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Book Chapters

  1. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Profitability of Technical Analysis in Commodity Markets.” in Handbook of Commodity Investing. Frank J. Fabozzi, Roland Fuss, and Dieter G. Kaiser, editors, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008, pp. 909-947.

  2. Irwin, Scott H., and Bryce R. Holt. “The Impact of Large Hedge Fund and CTA Trading on Futures Market Volatility.” in Commodity Trading Advisors: Risk, Performance Analysis and Selection. Greg N. Gregoriou, Vassilios N. Karavas, Francois-Serge L'Habitant and Fabrice Rouah, editors, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004, pp. 151-182.

  3. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “Noise Trader Sentiment in Futures Markets.” in Models of Futures Markets, Barry A. Goss, editor, London: Routledge, 2000, pp. 86-116.

  4. Irwin, Scott H., Carl R. Zulauf, Mary E. Gerlow, and Jon N. Tinker. “A Performance Comparison of a Technical Trading System with ARIMA Models for Soybean Complex Prices.” Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Volume 4, Cheng F. Lee, editor, Greenwich: JAI Press, 1997, pp 193-203.

  5. Irwin, Scott H., Terry R. Krukemyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1990.” in Handbook of Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis, Carl Peters and Ben Warwick, editors, Chicago: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1997, pp. 49-76. [Reprinted from the Journal of Futures Markets 13(1993):799-820.]

  6. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “A Note on the Factors Affecting Technical Trading System Returns.” in Handbook of Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis, Carl Peters and Ben Warwick, editors, Chicago: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1997, pp. 481-485. [Reprinted from the Journal of Futures Markets. 7(1987):591-595.]

  7. Irwin, Scott H., Terry R. Krukemyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1990.” The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics: Futures Markets, Volume 1, Richard Roll, series editor, A.G. Malliaris, volume editor, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1997, pp. 446-470. [Reprinted from the Journal of Futures Markets 13(1993):799-820.]

  8. Hall, Joyce A., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Distribution of Futures Prices: A Test of the Stable Paretian and Mixture of Normals Hypotheses.” The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics: Futures Markets, Volume II, Richard Roll, series editor, A.G. Malliaris, volume editor, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1997, pp. 199-210. [Reprinted from the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 24(1989):105-116.]

  9. Irwin, Scott H. “Further Evidence on the Usefulness of CTA Performance Information in Public Commodity Pool Prospectuses and a Proposal for Reform.” in Advances in Futures and Options Research, Don M. Chance and Robert R. Trippi, editors, Greenwich: JAI Press, 1994, pp. 251-265.

  10. Irwin, Scott H. “Futures Funds as an Alternative Asset Class for Pension Funds.” in Managed Futures in the Institutional Portfolio, Charles B. Epstein, editor, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1992, pp. 35-54.

  11. Irwin, Scott H., Terry R. Krukemyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Are Public Commodity Pools a Good Investment?” in Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis of Commodity Funds, Pools and Accounts, Carl C. Peters, editor, Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 403-434.

  12. Irwin, Scott H., and Diego Landa. “The Use of Real Estate, Futures, and Gold as Portfolio Assets.” in Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis of Commodity Funds, Pools and Accounts, Carl C. Peters, editor, Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 221-236. [Reprinted from the Journal of Portfolio Management 14(1987):29-34.]

  13. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “Public Futures Funds.” in Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis of Commodity Funds, Pools and Accounts, Carl C. Peters, editor, Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 121-152. [Reprinted from the Journal of Futures Markets 6(1985):461-485.]

  14. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Evaluation of Commodity Funds.” in Managed Futures: Performance, Evaluation and Analysis of Commodity Funds, Pools and Accounts, Carl C. Peters, editor, Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 171-188. [Reprinted from the Review of Research in Futures Markets 4(1985):84-94.]

Research Reports and Monographs

  1. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Merrin. “The Adequacy of Speculation in Agricultural Futures Markets: Too Much of a Good Thing?” Marketing and Outlook Research Report 2008-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2008.

  2. Tannura, Michael A., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Weather, Technology, and Corn and Soybean Yields in the U.S. Corn Belt.” Marketing and Outlook Research Report 2008-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2008.

  3. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Empirical Approaches to Estimating Confidence Intervals for WASDE Price Forecasts.” Final Research Report, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, November 2007.

  4. Good, Darrel, Scott Irwin, and Philip Garcia. “The Performance of the Chicago Board of Trade Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Contracts after Changes in Speculative Limits in 2005.” A Research Report to the Chicago Board of Trade, November 2006.

  5. Colino, Evelyn V., Silvina M. Cabrini, Nicole M. Aulerich, Tracy L. Brandenberger, Robert P. Merrin, Wei Shi, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines-Filho. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Soybeans Over 2002-2004.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2006-05, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2006.

