Knoblauch, Wayne Alan

Professor
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES I have a three-way appointment with extension being my largest responsibility at 50 percent effort allocation, followed by teaching at 35 percent and research at 15 percent. My extension program has three main components which range from meeting the needs of farm families in crisis, to helping beginning farmers transition into ownership and management roles, to helping improve the management capacity on the state`s best managed and most profitable farm businesses. I am the Faculty Director of NYFarmNet and NYFarmLink. FarmNet responds to financial and family requests for assistance through an 800-telephone number. Services range from assistance in strengthening the profitability of the farm business and improving family relationships to the extreme of suicide intervention. The FarmLink program improves the process and effectiveness of farm transfers by providing entering and exiting farmers with essential networking, consulting and educational support. The second component of my extension program is the Dairy Farm Business Summary Program. I provide faculty leadership for the survey and analysis of production and financial records from 400 New York dairy farms each year. I prepare extension and research publications, work with agents and farmers on data collection and conduct regional meetings on topics such as benchmarking and economic decision making. My third area is working on general dairy business management topics through collaboration with Pro-Dairy. My teaching focuses on creating the business managers of tomorrow`s agribusinesses through both classroom and study trip experiences. I teach two undergraduate courses with an emphasis on farm business management. My research focuses on understanding how technology adoption and alternative management strategies impact farm performance.

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background

educational background

  • Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1976
  • M.S., Michigan State University, 1972
  • B.S., Michigan State University, 1971

awards and distinctions

  • American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Extension Program Team Award, 1984, 1987, 2000
  • American Society of Agricultural Engineers Blue Ribbon for Quality of Publication, 1989
  • Community and Rural Development Innovator Award, Farming Alternatives Program, 1993
  • Community and Rural Development Innovator Award, New York City Watershed Project, 1997

publications

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Knoblauch, W., J. Karszes, and B. Hilty. 2003. Dairy Expansion: Financial Planning for Success. Natural Resource, Agricultural, and Engineering Service.

Karszes, J., W. Knoblauch, and L. Putnam. 1999. New York large herd farms, 300 cows or larger, 1998. Research Bulletin 99-08, Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics, Cornell University.

Knoblauch, W., and L. Putnam. 1998. Dairy farm management business summary, New York State, 1997. Research Bulletin 98-06, Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics, Cornell University.

Hanchar, J., R. Milligan, and W. Knoblauch. 1997. Developing a farm plan to address water quality and farm business objectives: A framework for planning, 1997. Research Bulletin 96-13, Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics, Cornell University.

Tauer, L. W., and W. A. Knoblauch. 1997. The empirical impact of bovine somatotropin on New York dairy farms. Journal of Dairy Science 80:1092-197.

Erba, E. M., and W. A. Knoblauch. 1995. Two potential uses of excess capacity of the milking parlor. Journal of Dairy Science 78:710-18.

Schmit, T. M., and W. A. Knoblauch. 1995. The impact of nutrient loading restrictions on dairy farm profitability. Journal of Dairy Science 78:1267-81.

Keywords: business analysis, business analysis and planning, dairy economics, economic decision making, farm business management, strategic planning, technology assessment