Scott E. Sink Instructor Agricultural Business Management Office: 311 Hutcheson Hall Phone: (540) 231-3727 FAX: (540) 231-7417 E-mail: scsink@vt.edu

Scott Sink joined the faculty in 2004. His work focuses on Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship, and Agricultural Problem Solving. Scott received his MS in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Tech. Scott was born and raised on a farm in Franklin County, Virginia and is a fifth generation farmer whose ambitions are firmly rooted in the community. Scott has over ten years of experience in the Agricultural field.

Outside of work, Scott devotes a major portion of his time managing and operating his locally grown harvest S.E.S. Agricultural Enterprises.

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Selected Publications:

Sink, S. E., Wilkerson, J., Coale, C., Eaton, G., Haugh, G., McPeters, L., and Schofer, D. Developing sustainable agricultural enterprises to provide small farmers and rural communities with sustainable job and income opportunities. USDA Cooperative Agreement Nos. 12-25-A-3765 and 12-25-A-3887, 2002.

S. E. Sink, K. F. Knowlton, and J. H. Herbein. Economic and environmental implications of overfeeding phosphorus on Virginia dairy farms. J. Anim Sci. 78 (Suppl. 2): 4. 2000.

Knowlton, K. F. and S. E. Sink. Animal agriculture and the environment: Overfeeding increases feed costs and reduces your ability to survive environmental regulations. The Virginia Dairyman, September 1999,p. 10, 12.

Knowlton, K. F. and S. E. Sink. Animal agriculture and the environment: Are Virginia dairy farmers overfeeding phosphorus? The Virginia Dairyman, August 1999, pp. 38, 42.

Knowlton, K. F. and S. E. Sink. Animal agriculture and the environment: Are dairy farmers overfeeding phosphorus? Farmshine, November 24, 2000, pp.22, 24.

Pease, J., Hudson, T., and Sink, S. Economic Analysis of Mid-Atlantic Cropping Systems. Extension Publication 2000.

Burkhart, B., Sink, S, and Purcell, W. How Virginia Dairymen Can Manage Price Risk. Rural Economic Analysis Program Publication, July 1999, VCE Pub. No. 448-243/REAP R0045.