Subject Specialists
This is a list of ERS specialists by topic. For more information on these topics please contact the specialists listed below or browse our topics. The ERS staff directory has a complete list of contacts.
Subject areas:
Animal Products
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Crops
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Farm Economy
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Farm Practices & Management
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Food & Nutrition Assistance
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Food Choices & Health
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Food Markets & Prices
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Food Safety
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International Markets & Trade
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Natural Resources & Environment
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Rural Economy & Population
| Subject | Specialist | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products | |||
| Animal Production & Marketing Issues | Keithly Jones | kjones@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5172 |
| Seanicaa Edwards | Seanicaa.Edwards@ers.usda.gov | 202-294-5333 | |
| Aquaculture | Sean Ramos | Sean.Ramos@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5443 |
| Cattle & Beef | Seanicaa Edwards | Seanicaa.Edwards@ers.usda.gov | 202-294-5333 |
| Keithly Jones | kjones@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5172 | |
| Dairy | Jerry Cessna | jgcessna@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5171 |
| Jonathan Law | jonathan.law@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5544 | |
| Hogs & Pork | Mildred Haley | mhaley@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5176 |
| Poultry & Eggs | David Harvey | djharvey@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5177 |
| Alex Melton | awmelton@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5409 | |
| Sean Ramos | Sean.Ramos@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5443 | |
| Sheep, Lamb & Mutton | Keithly Jones | kjones@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5172 |
| Crops | |||
| Corn | Thomas Capehart | tcapehart@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5313 |
| Cotton & Wool | Leslie Meyer | lmeyer@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5307 |
| Stephen MacDonald | stephenm@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5305 | |
| Fruit & Tree Nuts | Agnes Perez | acperez@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5255 |
| Rice | Nathan Childs | nchilds@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5292 |
| Soybeans & Oil Crops | Mark Ash | mash@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5289 |
| Shelbi Knisley | shelbi.knisley@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5490 | |
| Sugar & Sweeteners | Michael McConnell | michael.mcconnell@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5184 |
| Vegetables & Pulses | Travis Minor | TRAVIS.MINOR@ers.usda.gov | (202) 694-5333 |
| Wheat | Jennifer Bond | jkbond@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5326 |
| Farm Economy | |||
| Agricultural Baseline Projections | Erik O'Donoghue | eodonoghue@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5585 |
| Agricultural Research and Productivity | Paul Heisey | pheisey@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5526 |
| Sun Ling Wang | slwang@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5460 | |
| Beginning & Disadvantaged Farmers | Robert Williams | williams@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5053 |
| James Williamson | jwilliamson@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5539 | |
| Bioenergy | Thomas Capehart | tcapehart@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5313 |
| Commodity Outlook | Mark Jekanowski | mjekanowski@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5152 |
| Farm & Commodity Policy | Joseph Cooper | jcooper@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5482 |
| Erik O'Donoghue | eodonoghue@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5585 | |
| Ashley Hungerford | ashley.e.hungerford@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5154 | |
| Anne Effland | aeffland@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5319 | |
| Farm Household Well-being | Daniel Prager | daniel.prager@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5528 |
| Farm Labor | Thomas Hertz | thertz@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5416 |
| Farm Sector Income & Finances | Farm Income Team | farmincometeam@ers.usda.gov | |
| Jeffrey Hopkins | jeffrey.w.hopkins@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5121 | |
| Farm Structure and Organization | Robert Hoppe | rhoppe@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5572 |
| Doris Newton | dnewton@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5619 | |
| Federal Tax Issues | James Williamson | jwilliamson@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5539 |
| Land Use, Land Value & Tenure | Daniel Bigelow | daniel.bigelow@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5340 |
| Farm Practices & Management | |||
| Biotechnology | Seth J. Wechsler | seth.wechsler@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5514 |
| Chemical Inputs | Richard Nehring | rnehring@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5618 |
| Crop & Livestock Practices | Nigel Key | nkey@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5567 |
| Irrigation & Water Use | Glenn Schaible | schaible@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5549 |
| Marcel Aillery | maillery@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5511 | |
| Risk Management | Erik O'Donoghue | eodonoghue@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5585 |
| Food & Nutrition Assistance | |||
| Child Nutrition Programs | Joanne Guthrie | jguthrie@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5373 |
| Food & Nutrition Assistance Research | Victor Oliveira | victoro@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5434 |
| Food Security in the U.S. | Alisha Coleman-Jensen | acjensen@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5456 |