  6. Colino, Evelyn V., Silvina M. Cabrini, Nicole M. Aulerich, Tracy L. Brandenberger, Robert P. Merrin,, Wei Shi, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines-Filho. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Corn Over 2002-2004.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2006-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2006.

  7. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Ryan M. Batts. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2004: A Non-Technical Summary.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2006-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2006.

  8. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Ryan M. Batts. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2004.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2006-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2006.

  9. Good, Darrel L., and Scott H. Irwin. “Understanding USDA Corn and Soybean Production Forecasts: An Overview of Methods, Performance and Market Impact over 1970-2005.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2006-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2006.

  10. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in US Futures Markets: A Data Snooping Free Test.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2005-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2005.

  11. Good, Darrel L., and Scott H. Irwin. “Understanding USDA Corn and Soybean Production Forecasts: An Overview of Methods, Performance and Market Impact over 1970-2004.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2005-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2005.

  12. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Lewis A. Hagedorn. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2003: A Non-Technical Summary.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2005-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2005.

  13. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Lewis A. Hagedorn. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2003.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2005-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2005.

  14. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Value of USDA Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets.” Final Research Report, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, November 2004.

  15. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Profitability of Technical Analysis: A Review.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2004-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2004.

  16. Isengildina, Olga, Joost M.E Pennings, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Crop Farmers' Use of Market Advisory Services.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2004-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2004.

  17. Colino, Evelyn V., Silvina M. Cabrini, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines-Filho. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Soybeans in 2001.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2004-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2004.

  18. Colino, Evelyn V., Silvina M. Cabrini, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Corn in 2001.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2004-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2004.

  19. Good, Darrel L., and Scott H. Irwin. “Understanding USDA Corn and Soybean Production Forecasts: An Overview of Methods, Performance and Market Impact.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-07, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2003.

  20. Irwin, Scott H., Joao Martines-Filho, and Darrel L. Good. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2001: A Non-Technical Summary.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-06, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2003.

  21. Irwin, Scott H., Joao Martines-Filho, and Darrel L. Good. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2001.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-05, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2003.

  22. Martines-Filho, Joao, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Silvina M. Cabrini, Wei Shi, Brian G. Stark, Rick y L. Webber, Lewis A. Hagedorn, and Steven L. Williams. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2003.

  23. Martines-Filho, Joao, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Silvina M. Cabrini, Wei Shi, Brian G. Stark, Rick y L. Webber, Lewis A. Hagedorn, and Steven L. Williams. “Advisory Service Marketing Profiles for Corn Over 1995-2000.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2003.

  24. Stark, Brian G., Silvina M. Cabrini, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines-Filho. “Portfolios of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: How Much Diversification is Enough?” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2003.

  25. Hagedorn, Lewis A., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, Bruce J. Sherrick, and Gary D. Schnitkey. “New Generation Grain Marketing Contracts.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2003-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2003.

  26. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Jennifer K. Gomez, and Olga Isengildina. “The Value of USDA Outlook Information: An Investigation Using Event Study Analysis.” Final Research Report, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, December 2002.

  27. Irwin, Scott H., Joao Martines-Filho, and Darrel L.Good. “Tracking the Performance of Market Professionals: 1995-2000 Results for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Bulletin 2002-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2002.

  28. Irwin, Scott H., Joao Martines-Filho, and Darrel L. Good. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2002-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2002.

  29. Martines-Filho, Joao, Darrel L. Good, and Scott H. Irwin. “1999 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Wheat.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2001-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2001.

  30. Pennings, Joost M.E., Darrel L. Good, Scott H. Irwin, and Jennifer K. Gomez. “The Role of Market Advisory Services in Crop Marketing and Risk Management: A Preliminary Report of Survey Results.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2001-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2001.

  31. Jirik, Mark A., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Thomas E. Jackson. “Do Agricultural Market Advisory Services Beat the Market? Evidence from the Wheat Market Over 1995-1998.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2001-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2001.

  32. Martines-Filho, Joao, Darrel L. Good, and Scott H. Irwin. “1999 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2000-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2000.

  33. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines-Filho, and Thomas E. Jackson. “Do Agricultural Market Advisory Services Beat the Market? Evidence from the Corn and Soybean Markets Over 1995-1998.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2000-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2000.

  34. Jirik, Mark A., Darrel L Good, Scott H. Irwin, Thomas E. Jackson, and Joao Martines-Filho “The 1995 Through 1998 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Wheat.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2000-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2000.

  35. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Thomas E. Jackson, Mark A. Jirik, and Joao Martines-Filho “1998 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Report 2000-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2000.

  36. Pennings, Joost M.E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Surveying Farmers: A Research Note.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1999-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 1999.

