BIOGRAPHICAL RESUME
May 15, 2013
NAME:
Don E. Ethridge
ADDRESSES:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-2132
Tel. 806-742-2821
Fax 806-742-1099
e-mail: don.ethridge@ttu.edu
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
503 N. Huron Ave.
Lubbock, TX 79416
Tel. 806-792-9511
July 23, 1942 - Spur, Texas
EDUCATION:
Texas Tech University; B.S., 1965; Major - Agricultural Economics
Texas Tech University; M.S., 1967; Major - Agricultural Economics; Minor - Economics
North Carolina State University; Ph.D., 1970; Major - Economics; Minors - Statistics and
Agricultural Economics; Field - Markets and Trade
POSITIONS:
1965-67:
1967-69:
1969-70:
Summer, 1970:
1970-73:
1973-75:
1975-81:
1981-97:
Research Assistant, Texas Tech University. One-half time research (Tex.
Ag. Exp.Sta. assistantship). James E. Osborn, advisor and supervisor.
Research Assistant, N.C. State University. One-half time research. James
A. Seagraves, advisor and supervisor.
Instructor of Economics, N.C. State University. Full-time teaching of
economic principles while completing Ph.D. dissertation.
Research Associate, N.C. State University. Full-time research on project
funded by the Office of Water Resources Research, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior.
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Rolla. Teaching,
research and administrative duties.
Senior Economic Analyst, Office of Economic Research, Central
Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C. Research, policy analysis, and
contract research supervision duties.
Economist and Senior Representative, Economic Research Service, U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture. Research, coordination, and administrative duties.
Associate Professor and Professor (1985-1997), Dept. of Agricultural
Economics, Texas Tech University. Teaching (50%), research (50%), and
service duties. Graduate Faculty status and Associate of the International
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1997-2005:
1997-2008
2005-2008
2009-
Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies. One-eighth appointment with
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1981-1987.
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Texas Tech University.
Director, Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech University.
Professor, Dept. Of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Associate
Director, CASNR Water Center, Texas Tech University
Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University
EXPERIENCE:
A.
Research:
M.S. thesis research on normative supply responses for cotton and grain sorghum in the
Texas High Plains (1965-67). Ph.D. dissertation research in environmental
economics/water pollution (1967-70); developed project with major professor which was
funded by Office of Water Resources Research, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. One-third time
appointment with the Water Resources Research Center, University of Missouri-Rolla
(1970-73); research in environmental economics.
Research on world food and natural resource issues (1973-75). Specific projects included
projections of world production, consumption, and trade for grains and meat; estimation of
demand for meats in the world and selected countries; simulation modeling of LDC
economies; monitoring of contract research on grain trade modeling; policy analysis for U.
N. Law of the Sea Conference; analysis of world fertilizer markets; and analysis of impacts
of world energy conditions with emphasis on world agricultural production.
Developed and organized economic research program in fibers and oil crops, Natl.
Economics Division, ERS, USDA at Lubbock, TX (1975-81), with emphasis on the western
U.S. Coordination/cooperation/liaison work with cotton industry and other research groups
and institutions, including Texas Tech University, Texas Ag. Experiment Station, Ag.
Research Service, and Ag. Marketing Service. Research projects included assessment of
new technologies in cotton processing (joint with ARS, USDA), economics of hulling
undelintered cottonseed, market impacts of instrument grading of cotton (joint with AMS
and ARS, USDA), and work on USDA's FEDS/Typical Farms System.
Research in rangeland economics and economics of the cotton industry (1981-1995).
Projects included economic analyses of brush control and other range enhancement
practices, marketing/production systems in semi-arid lands, and price and weather risk
analyses (substantial joint work with faculty in Range and Wildlife Mgmt. Dept.). Other
projects on land values, economics of variety selection, crop yield analyses, industry
structure, international competitiveness, price analysis studies on cotton, and ginning costs.
Grants Obtained: ($ 4,596,889 total)
Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of Missouri, 1971.
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Effects of Municipal Sewer Surcharges on Industrial Wastes, Office of Water Resources
Research, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1969-1972. Developed proposal with Ph.D. major
professor, J.A. Seagraves, N.C. State Univ.
Missouri Extension Service grant for in-service training in water pollution control for
government officials, 1973. $7,200.
Organization, Performance, and Regional Impact of the Natural Fibers Industries in the
Southwestern United States, Economic Research Service, USDA, 1975-1981 ($146,000).
Economic Research Service/Agricultural Research Service, USDA, research project.
Assessment of New Technologies in Cotton Processing. 3-year project (1978/791980/81), $47,000 supplementary funding by ARS, USDA (Project Leader).
Cottonseed Oil Mill Simulation Modeling, ARS, USDA, 1978-1980, $40,000 (Project
Leader).
Reliability of Spot Cotton Quotations in the West Texas Cotton Market, Cotton Inc., 1982,
$33,270.
Economics of Range Improvement Practices, state line item research funds:
1981/82,$16,500; 1982/83, $23,450; 1983/84, $25,000; 1984/85, $26,950; 1985/86,
$29,000; 1986/87, $25,400; 1987/88, $29,900; 1988/89, $32,150; 1989/90, $32,422;
1990/91, $33,780; 1991/92, $34,260; 1992/93, $35,830; 1993/94, $37,400; 1994/95,
$38,325. ($420,367 total)
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station research: 1981/82, $5,000; 1982/83, $5,500;1983/84,
$11,500; 1984/85, $20,750; 1985/86, $19,750; 1986/87, $17,900. ($80,400 total)
Food and Fiber Research in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, Texas Tech University:
$7,600; 1982/83, $12,000; 1983/84, $8,500; 1984/85, $8,500; 1985/86, $7,300;
$5,700; 1987/88, $9,000; 1988/89, $7,500; 1989/90, $9,000; 1990/91, $10,000;
$10,500;1992/93, $9,975; 1993/94, $10,000; 1994/95, $10,000; 1995/96, $8,000;
$8,000. 1997/98 $8,000, 1998/99 $8,000; ($157,575 total)
1981/82,
1986/87,
1991/92,
1996/97,
Texas Food and Fiber Commission. Market Values of Cotton Fiber Properties:
1984/85,$25,100; 1985/86, $26,500. ($51,600 total)
Agricultural Research Service Ph.D. Fellowship Grant Program in Agricultural Marketing,
USDA. Four $15,000/year fellowships beginning 1984/85; cotton marketing part of the
proposal. ($45,000 total)
CSRS, USDA, Rangeland Research Grants Program. 9/86-9/89, $62,500 (with B. Dahl).
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Water Resources Research Center, Texas Tech University, 9/85-8/87, $15,600 (with A.
Stoecker).
Research in Agriculture, Texas Tech University, 1987/88, $7,750 (with T. Ervin).
Designing a Market Reporting System for Cotton to Facilitate HVI Grading. Agricultural
Marketing Service, USDA, 1988/89-1989/90, $90,400; 1990/91, $25,000; 1991/92,
$40,000. ($155,400 total)
Market Valuation of Cotton Quality Attributes in the U.S. Committee for Cotton Research.
1991-1995, $268,700.
Cotton Inc. An Econometric Market Reporting System for HVI Grading. 1992, $52,800;
1993, $49,650; 1994, $39,075; 1995, $32,000; 1996, $32,000; 1997, $30,800; 1998, $30,000;
1999, $28,800; 2000, $30,000; 2001, $32,000; 2002, $32,000; 2003, $32,000; 2004,
$32,000; 2005, $32,000; 2006, $32,000 ($517,125 total) (with S. Misra 1998-2006).
Plains Cotton Improvement Committee, Plains Cotton Growers.
Discounts in Cotton. 1991/92, $3,500.
Evaluation of Bark
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Advanced Technology Program). Procedures
for Evaluating Cotton Genetypes for Commercial Application. 1992-1994, $105,900 (with J.
Dever).
Modeling for Cotton Yield and Quality. Texas Agr. Experiment Station and Cotton Inc.(with
Jane Dever). 1991/92, $19,000; 1992/93, $19,000. (38,000 total).
Municipal Wastewater in Crop Production, Environmental Sciences Research Enhancement
Program, Summer, 1993, $4,750 (with Ragy Darwish).
Efficient Cotton Cleaning in a Systems Framework. ARS/USDA (with Sukant Misra).
1993/94-1995/96, $42,000.
Cotton Economics Line-Item from the Texas State Legislature for research on cotton in
Texas. Instrumental in securing the funding. $267,000 for 1995-1997; $267,000 for 19971999 ($534,000 total).
Cotton Price Policy and Trade Analysis. CSRS/USDA National Research Initiative Grant,
1995- 1997, $115,000.
Ethiopia Textile Sector Study. U.S. Agency for International Development and Chemonics
International. Research/Policy Advisement project. 1996, $191,350 (with Kary Mathis and
Dean Ethridge).
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Development of Daily Price Estimation System for Cotton. Committee for Cotton Research,
Inc. 9/98 - 8/01, $368,228 (with Sukant Misra).
Textile Manufacturers’ Pricing of Cotton Quality Attributes. Cotton Incorporated. 1998 and
1999, $28,594; 2000, $14,000; 2001, $35,000; ($77,594 total).
Texas Tech Connectivity to the vBNS. Natl. Science Foundation. 7/99 - 6/01, $350,000 (
with L. Schovanec, A. Doggett, S. Mitra, D. Smith, and H. Temkin)
Management Strategies for Optimum Input Use in Cotton Production, CSREES/USDA.
11/98-11/00, $129,080 (with P. Johnson, O. Ramirez, D. Ethridge, E. Hequet, D. Krieg).
Cotton Policy Modeling Research, USDA. $300,000 9/01-8/02 (Congressional initiative
through Texas Tech Univ.) This initial effort was expanded into funding of about $1.2
million/year by 2006.
B.
Instruction:
Courses Taught:
Principles of Economics I (F69, S70, F70, F71, SS72).
Principles of Economics II (S71, F71, SS72, F72).
Problems in Economic Society (S71).
Natural Resource Economics (F71, F72).
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (S72, S73, SS06).
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (F72).
Production Economics (S79, F79, S82, F82, S83, S84).
Special Problems in Agricultural Economics (S81, F83, F85, F86).
Agricultural Price Analysis (F81).
Methodology for Research and Management (S82, S83, F84, F85).
International Trade (S84, S85).
Advanced Production Economics (F83, F84, F86, F87).
Research Methodology in Economics (S86, S87, S88, S89, S90, S91, S93, S94, S95, S96,
S97).
Food, Ag., and Resource Policy Analysis (Graduate)(F88, F89, F90, F92, F93, F96, F97,
F99. F01).
Graduate Seminar (S91, S97).
Undergraduate Seminar (F94, S95, F98, F00, S02 through S08).
Agriculture and Public Policy (F06, F07)
Undergraduate Advising:
Academic advisor to 15-30 AAEC majors per year, 1970-73, 25-35 per year, 1981-1997, and
15-20 per year 1997-2008.
Faculty advisor to Agricultural Economics Assn., 1978-79, S81, and 1981-82.
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Faculty advisor, Student Section - American Agricultural Economics Assn., 1983-1986.
Advised several undergraduate students on papers submitted to Student Section - AAEA
competition; students placed 2nd (1982), 1st (1983), and 5th (1986) in national competition.
Direction of Graduate Students:
1.
Santi Bangor, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1980. Major advisor.
2.
Melvin Douglas Collings, Ind. Engr., M.S., thesis, completed 1980. Committee
member.
3.
Barry L. Price, Political Science, Ph.D. (Indiana University), completed 1981.
Committee member.
4.
Steven R. Gossett, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1982. Committee member.
5.
Kenneth H. Mathews, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1982. Major advisor.
6.
David W. Myers, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1982. Major advisor.
7.
Andrew Wilson, Ag. Econ., M. Ag., non-thesis, completed 1983. Committee
member.
8.
Moussa Sissoko, Ento., M. Ag., non-thesis, completed 1983. Committee member.
9.
Randy G. Sudderth, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1984. Major advisor.
10.
Jeffrey W. Koym, Plant and Soil Science, M.S., thesis, completed 1984. Committee
member.
11.
Omar Saffie, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1984. Committee member.
12.
Dovi-Akue Alipoe, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1984. Committee member.
13.
Jarral Neeper, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1985. Major advisor. Thesis
recognized as outstanding M.S. thesis in 1985 by Western Ag. Economics Assn.
14.
Alan Adams, Ag. Econ., M.Ag., non-thesis, completed 1985. Major advisor.
15.
John D. Nance, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1985. Major advisor.
16.
Tamera J. Neal, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1986. Major advisor.
17.
Mark Moore, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1986. Committee member.
18.
Alan Rasmussen, Range and Wildlife Mgmt., Ph.D., completed 1986. Committee
member.
19.
Samia Gutu, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1986. Committee member.
20.
Justin Rushemeza, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1986. Major advisor.
21.
Priscilla Andrew, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1987. Major advisor.
22.
Guy McPherson, Range and Wildlife Mgmt., Ph.D., completed 1987. Committee
member.
23.
Dale Robison, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1987. Committee member.
24.
William R. Tennant, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1987. Committee
member.
25.
Sam Field, Ag. Econ., M. Ag., completed 1988. Committee member.
26.
Clay Hamilton, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1988. major advisor.
27.
Isa Agbadi, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1988. Co-Major advisor.
28.
Mike Morrow, Crop Science, M.S., thesis, completed 1988. Committee member.
29.
Leandre Gbeli, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1988. Committee member.
30.
Kenneth Bowman, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1989. Major advisor.
31.
Brent Carpenter, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1989. Major advisor.
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Godfrey Ejimakor, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1989. Committee member.
Randy W. Lloyd, Crop Science, Ph.D., completed 1989. Committee member.
Kevin Brinkley, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1989. Committee member.
Danya Guardiola, Ag. Econ., M.S., non-thesis, completed 1990. Major advisor.
Scott Mack, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1991. Committee member.
Ping Zhang, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1991. Major advisor.
Ragy Darwish, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1992. Committee member.
Maryanne Sigmund, Crop Sci., M.S., thesis, completed 1992. Committee member.
Yinjie Feng, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1992. Committee member.
Jeff Brown, Ag., Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1993. Major advisor.
Darren Hudson, Ag. Econ, M.S., completed 1994. Major advisor.
