Faculty Member Information
Seong Cheol Park |
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About Dr. Park:
Dr. Seong C. Park is an Assistant Professor and Natural Resource Economist for the Texas AgriLife Research Center at Vernon, Texas. He has done research in various areas of natural resources including the Ogallala aquifer (OA) modeling and the animal manure management system in the Southern Great Plains. His research interests include integrated cropping systems, environmental and resource economics, nutrient management of animal manure, water management, and bioenergy. Current research projects include 1) economic and groundwater Use implications of bioenergy feedstocks production in the OA region, 2) economic analysis of emission abatement in cattle feedlots and dairies, and 3) economic sustainability of developing a sustainable regional bioenergy production model. He is a member of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
Selected Publications:
Park, Seong C., J. Vitale, J. C. Turner, J.A. Hattey, and A. Stoecker. 2010. “Economic Profitability of Sustained Application of Swine Lagoon Effluent and Beef Feedlot Manure elative to Anhydrous Ammonia in the Oklahoma Panhandle.” Agronomy Journal. 102:420-430.
Park, Seong C., R.T. Woodward, A.Stoekcer and J.A. Hattey. 2010. “Optimal Nitrogen Applications: A Stochastic Dynamic Model of Irrigated Corn in the Southern High Plains” Selected poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 2010.
Park, Seong C., C. Phetcharat, A. Stoecker, and J. A. Hattey. 2010. “Optimal Application of Swine Effluent under Stochastic Weather Conditions in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Selected paper, Southern Agricultural Economics Association meeting”, Orlando, Florida, February 2010.