  37. Irwin, Scott H., Thomas E. Jackson and Darrel L. Good. “Do Agricultural Market Advisory Services Beat the Market? Evidence from the Corn and Soybean Markets Over 1995-1997.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1999-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 1999.

  38. Bertoli, Roberto, Carl R. Zuluaf, Scott H. Irwin, Thomas E. Jackson, and Darrel L. Good. “The Marketing Style of Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans in 1995.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1999-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1999.

  39. Jackson, Thomas E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good, “1997 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1999-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 1999.

  40. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, and Thomas E. Jackson. “Development of a Market Benchmark Price for AgMAS Performance Evaluations.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1998-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 1998.

  41. Jackson, Thomas E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good, “1996 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1998-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 1998.

  42. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Thomas E. Jackson, and Gregory K. Price. “1995 Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services for Corn and Soybeans.” AgMAS Project Research Report 1997-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, March 1997.

  43. Irwin, Scott H., and Satoko Yoshimaru. “Managed Futures Trading and Futures Price Volatility.” Final Research Report, Managed Derivatives Research Foundation, May 1996.

  44. Lukac, Louis P., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Comparison of Twelve Technical Trading Systems.” Greenville: Traders Press, Inc., 1990. [Reprint of Station Bulletin No. 495. Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, July, 1986.]

  45. Irwin, Scott H., Robert A. Pelly, and Carl R. Zulauf. “An Investigation of Pricing Models for Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle Futures Options.” Research Bulletin 2-89. Research Institute on Livestock Pricing, Agricultural Economics, Virginia Tech, September, 1989.

  46. Lukac, Louis P., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Comparison of Twelve Technical Trading Systems with Market Efficiency Implications.” Station Bulletin No. 495. Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, July, 1986.

  47. Irwin, Scott H. and J. William Uhrig. “Statistical and Trading Systems Analysis of Weak Form Efficiency in US Futures Markets.” Bulletin No. 421. Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University, August, 1983.

Journal Articles

  1. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Merrin. “The Adequacy of Speculation in Agricultural Futures Markets: Too Much of a Good Thing?” Review of Agricultural Economics 31(2009): forthcoming.

  2. Dietz, Sarah N., Nicole M. Aulerich, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Producers.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41(2009): forthcoming.

  3. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Impact of WADSE Reports on Implied Volatility in Corn and Soybean Markets.” Agribusiness 24(2008):473-490.

  4. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Jennifer K. Gomez. “The Impact of Situation and Outlook Information in Corn and Soybean Futures Markets: Evidence from WASDE Reports.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(2008):89-104.

  5. Frank, Julieta M., Philip Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “To What Surprises Do Hog Futures Markets Respond?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(2008): 73-88.

  6. Pennings, Joost M.E., Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Philip Garcia, and W. Erno Kuiper. “Determinants of Producers' Complex Risk Management Choices.” Agribusiness 24(2008):31-54.

  7. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Style and Performance of Agricultural Market Advisory Services.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(2007):607-623.

  8. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “What Do We Know about the Profitability of Technical Analysis?” Journal of Economic Surveys 21(2007):786-826.

  9. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Are Revisions to USDA Crop Production Forecasts Smoothed?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2006):1091-1104.

  10. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Value of USDA Situation and Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 31(2006):262-282.

  11. Isengildina, Olga, Joost M.E. Pennings, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “U.S. Crop Farmers' Use of Market Advisory Services.” Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing 18(2006): 67-86.

  12. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2006):162-181.

  13. Hagedorn, Lewis A., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Evelyn V.Colino. “Does the Performance of Illinois Corn and Soybean Farmers Lag the Market?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005):1271-1279.

  14. Shi, Wei, and Scott H. Irwin. “Optimal Hedging with a Subjective View: An Empirical Bayesian Approach.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2005):918-930.

  15. Cabrini, Silvina M., Brian G. Stark, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “Portfolios of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: How Much Diversification is Enough?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 37(2005):101-114.

  16. Pennings, Joost M.E., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Olga Isengildina. “Heterogeneity in the Likelihood of Market Advisory Service Use by U.S. Crop Producers.” Agribusiness 21(2005):109-128.

  17. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Evaluation of USDA Interval Forecasts of Corn and Soybean Prices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004):990-1004.

  18. Pennings, Joost M.E., Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “T he Impact of Market Advisory Service Recommendations on Producers' Marketing Decisions.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 29(2004):308-327.

  19. Stark, Brian G., Silvina M. Cabrini, Hayri Onal, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “Efficiency Analysis of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: A Non-Linear Mixed-Integer Programming Approach.” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 6(2004):237-252.

  20. Irwin, Scott H., Gary D. Schnitkey, Darrel L. Good, and Paul N. Ellinger. The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004):768-773.

