Extension State Program Specialist for Agricultural Economics BS9502

About the role

The Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University invites applications for a 100% Extension position. This position carries the expectations of excellence in extension with the land grant mission of Oklahoma State University.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 webinars.
• Update the “Oklahoma Land Values” website with current land value information.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Master's in agricultural economics, or a closely related discipline. (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)

Skills, Proficiencies, And/or Knowledge

• Provide agricultural budgets, land values and rental rates for agricultural lenders, farm managers, rural appraisers, and agricultural producers.
• Have knowledge of farmland appraisals and agricultural real estate.

Pay

$62,000 - $84,060

Schedule

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

Benefits

For full consideration, please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for three professional references. Learn more about our great benefits and eligibility at https://hr.okstate.edu/prospective-ee.html.