Mykel Taylor

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., North Carolina State University
• M.S., Montana State University
• B.S., Montana State University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HONORS & AWARDS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• 2008-Present: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
• 2008-Present: Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA)
• 2021-Present: Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)
• 2012-2021: North Central Farm Management Extension Committee
• 2017-2018: Chairperson, North Central Farm Management Extension Committee
• 2018-2020: Chair, Extension Section of AAEA

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

Note: Please see my CV below for a full list of publications.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Arnold, C., J. Yu, M. Taylor, L. Palm-Forster, S. Banerjee. “The Role of Risk in Farmland Contract Choices.” Forthcoming in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
• Skevas, T., M. Taylor, and A.M. Featherstone. 2023 “How different types of government payments and the elimination of direct payments affect farm productivity? Evidence from Kansas crop farms.” Applied Economics, 55(14):1621-1635.
• McKendree, M., and M. Taylor. 2022. “Extension Program Development for Early Career Faculty.” Applied Economics and Teaching Resources. 4(3):49-66.
• Chen, Y., B.W. Brorsen, J.T. Biermacher, and M. Taylor. 2022. “Spatially Varying Wheat Protein Premiums.” Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 15:587-598.
• Regmi, M., A. Featherstone, C. Cowley, M. Taylor. 2021. “Big Banks versus Agricultural Banks: Has Too-Big-To-Fail Regulation Affected Efficiency and Scale Economies Measures?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3):1164-1178.
• Taylor, M.R., N.P. Hendricks, G.S. Sampson, and D. Garr. 2021. “The Opportunity Cost of the Conservation Reserve Program: A Kansas Land Example.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 43(2):849-865.
• Taylor, M.R., L. Sudbeck, C. Wilson, and J. Yu. 2020. “Quality Effects on Kansas Land Price Trends.” Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, pp. 167-170.
• Sampson, G.S., E.D. Perry, and M.R. Taylor. 2020. “The On-farm and Near-farm Effects of Wind Turbines on Agricultural Land Values.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 45(3):410-427.
• Bekkerman, A., and M.R. Taylor. 2020. “The Role of Spatial Density and Technological Investment on Optimal Pricing Strategies in the Grain Handling Industry.” Review of Industrial Organization, 57(1):27-58.
• Sampson, G., N. Hendricks, and M.R. Taylor. 2019. “Land Market Valuation of Groundwater.” Resource and Energy Economics, 58: 101-120.
• Taylor, M.R., and G.T. Tonsor. 2019. “Impact of Extension Education on 2014 Farm Bill Enrollment Decisions by Kansas Producers.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 44(1): 213-226.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Hendricks, N.P., I. Kisekka, V. Sharda, and M. Taylor. 2018. “The Value of Water in GMD 5.” Report commissioned by Water Protection Association of Central Kansas. December 20, 2018.
• Horse Welfare: Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter. GAO Report, GAO-11-228 (with L. Shames, J. Jones, J. Ashley, M. Braza, A. Capaccio, B. El-Osta, E. Gunn, T. Horner, Jr., A. Liles, K. Lloyd, J. Malcolm, J. Mingus, K. Raheb, and C. Hernstadt) , June 2011.

EXTENSION ARTICLES

• Taylor, M.R. 2020. “Kansas Land Values – Impacts of COVID-19.” Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.

• Taylor, M.R. 2020. “2019 Kansas County-Level Land Values for Cropland and Pasture.” Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Publication AM-MRT-2020-1.

• Reid, R., and M.R. Taylor. 2020. “Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends, 2019”. Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.

• Taylor, M.R., and A.M. Featherstone. 2020. “The Kansas Farm Economy: Navigating Rough Waters.” Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.

• Reid, R., and M.R. Taylor. 2019. “Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends, 2018”. Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.