  21. Sherrick, Bruce J., Fabio C. Zanini, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Scott H. Irwin. “Crop Insurance Valuation under Alternative Yield Distributions.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(2004):406-419.

  22. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “The Theory of Contrary Opinion: A Test Using Sentiment Indexes in Futures Markets.” Journal of Agribusiness 21 (2003):39-64.

  23. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, and Scott H. Irwin. “Evaluation of Risk Reductions Associated with Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Products.” Agricultural Finance Review 63(2003):1-21.

  24. Egelkraut, Thorsten M., Philip Garcia, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “An Evaluation of Crop Forecast Accuracy for Corn and Soybeans: USDA and Private Information Services.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35(2003):79-95.

  25. Pennings, Joost M.E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Surveying Farmers: A Case Study.” Review of Agricultural Economics 24(2002):266-277.

  26. Manfredo, Mark R., Raymond M. Leuthold, and Scott H. Irwin “Forecasting Fed Cattle, Feeder Cattle, and Corn Cash Price Volatility: Time Series, Implied Volatility, and Composite Approaches.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 33(2001):523-538.

  27. Zulauf, Carl R., Donald W. Larson, Christopher K. Alexander, and Scott H. Irwin. “Performance of Pre-Harvest Pricing Strategies in Ohio Corn Markets: The Role of Cash Flow Risk.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 33(2001):103-116.

  28. Zulauf, Carl R., Jeffrey A. Goodbar, Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Leeds. “Returns to Storage for Ohio Corn, 1964-1996 Crop Years.” Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers 63(1999):117-126.

  29. Irwin, Scott H., and Satoko Yoshimaru. “Managed Futures, Positive Feedback Trading, and Futures Price Volatility.” Journal of Futures Markets 19(1999):759-776.

  30. Zulauf, Carl R., Scott H. Irwin, Jason E. Ropp, and Anthony J. Sberna. “A Reappraisal of the Forecasting Performance of New Crop Corn and Soybean Futures Prices.” Journal of Futures Markets 19(1999):603-618.

  31. Zulauf, Carl R., and Scott H. Irwin. “Market Efficiency and Marketing to Enhance Income of Crop Producers.” Review of Agricultural Economics 20(1998):308-331.

  32. Canoles, W. Bruce, Sarahelen Thompson, Scott H. Irwin, and Virginia Grace France. “An Analysis of the Profiles and Motivations of Habitual Commodity Speculators.” Journal of Futures Markets 18(1998):765-802.

  33. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Reaction of Livestock Futures Prices to the USDA Cold Storage Report.” Agribusiness 13(1997):393-400.

  34. Garcia, Philip, Scott H. Irwin, Raymond M. Leuthold, and Li Yang. “The Value of Public Information in Commodity Futures Markets.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 32(1997): 559-570.

  35. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “An Examination of Option-Implied S&P 500 Futures Price Distributions.” Financial Review 31(1996): 667-694.

  36. Irwin, Scott H., Carl R. Zulauf, and Thomas E. Jackson. “Monte Carlo Analysis of Mean Reversion in Commodity Futures Prices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(1996): 387-399.

  37. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Improving the Relevance of Research on Price Forecasting and Marketing Strategies.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 25(1996): 68-75.

  38. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Reaction of Wheat, Corn, and Soybean Futures Prices to the USDA Export Inspection Report.” Review of Agricultural Economics 18(1996): 127-136.

  39. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “Informational Content of Government Hogs and Pigs Reports: Comment.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76(1995):698-702.

  40. Liu, Te-Ru, Mary E. Gerlow, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Performance of Alternative VAR Models in Forecasting Exchange Rates.” International Journal of Forecasting 10(1994):419-433.

  41. Irwin, Scott H., Carl R. Zulauf, and Barry L. Ward. “The Predictability of Managed Futures Returns.” Journal of Derivatives 2(1994): 20-27.

  42. Irwin, Scott H., Mary E. Gerlow, and Te-Ru Liu. “The Forecasting Performance of Livestock Futures Prices: A Comparison to USDA Expert Predictions.” Journal of Futures Markets 14(1994): 861-875.

  43. Irwin, Scott H., and Cameron S. Thraen. “Rational Expectations in Agriculture? A Review of the Issues and Evidence.” Review of Agricultural Economics 16(1994):125-147.

  44. Gerlow, Mary E., Scott H. Irwin, and Te-Ru Liu. “Economic Evaluation of Commodity Price Forecasting Models.” International Journal of Forecasting 9(1993)387-397.

  45. Irwin, Scott H., Terry R. Krukemyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1990.” Journal of Futures Markets 13(1993):799-820.

