Jason Johnson

Areas of Expertise

• Economies of Crop and Livestock Production
• Risk Management Strategies
• Family Financial Planning

Professional Summary

Jason Johnson, Ph.D. is an associate professor and Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics. Johnson is also a Registered Investment Advisor regulated by the Texas State Securities Board, CRD# 141350.  His educational programming focuses on all economic aspects of crop and livestock production blending traditional risk management strategies with more specific recommendations for family financial planning.

Johnson is a fifth-generation rancher who owns and operates the family’s 1,200-acre cattle operation, established in 1887 in Jacksboro, Texas. He is a founding member of Annie’s Project, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization program empowering farm/ranch women with the resources and confidence to make better decisions for their business and family. He currently serves as the Texas state coordinator for the program, assists in the development of curriculum, training of facilitators nationwide, and is currently the vice president of the national organization.

Selected Publications

Texas Quails: Ecology and Management, Second Edition.  2022.  Chapter 17. Economic Aspects of Texas Quails.  Jason L. Johnson and J. Richard Conner.  Texas A&M University Press.  (in press).

Lambert, D.M. J.A. Larson, R.K. Roberts, B.C. English, X. Zhou, L.L. Falconer, R.J. Hogan Jr. J.L. Johnson, and J.M. Reeves.  2017.  “Resistance is futile:  estimating the costs of managing herbicide resistance as a first-order Markov process and the case of U.S. upland cotton producers.”  Agricultural Economics 48 (1)1-10.

Zhou, X, R.K. Roberts, J.A. Larson, D.M. Lambert, B.C. English, A.K. Mishra, L.L. Falconer, R.J. Hogan Jr., J.L. Johnson, and Jeanne Reeves.  2016.  “Differences in Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Management Practices over Time and Regions.”  Weed Technology 30(1):1-12.

Johnson, J.L., D. Rollins, and K.S. Reyna.  2012.  What’s a Quail Worth?  A Longitudinal Assessment of Quail Hunter Demographics, Attitudes, and Spending Habits in Texas.  Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 7.  (1):81-87.

O’Neil, B., Porter, N., Pankow, D., Johnson, J., and Shuchardt, J.  2010.  “Online Investor Education: Listening to Learners to Develop an Effective Financial Literacy Program.”  Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 1(1): 23-40.