Rodney Blackwood, Animal Science, Ph.D., completed 1994. Committee member.
Richard Sherwood, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1994. Major advisor.
Nancy Wiley, Ag. Econ., M.S., thesis, completed 1994, Committee member
Blake Bennett, Ag. Econ., M.S., completed 1995, Committee member.
Changping Chen, Ag. Econ., Ph.D., completed 1995. Major advisor.
Alfonso Gerbolini, Ag. Econ., M.S., completed 1996. Co-major advisor.
Mario Lopez, Ag. Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 1996. Committee member.
Darren Hudson, Ag. & Applied Econ., Ph.D., completed 1997. Major advisor.
Brent McPeek, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 1997. Committee
member.
April Clark, Ag. & Applied Econ. M. S. thesis, completed 1998. Committee member
Jane Bondurant, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 1998. Committee
member.
Blake Bennett, Ag. & Applied Econ., Ph.D., completed 1999. Committee member.
Hope Floeck, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.Ag., completed 2000. Major advisor.
Jeffery SoRelle, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 2000. Committee
member.
Kevin Hoelscher, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 2001. Co-major
advisor.
Megan Britt, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 2002. Committee member.
Carlos Carpio, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S. thesis, completed 2002. Committee member.
Larry Moffett, M.Ag., completed 2003. Committee member.
David Gao, Ag. & Applied Econ., M.S., completed 2003. Committee member.
Carlos Ortega, Range Science, Ph.D., completed 2005. Committee member.
Sang Jung, Ag. & Applied Econ., Ph.D., completed 2007. Committee member.
Grants Obtained:
National Science Foundation grant for Economic Education through Missouri Council for
Economic Education, 1972.
Grant for Minority Research Apprenticeship, USDA, Summer 1981.
Texas Tech University Faculty Mini-Development Grant to Aid Instruction, 1986 ($600).
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ICASALS Study Tour to the People's Republic of China, 1988, 5-week tour of China
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education through a Fulbright grant, ($4,000).
ICASALS Study Tour to Egypt and Jordan 1990; 6-week tour sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of
Education through a Fulbright grant ($5,000).
Grant for Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Honors College, Texas Tech ($2,500).
Student - Shauna Swink.
Undergraduate Research Program Awards: 2002, for undergraduate research on GMO
marketing ($1,000), student Deidra Howell; 2003, for undergraduate research on value of
ground water ($1000), student Dane Sanders.
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Administration:
Section Head of Economics, Social Sciences Department, University of Missouri-Rolla,
1971-73, Seven Economics faculty members. Duties included course and class scheduling,
teaching assignments, faculty performance evaluation and salary recommendations, and
faculty and student recruiting. Coordinated with Econ. Dept. Chairs on the Columbia, St.
Louis, and Kansas City campuses on several University-wide Administration projects.
Responsible for monitoring of contract research on trade modeling, 1974-75. Duties
included evaluating and monitoring of the research activities and progress and reporting and
making recommendations to the Director of the Office of Economic Research, CIA.
Responsible for Fibers and Oils, ERS, USDA research unit, 1975-81. Duties included
developing and supervising research programs and personnel, coordination with other
government and academic researchers and administrators. Supervised/ coordinated activities
of 3-10 research people in several locations.
Served on and chaired various departmental, college, and university committees and task
forces addressing administrative matters, 1981-2008.
Graduate Coordinator for departmental graduate programs, 1991/1992-1992/1993.
Department Chairman, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech Univ., 1997-2005.
Responsible for overall educational and research programs. Provided leadership for
programs and administrative responsibility for a department of 15 faculty, about 300
students, and annual budgets of over $3.0 million. Directed the Cotton Economics Research
program since its inception at Texas Tech and became Director of the Cotton Economics
Research Institute on its foundation in 1997 (served to retirement in 2008).
Appointed as Associate Director of the Water Center, College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources, Texas Tech University, 2005-2008.
D. Service:
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Professional Associations:
Member of American Economic Association (1968-2008), American Agricultural
Economics Association (1966-2009), Southern Agricultural Economics Association (19772009), Western Agricultural Economics Association (1977-2009), Society for Range
Management (1984-1990), and National Association of Agricultural Economics
Administrators (1997-2005).
Frequent reviewer of manuscripts.
Vice Chairman and Chairman, respectively, 1984 and 1985, and Historian, 1995-2005,
Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference.
Steering Committee, Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference, 1984-2005.
Member of CSRS and CSREES, USDA review panel for research grants programs, 1987,
1988, every year 1991-2008.
Editorial Council, Southern Agricultural Economics Assn., 1988-1991.
Editorial Council, Western Agricultural Econ. Assn., 1994-1998.
Board of Directors, National Assn. of Agricultural Economics Administrators, 2001-2003;
President, 2003.
Board of Directors, Council on Food and Resource Economics, 2003-2005.
Presided over:
Panel discussion on financial conditions in the U.S. cotton industry, 1983 Cotton Economics
and Marketing Conference.
Panel discussion on merchandising U.S. cotton abroad, 1986 Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference.
Session on curriculum development, AAEA Teaching Workshop, July 1986.
Selected papers session, Commodity Analysis in Livestock, SAEA meetings, February 1987.
Selected papers session, Production Economics, WAEA meetings, July 1987.
Organized Symposium, Hedonic/Characteristic Price Analysis, AAEA meetings, Aug. 1991.
Selected Papers Session, Functional Form Specification, AAEA meetings, Aug. 1994.
Selected Papers Session, Environmental Issues in Production Agriculture, SAEA meetings,
Feb. 1999.
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Committees:
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Department:
Curriculum, 1970/71, 1978/79, 1985/86, 1986/87.
Texas Tech Ag. Econ. Former Students Assn., Board of Directors, 1977/78;
Treasurer, 1978/79.
Seminar, 1978/79 (Chairman).
Graduate, 1978/79-1997/98 (Chairman 1992/93).
Dept. Position, Numerous.
Awards and Scholarship, 1981/82, 1982/83.
Faculty Search, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1986/87 (Chairman), 1987/88, 1988/89,
1996/97.
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Ag. Finance Institute Steering Committee, 1978/79.
Ag. Finance Institute, 1981/82-1982/83.
Comprehensive Exam Committee, 1983, 1984 (Chairman).
Ph.D. Program Review, 1987/88 (Chairman).
Advisory Committee for the Dean Hughes Memorial Lecture Series in Agricultural
Finance, 1987/88.
Research Review Committee (Chairman); developed position paper on departmental
research, 1989/90.
Untenured Faculty Review, 1990/91, 1996/97, 2007/08.
Graduate Programs Review Committee (Chairman) 1990/91.
Internship, 1996/97.
Faculty Awards, 1999/00-2007/08.
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College:
Dean's Steering Committee for Agribusiness/Ag. Finance Institute, 1978/79 and
1980/81.
College Commencement Committee, 1979/80.
Ag. Economics Dept. Chair Search, 1981/82 (Chairman).
External Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee for Dept. of Animal Science,
1985/86; Dept. of Natural Resources Mgmt., 1986/87, 1994/95, 1998/99, 2005/06,
2006/07, 2007/08; Dept. of Ag. Ed. and Comm. 1989/90, 1994/95, 2006/07; Dept. of
Plant and Soil Sci., 1993/94; Dept. of Park Adm. and Landscape Architecture,
1994/95.
President's Faculty Achievement Awards Committee, 1986.
Dean's Professional Improvement Workshop Committee, 1986.
College representative, Faculty Senate (elected) 1986/87-1988/89.
Grade Appeals Board, 1987/88 (Chair).
Tenure, Promotion, Exit Interview Committee, 1987/88, 1988/89 (Chair),
1989/90 (Chairman), 1990/91 (Chair), 1995/96-1999/00; also developed college Posttenure Review Procedures, 1997/98.
College Program Prioritization Committee, 1991/92.
College Strategic Planning Committee, 1991/92, 1997/98 - 2004/05.
Graduate Studies Coordination Committee, 1992/93.
Development Committee, 1993/94, 2005/06 (Chair).
College Name Change Committee, 1995/96.
Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management Dept. Chair Search, 1997 (Chair).
Selection Committee, CASNR Research Enhancement Program (Coordinator), 2000.
Committee to Evaluate Horn Professorship Nominees, 2003 (Chair), 2004 (Chair)
Dean Search Committee, 2007 and 2008.
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University:
University-wide Economics program coordination, 1972 (University of Missouri).
Classing Facility Committee, 1985/86.
Panel on Farm Adjustments, Prices, and Incomes, TAES 5-year plan, 1983/84.
Faculty Senate Study Committee on General Education Requirements, 1987/88.
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Faculty Senate Budget Study Committee, 1988/89.
Scholarship Committee, Phi Beta Delta, 1988/89.
Nominating Committee for Faculty Senate officers, 1988/89.
Texas Federal Demonstration Project (to increase research productivity and reduce
administrative, accounting and audit costs with federal projects), member of 9member study group, 1988/89.
Nominating Committee for Phi Beta Delta officers, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92.
Financial Resources Committee (Chair), Institutional Self Study for Texas Tech
University for Accreditation Review by the Southern Assn. of Colleges and schools,
1992-1995.
Tenure Hearing Committee, 1992/93.
Search Committee for Director of the International Center for Textile Research and
Development (Chair), 1992/93.
At-large representative, Graduate Council, Texas Tech Univ., 1993/94-1994/95.
Graduate Dean's Scholarship Committee, 1993/94.
Graduate School Committee on Student Affairs, 1994/95.
Dept. of Economics Comprehensive Exam Committee, 1996.
Graduate School Committee to Review Graduate Programs in Range, Wildlife, and
Fisheries Mgmt., 2000 (Chair), 2006 (Chair).
University Financial Planning Committee, 2001/02
Provost’s Professorship Review Committee, 2005/06
Texas Tech Water Leadership Council, 2005-2008
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Professional:
Membership Committee, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1980-1986.
Membership Committee, Southern Agricultural Economics, 1977-1985.
Resident Instruction Committee, American Agricultural Economics Association,
1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87.
USDA National Cotton Quality Improvement Program, member, 1985-1988.
Committee on Employment Services, American Agricultural Economics Association,
1987/88-1991/92.
University Representative to Southern Regional Development Committee, 87-07 on
International Trade, 1987/88-1992/93.
USDA Proposal Review Panel, member, Rangeland Research Grants Program, 1987
and 1988.
S-190 & S-224 Southern Regional Committees on International Trade, 1987-1990.
Foundation Associate, American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation,
1988/89-1990/91.
Financial Audit Committee, Texas Section, Society for Range Management, 1990/91.
Western Regional Committee on U.S. Trade with China (WCC-101), 1995-2008.
Southern Regional Project on International Markets for Southern Commodities (S256), 1997.
Board of Directors, Texas Economists (TXE), an organization of professional applied
economists, 2000 - 2008.
Member of Texas Cotton Research Planning Panel for 2002-2006, 2001.
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Lifetime Achievement Evaluation Committee, Southern Agricultural Economics
Assn., 2003/04--2005/06.
Nominating Committee, American Agricultural Economics Assn., 2004.
AAEA Committee to review Production Economics submitted papers, 2007, 2008.
WAEA Thesis Awards Committee, 2007.
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Served as expert witness in a suit on workers' compensation involving
interstate movement of cotton, 1978 (?); court testimony.
Natural Fibers and Food Protein Commission of Texas, Summer 1994.
Consultant to Fulbright and Jaworski on case involving losses in cotton
ginning, 2/1984-11/1985; deposition.
Consultant to Arthur Young, Inc., on project to privatize the cotton industry in
the Philippines (for U.S. AID and Philippine govt.), 1987-1988.
Texas Water Development Board, 1988--projecting Texas' water demand to
2025.
Consultant to Agri-Genetics on a case involving plant variety protection law,
1988-89. Case settled before trial.
Consultant to Avondale Mills on a contract dispute for delivery of cotton,
1994; did not testify.
Consultant to Internal Revenue Service on a case concerning tax fraud, 1995.
Consultant to Monsanto on marketing of biotechnology, May-Aug., 1996.
Consultant to Resource Economics, Austin, TX, on a study of municipal
water plans for the Dallas, TX, water plan, 2001.
Consultant to Research Triangle Institute, NC, on evaluating the U.S. cotton
research and production programs run by Cotton Inc., 2001.
Industry and community:
a.
Natl. Cotton Council Instrument Classing Evaluation Committee, 1980.
b.
Member of Lubbock Agricultural Club (Board of Directors, 1985).
c.
Member of Community of Friends of International Students (Host Families).
d.
Member of Texas Tech University Ag. Economics Former Students
Association; Board of Directors, 1977/78, 1983/84 and 1984/85; Treasurer,
1978/79.
e.
Numerous requests for information from the press, industry, government, and
community groups and individuals.
f.
Member of Lubbock Economics Council.
g.
Cotton Inc. Barky Cotton Task Force, 1986-1990.
h.
Advisor, National Cotton Quality Improvement Program, ARS, USDA, 1986,
1987.
i.
Sponsor of Junior High Youth Group.
j.
Member of Nifty Fifties Club for preservation of 1950's automobiles.
k.
Participated in Lubbock Independent School District's Adopt-a-Classroom
Project, 1989/90.
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l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
Member of Value Added Task Force to attract value-added industry to the
Lubbock area, 1996. Task force formed by the city of Lubbock Mayor and
State Representative from Lubbock.
Board of Directors, Texas Agricultural Cooperatives Council, 2001 - 2004.
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee, 2003-2008.
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Water Conservation Council, 2005-2008.
Member of Llano Estacado Water Planning Group Policy Committee, 2005.
Member of Llano Estacado Water Planning Group, 2006-2010.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Initiated into:
Alpha Zeta, national honorary/service society in Agriculture (inducted 1964).
Gamma Sigma Delta, national honorary society in Agriculture (inducted 1966).
Omicron Delta Epsilon, national honorary society in Economics (inducted 1967).
Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary society for academic excellence, Texas Tech University
chapter college representative 1984/85-1985/86, Treasurer, 1986/87 - 1987/88, president
1988/89.
Phi Beta Delta, honor society for international scholars (inducted 1988).
Sigma Xi, scientific research society (inducted 1995).
Awards received:
Service award, Texas Tech Agricultural Economics Assn., 1978/79.
Service award, Student Section - AAEA, 1986
Recipient of President's Academic Achievement Award for distinguished teaching, research,
and service, Texas Tech University, April 6, 1988.