  46. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Weak- and Strong-Form Rationality Tests of Market Analysts' Expectations of USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports.” Review of Agricultural Economics 14(1992):263-270.

  47. Gerlow, Mary E., Scott H. Irwin, Carl R. Zulauf, and Jonathan N. Tinker. “The Market Timing Value of Univariate and Multivariate Time Series Models Within the Soybean Complex.” Journal of Agribusiness 9(1992):51-63.

  48. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Option-Based Evidence of the Non-Stationarity of Expected S&P 500 Futures Price Distributions.” Journal of Futures Markets 12(1992):275-290.

  49. Johnson, Robert L., Carl R. Zulauf, Scott H. Irwin, and Mary E. Gerlow. “The Soybean Complex Spread: An Examination of Market Efficiency From the Viewpoint of a Production Process.” Journal of Futures Markets 11(1991):25-27.

  50. Liu, Te-Ru, Mary E. Gerlow, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Performance of Exchange Rate Forecasting Models: An Economic Evaluation.” Applied Economics 23(1991):133-142.

  51. Irwin, Scott H. “New Directions in Agricultural Options Research.” Review of Futures Markets 9(1990):139-144.

  52. Baldwin, E. Dean, Scott H. Irwin, Hassan Ahmed, and Robert Rye. “Hedging Effectiveness in a Vertical Marketing Channel.” Journal of Agribusiness 8(1990):35-48.

  53. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Expected Soybean Futures Price Distributions: Option Based Assessments.” Review of Futures Markets 9(1990):386-409.

  54. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “The Reaction of Live Hog Futures Prices to USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1990):84-94.

  55. Irwin, Scott H., and Phil L. Colling. “Are Farm Asset Values Too Volatile?” Agricultural Finance Review 50(1990):58-65.

  56. Frank, Stuart D., Scott H. Irwin, George H. Pfeiffer, and Charles E. Curtis. “Further Evidence on Soybean Marketing Strategies: The Role of Options.” North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics 11(1989):213-220.

  57. Hall, Joyce A., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Distribution of Futures Prices: A Test of the Stable Paretian and Mixture of Normals Hypotheses.” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 24(1989):105-116.

  58. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: How Efficient are the Most Liquid Futures Contracts? A Study of Treasury Bond Futures.” Review of Futures Markets 7(1988: Supplement):596.

  59. Irwin, Scott H., D. Lynn Forster, and Bruce J. Sherrick. “Returns to Farm Real Estate Revisited.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1988):580-587.

  60. Lukac, Louis P., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Test of Futures Market Disequilibrium Using Twelve Different Technical Trading Systems.” Applied Economics 20(1988):623-639.

  61. Lukac, Louis P., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Similarity of Computer Guided Technical Trading Systems.” Journal of Futures Markets 8(1988):1-13.

  62. Irwin, Scott H., and Diego Landa. “The Use of Real Estate, Futures, and Gold as Portfolio Assets.” Journal of Portfolio Management 14(1987):29-34.

  63. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Futures Funds and Price Volatility.” Review of Futures Markets 7(1987):118-135.

  64. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “A Note on the Factors Affecting Technical Trading System Returns.” Journal of Futures Markets 7(1987):591-595.

  65. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “Public Futures Funds.” Journal of Futures Markets 6(1985):461-485.

  66. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Evaluation of Commodity Funds.” Review of Research in Futures Markets 4(1985):84-94.

  67. Irwin, Scott H., and J. William Uhrig. “Do Technical Analysts Have Holes in Their Shoes?” Review of Research in Futures Markets 3(1984):264-277.

Journal Articles in Progress

  1. Colino, Evelyn V., and Scott H. Irwin. “Outlook vs. Futures: Three Decades of Evidence from Hog and Cattle Markets.” in second review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  2. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Do Big Crops Get Bigger and Small Crops Get Smaller? Further Evidence on Smoothing in USDA Crop Production Forecasts.” in second review at the Review of Agricultural Economics.

  3. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Merrin. “Smart Money? The Forecasting Ability of CFTC Large Traders.” in second review at the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

  4. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Should Farmers Follow the Recommendations of Market Advisory Services? A Bayesian Approach to Estimation of Expected Performance.” in first review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  5. Urcola, Hernan A., and Scott H. Irwin. “Are Agricultural Options Too Expensive?” in first review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  6. Colino, Evelyn V., Scott H. Irwin, and Philip Garcia. “A Comprehensive Test of New Time-Series Forecasting Techniques in the U.S. Hog Market.” in first review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  7. Irwin, Scott H., Dwight R. Sanders, and Robert P. Merrin. “Devil or Angel: The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom (and Bust).” in first review at the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

  8. Franken, Jason R.V., Philip Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “Is Storage at a Loss Merely an Illusion of Aggregation?” in first review at the Journal of Agribusiness.

