Mark Waller

Areas of Expertise

• Marketing
• Price Analysis
• Policy

Professional Summary

Mark Waller, Ph.D. is a Professor and Extension Specialist, and Associate Department Head for Extension in the Department of Agricultural Economics. His applied research and extension emphasis is in the area of price analysis and risk management and market analysis for producers, handlers, processors, and other users of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, and their products. He served as the Grain Marketing Specialist from 1988-2005. During that time he served as Co-Director the Master Marketer Program, and Co-Leader the Texas Risk Management Education Program. He was promoted to Associate Department Head-Extension in 2005, and currently still holds that position. He also served as Acting Department Head from May 2018-July 2021. He has produced over 600 publications, and made over 1100 presentations to a combined audience of over 43,000 participants. He has participated in 98 grants for a total of $6,660,580. He is a member of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, and the Texas Extension Specialists Association.

Selected Publications

Klose, Steven L., Jackie Smith, Bill Thompson, Mark Waller, Samuel Zapata, Will Keeling, Justin Benavidez, and Pancho Abello. 2020 Texas Agricultural Custom Rates. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University System. July 2020.

Outlaw, Joe, Mark Waller, Mark Welch, Levi Russell, James Richardson, Nicholas Richburg, Larry Falconer, Nathan Smith, Kurt Guidry. “Economics of Aflatoxin Risk Management in Selected Southern States” Selected Poster Presentation at the Applied Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings. Boston, Mass. July 31-August 2, 2016.

McCorkle, Dean, Xiaoyan Qin, Rudolfo M. Nayga, Jr., Ximing Wu, Mark L. Waller, Stephen Amosson, Jackie G. Smith, Stan J. Bevers, and Mark Welch. “The Effect of the Master Marketer Program on Participants’ Knowledge, Adoption of Practices, and Relative Price Received.” The Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 2015. 28:50-69.

Abello F.A., M. A. Palma, M. W. Waller and D. P. Anderson. “Evaluating the Factors Influencing the Number of Visits to Farmers Markets”. Journal of Food Products Marketing Vol. 20, Iss. 1, 2014, pp 17-35.

Welch, Mark, David Anderson, John Robinson, Mark Waller, Stan Bevers, Rob Hogan, Steve Amosson, Dean McCorkle, Jackie Smith, and Emmy Williams. “Have Concerns over Futures Market Integrity Impacted Producer Price Risk Management Practices?” Choices 28(4)1-6. Fourth Quarter, 2013. Available online at http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/pdf/cmsarticle_336.pdf .