John V. Westra, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
101 Agricultural Administation Building
Louisiana State University AgCenter
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5604
Phone: 225-578-2721
Fax: 225-578-2716
jwestra@agcenter.lsu.edu
John Westra
is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics
and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University where he conducts
research and delivers extension programming related to how agricultural
and environmental policies influence farm management decisions
and how those decisions affect income from farming, natural resources
and environmental quality. Prior to LSU, he was an Assistant Professor
at St. Olaf College in Minnesota where he taught courses Natural
Resource Economics. He received a PhD in Agricultural and Applied
Economics at the University of Minnesota (2001), an MS in Agricultural
Economics at the University of Maine (1991), and a BA in Psychology
at Grinnell College in Grinnell Iowa (1984).
Areas of Work:
Multifunctionality of agriculture, environmental services from
agriculture, bio-economic modeling, agricultural conservation
and environmental policy, environmental economics, production
economics
Curriculum Vitae:
JohnWestra_cv.pdf
(146KB PDF)
