Education,  Experience,  Job Description, Professional Interests & Awards

• B.S. - General Agriculture, Tarleton State University
• M.S. and Ph.D. - Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Licensed CPA in Texas

• Professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, Department of Agricultural Services and Development, Tarleton State University, September 2004 - Present
• Director of Agricultural Programs and Professor of Agricultural Economics, Center for Agribusiness Excellence, Tarleton State University, January 2001 - August 2004
• Department Head for Agribusiness, Agronomy, Horticulture and Range Management, August 1993 - January 2001
• Practice Unit Manager of a limited tax practice, Steven Turknett, CPA, Stephenville, TX, 1998 - Present
• Professor and Extension Economist in Management, Department of Agricultural Economics and Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, 1978 - 1993
• Managing Editor, Texas Journal of Agriculture & Natural Resources, 1998 - Present

• Dr. Lovell is one of a small group of Extension faculty members whose primary role is Community Resources and Economic Development (CRED). The CRED mission is to provide quality, relevant outreach and continuing education programs and services in community resources and economic development to the people of Texas. Dr. Lovell´s primary assignment is Value added/agribusiness. The agribusiness focus includes all forms of business organization, including cooperatives. Dr. Lovell provides support with and follow up to educational programs and other referrals. His assistance includes one-on-one assistance to facilitate feasibility analysis and business planning with individuals and firms considering developing a new business or evaluating new product lines, expansion, etc. To maximize the return to his time, he depends upon County Extension Agents in assessing and providing their assistance to those with requests that can be addressed locally. In support of the Extension Economics unit´s economic development efforts, Dr. Lovell contributes to development of grants and contracts as appropriate (which leverages the FTEs assigned specifically to economic development).

• Areas of interest include rural entrepreneurship, economic development, and farm/business management
• Areas of specialization include financial, managerial and tax accounting, and risk management
• Recognized with the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award as a co-author for the SAEA´s Outstanding Journal Article "Patterns of Collusion in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program: An Empirical Analysis" published in the August 2004 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (JAAE)
• Represented the southwestern states as a member of the Extension Service - Federal Crop Insurance Corporation National Advisory Committee, 1984-1993
• Earned the Texas Agricultural Extension Service´s highest recognition: the Individual Superior Service Award in 1991 "For outstanding achievement as an educator in risk management and crop insurance and as an advisor to public policy and Cooperative Extension Service initiatives in crop insurance," and the Team Superior Service Award in 1993 for "teamwork to develop and implement the cow-calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) system."