Selected as a Council of Faculty Governance Organizations Coordinating Board Fellow,
1988 (one of 3 selected from the state of Texas).
Selected as the Outstanding Researcher for 1989, College of Agricultural Sciences, Texas
Tech University.
Award for Outstanding Service to the U.S. Cotton Industry, National Cotton Council, 1990
and 1991.
Outstanding Faculty Member of 1997, Agr. Econ. Graduate Student Assn., Texas Tech
University.
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Outstanding Researcher, 1998,
Texas Tech University.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Significant and Enduring Contributions to the Agricultural
Economics Profession, awarded by the Southern Agricultural Economics Assn., Feb. 4, 2002.
Eagle Award, American Agricultural Economics Assn. Foundation, 2006.
Appreciation Award for Leadership, Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech
Univ., Apr. 2008.
Don E. Ethridge Endowed Scholarship established by the Student Agricultural Economics
Association, Texas Tech University, Apr. 2008.
Outstanding Service to Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, Texas Tech Univ. Chapter, Apr.
21, 2009.
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Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,
Texas Tech Univ., Feb. 2009.
Outstanding Publication Award: Technical Writing, Society for Range Management, Texas
Section, 2009.
FOREIGN EXPERIENCE:
Philippines, 1987. Project for AID through Arthur Young. Focus of the work was privatization of
the Philippine cotton and textile industries; I worked as the economist and cotton expert on the team.
China, 1988. Academic study tour (5 weeks) to several regions. Contacts with several universities,
research institutes and government offices. Fifteen people from Texas Tech on the study tour.
Egypt and Jordan, 1990. Academic study tour (6 weeks) through both countries. Contacts with
universities, government agencies, and research organizations. Twelve people from Texas Tech on
the tour.
Mexico, 1994, 1995, 2005, and 2010. Presented seminars in Mexico on the structure and operation
of cotton marketing in the U.S. Presented an invited paper on the economics of range management
practices at the National Society for Range Management of Mexico. Presented 1-week seminar on
research methodology in economics to graduate students and faculty, University of Chapingo.
Presented 1-week workshop on economic relevance in research programs to faculty in Biological and
Agricultural Sciences at University of Yucatan in Merida, Mexico.
Ethiopia, 1996. U.S.A.I.D. project to evaluate Ethiopia’s fiber/textiles sector and recommend
changes. In charge of the fiber sector analysis.
Germany, 2002. Invited presentation at a conference on Price Indices and the Measurement of
Quality Change, Centre for European Economic Research.
PUBLICATIONS:
(40 publications at the CIA not listed; all are classified.)
Journal Articles (53)
Don E. Ethridge. "User Charges as a means of Pollution Control; The Case of Sewer Surcharges."
The Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 3 (No.1, Spring 1972): 346-354.
D.E. Ethridge. "The Inclusion of Wastes in the Theory of the Firm." Journal of Political Economy,
81 (No.6, Nov./Dec. 1973): 1430-1441.
Don E. Ethridge. "A Computerized Remote-Access Commodity Market; Telcot." Southern Journal
of Agricultural Economics, 10 (No.2, Dec. 1978): 177-182.
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J.D. Bargeron, Dale L. Shaw, Roger S. Brown, and Don E. Ethridge. "Costs of Producing and
Processing Closed Boll Cotton." Textile Research Journal, 51(No.3, March 1981): 155-161.
Don E. Ethridge and Bob Davis. "Hedonic Price Estimation of Commodities: An Application to
Cotton." Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 7 (No. 2, Dec. 1982): 293-300.
D.E. Ethridge, B.E. Dahl, and R.E. Sosebee. "Economic Evaluation of Chemical Mesquite Control
with 2, 4, 5-T." Journal of Range Management, 37 (No.2, March 1984): 152-156.
D.P. Thibodeaux, R.S. Brown, D.L. Shaw, and D.E. Ethridge. "An Economic-Engineering
Assessment of a Hypothetical Tuft-to-Yarn Textile Mill." Transactions of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Engineering for Industry, 106 (No.1, Feb. 1984): 93-98.
D.E. Ethridge, R.G. Sudderth, and H.A. Wright. "Economic Returns from Burning Tobasagrass in
the Texas Rolling Plains." Journal of Range Management, 38 (No.4, July 1985): 362-365.
Don E. Ethridge, Sujit K. Roy, and David W. Myers. "A Markov Chain Analysis of Structural
Changes in the Texas High Plains Cotton Ginning Industry." Southern Journal of Agricultural
Economics, 17 (No.2, Dec. 1985): 11-20.
Joel F. Hembree, Don E. Ethridge, and Jarral T. Neeper. "Market Values of Fiber Properties In
Southeastern Textile Mills." Textile Research Journal, 56 (No.2, Feb. 1986): 140-144.
D.E. Ethridge, J.D. Nance, and B.E. Dahl. "Integration of Cattle Production/Marketing Strategies
with Improved Pastures and Native Range." Journal of Range Management, 40 (No.3, May 1987):
199-202.
Don E. Ethridge and Jarral T. Neeper. "Producer Returns from Cotton Fiber Strength and
Uniformity: an Hedonic Price Approach." Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 19 (No.1,
July 1987): 91-97.
D.E. Ethridge, R.D. Pettit, T.J. Neal, and V.E. Jones. "Economic Returns from Treating Sand
Shinnery Oak with Tebuthiuron in West Texas." Journal of Range Management, 40 (No.4, July
1987): 346-348.
D.E. Ethridge, R.D. Pettit, R.G. Sudderth, and A.L. Stoecker. "Optimal Economic Timing of Range
Improvement Alternatives: Southern High Plains." Journal of Range Management, 40 (No.6, Nov.
1987): 555-559.
R. Terry Ervin, Don E. Ethridge, and Billy G. Freeman. "Economic Evaluation of Tobosagrass
Prescribed Burning with a Microcomputer Model." Rangelands, 10 (No.4, Aug. 1988): 184-186.
John R. Robinson and Don E. Ethridge. "Simplified Short-Run Price Forecasting Models for Wheat
and Corn." Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 2 (1988): 37-40.
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R. Terry Ervin, Don E. Ethridge, and Billy G. Freeman. "Economic Feasibility of Rangeland Pest
Control Via Microcomputer Models." Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and
Rural Appraisers, 52 (No.2, Oct. 1988): 76-81.
Eduardo Segarra, Don E. Ethridge, Curtis R. Deussen, and Arthur B. Onken, "Nitrogen Carryover
Impacts for Irrigated Cotton Production in the Southern High Plains of Texas." Western Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 14 (No.2, Dec. 1989): 300-309.
Don E. Ethridge, R. Terry Ervin, Clay M. Hamilton, J. Wayne Keeling, and John R. Abernathy.
"Economic Weed Control in High Plains Cotton." Journal of Production Agriculture, 3 (No.2,
April-June 1990): 246-252.
Brent D. Carpenter, Don E. Ethridge, and Ronald E. Sosebee. "Economic Losses From Broom
Snakeweed Poisoning in Cattle." Rangelands, 12 (No.4, Aug. 1990): 206-208.
Don E. Ethridge, Jon Weddle, Kenneth Bowman, and Henry Wright. "Labor Savings From
Controlling Brush in the Texas Rolling Plains." Rangelands, 13 (No.1, Feb. 1991): 9-12.
Don E. Ethridge, Ping Zhang, Bill E. Dahl, R. Terry Ervin, and Justin Rushemeza. "Cattle Ranching
Production and Marketing Strategies Under Combined Price and Weather Risks." Western Journal
of Agricultural Economics, 15 (No.2, Dec. 1990): 175-185.
Marcus S. Bednarz and Don E. Ethridge. "Sources and Analysis of Rising Unit Costs of Producing
Cotton on the Texas Southern Plains." Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4
(1990): 17-19.
Brent D. Carpenter, Don E. Ethridge, and Ronald E. Sosebee. "Economics of Broom Snakeweed
Control on the Southern Plains." Journal of Range Management, 44 (No.3, May 1991): 232-237.
Kenneth R. Bowman and Don E. Ethridge. "Characteristic Supplies and Demands in a Hedonic
Framework: U.S. Market for Cotton Fiber Attributes." American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
74 (No. 4, Nov. 1992): 991-1002.
Ping Zhang, Stanley M. Fletcher, and Don E. Ethridge. "Interfiber Competition in Textile Mills Over
Time." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 26 (No. 1, July 1994): 173-182.
Don E. Ethridge, Gary L. Barker, and Danya L. Bergan. "Maximizing Net Returns to Gin Lint
Cleaning of Stripper-Harvested Cotton." Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 11 (No. 1, 1995); 7-11.
Jeff E. Brown and Don E. Ethridge. "Functional Form Model Specification: An Application to
Hedonic Pricing." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 24 (No. 2, 1995): 166-173.
Jeff E. Brown, Don E. Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Carlos Engels. "An Automated Econometric
Approach for Estimating and Reporting Daily Cotton Market Prices." Journal of Agricultural and
Applied Economics, 27 (No. 2, Dec. 1995): 1-7.
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Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Jeff Brown. "Producer Prices in Cotton Markets: An Evaluation
of Reported Price Information Accuracy." Agribusiness: An International Journal, 12 (No. 4, 1996):
353-362.
Darren Hudson, Emmett Elam, Don Ethridge, and Jeff Brown. “Price Information in Producer
Markets: An Evaluation of Futures and Spot Cotton Price Relationships in the Southern Region
Using Co-Integrations.” Agribusiness: An International Journal, 12 (No. 4, 1996): 363-369.
Eduardo Segarra, M. Ragy Darwish, and Don Ethridge. “Returns to Municipalities from Integrating
Crop Production with Wastewater Disposal.” Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 17 (1996):
97-107.
Don Ethridge and Darren Hudson. “Can We Predict Student Success in Agricultural Economics
Graduate Programs?” Journal of Agribusiness, 14 (No. 2, Fall 1996): 157-171.
D.E. Ethridge, R.D. Sherwood, R.E. Sosebee, and C.H. Herbel. “Economic Feasibility of Rangeland
Seeding in the Arid Southwest.” Journal of Range Management, 50 (No. 3, Mar 1997):185-190.
Changping Chen, Don E. Ethridge, and Stanley M. Fletcher. “Textile Manufacturers’ Market
Valuation of Cotton Fiber Attributes.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 29 (No. 1,
July 1997):185-195.
Don E. Ethridge and Changping Chen. “Values Placed on Cotton Fiber Attributes by Textile
Manufacturers.” Journal of the Textile Institute, 88 (No.1, Part 2, 1997): 4-12.
Don Ethridge and Darren Hudson. “Cotton Market Price Information: How it Affects the Industry.”
Journal of Cotton Science, 2 (No.2, 1998): 68-76
(http://www.jcotsci.org/1998/issue01/x__contemp/art01/page68.html)
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Eduardo Segarra. “Incorrect Price Information for a
Heterogeneous Commodity: A Conceptual Analysis.” Review of Agricultural Economics, 20(No.2,
Fall/Winter 1998):365-376.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Export Taxes and Sectoral Economic Growth: Evidence from
Cotton and Yarn Markets in Pakistan.” Agricultural Economics, 20 (No. 3, June 1999): 263-276.
Phillip Johnson, Alfonso Gerbolini, Don Ethridge, Carlton Britton, and Darrell Uekert. “Economics
of Redberry Juniper Control in the Texas Rolling Plains.“ Journal of Range Management, 52 (Nov.
1999): 569-574.
Hudson, Darren, and Don Ethridge. “Income Distribution Impacts of Trade Policies in a MultiMarket Framework: A Case in Pakistan.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 32 (1,
Apr. 2000): 49-61.
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Hudson, Darren, and Don Ethridge. “Competitiveness of U.S. Agricultural Commodities:
Expanding Our View.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82 (No.5, Dec. 2000):12211225 (also gave as a Principal Paper of the AAEA meetings, Tampa, FL, Aug. 2, 2000).
Johnson, Jason, Phillip Johnson, David Willis, Eduardo Segarra, Don Ethridge, Ronald Lacewell,
John Ellis, and Stephen Amosson. “Estimating the Potential to Reduce Agricultural Irrigation Water
Demand in West Central Texas.” Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 14 (2001):
133-143.
Don E. Ethridge. “Past, Present, and Future; A Perspective.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, 34 (2, Aug. 2002): 255-258.
Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Samarendu Mohanty, Mohammadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge.
“Assessing the Impacts of the Chinese TRQ System and U.S. Subsidies on the World Cotton
Market.” The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 6 (No. 2, 2005): 251273.
Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Don Ethridge, and Mohammadou Fadiga. “The Impacts of U.S.
Cotton Programs on the World Market: An Analysis of the Brazilian WTO Petition. Journal of
Cotton Science, 10 (2006): 180-192.
http://www.cotton.org/journal/2006-10/3/upload/jcs10180.pdf..
Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Mark Welch, Don Ethridge, and Mohamadou Fadiga. “Effects of
Chinese Currency Revaluation on World Fiber Markets.” Contemporary Economic Policy, 25 (2,
Apr. 2007): 185-205.
Carlos Ortega-Ochoa, Carlos Villalobos, Carlotn M. Britton, David B. Wester, Don E. Ethridge, and
David B. Willis. “Profitability Analysis of Beef Production on WW-B. Dahl (Bothriochloa bladhii)
Pasture under Different Combinations of Irrigation and Supplement Feeding.” Texas Journal of
Agriculture and Natural Resources, 20 (2007): 42-51.
Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Samarendu Mohanty, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge. “Welfare
Analysis of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement: The
Cotton Textile and Apparel Industries,” The International Trade Journal, 22 (2, Apr. 2008): 188217.
Maria Erlinad Mutuc, Samarendu Mohanty, Don Ethridge, and Darren Hudson. “The Effects of the
Removal of US Safeguards on Imports from China.” Applied Economics Letters, 2011 (Jan. 11): 113.
Suwen Pan, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. “Market Structure Impacts on Market Distortions
from Domestic Subsidies: The U.S. Cotton Case.” The Estey Journal of International Law and
Trade Policy 11(No. 2, 2010): 417-435.
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Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Maria Mutuc. “Lessons Learned From the Phase-out of the
MFAs: Moving From Managed Distortion to Managed Distortion.” The Estey Journal of
International Law and Trade Policy 12 (No. 1, 2011): 29-43.
