JEFFERY
R. WILLIAMS
Professor of agricultural economics
Jeffery R. Williams, professor of agricultural economics at Kansas
State University, is part of a team of researchers at the Kansas
Agricultural Experiment Station studying farm management practices
for carbon sequestration in Kansas. His focus is the economic
feasibility of the management practices.
Williams has centered his research on natural resource and farm management issues related to commodity production.
He has studied the effects of irrigation systems, replanting strategies and crop rotation, as well as the effects of environmental and insurance provisions of agricultural policy on Kansas farms.
In 1997, Williams received the Gamma Sigma Delta award for Outstanding Research and was recognized by Mortar Board for outstanding teaching and advising. He also has received the Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist award, the Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Academic Adviser Award and, on two occasions, the College of Agriculture's award for outstanding faculty of the semester.
Williams received his bachelor's degree in environmental resource management from Pennsylvania State University, and his master's and doctoral degrees in agricultural economics from Michigan State University.
Williams can be reached at 785-532-4491, or via e-mail at jwilliam@k-state.edu.