| Christian Gregory | cgregory@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5132 | |
| Matthew Rabbitt | matthew.rabbitt@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5593 | |
| Poverty & Income Volatility | Laura Tiehen | ltiehen@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5417 |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | John Kirlin | jkirlin@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5398 |
| WIC Program | Victor Oliveira | victoro@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5434 |
| Food Choices & Health | |||
| Diet Quality & Nutrition | Biing-Hwan Lin | blin@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5458 |
| Lisa Mancino | lmancino@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5563 | |
| Education, Information & Labeling | Jessica Todd | jtodd@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5363 |
| Food Access | Michele Ver Ploeg | sverploeg@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5372 |
| Food Consumption & Demand | Biing-Hwan Lin | blin@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5458 |
| Abigail Okrent | aokrent@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5206 | |
| Obesity | Lisa Mancino | lmancino@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5563 |
| Food Markets & Prices | |||
| Consumer Price Index (CPI) | Annemarie Kuhns | amkuhns@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5351 |
| David Levin | david.levin@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5353 | |
| Food Prices, Expenditures & Costs | Patrick Canning | pcanning@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5341 |
| Hayden Stewart | hstewart@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5394 | |
| Annemarie Kuhns | amkuhns@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5351 | |
| Howard Elitzak | helitzak@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5375 | |
| Food Service Industry | Hayden Stewart | hstewart@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5394 |
| Local Foods | Stephen Martinez | martinez@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5378 |
| Stephen Vogel | svogel@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5368 | |
| Processing & Marketing | Stephen Martinez | martinez@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5378 |
| Retailing & Wholesaling | Howard Elitzak | helitzak@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5375 |
| David Levin | david.levin@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5353 | |
| Food Safety | |||
| Foodborne Illness | Sandra Hoffmann | shoffmann@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5354 |
| Labeling & Information Policy | Fred Kuchler | fkuchler@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5468 |
| Market Incentives & Government Regulation | Michael Ollinger | ollinger@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5454 |
| Response to Incidents | Fred Kuchler | fkuchler@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5468 |
| International Markets & Trade | |||
| Countries & Regions | |||
| Brazil | Constanza Valdes | cvaldes@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5225 |
| China | Fred Gale | fgale@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5215 |
| European Union | Kari Heerman | keheerman@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5250 |
| European Union | Lorraine Mitchell | lmitchel@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5234 |
| India | Maurice Landes | mlandes@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5145 |
| Japan | John Dyck | jdyck@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5221 |
| NAFTA, Canada & Mexico | Steven Zahniser | zahniser@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5230 |
| South Korea | John Dyck | jdyck@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5221 |
| Food Safety & International Markets | Jean Buzby | jbuzby@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5370 |
| Peyton Ferrier | pferrier@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5224 | |
| Global Food Markets | Birgit Meade | bmeade@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5159 |
| Global Food Security | Stacey Rosen | slrosen@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5164 |
| Birgit Meade | bmeade@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5159 | |
| Macroeconomics & Agriculture | Kari Heerman | keheerman@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5250 |
| Trade Policy & World Trade Organization (WTO) | Shawn Arita | ssarita@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5102 |
| Tani Lee | tani.lee@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5282 | |
| U.S. Agricultural Trade | Bryce Cooke | bryce.cooke@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5257 |
| Natural Resources & Environment | |||
| Climate Change | Elizabeth Marshall | emarshall@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5571 |
| Conservation Programs | Roger Claassen | claassen@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5473 |
| Environmental Quality | Marc Ribaudo | mribaudo@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5488 |
| Organic Agriculture | Catherine Greene | cgreene@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5541 |
| Rural Economy & Population | |||
| Business & Industry | Tim Wojan | twojan@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5419 |
| David McGranahan | dmcg@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5356 | |
| Employment & Education | Thomas Hertz | thertz@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5416 |
| Alexander Marré | amarre@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5338 | |
| Natural Amenities | David McGranahan | dmcg@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5356 |
| Population & Migration | John Cromartie | jbc@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5421 |
| Rural Classifications | John Cromartie | jbc@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5421 |
| Timothy Parker | tparker@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5435 | |
| Rural Poverty & Well-being | Tracey Farrigan | tfarrigan@ers.usda.gov | 202-694-5489 |