  9. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Reality Check on Technical Trading Rule Profits in US Commodity Futures Markets.” in first review at the Journal of Futures Markets.

  10. Hoffman, Linwood, Scott H. Irwin, Jose Toasa, and Evelyn V. Colino. “Forecast Performance of Futures Price Models for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat.” to be submitted for second review at Agricultural Economics.

  11. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in US Futures Markets: A Data Mining Free Test.” to be submitted for second review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  12. Shi, Wei, and Scott H. Irwin. “How to Hedge Selectively: A Bayesian Approach.” to be submitted for second review at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

  13. Pennings, Joost M.E., Philip Garcia and Scott H. Irwin. “Heterogeneity in Economic Behavior.” to be submitted for second review at Applied Economics.

  14. Aulerich, Nicole M., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl H. Nelson. “The Impact of Measurement Error on Estimates of the Price Reaction to USDA Crop Reports.” to be submitted for first review to the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

  15. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “A Quantile Regression Approach to Estimating Confidence Intervals for WASDE Price Forecasts.” to be submitted for first review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  16. Botto, Augusto C., Olga Isengildina-Massa, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “An Evaluation of WASDE Forecast Errors in Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat.” to be submitted for first review at the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

  17. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Does the Market Anticipate Smoothing in USDA Crop Production Forecasts?” to be submitted for first review at the Review of Agricultural Economics.

  18. Urcola, Hernan A., and Scott H. Irwin. “Has the Performance of the Hog Options Market Changed?” to be submitted for first review at the Journal of Futures Markets.

  19. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. "A Comparison of Empirical Approaches to Estimating Confidence Intervals for Commodity Price Forecasts," to be submitted for first review at the International Journal of Forecasting.

  20. Irwin, Scott H., Philip Garcia, Darrel L. Good, and Eugene L. Kunda. “An Evaluation of the Delivery Performance of CME Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts,” to be submitted for first review at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

  21. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Behavioral Biases in Grain Marketing: Evidence from Market Advisory Service Recommendations." to be submitted to the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

  22. Tannura, Michael A., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Are Corn Trend Yields Increasing at a Faster Rate?” to be submitted for first review at the Review of Agricultural Economics

  23. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, and Michael A. Tannura. “The Impact of Planting Progress on Corn Yields in the U.S. Corn Belt,” to be submitted for first review to the Agronomy Journal.

  24. Batts, Ryan M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Wheat,” to be submitted for first review at the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

  25. Webber, Ricky L., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good and Ryan M. Batts. “Evaluation of Market Advisory Service Performance in Hogs,” to be submitted for first review at the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

Invited Presentations

  1. Irwin, Scott H. “Devil or Angel: The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom.” Farrell Distinguished Public Policy Lecture, Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, November 19, 2008.

  2. Irwin, Scott H. “Is Speculation by Long-Only Index Funds Harmful to Commodity Markets?” Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2008

  3. Irwin, Scott H. “300 Bushels in Every Field: The Rising Debate about Corn Trend Yields.” James C. Snyder Lecture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, April 11, 2008.

  4. Irwin, Scott H. “Outlook vs. Futures: Three Decades of Evidence from Hog and Cattle Markets.” Information, Policy, and the Food System Conference sponsored by the Food, Agricultural Marketing and Policy Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Washington, DC, March 10, 2008.

  5. Irwin, Scott H. “What I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago about Writing and Submitting Journal Articles." Organized Symposium on Guidelines on Writing and Submitting Journal Articles, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Portland, Oregon, July 29-31, 2007.

  6. Irwin, Scott H. and Darrel L. Good. “A Portfolio Approach to Extension Marketing Programs.” Organized Symposium on What Is the Ideal Extension Marketing Program? Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006.

  7. Hagedorn, Lewis A., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good and Evelyn V. Colino. “Does the Performance of Illinois Corn and Soybean Farmers Lag the Market?” Principal Paper Session on New Facts on the Marketing Performance of U.S. Farmers, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005.

  8. Irwin, Scott H. “Writing Competitive, Outstanding Proposals?” Organized Symposium on Preparing Social Science Research Proposals: Competing with Small Fish in a Big Pond, or Small Fish in a Small Pond?” Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005.

  9. Irwin, Scott H. and Mark A. Althouse. “The Use and Abuse of Web Traffic Statistics for Program Evaluation.” Organized Symposium on What Makes an Outstanding Extension Economics Web Site? Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005.

  10. Irwin, Scott H., Gary D. Schnitkey, Darrel L. Good and Paul N. Ellinger. “The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” Principal Paper Session on Implementation and Impact of Modern Electronic Technologies on Extension, Allied Social Science Meetings, San Diego, California, January 2-5, 2004.

