Bruce Babcock

Bruce Babcock

Director
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Iowa State University
578F Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50010-1070
515-294-6785 phone
515-294-6336 fax
babcock@iastate.edu

Bruce Babcock is director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development and professor of economics at Iowa State University. A native of Southern California, Dr. Babcock received his BS and MS degrees in agricultural economics at the University of California, Davis, in 1980 and 1981, respectively, and his PhD in agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987.

Before coming to Iowa State University in 1990, Dr. Babcock was an assistant professor and extension specialist at North Carolina State University. He has conducted extensive research in the areas of agricultural production economics and agricultural policy, environmental policy, agricultural insurance issues, and marketing decisions under risk.