I have 25 years of experience, and specialize in the field of applied economics with specific knowledge in the areas of risk management, finance and equine. I have published on such topics as equine economics, agricultural markets and agricultural production affiance. I have testified on state gambling revenues, horse welfare and agricultural production losses. After 20 years of analyzing production efficiency of mechanized asparagus harvesting and concluding mechanization was infeasible I developed and introduced a new comprehensive approach to analyzing mechanization economics that showed mechanization is feasible.