Brad Lubben

Extension Associate Professor

Contact

207A Filley Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0922
402-472-2235
blubben2@unl.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Links

• North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center
• Rural Poll - research and reports of annual survey of rural Nebraskans
• Farm Bill Information - webpage of farm bill information, publications, tools, and links

Integrated Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests

• Agricultural Policy
  • Policy preferences, development, and implementation
  • Policy alternatives and program impacts
• Trade Policy
  • Policy preferences
  • Trade agreements, negotiations, and conflicts
• Food Policy
  • Consumer preferences and food attributes
  • Food production standards and policies
• Conservation and Environmental Policy
  • Conservation programs, alternatives, and impacts
  • Environmental regulations
• Public policy
  • Policy issues analysis and education
  • Public policy issues education principles and methods

Education

• Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 2005
• M.S., Agricultural Economics Major and Agronomy Minor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1992
• B.S., Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989

Selected Publications

• Lubben, B. and E. Thompson. 2011. "The Potential Consequences of Proposed Climate Change Regulation on the Nebraska Economy." Research Report. Bureau of Business Research and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (January).
• Vogt, R. J., R. L. Cantrell, B.B. Johnson, and B.D. Lubben. 2010. "Life in Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: Perceptions of Well-Being and Acts of Care Giving: 2010 Nebraska Rural Poll Results." Center for Applied Rural Innovation Research Report. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10-3 (November).
• Vogt, R. J., R. L. Cantrell, B.B. Johnson, and B.D. Lubben. 2010. "Living and Shopping in Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: 2010 Nebraska Rural Poll Results." Center for Applied Rural Innovation Research Report. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10-2(October).
• Vogt, R. J., R. L. Cantrell, B.B. Johnson, and B.D. Lubben. 2010. "Views on Agriculture, Energy and Food in Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: 2010 Nebraska Rural Poll Results." Center for Applied Rural Innovation Research Report. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10-1(September).
• Lubben, B.D. and J.L. Novak. 2010. "Discussion: What Have We Learned from the New Suite of Risk Management Programs." Southern Agricultural Economics Association. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42(3): 537-541.
• Lubben, B.D., "The ACRE Program: Sign-up Results, Expected Payments and Future Prospects," Cornhusker Economics (August 2010)
• Lubben, B.D., "Analyzing ACRE: Results for 2009 and Decisions for 2010," Cornhusker Economics (March 2010).
• Harris, W., B.D. Lubben, J.L. Novak, L.D. Sanders, "Updating the Farm Bill Safety Net in an Expanding Sea of Risk" Policy Issues (June 2008)
  Lubben, B.D., "Understanding the New Farm Income Safety Net," Cornhusker Economics (June 2008). 
• Nagler, A., C.T. Bastian, B.D. Lubben, and D.J. Menkhaus. 2008. "Out With the Old, In With the New: Are Commodity Producers Ready for Buyouts?." Western Agricultural Economics Association. Western Economics Forum 7(1): 14-21.
• Novak, J.L., L.D. Sanders, and B.D. Lubben. 2007. "Delayed Farm Bill? What's the problem?." Timely Information: Agricultural Economics Series. Auburn University DAERS 09-1(October).
• Westcott, P.C., B. D. Lubben, and A.L. Frederick. 2007. "Farm Commodity Loan Programs." The 2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences. National Public Policy Education Committee.
• Lubben, B.D., N.L. Bills, J.B. Johnson, and J.L. Novak. 2006. "The 2007 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences for Agricultural, Food, and Public Policy." National Public Policy Education Committee. Publication Number 2006-01.
• Zulauf, C.R., F. Yavuz, and B.D. Lubben. 2004. "Attributes of U.S. Farms by Number of Generations the Farm Has Been in a Family." Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers 67(1): 135-138.
• Novak, J.L., C. Curtis, H. Harris, B. Lubben, and L. Sanders. 2001. "A Survey of What Southern Producers Want in a New Farm Bill." Southern Extension Public Affairs Committee. Publication Number 2001-01.
• Lubben, B.D., C.J. Simons, N.L. Bills, N.L. Meyer, and J.L. Novak. 2001. "The 2002 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences for Agricultural, Food, and Public Policy." National Public Policy Education Committee. Publication Number 2001-02.