Justin Weinheimer, Erin Wheeler-Cook, Don Ethridge, and Darren Hudson. “Modeling Resource
Use Responses to Macroeconomic Changes; Water in the U.S. Southern Great Plains.” Natural
Resources 4 (Mar. 2013): 8-19. http://www.scirp.org/journal/nr.
Books and Chapters in Books (7)
Henry H. Perkins, Don E. Ethridge, and Charles K. Bragg. "Fiber." Ch. 12, Cotton. R.J. Kohel and
C.F. Lewis, eds., Monograph No. 24, Madison, Wis: American Society of Agronomy, Inc., 1984,
pp. 438-509.
Don E. Ethridge. "Women and African American Agricultural Economists in Academic
Departments." Chapter 2 Achieving Diversity Within the Agricultural Economics Profession: The
Status and Progress of Women and African Americans. Mary A. Marchant and Handy Williamson,
Jr., eds. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
Don E. Ethridge. Research Methodology in Applied Economics: Organizing, Planning, and
Conducting Economic Research. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1995. (Also translated
in Chinese.)
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Cotton.” Chapter 8 in Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture, Dale
Colyer, et al., eds., Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, 2000, pp.119-137.
Don Ethridge. Research Methodology in Applied Economics. 2nd ed.
Publishers, 2005. (Also translated in Chinese.)
Ames, IA: Blackwell
Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Sukant Misra. “Cotton Pricing.” Ch. 9, Cotton Trading Manual.
Cambridge, England: Woodhead publishing Ltd., 2005, pp. 1-20.
Don E. Ethridge. “Cotton Industry.”Section in “Industry” Chapter, Encyclopedia of the Great
Plains. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004, p. 416.
Research Reports (81)
James E. Osborn and Don Ethridge. "An Economic Analysis of Production Responses for Cotton
and Grain Sorghum--Mixed Soils, Texas High Plains." Tex. Ag. Exp. Sta., MP-858, Nov. 1967, 44
pp.
James E. Osborn, Donald S. Moore, and Don E. Ethridge. "Expected Production Requirements,
Costs, and Returns for Major Crops: Medium Textured Soils--Texas High Plains." Tex. Ag. Exp.
Sta., MP-922, Aug. 1969, 119 pp.
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Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic Study of the Effect of Municipal Sewer Surcharges on Industrial
Wastes." Water Resources Research Institute of the Univ. of North Carolina, Report No. 41, 1970,
122 pp.
Don E. Ethridge and J.A. Seagraves. "Two Methods of Studying the Effect of Municipal Sewer
Surcharges on Industrial Wastes." Econ. Research Report No. 18, N.C. State Univ., December 1971,
27 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and John E. Ross. "An Evaluation of Impacts of Instrument Test
Line Values on Cotton Marketing and Use: Progress Report." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech
Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-157, Aug. 1977, 52 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and W.C. McArthur. "Production Practices and Resources in the
Southwest Irrigated Cotton Region." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag.
Sciences Pub. No. T-1-159, Nov. 1977, 30 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and W.C. McArthur. "Production Resources and Practices in the
Western Cotton Region." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub.
No. T-1-161, Nov. 1977, 44 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Billy G. Freeman, Dale L. Shaw, and W.C. McArthur. "Resources and Production
Practices in the High Plains." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences
Pub. No. T-1-167, Dec. 1977, 41 pp.
Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, and W.C. McArthur. "Cotton Ginning, Handling, and Marketing in
the Western Cotton Region." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences
Pub. No. T-1-164, Dec. 1977, 28 pp.
Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, and W.C. McArthur. "Cotton Ginning, Handling, and Marketing;
Southwest Irrigated Cotton Region." Econ. Res. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag.
Sciences Pub No. T-1-165, Dec. 1977, 22 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and W.C. McArthur. "Resources and Production Practices in the
Rolling Plains." Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences
Pub. No. T-1-171, Jan. 1978, 32 pp.
Arthur M. Heagler, W.C. McArthur, and Don E. Ethridge. "Growing Cotton in the United States:
An Overview of Production Practices." Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ.,
College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-168, Feb. 1978, 28 pp.
Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, and W. C. McArthur. "Cotton Ginning, Handling, and Marketing;
High Plains Region of Texas and New Mexico." Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech
Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-169, Feb. 1978, 16 pp.
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Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, and W.C. McArthur. "Cotton Ginning, Handling, and Marketing in
the Texas-Oklahoma Rolling Plains." Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ.,
College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-170, Feb. 1978, 40 pp.
Thomas Sporleder, James Haskell, Don Ethridge, and Robert Firch. "Who Will Market Your Cotton?
Producer Alternatives." Tex. Ag. Ext. Serv., D-1054, March 1978, 32 pp.
Bill Bolton, Don E. Ethridge, Billy G. Freeman, and W.C. McArthur. "Resources and Practices in
Cotton Production; Texas Blackland, Coastal Bend, and Lower Rio Grande Areas." Econ., Stat. and
Coop. Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-173, Aug. 1978, 41
pp.
Ray S. Corkern and Don E. Ethridge. "The Knit Goods Manufacturing Industry: Structure and
Operation." Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, Apr. 1979, 45 pp.
Jess A. Robinson, Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and Clarence D. Rogers. "Market Impact
Evaluation of the Instrument Testing of Cotton: 1977 Crop Progress Report." Econ., Stat. and Coop.
Serv., USDA, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-184, May 1979, 61 pp.
W.C. McArthur, Bill Bolton, Don E. Ethridge, Joseph L. Ghetti, Arthur M. Heagler, Dale L. Shaw,
Fred T. Cooke, Jr., and John Lawler. "The Cotton Industry in the United States; Farm to Consumer."
NED; Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, and College of Ag. Sciences, Texas Tech Univ., College
of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-186, April 1980, 76 pp.
Billy R. Hise and Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic Analysis of Hulling Undelintered Cottonseed."
NED; Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, and Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag.
Sciences Pub. No. T-1-188, April 1980, 84 pp.
Billy R. Hise, Don E. Ethridge, and Dale L. Shaw. "Processing Plant Cost Estimation System:
Documentation and User's Guide." Natl. Econ. Div.; Econ., Stat. and Coop. Serv., USDA, and Ag.
Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-189, April 1980, 76 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Dale L. Shaw, and Jess A. Robinson. "An Analysis
of Effects of Module
Handling Systems on Ginning Costs with Stripper Harvested Cotton." Natl. Econ. Div., Econ. Res.
Serv., USDA, and Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-198,
Aug. 1981, 71 pp.
Don E. Ethridge and Kenneth H. Mathews. "Reliability of Spot Cotton Quotations For Price
Discovery in the West Texas Cotton Market." Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag.
Sciences Pub. No. T-1-212, Aug. 1983, 52 pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Sujit K. Roy, and David W. Myers. "Changes in the Structure of the Texas High
Plains Cotton Ginning Industry, 1967-1999." Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag.
Sciences Pub. No. T-1-213, Sept. 1983, 59 pp.
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Ken H. Mathews, Don E. Ethridge, and Arthur L. Stoecker. "Effects of
Aquifer
and
Other
Characteristics on Land Values in the Texas High Plains." Tex. Ag. Exp. Sta. MP-1558, July 1984,
12 pp.
Don Ethridge and Randy Sudderth. "Breakeven and Shutdown Prices for Major Crops in the High
and Rolling Plains of Texas." Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-228, Aug.
1985, 13 pp.
Don Ethridge and Jarral Neeper. "Estimated Losses from Bark in Cotton Lint, Texas High Plains."
Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-230, Aug. 1985, 13 pp.
Dean W. Hughes and Don E. Ethridge. "Breakeven, Shutdown, and Recent Market Prices for
Principal Crops in All Regions of Texas." Thornton Agricultural Finance Institute Research Paper
85.5, Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-233, Nov. 1985, 27 pp.
John D. Nance, Bill E. Dahl, and Don Ethridge. "Stocker Cattle Costs and Returns for Different
Purchase and Sale Dates on Selected Forage Pastures, Southern Plains." Texas Tech Univ., College
of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-231, Dec. 1985, 93 pp.
Tamera J. Neal and Don E. Ethridge. "Analysis of Texas High Plains Cotton Yield Trends." Texas
Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-242, Oct. 1986, 36 pp.
Gary D. Condra, Jesse Reyes, Don E. Ethridge, and Dean W. Hughes. "A Regional Profitability
Analysis of Field Crop Production in Texas." Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No.
T-1-247, Feb. 1987, 21 pp.
Priscilla A. Andrew and Don E. Ethridge. "Comparative Costs of Producing Cotton in Major
Exporting Countries." Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No. T-1-253, July 1987, 50
pp.
Don E. Ethridge, Justin Rushemeza, Bill E. Dahl, and R. Terry Ervin. "Production and Marketing
Strategies for Southern Plains Cattle Ranches." Texas Tech Univ., College of Ag. Sciences Pub. No.
T-1-278, July 1988, 24 pp.
Don Ethridge, ed. "Hedonic/Characteristics Price Analysis in Agricultural Economics: Progress
Issues and Needs." Proceedings of an Organized Symposium at the American Agricultural
Economics Association meetings, Aug. 5, 1991. Texas Tech Univ., College of Agr. Sciences Pub.
No. T-1-347, 21 pp.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Carl Anderson, and Jeff Brown. "How Reliable is Cotton Price
Reporting in Texas Cotton Markets?" Texas Tech Univ., College of Agr. Sci. and Natural Resources
Publication No. T-1-371, Oct. 1993, 50 pp.
Harvin R. Smith, M. Dean Ethridge, Jeff E. Brown, and Don E. Ethridge. "Evaluation of Fiber
Properties and Spinning Values for Stripper-Harvested Cottons: Emphasis on Bark Contamination."
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International Textile Center, Texas Tech Univ., CI 92-789 Tx, May 6, 1994, 171 pp. Same report
provided to the Texas Food and Fiber Commission, Project 2-d-94-94-4 through Aug. 31, 1994.
Darren Hudson, Jeff Brown, and Don Ethridge. "Texas-Oklahoma Cotton Market Summary:
1993/94." Texas Tech Univ., College of Agr. Sci. and Nat. Res. Publication No. T-1-387, June
1994, 25pp.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. "Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1994/95."
Texas Tech Univ. College of Agr. Sci. and Nat. Resources Publication No. T-1-411, July 1995, 22
pp.
Phillip Johnson and Don Ethridge. "An Economic Evaluation of Brush Control and Related
Research at Texas Tech University." Texas Tech Univ. College of Agr. Sci. and Nat. Resources
Publication No. T-1-416, Sept. 1995, 42 pp.
Sukant K. Misra, Don E. Ethridge, and Blake K. Bennett. "Efficient Cotton Cleaning in a System
Framework." Texas Tech Univ. College of Agr. Sci. and Nat. Resources Tech. Rept. No. T-1-417,
Sept. 1995, 22 pp.
Clay Carr and Don Ethridge. “Evaluation of CCC Loan Premiums and Discounts for the Texas and
Oklahoma Cotton Market.” Dept. of Agr. and Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-96-3, Sept.
1996, 48 pp.
Hope Floeck, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 1995/96.” Dept. of Agr. and Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-96-4, Oct. 1996, 22
pp.
Kevin Hoelscher, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 1996/97.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-97-14, July 1997,
22 pp.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “The Effects of an Export Tax on Cotton Lint on the Domestic
Cotton and Yarn Sectors, Trade, and Sectors/Economic Growth in Pakistan.” Dept. of Agr. &
Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-97-13, July 1997, 94 pp.
Hope Floeck and Don Ethridge. “A Descriptive Analysis of Sticky Cotton and Textile
Manufacutres’ Costs.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-97-22, Dec. 1997,
37 pp.
Kevin Hoelscher, Don Ethridge, and Sukant Misra. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 1997/98.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-98-39, Oct. 1998,
23 pp.
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Kalyan Chakraborty, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma
Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1998/99.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ.,
CER-99-53, Oct. 1999, 21 pp.
Kalyan Chakraborty, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Sukant Misra, and Guana Kar. “An Overview
of the Cotton and Textile Industries in India.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ.,
CER-99-55, Dec. 1999, 29 pp.
Kevin Hoelscher, Kalyan Chakraborty, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 1999
Texas-Oklahoma Pre-Season Price Schedule Based on Market History.” Dept. of Agr. And Applied
Econ., Texas Tech Univ., CER-99-54.
Jeannie Nelson, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer
Cotton Market Summary: 1999/2000.” Dept. of Ag. & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University,
Sept. 2000, CER-00-16, 22 pp.
Jason Ward, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 2000 TexasOklahoma Pre-Season Price Schedule Based on Market History.” Dept. of Ag. & Applied
Economics, Texas Tech University, Sept. 2000, 6 pp.
Jason Ward, Jeannie Nelson, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton
Market Summary: 2000/2001.” Dept. of Ag. & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, CER 01 -18, Sept. 2001.
Dane Sanders, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary; 2001/02.” Dept. of Ag. & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, CER - 02 - 09,
Sept. 2002.
Dane Sanders, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 2002 Texas-Oklahoma Pre-Season
Price Schedule Based on Market History.” Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas
Tech Univ., CER-02-11, Nov. 2002.
Don Ethridge and Julie Wheeler. “Annual Report on Cotton Economics Research, 2001/02.” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CER-01-16, Sept. 2002, 75 pp.
Don Ethridge and Marsha Griffin. “Departmental Publications, 1997/98 - 2001/02.” Department of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech Univ., Oct. 2002.
Don Ethridge, Marsha Griffin, and Julie Wheeler. “Annual Report: Research Programs, 2001/02.”
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech Univ., Sept. 2002, 71 pp.
Dane Sanders, Pallavi Wankhede, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer
Cotton Market Summary: 2002/03.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CER03-04, Sept. 2003.
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Mohammadou Fadiga, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 2003/04.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CER-04-06, Aug.
2004, 19 pp.
Don Ethridge, Eduardo Segarra, Phillip Johnson, Jaime Malaga, Roderick Rejesus. “Annual Report,
Research Programs; 2003/04.” Dept. of Agr. and Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., Sept. 2004, 106
pp
Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Don Ethridge, and Mohammadou Fadiga. “The Impacts of U.S.
Cotton Programs on the World Market: An Analysis of Brazilian and African WTO Petitions.”
