Trusted Insight and Analysis

Southern Ag Today provides daily peer-reviewed articles focused on issues impacting Southern agriculture. It is a collaborative effort among 13 universities led by the Southern Extension Economics Committee, the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M, and the Southern Risk Management Education Center at the University of Arkansas.

Our Leadership Team

Joe Outlaw
Professor and Extension Economist
Co-Director, Texas A&M Agricultural & Food Policy Center
Ron Rainey
Assistant Vice President and Professor, University of Arkansas
Director, SRMEC
Bart Fischer
Research Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Texas A&M Agricultural & Food Policy Center
Nathan Smith
Extension Professor and Agribusiness Program Team Director
Clemson University

Project Coordinators

Candice Foster
Project Coordinator
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Jamie Cousins
Communications Manager
SRMEC

Topic Area Coordinators

Adam Rabinowitz
Adam Rabinowitz
Crop
Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith
Crop
David Anderson
David Anderson
Livestock
Josh Maples
Josh Maples
Livestock
Steven Klose
Steven Klose
Farm Management
Jordan Shockley
Jordan Shockley
Farm Management
Luis Ribera
Luis Ribera
Trade
Andrew Muhammad
Andrew Muhammad
Trade
Bart Fischer
Bart Fischer
Policy
Joe Outlaw
Joe Outlaw
Policy
Rusty Rumley
Rusty Rumley
Ag Law
Paul Goeringer
Paul Goeringer
Ag Law
Tiffany Dowell Lashmet
Tiffany Dowell Lashmet
Ag Law
Kimberly Morgan
Kimberly Morgan
Specialty Topics
Maria Bampasidou
Maria Bampasidou
Specialty Topics
Rebekka Dudensing
Rebekka Dudensing
Community Development
John Park
John Park
Co-ops

Our Process

All article submissions are peer reviewed before publication. If you are interested in submitting an article, reach out to the appropriate Topic Area Coordinator (TAC) for available publishing dates. Articles are submitted to the appropriate TAC for initial review. Once the TAC and author agree on edits, the TAC will send it to the leadership team for final review and approval. All authors must be employed by an academic institution, and at least one author/co-author must be from the Southern region*.  Additional details about the submission process are available here.

*Southern Region States include Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Florida, and Maryland.