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Amanda R Smith


Senior Public Service Associate

Agricultural & Applied Economics

Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Crop and Pasture ProductionHorticultural ProductionFood SciencesMarketingAgriculture, Land and Farm Management

Education

Master of Science, Agricultural Economics

Colorado State University, CO, United States (2004)

Bachelor of Science, Animal Sciences, General

Colorado State University, CO, United States (2002)

Bachelor of Science, Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

Colorado State University, CO, United States (2002)

Associate of Science, Agriculture, General

Casper College, WY, United States (2000)

Awards and Honors

  • UGA Career Center Acknowledgement (2021)
  • Impact Statement Award- Farm Enterprise Budgets (2018)
  • ASA Extension Education Materials Award: Publications: Circular, fact sheet, brochure 16 pages or less (2018)
  • American Society of Agronomy Extension Education Community Educational Material Awards (2018)
  • Extension Academy for Professional Excellence (2011)
  • International Merit Award for Conservation Education Conference (2010)
  • Michael J. Bader Outstanding Junior Extension Scientist (2010)
  • Wallace K. Bailey Award Nomination (2010)
  • Outstanding Junior Specialist of the Year Award (2010)
  • Professional Excellence Award (2010)
  • Presentaion Nominated for a Bailey Award (2009)
  • Team Merit Award – Georgia Chapter (2009)
  • GACAA Professional Excellence Award (2009)
  • Presentaion Nominated for a Bailey Award (2008)

Courses

  • AAEC 3980E: Introduction to Agribusiness Management (Fall 2025)
  • AAEC 3980E: Introduction to Agribusiness Management (Summer 2026)
  • AAEC 3980E: Introduction to Agribusiness Management (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Stakeholder-informed environmental-economic tradeoffs at the farm and forest scale, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, (2026).
    Kaplan D, Athearn K, Bartels WL, de Grammont PC, Court C … 11 more
  • Economic risk analysis of precision cotton irrigation scheduling method under conservation tillage, AGRONOMY JOURNAL, (2025).
    Bhattarai A, Liu Y, Smith A, Liakos V, Vellidis G
  • 2024 Georgia Custom Rate Survey Summary: Informing Agricultural Decision-Making Through Custom Rate Data, (2025).
    McKinney RL, Powell C, Smith A, Hancock G
  • Efficacy and Economics of Different Soil Sampling Grid Sizes for Site-Specific Nutrient Management in Southeastern USA, AGRONOMY-BASEL, (2025).
    Virk S, Tucker M, Harris G, Smith A, Levi M … 1 more
  • 2024 Georgia Custom Rate Survey Summary, (2025).
    Hancock G, Smith A, Powell C, Lynes M

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Contact

a.smith@uga.edu 229-386-3512

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4602 Research Way
317 H.H. Tift Building
Tifton, GA 31793

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2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793-5766

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