Cotton Economics Research Report, Dept of Agr. And Applied Econ., Texas Tech Univ., Nov. 2004
Don Ethridge, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, and Mohanadou Fadiga. “World Cotton Baseline.”
Research Report, Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Jan. 2005.
Mohamadou Fadiga, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 2004/2005.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech University, CER-05-01,
Sug., 2005, 22 pp.
Don Ethridge. “Annual Report, Research Program, 1004/05.” Dept. of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Texas Tech University, Aug. 2005, 83 pp.
Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge. “The
Impacts of Eliminating the Step 2 Program on the U.S. and World Cotton Market..” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., Briefing Paper CER-BR05-01, July 2005.
Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Samarendu Mohanty, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge. “Cotton in
a Free Trade World.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., Briefing Paper CERBR05-02, Nov. 2005.
Mohammadou Fadiga, Samarendu Mohanry, Mark Welch, Suwen Pan, and Don Ethridge. “U.S.
Proposal for Doha Round WTO Negotiations: What’s at Stake for the U.S. Cotton Industry.” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., Briefing Paper CERI-BP06-01, May 2006
Samarendu Mohanry, Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Mohammadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge. “2006
Global Cotton Outlook.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI Outlook
Report 06-02, 20 pp.
Mohammadou Fadiga, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 2005/06.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI-TR06-01, July
2006, 22 pp.
Don Ethridge, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Mohammadou Fadiga, Margarita
Velandia-Parra, and Samantha Yates. “Guide to Foreign Crop subsidies and Tariffs.” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech University, CERI-SR07-01, Feb. 2007, 76 pp.
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Don Ethridge, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, Mohammadou Fadiga, Mark Welch, and Samantha
Yates. “World Cotton Outlook, 2006/07-2016/17.” Texas Tech Univ, Cotton Economics Research
Institute, CERI OR-01, Mar. 2007, 29 pp.
Rene Aelvoet and Don Ethridge. “Accuracy of Cotton Market Price Information.” Texas Tech
Univ., Cotton Economics Research Institute, CERI-TR07-01, July 2007, 50 pp.
Don Ethridge, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Samantha Yates. “World
Cotton Outlook; 2007/08-2017/18.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI
OR08-01, Mar. 2008, 42 pp.
Darren Hudson, Suwen Pan, Maria Mutuc, Samantha Yates, and Don Ethridge. “Crop Subsidies in
Foreign Countries: Different Paths to Common Goals (updated).” Cotton Economics Research
Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI-SR09-02, Apr. 2009, 86 pp.
Suwen Pan, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Maria Mutuc, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Phil Johnson.
“Understanding ACRE for Cotton.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERIBP08-01, Oct. 10, 2008, 14 pp.
Mohamadou Fadiga, Suwen Pan, Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Maria Mutuc. “Stochastic
Analysis of World Cotton Outlook; Addendum to the 2007/08-2017/18 Baseline.” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI TR08-01, Dec. 2008, 32pp.
Darren Hudson, Suwen Pan, Maria Mutuc, Samantha Yates, and Don Ethridge. “Global Cotton
Baseline; 2009/10-2019/20.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI OR1001, Mar. 2010.
Olga Murova, Don Ethridge, and Darren Hudson. “Eastern Europe’s Agriculture: Transitioning to
Market-Based Systems.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI-SR10-01,
2011.
Darren Hudson, Suwen Pan, Maria Mutuc, Samantha Borgstedt, and Don Ethridge. “Global Cotton
Outlook; 2011/12—2021/22.” Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., Mar. 2012.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Maria Mutuc, and Matthew Earlam. “Convergence Issues in the
Intercontinental Exchange Cotton Futures Contract: Alternatives and Potential Remedies.” Cotton
Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech Univ., CERI-12-SP01, Aug. 2012.
Published Proceedings Papers (107)
Don E. Ethridge. "Water and Sewer Charges: Their General Nature and Effect." Proceedings:
Workshop on Water and Sewer Charges as Related to Water Use and Waste Water Control, Water
Resources Research Institute of the Univ. of N.C., Report No. 33, 1969, pp. 5-32.
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Don E. Ethridge and Dale L. Shaw. "Evaluating the Impact of Instrument Test Line Values on
Cotton Marketing and Use." Proceedings of the 1977 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton
Economics and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 209-212.
Dale L. Shaw and Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic-Engineering Modeling Approach for Cotton
Ginning Costs." Proceedings of the 1978 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 173-179.
Don E. Ethridge and Dale L. Shaw. "Results of the Market Impact Evaluation of Instrument Testing
of Cotton, 1976 Crop." Proceedings of the 1978 Cotton Research Conference, Cotton Economics
and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 190-194.
Paul R. Dickson and Don E. Ethridge. "New Developments in USDA's Cotton Grading and Market
News." Proceedings of the 1979 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and Marketing
Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 190-194.
Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, Roy E. Childers, and Marvin O. Sartin. "GINMODEL: Some CaseStudy Applications." Proceedings of the 1979 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 190-194.
Billy R. Hise and Don E. Ethridge. "Cottonseed Processing Costs and Returns Under Alternative
Technologies: Saw Delintering Versus Hulling Undelintered Seed." Proceedings of the 1980 Cotton
Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 242-245.
Dale L. Shaw, Don E. Ethridge, Roger S. Brown, and J.D. Bargeron. "Costs of a Hypothetical
Cotton Production System: Closed Boll Cotton." Proceedings of the 1981 Cotton Research
Conferences, Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN,
pp. 237-243.
D.E. Ethridge and C. K. Bragg. "Assessment of New Technologies in Cotton Processing: A Report
of Findings." Proceedings of the 1982 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 292-296.
Don E. Ethridge, Randy Sudderth, and Mark Moore. "A Model for Cotton Variety Selection with
Yield and Quality Considerations." Proceedings of the 1983 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton
Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 293-295.
Ken H. Mathews, Don E. Ethridge, and Arthur L. Stoecker. "Factors Influencing the Value of Cotton
Land in the Southern High Plains of Texas," Proceedings of the 1983 Cotton Research Conferences,
Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 316-320.
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Tamera J. Neal, Don E. Ethridge, and Arthur L. Stoecker. "Cotton Yields in the Sub-Areas of the
Southwest." Proceedings of the 1984 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 301-306.
Don E. Ethridge and David W. Myers. "Excess Capacity in Ginning: Is There Reason for
Concern?" Proceedings of the 1984 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 266-269.
Dovi-Akue Alipoe, Sujit K. Roy, and Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic Analysis of Structural
Relationships in the U.S. Cotton Sector." Proceedings of the 1985 Cotton Research Conferences,
Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 224-226.
Don E. Ethridge. "Highlights of the 1985 Cotton Economics and Marketing Conference."
Proceedings of the 1985 Cotton Production Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp.
52-54.
Don Ethridge and Jarral Neeper. "Estimated Losses From Bark in Cotton Lint, Texas High Plains."
Proceedings of the 1986 Cotton Research Conferences, Cotton Economics and Marketing
Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 305-308.
Don E. Ethridge. "Declining Yields on the High Plains - Why?" 1986 Western Cotton Production
Conference Proceedings, Southwest Five-State Cotton Growers Assn. and Coop. Extension Services
of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, Aug. 12-14, 1986, Lubbock, TX, pp.
31-39 (invited paper).
Don E. Ethridge and Priscilla A. Andrew. "Prospects for Significant Change in Global Cotton
Markets." Proceedings of the Competitive Position of Southern Agriculture in a World Economy: A
Regional Trade Conference, Nov., 1986, Atlanta, GA. Southern Rural Development Center, Miss.
State Univ., May 1987, pp. 147-153.
Don E. Ethridge, Jarral T. Neeper, and Joel F. Hembree. "Producer Prices Received for Cotton Fiber
Strength and Uniformity in the Southwestern U.S." 1986 Cotton Textile Conference Proceedings,
Natl. Cotton Council, The Cotton Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Agr., and Cotton Inc., Nov. 12-13, 1986,
Myrtle Beach, SC.
Don E. Ethridge. "Market Pricing Based on Fiber Properties." 1987 Beltwide Cotton Production
Conference Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 44-46.
Don E. Ethridge and Priscilla A. Andrew. "Prospects for Significant Change in Global Cotton
Markets." 1987 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 402-406.
Kenneth R. Bowman and Don E. Ethridge. "Prices Paid by Textile Manufacturers for Cotton Fiber
Properties." 1987 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 446-449.
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Priscilla Andrew and Don E. Ethridge. "Costs of Producing Cotton in the U.S. and Competing
Countries.” 1987 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 413-415.
G.D. Condra, J. Reyes, D.E. Ethridge, and D.W. Hughes. "Regional Profitability Analysis of Cotton
Production in Texas." 1988 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton
Economics and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 411-414.
Don E. Ethridge and Kenneth R. Bowman. "Dynamic Patterns in Cotton Production: Is the
Structure Changing?" 1988 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics
and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 406-410.
Don Ethridge and Priscilla Andrew. "Comparison of Cotton Production Costs in the U.S. With Costs
in Competing Countries," 1988 Beltwide Cotton Production Conference Proceedings, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 5-8.
Don E. Ethridge and Kenneth R. Bowman. "How Well is the Current Grading and Marketing
System Working?" 1988 Western Cotton Production Conference Proceedings, Southwest Five-State
Cotton Growers Assn. and Coop. Extension Services of Arizona, California, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas, Aug. 9-11, 1988, Las Cruces, NM (invited paper), pp. 24-25.
Don Ethridge. "Structure and Performance of the U.S. Cotton Shipping Industry." 1989 Beltwide
Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 405-407.
E. Segarra, D.E. Ethridge, and A.B. Onken. "Effects of Nitrogen on Cotton Yields in the Southern
High Plains of Texas." 1989 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and
Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 431-434.
Marcus S. Bednarz and Don E. Ethridge. "Sources of Rising Unit Costs of Producing Cotton in the
Texas High Plains." 1990 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and
Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 390 - 393.
Don Ethridge. "Development of a Price Reporting System for HVI Grading." 1990 Beltwide Cotton
Production Conference Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 37-39 (invited paper).
P. Zhang, C. Engels, and D. Ethridge. "Analyzing and Forecasting Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly
Cotton Spot Prices: A Time Series Analysis Approach." 1991 Beltwide Cotton Research
Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN,
pp. 354-358.
Danya L. Guardiola and Don Ethridge. "Effects of Cotton Lint Cleaning and Harvester Modification
Technology on Net Returns to Producers." 1991 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences
Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 350-353.
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Don E. Ethridge. "The Future of Cotton Quality Marketing and Handling: Trends and
Implications." 1991 Beltwide Cotton Production Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 71-72, (invited paper).
Don Ethridge, Jeff Brown, John Price, and C.K. Bragg. "Bark in Cotton Lint: Effects on Processing
Costs." 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Special Session: Cotton Textile Processing,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 1223-1226.
Jeff Brown and Don Ethridge. "Effects of Bark in Cotton on Textile Processing Costs." 1992
Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 382-385.
Ping Zhang and Don Ethridge. "U.S. Shares of Foreign Cotton Markets and Responsiveness to
Export Prices." 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing
Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 389-393.
Don Ethridge, Carlos Engels, and Jeff Brown. "An Econometric Approach for Estimating Daily
Market Prices." 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing
Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 399-402.
Don E. Ethridge and Changping Chen. "Cotton Price Responsiveness to Quality in the U.S.: Textile
Mill Prices Paid vs. Producer Prices Received." 1993 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings,
Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 441-444.
Don Ethridge, Jeff Brown, Carlos Engels, and Dale Shaw. "Discounts for Bark, Color, and Trash in
Cotton: Evidence from the Texas-Oklahoma Markets." 1993 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 435438.
Changping Chen, Paul N. Wilson, and Don E. Ethridge. "Variability in Arizona Cotton Production."
1993 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. and Marketing Conference, Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 429-434.
Don E. Ethridge, Gary L. Barker, and Danya L. Bergan. "Optimal Gin Lint Cleaning of Stripper
Harvested Cottons." 1994 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics
Conference, Poster Session, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis,TN, pp. 516-518.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Jeff Brown, and Carl Anderson. "Performance of the Daily Spot
Cotton Quotations for Producer Price Discovery in the Southwest Region." 1994 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp.
467-470.
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Jeff Brown, Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Carlos Engels. "An Objective System for Cotton
Price Discovery." 1994 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Economics Conferences,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 458-461.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Jeff Brown. "Financial Feasibility of a Gin Process Control
System: A Preliminary Assessment." 1994 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton
Ginning Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 172-175.
Nancy Wiley, R. Terry Ervin, Don Ethridge, and Eduardo Segarra. "An Economic Analysis of the
Commercial Value of Alternative Cotton Varieties." 1994 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 413-416.
Don E. Ethridge. "Structure and Operation of the Texas Cotton Industry." Proceedings, Texas
Cotton Seminar, Sponsored by Texas Dept. of Agr. and Texas Cotton Assn., June 6 and 7, 1994,
Mexico City and Puebla, Mexico.
Don E. Ethridge. "Defoliation's Effects on Premiums and Discounts." Proceedings, The Economics
of Defoliation Seminar, sponsored by Miles Laboratories, Texas Tech University, and The Texas
Agr. Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, July 28, 1994.
Jeff Brown, Don E. Ethridge, Harvin R. Smith, and M. Dean Ethridge. "Effects of Bark in Cotton on
Textile Waste Loss, Rotor Spinning Performance, and Costs." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings (Addendum), Cotton Econ. Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 89-92.
Jeff E. Brown, Don E. Ethridge, and Harvin R. Smith. "Identifying Bark in West Texas Cotton:
Classification Versus Laboratory Measurements." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings,
Cotton Quality Improvement Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN pp. 1283-1285.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. "Effectiveness of Cotton Price Reporting in the Southwest
Region." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings (Addendum), Cotton Econ. Conference,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 103-107.
Darren Hudson, Jeff Brown, Don Ethridge. "Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary:
1993/94." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings (Addendum), Cotton Econ. Conference,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 100-103.
Changping Chen and Don Ethridge. "Premiums and Discounts Paid for Fiber Quality Attributes by
U.S. Textile Manufacturers." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings (Addendum), Cotton
Econ. Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 92-96.
Changping Chen, Emmett Elam, and Don Ethridge. "Historical Pricing Inaccuracies in Cotton
Futures; Implications for Hedging Strategies and Profits." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings (Addendum), Cotton Econ. Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 96-99.
