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Meet the "Market Journal" Team
 
Doug Jose

Doug Jose is the host of "Market Journal." A professor and extension farm management specialist in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Agricultural Economics, Doug has been with NU since 1980. Before coming to Nebraska, he was an Associate Professor in the Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Saskatchewan.

Jose's areas of interest include farm business management decision processes; risk management strategies, including crop insurance strategies, farm leasing arrangements, estate planning and business succession; financial analysis, business planning; and, dairy management strategies. He holds a B.S. in General Agricultural Science from McGill University, an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University.

Doug has also been involved with many regional and national committees, councils, and organizations.


Al Dutcher

State climatologist Al Dutcher specializes in climate data analysis, soil moisture analysis, weather forecasting, crop/weather relationships, and drought monitoring. A member of NU's School of Natural Resource Sciences, Al has been with the University of Nebraska since 1989. He holds a B.S. in Meteorology and an M.S. in Climatology, both degrees earned at Iowa State University.

Dutcher is a past president and current member of the American Association of State Climatologists. He serves on the Governor's Climate Assessment Response Committee and chairs the state's Water Availability Outlook Committee. He's also a contributing editor/writer for Cropwatch.

Originally from Deckerville, Michigan, Al has also lived in Germany, Japan, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Roy Smith

Roy Smith raises soybeans and corn and lives with his wife Sharon on a 1,000-acre farm near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Roy is past president of the Nebraska Soybean Association, and past vice-president of the American Soybean Association. He's also represented the ASA on the agricultural advisory committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and other commodity exchanges.

Roy advocates the use of seasonal price charts and the development of "farmer-friendly" marketing strategies. Roy says that, above all, as a producer, "you need to set your farm and family goals and measure your success in marketing against those goals. Be sure that everyone in the family shares those goals. Don't let minor setbacks in markets distract you from the really important things in life."

Pay a visit to Roy's web site, soyroy.com

Mike Briggs

Mike Briggs is a third-generation cattleman from Seward, Nebraska. His family has been feeding cattle since 1935.

Briggs is a graduate of Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and is an active member of the Nebraska Cattlemen. He has served as the vice-chair of the Animal Health and Nutrition Committee, and as chairman of the Feed Lot Council. He is a charter member of the board of the Nebraska Corn-fed Beef program. Briggs is also a past-president of the NCFB and is currently serving the final year of his second term as vice-president of that organization.

Mike Briggs says he enjoys the beef business and says that he "cannot imagine doing anything else."
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