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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).
FORS 323 - People and Forest Practices
1 credit hour(s)

Examination of how people, institutions, and society at large affect and are affected by forest management practices. Case studies and field applications will concentrate on the wide variety of linkages that exist in society among people and forests. Application of basic skills of collaborative problem solving will be emphasized. Overnight field trips are required.

Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
(RE) Corequisite(s): FORS 305 and FORS 322.

Semesters Offered: Fall
FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy
3 credit hour(s)

Policy formulation and criteria for policy determination. Forest and wildland law and regulation. Theory of conflict resolution. Formal and informal resolution.

(DE) Prerequisite(s): FORS 100 or WFS 100.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.

Semesters Offered: Spring
FORS 590 - Advanced Topics in Forestry
1 - 3 credit hours

Recent advances and concepts; research techniques and analysis of current problems.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Jean-Philippe, Sharon | Taylor, Adam

Semesters Offered: Fall
FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
3 credit hour(s)

Natural resource management as a social process focusing on how human, social, and institutional factors interact and integrate with complex and dynamic biophysical systems. Influence on natural resource management of human institutions, values, attitudes and behaviors, and place. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (SS) (DE) Prerequisites: FORS 100 or WFS 100 or Permission of Instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
FWF 527 - Social and Economic Perspectives on Natural Resource Issues
3 credit hour(s)

Designed to introduce graduate students to important economics and other social science concepts as they relate to natural resource decision making.

Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture. Comments: Offered Fall semester - every other year.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - Graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
SNR 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
3 credit hour(s)

Natural resource management as a social process focusing on how human, social, and institutional factors interact and integrate with complex and dynamic biophysical systems. Influence on natural resource management of human institutions, values, attitudes and behaviors, and place. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (SS) Department Enforced
(DE) Prerequisite(s): FORS 100 or WFS 100 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).
FORS 323 - People and Forest Practices
1 credit hour(s)

Examination of how people, institutions, and society at large affect and are affected by forest management practices. Case studies and field applications will concentrate on the wide variety of linkages that exist in society among people and forests. Application of basic skills of collaborative problem solving will be emphasized. Overnight field trips are required.

Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
(RE) Corequisite(s): FORS 305 and FORS 322.

Semesters Offered: Fall
FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy
3 credit hour(s)

Policy formulation and criteria for policy determination. Forest and wildland law and regulation. Theory of conflict resolution. Formal and informal resolution.

(DE) Prerequisite(s): FORS 100 or WFS 100.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.

Semesters Offered: Spring
FORS 590 - Advanced Topics in Forestry
1 - 3 credit hours

Recent advances and concepts; research techniques and analysis of current problems.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Other Instructors: Jean-Philippe, Sharon | Taylor, Adam

Semesters Offered: Fall
FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
3 credit hour(s)

Natural resource management as a social process focusing on how human, social, and institutional factors interact and integrate with complex and dynamic biophysical systems. Influence on natural resource management of human institutions, values, attitudes and behaviors, and place. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (SS) (DE) Prerequisites: FORS 100 or WFS 100 or Permission of Instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
FWF 527 - Social and Economic Perspectives on Natural Resource Issues
3 credit hour(s)

Designed to introduce graduate students to important economics and other social science concepts as they relate to natural resource decision making.

Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture. Comments: Offered Fall semester - every other year.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - Graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
SNR 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
3 credit hour(s)

Natural resource management as a social process focusing on how human, social, and institutional factors interact and integrate with complex and dynamic biophysical systems. Influence on natural resource management of human institutions, values, attitudes and behaviors, and place. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (SS) Department Enforced
(DE) Prerequisite(s): FORS 100 or WFS 100 or Permission of Instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall
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