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Nancy Wiley, Don Ethridge, Terry Ervin, Eduardo Segarra, Bobby Stanaland, and Jane Dever.
"Cotton Variety Selection Model-TECOVA." 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (Addendum),
Cotton Econ. Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 99-100.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Jeff Brown. "Daily Hedonic Price Analysis in Cotton: An
Alternative Approach for Providing Market Information." Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference
on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Apr. 24-25,
1995, Chicago .
Don E. Ethridge, Changping Chen, and M. Darren Hudson. "Market Valuation of Cotton Quality
Attributes in the U.S." Proceedings, 8th Annual Engineered Fiber Selection Conference, Cotton
Incorporated, June 12-14, 1995, pp. 132-151.
Don E. Ethridge. "Aspectos economicos de las practicas del manejode pastizales." Rehabilitacion
de Ecosistemas de Pastizal; Conceptos y Applicaciones. Jorge Torres, Myrna Ortega, Luis Romero y
Julian Castillo, eds., Sociedad Mexicana de Manejo de Pastizales, Universidad Autonoma Agraria
Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, Agosto, 1995.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Patterns in Exports of Cotton Fiber and Yarn from Southwest
Asian Countries.” 1996 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 442-446.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Cotton Market Summary: 1994/1995.” 1996
Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN,
pp. 380-384.
Darren Hudson, Don E. Ethridge, and Changping Chen. “Producer Prices Received and Mill Prices
paid for Quality in Southwest Cotton: Similarities and Differences.” 1996 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 437-440.
Don Ethridge. “Valuing of HVI Quality Differences in U.S. Cotton.” 1996 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Economics Workshop: Cotton Price Models, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 78-83.
Changping Chen and Don E. Ethridge. “Textile Market Valuation of Cotton Quality Attributes.”
Proceedings of the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Forecasting and Market Risk
Management, April 22 and 23, 1996, Chicago, pp. 232-243.
Changping Chen and Don Ethridge. “Valuation of Cotton Characteristics by U.S. Textile
Manufacturers.” 1996 Beltwide Cotton Conf. Proc., Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 427-431.
Don Ethridge. “Notes on History, Guidelines, and Procedures for the Cotton Economics and
Marketing Conference.” 1996 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 377-378
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Don E. Ethridge, Ronald E. Sosebee, Richard D. Sherwood, and Carlton H. Herbel. “Economics of
Rangeland Seeding in the Chihuahuan Desert.” Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on
Desert Development, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Texas Tech Univ.,
Aug. 12-17, 1996 , Vol. I, pp. 447-456.
Clay Carr and Don Ethridge. “A Loan Schedule Based on Texas and Oklahoma Producer Market
Premiums and Discounts.” 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf.,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 287-292.
Hope Floeck, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 1995/96.” 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Cotton Econ. Conf., Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 349-352.
Phillip Johnson, Alfonso Gerbolini, Don Ethridge, Carlton Britton, and Darrell Ueckert. “Economics
of Redberry Juniper Control in the Rolling Plains.” 1997 Juniper Symposium, Texas Agr. Exp. Sta.
Tech. Rept. 97-1, pp. 6-11 -- 6-17.
Sukant Misra, Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Blake Bennett. “Importance of Accurate Market
Price Information.” Proceedings , 10th Annual Engineered Fiber Selection System Conference, May
12-14, 1997, pp. 95-110.
Jane Bondurant and Don Ethridge. “Proportions of the Retail Dollar Received by Cotton Industry
Segments: Selected Consumer Goods.” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN , pp. 306-311.
Rabih H. Karaky, Don Ethridge, and Hope Floeck. “Cotton Quality Price Differentials Paid by U.S.
Textile Mills.” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis,
TN, pp. 370-373.
Kevin Hoelscher, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary:1996/97.” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 394-398.
Kevin Hoelscher and Don Ethridge. “How Much Does the Market Fear Stickiness? Evidence from
the 1996 Crop Year.” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 331-334.
Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson, and Eduardo Segarra. “Relevance of Price Information to the Cotton
Industry.” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp.
325-329.
Hope Floeck and Don Ethridge “How Textile Manufacturers Dealt with Sticky Cotton From the
1995 Crop” 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN,
pp. 284-287.
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Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “The Pakistani Cotton Industry: Impacts of Policy Changes.”
1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 294-297.
Kalyan Chakraborty and Don Ethridge. “Cotton Quality Price Differentials From Textile Mills’
Perspective: An Update.” 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 256-259.
Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 1998 Texas-Oklahoma PreSeason Price Schedule Based on Market History.” 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 346-347.
Kevin Hoelscher, Don Ethridge, and Sukant Misra. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary; 1997/98.” 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 350-354.
Kalyan Chakraborty, Don Ethridge, and Sukant Misra. “How Different Attributes Contribute to the
Price of Cotton.” 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis,
TN, pp. 374-377.
Kevin Hoelscher, Kalyan Chakraborty, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 1999 Crop
Pre-Season Price Schedule for the Texas and Oklahoma Cotton Markets.” 2000 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 377-379.
Don Ethridge, Shauna Swink, and Kalyan Chakraborty. “Cotton Quality Price Differentials from
Textile Mills’ Perspective: An Update.” 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 372-385.
Kalyan Chakraborty, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma
Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1998/99.” 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 329-332.
Octavio Ramirez, Megan Denning, Dan Krieg, Don Ethridge, and Dean Ethridge. “Input Use,
Yields, and Quality of Cotton in the Texas High Plains.” 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 355-360.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Cotton Exports and Interactions with Textile Trade” 2001
Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 219-221.
Jeannie Nelson, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer
Cotton Market Summary: 1999/2000.” 2001 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 237-241.
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Jason Ward, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 2000 TexasOklahoma Pre-Season Price Schedule Based on Market History.” 2001 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 282-284.
Jason Ward, Jeannie Nelson, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton
Market Summary: 2000/2001.” 2002 Beltwide Cotton Conference Proceedings, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN. On CD-ROM disk.
Don E. Ethridge. “Daily Hedonic Price Analysis: An Application to Regional Cotton Price
Reporting.” Proceedings, Price Indices and the Measurement of Quality Change, Conference
sponsored by the Centre for European Economic Research, University of Mannheim, Mannheim,
Germany, April 25-26, 2002. www.aeco.de/pdf/statistik/Ethridge.pdf.
Dane Sanders, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 2001/02.” 2003 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 511-526.
Dane Sanders, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market
Summary: 2002/03.” 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 684-696.
Conrad P. Lyford, SangNyeol Jung, and Don E. Ethridge. “The Mill Price of Quality Cotton in the
U.S.” 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conference Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN. On CDROM disk.
Dane Sanders and Don Ethridge. “The Sale Value of Water in the Texas High Plains.” R.A.
Rainwater and T.M. Zobeck, eds. High Plains Groundwater Resources; Challenges and
Opportunities, Conference Proceedings, Texas Tech Univ., Water Resources Center, Dec. 2004,
pp.295-298.
Mohammadou Fadiga, Dane Sanders, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer
Cotton Market Summary: 2003/04.” 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, on CD-ROM disk.
Mohammadou Fadiga, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “An Estimated 2004 Texas-Oklahoma PreSeason Price Schedule Based on Market History.” 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conference Proceedings,
Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, on CD-ROM disk.
Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Don Ethridge. “Effects of Chinese
Currency Appreciation in the World Fiber Markets.” 2005 Beltwide Cotton Conference
Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 271 - 289 .
Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Don Ethridge, and Mohamadou Fadiga. “Chinese Tariff Rate
Quotas vs. U.S. Subsidies: What Affects the Cotton Market More?” American Agricultural
Economics Assn. Meetings, 2005. Paper posted on AgEcon Search (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu)
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Don Ethridge, Mark Welch, Suwen Pan, Mohamadou Fadiga, and Samarendu Mohanty. “World
Cotton Outlook: Projections to 2015/16.” Cotton Economic Outlook Symposium, 2006 Beltwide
Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 206-234.
Mohammadiou Fadiga, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge. “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton
Market Summary: 2004/05.” 2006 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, pp. 306-317.
Don Ethridge. “Changes in Global Cotton Markets: Causes and Effects.” Plenary Paper, World
Cotton Research Conference-4, Sept. 10-14, 2007, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Wash.,
DC, pp. 26 (on CD).
Don Ethridge and Rene Aelvoet. “Accuracy of Cotton Price Reporting.” 2008 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 389-402.
Suwen Pan, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Maria Mutuc, and Mohamadou Fadiga. “Textile
Economic Adjustment Assistance: Will it Affect Cotton Markets?” 2009 Beltwide Cotton
Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 215-218.
Maria Mutuc, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Samarendu Mohanty. “Expiring Temporary
Safeguards on Apparel Trade: Implications for U.S. Cotton.” 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, pp. 226-237.
Maria Mutuc, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Dean Ethridge. “Inside China’s Polyester
Industry; Why the Capacity Overhang?” 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl.
Cottton Council, Memphis, TN, (in press).
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Suwen Pan, and Maria Mutuc. “The Impact of India’s Minimum
Support Price on World Cotton Markets.” 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl.
Cotton Council, Memphis, TN, (in press).
Shavkat Basarov, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Olga Murova. “Central Asian Cotton Industry
Structure and Policies.” 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton Council,
Memphis, TN, (in press).
Darren Hudson, Suwen Pan, Don Ethridge, and Maria Mutuc. “Chinese Import Policy and the
Impacts of the U.S. Cotton Program.” 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Proceedings, Natl. Cotton
Council, Memphis, TN, (in press).
Justin Weinheimer, Erin Wheeler-Cook, Don Ethridge, and Darren Hudson. “Macroeconomic
Impacts on Water Use in Agriculture.” Selected Paper, Southern Agricultural Economics Assn.
meetings, Feb. 2010. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/56456.
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Technical Articles (10)
Dale L. Shaw, M. Dean Ethridge, and Don E. Ethridge. "A Comparison of Gin Crew Sizes and
Wage Rates: San Joaquin, High Plains, and Delta--1975/76 Season." The Cotton Gin and Oil Mill
Press, August 27, 1977, pp. 14-16.
Don E. Ethridge and Billy R. Hise. "Costs and Returns of Producing Cotton Linters." Cotton and
Wool Situation, ESCS, USDA, CWS-24, Aug. 1980, pp. 23-29.
Jess A. Robinson, Dale L. Shaw, and Don E. Ethridge. "Costs of Operating Module Mover Trucks."
The Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press, Oct. 4, 1980, pp. 14-15.
Don E. Ethridge (principal contributor). Farmer's Newsletter; Cotton Economics and Statistics
Service. USDA, March 81/C-16, 4 pp.
Dean W. Hughes and Don E. Ethridge. "Breakeven, Shutdown, and Recent Market Prices for
Principal Crops in All Regions of Texas." Crisis in Agricultural Financial Perspectives on the
Condition of Texas Farmers and Ranchers. Texas Department of Agriculture, April 1986, pp. B.1B.28.
Don Ethridge and Randy Sudderth. "Breakeven and Shutdown Prices for Major Crops in the High
and Rolling Plains of Texas." South Texas Agriculture. Progress Report from the Perry Foundation,
2, No. 7, 1985-86, pp. 81-90.
Don E. Ethridge. "Textile Imports Threaten U.S." Cotton International, 1988, Memphis, TN:
Meister Pub., 1988, pp. 200-202.
M.D. Hudson, D.E. Ethridge, C.A. Anderson, and J.E. Brown. "Reliable Daily Spot Cotton Prices
Essential for Producer Price Discovery." Food and Fiber Economics, Tex. Agr. Extension Service,
Eco, Vol. 23, No. 1, Mar. 1994.
S. Misra, D. Ethridge, D. Hudson, and B. Bennett. “Importance of Accurate Market Price
Information.” The Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press, Aug. 2, 1997, pp. 6-8.
Sukant Misra and Don Ethridge, “Cotton Lint Debate: How Clean is Too Clean?” Cotton Farming
Management, Feb. 1998, pp. 10, 12.
Microcomputer Programs (3)
R.G. Sudderth, D.E. Ethridge, B.G. Freeman, and R.T. Ervin. "Economic Evaluation of Controlled
Burning of Tobosagrass in the Texas Rolling Plains." Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., Program
written in BASIC for IBM PC compatible machines, 1988.
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R.G. Sudderth, D.E. Ethridge, R.T. Ervin, and B.G. Freeman. "Economic Evaluation of Chemical
Mesquite Control in the Texas Rolling Plains." Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., Program written
in BASIC for IBM PC compatible machines, 1988.
D.E. Ethridge, T.J. Neal, B.G. Freeman, and R.T. Ervin. "Economic Feasibility of Treating Sand
Shinnery Oak With Tebuthioron in the Western High Plains." Ag. Econ. Dept., Texas Tech Univ.,
Program written in BASIC for IBM PC compatible machines, 1988.
Abstracts of Presentations and Research Findings (60)
James E. Osborn and Don E. Ethridge. "Economic Effects of Changing Prices and Water Levels on
Farm Organization." Report of Progress 1965-66, South Plains Research and Extension Center,
Lubbock, TX, pp. 108-110.
Don Ethridge. "Some Results of Different Methods of Controlling Municipal Water-Carried
Wastes." Second National Symposium on Societal Problems of Water Resources, April 28, 1973,
Chicago, sponsored by Illinois Earth Science Assn. and American Water Resources Assn., p. 16.
Dale L. Shaw and Don E. Ethridge. "Simulation of Cotton Ginning Costs: Applications of and
Economic-Engineering Model." Presented at Southern Ag. Econ. Assn. meetings, Feb. 5-7, 1979,
New Orleans, LA, p. 9.
Don E. Ethridge. "A Computerized Model for Simulation of Cottonseed Oil Mill Costs and
Returns." Presented at the 30th Oilseed Processing Clinic, New Orleans, March 9-10, 1981,
sponsored by Mississippi Valley Oilseed Processors Assn. and Science and Education
Administration, USDA, p. 9.
Dean Ethridge, Robert Branson, Calvin Brints, and Don Ethridge, expert panel. "Economic
Considerations: Imperatives of the Market. "In Synopsis of Working Conference on Cotton Fiber
Quality Issues, Apr. 7-8, 1981, Texas Ag. Exp. Station, MP-1505, pp. 8-12.
