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate or permission of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
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