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Associate Professor Jon Biermacher

Dr. Jon Biermacher
Jon Biermacher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Noble Researcher since 2005

jtbiermacher@noble.org

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Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, 2005, Oklahoma State University

Dr. Biermacher's research program generates sound economic information that can be used by agricultural producers and land stewards to make informed decision about whether or not they should adopt new or alternative crop and livestock management practices, production systems and production technologies. More specifically, his research program focuses on four primary area, including (1) forage-based beef production and management systems (2) precision agriculture technologies, (3) forage and crop nutrient management, and (4) bioenergy economics.

Forage-based beef production is the primary economic activity in the commercial agriculture industry within the Noble Foundation's service region. As a result, Dr. Biermacher's primary research focus is to conduct studies that seek to determine the economic feasibility of alternative forage-based beef production and management systems. Dr. Biermacher's research program also focuses on providing economic analysis for a number of value added enterprises that a substantial number of farmers and ranchers have expressed interest in pursuing in the region. These value added enterprises include fruit and vegetable production in passive solar greenhouses, the economic feasibility of pecan orchard establishment, management and nut harvesting and the economic feasibility of alternative retained ownership and non-traditional marketing of preconditioned beef calves.

Haque, M., Biermacher, J. T., Kering, M. K., & Guretzky, J. (2012). Managing nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients for switchgrass produced for bioenergy feedstock in phosphorus-deficient soil. In Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting .Birmingham, Alabama: Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

Funderburg, E., Biermacher, J. T., Moffet, C. , Haque, M., & Mosali, J. (2011). Effects of applying nitrogen on yield of introduced perennial summer grass cultivars in Oklahoma. Forage and Grazinglands, December, doi:10.1094/FG-2011-1223-01-RS.

Kering, M. K., Butler, T. J., Biermacher, J. T., & Guretzky, J. (2011). Biomass yield and nutrient removal rates of perennial grasses under nitrogen fertilization. BioEnergy Research, , doi:10.1007/s12155-011-9167-x.

Reuter, R. R., Childs, D., Belk, K.E., Machado, T.J., & Biermacher, J. T. (2011). Effects of USDA feeder cattle frame and muscle grades on stocker and feeder cattle performance and profitability. Professional Animal Scientist, 27 (6), 525-534.

Funderburg, E., Locke, J., & Biermacher, J. T. (2011). Evaluation of herbicides and mowing on catbriar (Smilax bona-nox) in Oklahoma rangeland. Weed Science, July, doi: 10.1614/WT-D-11-00041.1.

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