D.E. Ethridge and B.E. Dahl. "Economic Feasibility of Brush Control in the Rolling Plains with
2,4,5-T." Research Highlights -1982, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and Wildlife
Management, Texas Tech Univ., 13, Dec. 31, 1982, p. 11.
D.E. Ethridge and B.E. Dahl. "Net Returns from a Management System Utilizing Weeping
Lovegrass." Research Highlights - 1982, Noxious Brush and Weed control; Range and Wildlife
Management, Texas Tech Univ., 13, Dec. 31, 1982, pp. 46-47.
D.E. Ethridge, R.G. Sudderth, and H.A. Wright. "Returns from Prescribed Burning of Tobasagrass
Rangeland." Presented at the 37th Annual Society for Range Mgmt. meetings, Rapid City, SD, Feb.
12-17, 1984, #079.
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D.E. Ethridge, V.E. Jones, R.D. Pettit, and T.J. Neal. "An Economic Evaluation of Control of Sand
Shinnery Oak with Tebuthiuron in the Texas High Plains." Presented at the 37th Annual Society for
Range Mgmt. meeting in Rapid City, SD, Feb. 12-17, 1984, #238.
D.E. Ethridge, B.E. Dahl, and R.E. Sosebee. "Economics of Controlling Mesquite with 2,4,5-T in
the Texas Rolling Plains." Presented at the 37th Annual Society for Range Management. meetings,
Rapid City, SD, Feb. 12-17, 1984, #249.
D.E. Ethridge, H.A. Wright, and R.G. Sudderth. "Economic Benefits from Controlled Burning of
Tobosagrass in the Rolling Plains." Research Highlights - 1983, Noxious Brush and Weed Control;
Range and Wildlife Management, Texas Tech Univ., 14, Dec. 31, 1983, p. 34.
D.E. Ethridge, R.G. Pettit, T.J. Neal, and V.E. Jones. "Returns from Treating Sand Shinnery Oak
with Tebuthiuron." Research Highlights - 1983, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and
Wildlife Management, Texas Tech Univ., 14, Dec. 31, 1983, p. 17.
Don E. Ethridge and Kenneth H. Mathews. "A Comparison of Price Quotations and Market Prices
in the West Texas Cotton Market." Selected Papers Abstracts, Western Ag. Econ. Assn. meetings,
July 8-10, 1984, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 9, No. 2, Dec. 1984, p. 372.
D.E. Ethridge and R.G. Sudderth. "Optimum Combinations of Brush Control Treatments, Cattle
Enterprises, and Grazing Systems in the Southwestern High Plains." Research Highlights - 1984,
Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and Wildlife Management, Texas Tech Univ., Vol. 15,
Dec. 31, 1984, pp. 15-16.
Joel F. Hembree, Don E. Ethridge, and Jarral Neeper. "Market Values of Fiber Properties in
Southwestern Textile Mills." 1985 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Abstracts, Cotton Textile
Conference, Natl. Cotton Council, pp. 78.
Dovi-Akue Alipoe, Sujit K. Roy, and Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic Analysis of Structural
Relationships in the U.S. Cotton Sector." 1985 Beltwide Cotton Conferences Abstracts, Cotton
Econ. and Marketing Conf., Natl. Cotton Council, p. 31.
Don E. Ethridge. "High Plains Cotton Yields, Alternative Enterprises, Pricing of Fiber Properties."
Abstracts of First Annual Cotton Research Workshop, June 20-21, 1985. Texas Agricultural Exp.
Station, Corpus Christi, TX.
D.E. Ethridge and R.G. Sudderth. "Optimum Combinations and Timing of Range Improvement
Practices and Cattle Enterprises, Southwest High Plains." Selected Papers Abstracts, Western Ag.
Econ. Assn. Meetings, July 7-9, 1985, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 10, No. 2,
December 1985, pp. 425.
Don E. Ethridge. "Seasonal Stocker Cattle Price Patterns in the Southern Plains." Research
Highlights - 1985. Noxious Brush and Weed Control. Range and Wildlife Management, Texas Tech
Univ., Vol. 16, Dec. 31, 1985, pp. 20.
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J.D. Nance, D.E. Ethridge, and B.E. Dahl. "Alternative Production/Marketing Strategies." Research
Highlights - 1986, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and Wildlife Management, Texas Tech
Univ., Vol. 17, December 31, 1986, pp. 28.
R.G. Sudderth, D.E. Ethridge, R.D. Pettit, and A.L. Stoecker. "Optimum Combinations and Timing
of Range Improvement Practices in the Southwestern High Plains." Abstracts, Society for Range
Management 40th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID, Feb. 8-13, 1987, #287.
D.E. Ethridge, J.D. Nance, and B.E. Dahl. "Production and Marketing Strategies With Improved
Pastures and Native Range." Abstracts, Society for Range Management 40th Annual Meeting,
Boise, ID, Feb. 8-13, 1987, #331.
R. Terry Ervin, Don E. Ethridge, and Billy G. Freeman. "Economic Evaluation of Rangeland Forage
Improvements Via Microcomputer Models." Abstracts, Society for Range Management 41st Annual
Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX., Feb. 21-26, 1988.
Don E. Ethridge, Justin Rushemeza, R. Terry Ervin, and Bill E. Dahl. "Production and Marketing
Strategies under Combined Price and Weather Risks in Ranching: A Bayesian Analysis." Selected
Paper Abstracts, Western Ag. Econ. Assn. Meetings, July 10-12, 1988, Western Journal Agr. Econ.,
Vol. 13, No. 2, Dec. 1988, pp. 377-378.
Eduardo Segarra, Don E. Ethridge, Curtis R. Deussen, and Arthur B. Onken. "Optimal Decision
Rules of Nitrogen Utilization for Cotton Production in the Southern High Plains of Texas." Selected
Papers Abstracts, American Ag. Econ. Assn. Meetings, July 31-Aug. 3, 1988. American Journal
Agricultural Economics, Vol. 70, No. 5, Dec. 1988, pp. 1188.
E. Segarra, D. Ethridge, C. Deussen, and A.B. Onken. "Optimal Decision Rules of Nitrogen
Utilization for Cotton Production." Agronomy Abstracts, 1988, S4-32P, pp. 249.
B.E. Dahl, D.E. Ethridge, P.F. Cotter, and M. Caldwell. "Alternative Marketing Strategies for Cattle
Operations--Southern Plains." Research Highlights--1988, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range
and Wildlife Management Department, Texas Tech Univ., Vol 19, De. 31, 1988, pp. 24.
D.E. Ethridge, P. Zhang, R.T. Ervin, and B.E. Dahl. "Risk Efficient Strategies for Producing and
Selling Cattle with Price and Weather Risks." Abstracts, Society for Range Management 1990
Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, #43.
B.D. Carpenter, D.E. Ethridge, and R.E. Sosebee. "An Economic Assessment of Broom Snakeweed
Control in the Southern Plains." Abstracts, Society for Range Management 1990 Annual Meeting,
Reno, NV, #44.
B.D. Carpenter, D.E. Ethridge, and R.E. Sosebee. "Economic Losses from Broom Snakeweed
Poisoning in Cattle in the Southern Plains." Abstracts, Society for Range Management 1990 Annual
Meeting, Reno, NV, #258.
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Don Ethridge. "Hedonic Price Analysis of Cotton: The Transition to Market Reporting
Applications." Southwestern Journal of Economic Abstracts. Vol. II, No. 1 (1990): 57.
Ping Zhang, Eduardo Segarra, and Don Ethridge. "A Sequential Model of Stocker Cattle Marketing
in the Southern Plains." Southwestern Journal of Economic Abstracts, Vol III, No. 1(1991), pp. 111112.
Don Ethridge, Steve Morse, and Carlos Engels. "Hedonic Price Analysis of Cotton in Daily
Marketing Reporting." Selected Papers Abstracts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
Vol. 73, No. 5, Dec. 1991, pp. 1548-1549.
D. Ethridge, S. Morse, G. Ladd, K. Bowman, W. Wilson, D. Eastwood, and D. Price.
Hedonic/Characteristic Price Analysis in Agricultural Economics: Progress Issues, and Needs."
Organized Symposium abstracts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 73, No.5, Dec.
1991, pp. 1528-1529.
Ping Zhang, Don E. Ethridge, and Stanley M. Fletcher. "Demand for U.S. Cotton in a World Market
Setting." Selected papers abstracts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 74, No.5,
Dec. 1992, pp. 1288-1289.
Don Ethridge. "Status of Women and African Americans in Agricultural Economics Departments."
Organized Symposium abstracts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 74, No.5, Dec.
1992, pp. 1264.
Don Ethridge, Jon Weddle, and Henry Wright. "Effects of Brush Control on Labor Costs in the
Texas Rolling Plains." Research Highlights - 1992, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and
Wildlife Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ., 23, Dec. 31, 1992, pp. 12.
Don Ethridge, Ronald Sosebee, and Brent Carpenter. "Economic Returns From Controlling Broom
Snakeweed," Research Highlights - 1992, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and Wildlife
Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ., 23, Dec. 31, 1992, pp. 12.
Don Ethridge, Bill Dahl, and Ping Zhang. "Management Strategies Considering Price and Weather
Risks." Research Highlights - 1992, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range and Wildlife Mgmt.,
Texas Tech Univ., 23, Dec.31, 1992, pp. 20.
Ping Zhang, Stanley M. Fletcher, and Don Ethridge. "Interfiber Competition in Textile Mills Over
Time." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 25, No. 1, July 1993, pp. 278.
D.E. Ethridge, R.E. Sosebee, R.E. Sherwood, B.G. Stanaland, and C.H. Herbel. "Economic Success
of Range Reseeding in an Arid Environment." Research Highlights-1994, Noxious Brush and Weed
Control; Range and Wildlife Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ. 25, Dec. 31, 1994, pp. 22, 23.
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Jeff Brown, Darren Hudson, and Don Ethridge. "Price Information in Producer Markets: An
Evaluation of Futures and Spot Cotton Price Movements in the Southwest Region." Abstracts for
Contributed Papers and Symposia, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1,
July 1995, pp. 317.
Mohamed Ragy Darwish, Don Ethridge, and Eduardo Segarra. "Land Application of Municipal
Wastewater: An Enviro-Economic Analysis." Abstracts for Contributed Papers and Symposia,
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1995, pp. 326.
Nancy Wiley, Don Ethridge, Jane Dever, and R.T. Ervin. "Cotton Variety Selection Model:
Software Application." Presented Poster Abstracts, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1995, pp. 342.
Ping Zhang, Stanley Fletcher, and Don Ethridge. "Demand for Fibers in U.S. Textile Mills: A
System Approach." Presented Poster Abstracts, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1995, pp. 341.
Nancy D. Wiley, Don E. Ethridge, Jane K. Dever, and R.T. Ervin. "Cotton Variety Choice Sets for
the Southern High Plains of Texas." Presented Poster Abstracts, Journal of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1995, pp. 339.
Ping Zhang, Stanley Fletcher, and Don Ethridge. “Effectiveness of Generic Promotion: The Case of
Cotton.” Poster Abstracts, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 77, No. 5, Dec. 1995,
pp. 1391.
Changping Chen, Emmett Elam, and Don Ethridge. “Mean Reversion in Cotton Futures Prices:
Implications for Hedging Strategies and Trading Profits.” Selected Papers Abstracts, Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 20, No. 2, Dec. 1995, pp. 403.
Phillip Johnson and Don Ethridge. “The Value of Brush Control and Related Research at Texas
Tech University to the State of Texas.” Research Highlights - 1995 Noxious Brush and Weed
Control; Range and Wildlife Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ., 26, Dec. 31, 1995, pp. 12.
Don E. Ethridge, Changping Chen, and M. Darren Hudson. “Pricng of Cotton Quality Attributes.”
Selected Papers Abstracts, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 28, No. 1, July
1996, p. 227.
Changping Chen, Don Ethridge, and Stanley Fletcher. “U.S. Cotton Quality Attributes Relative to
Prices Paid by Textile Manufacturers: A Hedonic Analysis.” Selected Papers Abstracts, American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 78, No. 5, Dec. 1996, p. 1401.
Alfonso Gerbolini, Phillip Johnson, and Don Ethridge. “Economics of Redberry Juniper Control in
the Rolling Plains.” Research Highlights - 1996, Noxious Brush and Weed Control; Range,
Wildlife, & Fisheries Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ., Vol. 27, Dec. 1996, p. 11.
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Alfonso Gerbolini, Phillip Johnson, Carlton M. Britton, Darrell Ueckert, and Don Ethridge. “The
Relationship Between Forage Production and Redberry Juniper Infestations.” Research Highlights
1997, Noxious Brush and Weed Control, Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, Texas Tech
Univ., Vol. 28, Dec. 1997.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Policy Implications of an Export Tax: The Case of Cotton and
Yarn in Pakistan.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 30, No. 1, July 1998, p 232.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “The Implications of an Export Tax on Sectoral Growth: A Case
in Pakistan.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 80, No. 5, Dec. 1998, p. 1203.
Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge. “Trade Liberalization and the MFAs.” Organized Syposia
abstracts, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, Dec. 2001:637.
Megan Denning, Octavio Ramirez, Carlos Carpio, and Don Ethridge. “Hedonic Profit maximization
of Irrigated Cotton Production Systems in the Texas High Plains.” Journal of Agricultural and
Applied Economics, Vol. 33, No. 3, Dec. 2001:621.
Carlos Ortega-Ochoa, Don E. Ethridge, and Carlos Villalobos, “Livestock and Grazing Alternatives
to Irrigated Crops: A Case with Economic and Water Conservation Implications.” Conference
Program with Abstracts, Conference on Water in Arid and Semiarid Lands: Innovative Approaches
and Informed Decision-Making, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Texas
Tech Univ., Nov. 15-17, 2006, p. 86.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS: (75)
Don E. Ethridge. "Results of the 1976 Crop Market Impact Evaluation of the Instrument Test Line."
Presented at Instrument Test Line Meeting sponsored by Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA,
Lubbock, TX, September 7, 1977.
Don E. Ethridge. "Central Remote Market Pricing." Conference on Agricultural Marketing, March
8-9, 1978, Raleigh, NC. Sponsored by North Carolina State University.
Dale L. Shaw and Don E. Ethridge. "Costs of Ginning Cotton: Historical Perspective and a
Computerized Model for Estimating Ginning Costs." Presented at a workshop during the 17th
Annual Meeting of the Texas Independent Ginners Assn., Houston, TX, March 30, 1979.
