Knutson, Ronald D.

"Ronald D. Knutson" is a professor emeritus at Texas A&M University. He was formerly the director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPe, which specializes in studies for the Agriculture Committees of the U.S. Congress. Dr. Knutson taught undergraduate students agricultural and food policy for 28 years and performed much the same function in Extension with farmers and agribusiness persons. His research specialty is dairy policy, where he has served as the chair of several USDA and industry studies. Prior to joining the A&M faculty, Knutson was the chief economist for the USDA's Agri