  11. Irwin, Scott H. “Directions for Future Research and Policy on Producer Marketing and Risk Management.” Organized Symposium on Markets for Tomorrow, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Tampa, Florida, July 30-August 2, 2000.

  12. Irwin, Scott H. “Current Risk Management Tools and Their Usage: Price Risk.” Pre-Conference on the New Risk Environment in Agriculture, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Toronto, Canada, July 26-30, 1997.

  13. Zulauf, Carl R. and Scott H. Irwin. “Market Efficiency and Marketing to Enhance Income of Crop Producers.” NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-22, 1997.

  14. Garcia, Philip, Scott H. Irwin, Raymond M. Leuthold, and Li Yang. “New Evidence on the Value of Public Information in Commodity Markets.” Fall Research Seminar, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois, December 4-5, 1994.

  15. Irwin, Scott H. “Is There a Role for Public Sector Outlook?: Academic Perspective.” Free Session on The Role for Public Sector Outlook, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, San Diego, California, August 7-10, 1994.

  16. Irwin, Scott H. “The Perspective from Research.” Organized Symposium on the Question of Whether All Tenured Faculty in Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture Should Carry a Three-Way Split Appointment Between Teaching, Research, and Extension, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, San Diego, California, August 7-10, 1994.

  17. Brorsen, B. Wade and Scott H. Irwin. “Research on Price Forecasting and Marketing Strategies: Improving Our Relevance.” NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, Chicago, Illinois, April 18-19, 1994.

  18. Irwin Scott H. “Theoretical Underpinnings of Publicly Funded Situation and Outlook Programs.” Symposium on Re-Engineering Marketing Policies for Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Marketing Consortium, Washington, DC, January 13-15, 1994.

  19. Irwin, Scott H. and Cameron R. Thraen. “Expectations in Agricultural Sectors: A Review of the Concept and Its Use in Applied Research.” Nordic Seminar on Risk Management in Agriculture, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 24-26, 1993.

  20. Irwin, Scott H. “Do Livestock Outlook Forecasts Beat the Futures Market?” Organized Symposium on Agricultural Livestock Outlook Programs: Effective Marketing Tools or Just an Academic Exercise?, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 5-8, 1990.

  21. Irwin, Scott H. “The Economic Function of Futures Markets: Implications for Agricultural Development.” Annual Conference on Problems and Perspectives of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piricacaba, Brazil, September 20, 1989.

  22. Irwin, Scott H., Anne E. Peck, Otto C. Doering III and B. Wade Brorsen. “A Simulation Analysis of Commodity Options as a Policy Alternative.” Symposium on Options, Futures, and Agricultural Commodity Programs, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, May 9-10, 1988.

  23. Irwin, Scott H. “Research on Agricultural Options Markets.” Organized Symposium on Agricultural Options Markets and Government Policies, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Reno, Nevada, July 27-30, 1986.

  24. Irwin, Scott H. “Analysis of Options-Type Programs.” Organized Symposium on Back to the Market? -Commodity Markets as Substitutes for Federal Programs, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Ames, Iowa, August 4-7, 1985.

