David M. Kohl Professor Emeritus Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management Ph.D., 1978, Cornell University E-mail: sullylab@vt.edu

David Kohl received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University in 1976 and 1978, respectively. He is currently Professor of Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. From June 1999 through May 2001, Dave was on special leave working on cutting-edge initiatives that will strategically position the Royal Bank of Canada in the marketplace. He has now resumed his academic duties at Virginia Tech.

Kohl has traveled over 5.1 million miles throughout his professional career! He has conducted more than 3,000 workshops and seminars for agricultural groups such as bankers, Farm Credit, FmHA, and regulators, as well as producer and agribusiness groups. He has published four books and over 400 articles on financial and business-related topics in journals, extension, and other popular publications. Kohl regularly writes for Farm Journal, Top Producer, Ag Lender, Journal of Agricultural Lending, and Soybean Digest.

He has received 11 major teaching awards and 8 major Extension and Public Service awards from Virginia Tech and Cornell University. Kohl is a two-time recipient of the prestigious American Agricultural Economics Association's Outstanding Teaching Award. Kohl is only one of five professors in the 85-year history of the Association to receive the award twice. He received the Governor's award for his distinguished service to Virginia agriculture, the youngest recipient to receive this award.

Kohl has addressed the American Bankers Agricultural Conference for 25 consecutive years, and has appeared before numerous state bankers schools and conferences throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the world.

As facilitator of the United States Farm Financial Standards Task Force and member of the Canadian Agricultural Financial Standards Task Force, Dr. Kohl was one of the leaders in establishing guidelines for the standardized reporting and analysis of agricultural producers' financial information on a national and international basis.

On a more personal note, Dave enjoys playing and coaching basketball and likes most sports, farms, dogs, and covered bridges; he dislikes lazy students, administrative bureaucracies, and paperwork.

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Center for Farm and Agribusiness Management: http://www.aaec.vt.edu/cfam