Bruce L Ahrendsen

Bruce L Ahrendsen is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at the University of Arkansas's Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. He also serves as Director of the Experiment Station. Dr. Ahrendsen has been a member of the department since 1990, teaching undergraduate courses in agricultural finance and graduate courses in financial management, quantitative methods, and econometrics.

Dr. Ahrendsen earned his Ph.D. in Economics with a major in Agricultural Economics and minor in Statistics from North Carolina State University in 1990. He completed his Master of Economics from the same institution in 1987, and received his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business with minors in Agricultural Finance and Management from Iowa State University in 1983.

His research focuses on financial institutions and markets, credit evaluation, financial management, credit programs, risk management, farmland leasing, and asset valuation. Dr. Ahrendsen has received more than $1.5 million in extramural funding for his research. His scholarly work demonstrates consistent focus on farm credit systems, particularly Farm Service Agency programs, with recent publications examining minority farmer credit access, loan survival rates, and beginning farmer credit usage.

Dr. Ahrendsen has received numerous prestigious awards including the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economists Group Bruce Gardner Award, University of Arkansas Hoyt Purvis Award for Faculty Leadership in International Education, and Bumpers College Outstanding International Education Award.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture Economists Group Bruce Gardner Award
• University of Arkansas Hoyt Purvis Award for Faculty Leadership in International Education
• Bumpers College Outstanding International Education Award
• Bumpers College Alumni Society Outstanding Advising Award
• Highly Commended Award Winner by the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence
• Distinguished Paper of the Small Firm Financial Research Symposium

Dr. Ahrendsen serves on the Agribusiness Industry Council at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, leads the International MBA in Agribusiness & Commerce program across multiple countries, and serves on editorial boards of several scientific journals. He also serves on the Management Board of the EU-US Atlantis Double MS Degree Program in Rural Development and Agricultural Economics.