Don E. Ethridge and Randy Hise. "Cottonseed Oil Mill Model." Presented at Cottonseed Workshop
on Research Needs and Priorities, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 2728, 1980. Sponsored by Science and Education Administration, USDA.
Don E. Ethridge. "An Economic Evaluation of Mesquite Control." Presented at the Ninth Annual
Range Brush and Weed Control Conference, Roswell, NM, January 19-20, 1982. Sponsored by
New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service and Society for Range Management.
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Don E. Ethridge. "Ingredients for a Successful Agricultural Economics Association." Presented at
the Student Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association meetings, Logan, UT,
August 3, 1982.
D.P. Thibodeaux, R.S. Brown, D.L. Shaw, and D.E. Ethridge. "An Economic Engineering
Assessment of a Tuft-to-Yarn Textile Mill." 1982 Textile Industries Conference, Orlando, FL,
October 6-8, 1982. Sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
D.E. Ethridge and T.J. Neal. "Economic Evaluation of Controlling Sand Shinnery Oak with
Tebuthiuron." Sand Shinnery Oak Field Tour, Beasley Ranches, Plans, Texas, May 26, 1983.
Sponsored by Tex. Society for Range Mgmt., Texas Tech Univ., Tex. Ag. Extension Service, and
Elanco Co.
Don E. Ethridge. "Changes and Trends in Agriculture in the Southern High Plains." Texas Southern
High Plains Agriculture in Transition, Joint Meeting of USDA-ARS, Texas Tech Univ., TAEX, and
TAES, Lubbock, Texas, March 19, 1985.
D. Ethridge. "Does the Producer Get Paid for Quality?" National Cotton Quality Improvement
Program meeting, Oct. 23, 1985, Lubbock, TX. Sponsored by Ag. Research Service, USDA.
Don Ethridge. "Cotton Economics Research at Texas Tech University." High Plains Research
Foundation Board Meeting, April 2, 1986.
Don Ethridge. "Management Decisions for Ranching for Profit." Texas Tech Experimental Ranch
Field Day, sponsored by Texas Tech Univ., Society for Range Mgmt., and Soil Conservation
Service, USDA, June 11, 1986.
Don Ethridge. "Soil Fertility Management: An Economic Approach." Soil Fertility Conference
sponsored by The High Plains Water Conservation District No. 1, Lubbock, TX, February 19, 1987.
Don Ethridge. "Texas and U.S. Competitiveness in World Cotton Markets." The World of Cotton
Symposium sponsored by Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Education), Texas Tech
Univ., Lubbock, TX, February 18, 1988.
Don Ethridge. "Prospects for Changing the Price Reporting System for Cotton." Presentation to the
Sub-Committee on the CCC Loan Structure, USDA Cotton Marketing Committee, June 21, 1988,
Dallas, Tx.
Don Ethridge. “Cotton Research in Agricultural Economics.” Presented to the Dean’s Advisory
Committee, Texas Tech Univ., May 26, 1989.
Don Ethridge. "Cotton Outlook." Presentation to Texas Farm Bureau Summer Cotton Division
Meeting, July 19, 1989, Lubbock, TX.
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R. Terry Ervin, C. Kevin Brinkley, Don E. Ethridge, Eduardo Segarra, and Harlan Thorvilson.
"Economic Report of Red Imported Fire Ants in Texas." 3rd International Workshop Pest Ants,
October 12-14, 1989, Campo Grande, Mato do Sul, Brazil.
Don E. Ethridge. "Highlights of the 1990 Farm Bill." South Plains Association of Soil and Water
Conservation District, February 20, 1990, Lubbock, TX.
R. Terry Ervin, C. Kevin Brinkley, Don E. Ethridge, Eduardo Segarra, Ping Zhang, and Harlan
Thorvilson. "Economic Impact of Red Imported Fire Ant with Uncertainty Considerations." 1990
Southwestern Social Sciences Assn., Southwestern Econ. Assn., March 1990.
Don E. Ethridge. "Marketing Cotton Quality." Texas Agricultural Extension Service Seminar on
Goals of the `90s, Texas Ginners Convention, Lubbock, TX, April 5, 1990.
Don Ethridge. "Crop Quality and Quantity Outlook and HVI Study." Texas Cotton Association.
Flow/Marketing Meeting, Lubbock, Tx, October 25, 1990.
Ping Zhang, Eduardo Segarra, and Don Ethridge. "Sequential Modeling of Stocker Cattle Buying
and Selling Strategies in the Southern Plains." 1991 Southern Ag. Economics Assn. Meetings. Feb.
1991.
Don Ethridge. "Economic Impact to the Texas High Plains from the Reduced 1991 Crop."
Presentation at a meeting for Congressman Larry Combest sponsored by the High Plains
Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, Dec. 3, 1991, Lubbock, Texas.
Don Ethridge. "Status of Econometric Price Reporting Research." Presentation to the Secretary of
Agriculture's Cotton Marketing Advisory Committee, Mar. 31, 1991, Dallas, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Status of Research on U.S. Cotton Quality-Price Relationships." Presentation to the
Committee for Cotton Research Inc., Apr. 6, 1991, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Processing Costs for Bark in Cotton Lint." Presentation to the Barky Cotton Task
Force, Cotton Inc., April 10, 1991, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Cotton/Textile Value Added." Presentation at the 1st Annual Cotton Textile
Workshop, sponsored by High Ground of Texas (a regional Economic Development organization),
Sept. 2, 1992, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. "A Priori Estimates of Cotton Quality Prices for the 1993 Grading System Changes."
Presentation to the AMS and SCS, USDA Policy Group on the CCC Loan Schedule. Oct. 14, 1992,
Memphis, TN.
Don Ethridge and Bill Dahl. "Risk Efficient Production and Marketing Strategies on Southern Plains
Ranches." Presentation at the Cow/Calf Seminar sponsored by the Roberts and Ochiltrue Counties
Extension Services, Dec. 8, 1992, Miami, TX.
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Don Ethridge, Jeff Brown, and Darren Hudson. Workshop on the Daily Price Estimation System
given for cotton industry economists, Memphis, TN, Aug.17, 1993.
Don Ethridge. "Impact of the High Plains Cotton Industry." Presentation to the Texas Farm Bureau
Leadership Training Program, Nov. 15, 1993, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Pricing Analysis for HVI Market Reporting." Presentation to the Cotton Inc. State
Support Committee, Jan. 20, 1994, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Prices Paid by Textile Manufacturers for Cotton Fiber Quality Attributes: Progress
Report." Presentation to the Committee for Cotton Research Inc., Memphis, TN, Feb. 19, 1994.
Don Ethridge. "Pricing Analysis for HVI Market Reporting." Presentation to the Cotton
Incorporated State Support Committee, Dec. 13, 1994, Corpus Christi, TX.
Don Ethridge. "Philosophical Positions on Research--Cohesion and Divisiveness." Presentation at
the Joint Economics/Agricultural Economics Seminar Series, Texas Tech University, Feb. 3, 1995.
Don Ethridge. "Results of Analysis of Cotton Quality Premiums and Discounts Paid by U.S. Textile
Mills." Presentation to the Committee for Cotton Research Inc., Lubbock, TX, Apr. 3, 1995.
Don Ethridge. "Producer Premiums and Discounts for Cotton Quality: Market Information in
Marketing Decisions." Presentation at Cotton Marketing Workshop, Texas Agr. Extension Service,
Lubbock, TX, Apr. 6, 1995.
Don E. Ethridge. "World Trade and Its Impacts." Presentation at the International Management
Workshop, sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech Univ., May 17, 1995.
Don Ethridge. "Potential for Textile Manufacturing as a Value-Added Industry in West Texas."
Presentation to the Texas State Defense Adjustment Advisory Council, Reese Air Force Base, TX,
Oct. 18, 1995.
Don Ethridge. "Cotton Economics Research at Texas Tech--Some History, Status, and Assessment."
Presentation to the Economics/Ag. Economics Joint Seminar, Oct. 20, 1995.
Don Ethridge. “Pricing Analysis for HVI Market Reporting.” Report to the Cotton Incorporated
Texas State Support Committee, Dec. 5, 1995, Dallas, TX.
Don Ethridge. “Marketing Evaluations of Cotton Quality Attributes.” Presentation to the Natl.
Cotton Quality Improvement Task Force, Jan. 10, 1996, Nashville, TN.
Don Ethridge. “World Trade Impacts.” Presentation at the International Management Workshop,
sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech University, May 15, 1996.
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Don Ethridge. “Major Forces Shaping the Structure of the U.S. Food and Fiber Sector.”
Presentation at a college-wide workshop on Changes In Agriculture and Their Relevence to the
College. Texas Tech Univ., Oct. 17, 1996.
Don Ethridge. “Pricing Analysis for HVI Reporting.” Report to the Cotton Incorporated Texas State
Support Committee, Dec. 12, 1996, Lubbock, TX.
Don Ethridge. “Loan Prices and Spot Discounts.” Presentation to the Tex. Agr. Extention Service
Master Marketing Workshop, Lubbock, TX, Jan. 29, 1997.
Don Ethridge. “Boll Weevil Impact Study.” Presentation at the Producer Information Worshop,
Lubbock, TX, Apr. 11, 1997. Sponsored by Plains Cotton Grower, International Textile Center, and
Texas Agr. Extension Service.
Sukant Misra and Don Ethridge. “Market Price Signals: What They Tell Us About Ginning.”
Presentation at the 40th Plains Cotton Growers Annual Meeting, Apr. 11, 1997.
Don Ethridge. “World Trade and Its Impacts.” Presentation to the International Management
Workshop, Sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech University, May 20, 1997.
Don Ethridge. “Assessment of the Economic Impact of the Boll Weevil on the Tech High Plains.”
Presentation at the AAEA Organized Symposium on Economics of Boll Weevil Eradication,
Toronto, Canada, July 29, 1997. Abstract in American Journal of Agricultural Economics; 79 (No.
5, 1997): 1695.
Don Ethridge. “Pricing Analysis for HVI Reporting.” Presentation to the Cotton Incorporated Texas
State Support Committee, Dec. 9, 1997, Dallas, Texas.
Don Ethridge and Darren Hudson. “Relevance of Accurate Market Price Reporting to the CCC Loan
Structure.” Presentation to the NCC Loan Premium and Discount Task Force, Mar. 18-19, 1998,
Memphis, TN.
Don Ethridge. “Case Study: The Ethiopian Cotton and Textile Sector.” Presentation to the
International Management Workshop, sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech University, May 13,
1998.
Don Ethridge. “Loan Schedule Price Calculations and Commodity Price Risks.” Presentation to
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Division, July 8, 1998, Nacogdoches, TX.
Don Ethridge. “Pricing Analysis for HVI Market Reporting.” Presentation to the Cotton
Incorporated Texas State Support committee, Dec. 10, 1998, Austin, Tx.
Don Ethridge. “Risk Associated With Market Information.” Presentation to the Blackland Income
Growth 37th Annual Conference, sponsored by the Texas Agr. Extension Service, Waco, TX Jan. 12,
1999.
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Don Ethridge. “Case Study: The Ethiopian Cotton and Textile Sector.” Presentation to the
International Management Workshop sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech University, May 21,
1999.
Don Ethridge. “Sticky Cotton: The New Contaminant that Threatens an Industry.” Presentation to a
meeting on Impacting Cotton Production in 2000 and Beyond, sponsored by Bayer Corp., Houston,
TX, Feb. 29 & Mar. 1, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “Daily Price Estimation System.” Presentation of the First Annual
Research/Extension Symposium sponsored by the Cotton Economics Research Institute, Texas Tech
Univ., and the Texas Agr. Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, Apr. 5, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “Regional Agricultural Outlook.” Presentation to the Golden K Kiwanas Club,
Lubbock, TX, May 2, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “Case Study: The Ethiopian Cotton and Textile Sector.” Presentation to the
International Management Workshop, sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech Univ., May 19, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “World Cotton Trade Developments.” Presentation of the Texas Cotton Assn.
meeting, Lubbock, TX, Oct. 26, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “World Trade Organization Update.” Presentation to the Board of Directors, Texas
Grain Sorghum Producers’ Assn., Corpus Christi, TX, Nov. 13, 2000.
Don Ethridge. “Ethiopia Textile Sector Study.” Presentation to the International Management
Workshop, sponsored by ICASALS, Texas Tech Univ., May 16, 2001.
Don Ethridge. “Trends in the Profession.” Presentation at the SAEA Symposium on Perspective of
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, Feb. 5, 2002.
Don Ethridge and Sam Mohanty. “Impact of WTO Ruling and China Currency Revaluation on
Cotton and Textile Markets.” Presentation to the Lubbock Economics Council, Lubbock, TX, Nov.
4, 2004.
Don Ethridge. “Departmental Programs and Initiatives.” Invited Presentation, Lubbock County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors, Lubbock, TX, Feb. 5, 2004.
Don Ethridge. “Texas Water and Agricultural Sustainability.” Invited presentation, Monsanto
Cotton Technology Team, Lubbock, TX, Sept. 27, 2006.
Don Ethridge. “Analysis of U.S. Proposal for WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference: Impacts on
the Cotton Industry.” Presentation to representatives of Govt. of France, Lubbock, TX, Dec. 15,
2006.
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Don Ethridge. “Ogallala Aquifer: Sustainability Issues and Challenges.” Invited presentation at
session on water policy issues, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade
Fair and Conference, May 1, 2007.
Don Ethridge, Samarendu Mohanty, Suwen Pan, Mark Welch, Mohamadou Fadiga, Margarita
Velandia-Parra, and Samantha Yates. “Foreign Crop Subsidies and Tariffs.” Poster presented at the
2008 American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 12-14, 2008.
Don Ethridge. “Cotton Market Outlook.” Presentation made to the Lubbock Economics Council,
Lubbock, Texas, May 1, 2008.
Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, and Maria Mutuc. “Lessons Learned from the Phase-Out of the
MFAs: Moving From Managed Distortion to Managed Distortion.” Presented at International
Cotton Advisory Committee 69th Plenary Meeting, Lubbock, TX, Sept. 2010. Summarized in
proceedings. Available at www.aaec.ttu.edu/CERI/Presentations/.
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