Gordon E. Groover Extension Economist Associate Professor Management and Finance Ph.D. 2001, Virginia Tech Office: 301-A Hutcheson Hall Phone: (540) 231-5850 FAX: (540) 231-7417 E-mail: xgrover@vt.edu

Gordon Groover joined the faculty in 1983. His work focuses on development of farm-level decision aids, farm planning, computer application to agriculture, and livestock management systems. Gordon devotes a major portion of his time to coordinating educational programs with the 6 area extension farm business management agents across the state and serves as the extension project leader for the department. He works with a multidisciplinary team to develop software for pasture, beef, and dairy grazing simulation. He leads the Virginia's Use Value Assessment Program to determine the use values for agricultural and horticultural land in 93 counties and cities, In 1996, along with other extension workers, he received the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Distinguished Professional Contribution award for a multi-state extension educational program to teach farmers computerized records and management.

Gordon grew up near the headwaters of the Chickahominy River in Henrico County, Virginia. He was employed as an extension agent farm management in Virginia from 1979 until joining the faculty in 1983.

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Selected Publications:

Bosch D., S. Stephenson, G. Groover, B. Hutchins. 2007. Farm Returns to Carbon Credit Creation with Intensive Rotational Grazing. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Eberly E., G. Groover. 2007. 2007 Virginia Farm Business Management Crop Budget. Virginia Cooperative Publication 446-047, 2007, 200 pp.

Bruce F., G. Groover. Methods and Procedures: Determining the Use Value of Agricultural and Horticultural Land In Virginia. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication Number 446-011. 2007, 28 pp.

Mainville D., M. Farrell, G. Groover, K. Mundy. Organic Feedgrain Markets: Considerations for Potential Virginia Producers. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication Number 448-520, 2007. 8 pp.

Groover, G. E. "Financial Performance of Pasture-Based Dairies: A Virginia Case Study." Unpublished dissertation, Va Tech. April 2000.

Stone, Nicholas D., G. Brinkley Benson, Gordon Groover, James Venuto, and Ben E. Cline. "Pasture Land Management System (PLMS) presentation and demonstration." Paper presented at the National Conference on Grazing Lands. Las Vegas, December 2000.

Groover, G. E. "Management Practices on Virginia Dairy Farms" REAP Research Report Number 34 (1998). 19 pp.

The bi-monthly newsletter Farm Business Management Update published for use by extension agents and state agricultural publication.