Papers in Proceedings

  1. Colino, Evelyn V., Scott H. Irwin, and Philip Garcia. “How Much Can Outlook Forecasts be Improved? An Application to the U.S. Hog Market.” Proceedings of the 2008 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  2. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Merrin. “The Adequacy of Speculation in Agricultural Futures Markets: Too Much of a Good Thing?” Proceedings of the 2008 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  3. Dietz, Sarah N., Nicole M. Aulerich, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Producers.” Proceedings of the 2008 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  4. Colino, Evelyn V., and Scott H. Irwin. “Outlook vs. Futures: Three Decades of Evidence from Hog and Cattle Markets.” Proceedings of the 2007 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  5. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Do Big Crops Get Bigger and Small Crops Get Smaller? Further Evidence on Smoothing in USDA Crop Production Forecasts.” Proceedings of the 2007 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  6. Aulerich, Nicole M., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl H. Nelson. “The Impact of Measurement Error on Estimates of the Price Reaction to USDA Crop Reports.” Proceedings of the 2007 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  7. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Robert Merrin. “Smart Money? The Forecasting Ability of CFTC Large Traders.” Proceedings of the 2007 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  8. Frank, Julieta M., Philip Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “To What Surprises Do Hog Futures Markets Respond?” Proceedings of the 2007 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  9. Urcola, Hernan A., and Scott H. Irwin. “Are Corn and Soybean Options Too Expensive?” Proceedings of the 2006 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  10. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Should Farmers Follow the Recommendations of Market Advisory Services? A Bayesian Approach to Performance Evaluation.” Proceedings of the 2006 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  11. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Empirical Confidence Intervals for WASDE Forecasts of Corn, Soybean and Wheat Prices.” Proceedings of the 2006 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  12. Franken, Jason R.V., Philip Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “Is Storage at a Loss Merely an Illusion of Aggregation?” Proceedings of the 2006 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  13. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Reality Check on the Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in US Futures Markets.” Proceedings of the 2005 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  14. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Value of USDA Situation and Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets.” Proceedings of the 2005 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  15. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Style and Performance of Agricultural Market Advisory Services.” Proceedings of the 2005 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  16. Shi, Wei, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Sarah N. Dietz. “Wheat Forward Contract Pricing: Evidence on Forecast Power and Risk Premiums.” Proceedings of the 2005 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  17. Hagedorn, Lewis A., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Marketing Performance of Illinois Corn and Soybean Producers.” Proceedings of the 2004 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  18. Park, Cheol Ho, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in US Futures Markets: A Data Snooping Free Test.” Proceedings of the 2004 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  19. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Are Revisions to USDA Crop Production Forecasts Smoothed?” Proceedings of the 2004 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  20. Shi, Wei, and Scott H. Irwin. “Hedging with Views: A Bayesian Approach.” Proceedings of the 2004 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  21. Cabrini, Silvina M., Brian G. Stark, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “Portfolios of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: How Much Diversification is Enough?” Proceedings of the 2004 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  22. Webber, Rick y L., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “Evaluation of Market Advisory Service Performance in Hogs.” Proceedings of the 2003 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  23. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “USDA Interval Price Forecasts for Corn and Soybeans: A Confidence Game?” Proceedings of the 2003 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  24. Pennings, Joost M.E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Producers' Use of Risk Management Tools: What, When and How?” Proceedings of the 2002 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  25. Engelkraut, Thorsten M., Philip Garcia, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “An Evaluation of Crop Forecast Accuracy for Corn and Soybeans: USDA and Private Information Services.” Proceedings of the 2002 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  26. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, and Jennifer K. Gomez. “The Value of USDA Outlook Information: An Investigation Using Event Study Analysis.” Proceedings of the 2001 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  27. Zanini, Fabio C., Bruce J. Sherrick, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Scott H. Irwin. “Crop Insurance Valuation Under Alternative Yield Distributions.” Proceedings of the 2001 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  28. Pennings, Joost M.E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Modeling Producers' Use of Market Advisory Services.” Proceedings of the 2001 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  29. Zanini, Fabio C., Bruce J. Sherrick, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Scott H. Irwin. “Crop Insurance Valuation Under Alternative Yield Distributions.” Proceedings of the 2000 NC-221 Regional Committee: Financing Agriculture and Rural America: Issues and Implications, pp. 29-63

  30. Jirik, Mark A., Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Thomas E. Jackson, and Joao Martines -Filho. “The Performance of Agricultural Market Advisory Services in Marketing Wheat.” Proceedings of the 2000 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  31. Holt, Bryce R., and Scott H. Irwin. “The Effects of Futures Trading by Large Hedge Funds and CTAs on Market Volatility.” Proceedings of the 2000 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  32. Irwin, Scott H., Thomas E. Jackson, and Darrel L. Good. “The Private Sector Approach to Grain Marketing: The Case of Agricultural Market Advisory Services.” Proceedings of the Conference on Producer Marketing and Risk Management: Frontiers for the 21 st Century, Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section of the American Agricultural Economics Association, January 2000. Paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  33. Irwin, Scott H., Thomas E. Jackson, and Darrel L. Good. “Do Market Advisory Services Beat the Market?” Proceedings of the 1999 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, pp.1-38. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  34. Manfredo, Mark R., Raymond M. Leuthold, and Scott H. Irwin “Forecasting Fed Cattle, Feeder Cattle, and Corn Cash Price Volatility: Time Series, Implied Volatility, and Composite Approaches.” Proceedings of the 1999 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, pp.159-176. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  35. Canoles, W. Bruce, Sarahelen Thompson, Scott H. Irwin, and Virginia Grace France. “An Analysis of the Profiles and Motivations of Habitual Commodity Speculators.” Proceedings of the Fall Research Seminar, Chicago Board of Trade, December 1997, pp. 39-84.

  36. Zulauf, Carl R., and Scott H. Irwin. “Market Efficiency and Marketing to Enhance Income of Crop Producers.” Proceedings of the 1997 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp.1-25. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  37. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “Noise Trader Sentiment and Futures Price Behavior: An Empirical Investigation.” Proceedings of the 1997 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 211-225. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  38. Irwin, Scott H., and Satoko Yoshimaru. “Managed Futures, Positive Feedback Trading, and Futures Price Volatility.” Proceedings of the 1997 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 371-400. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  39. Irwin, Scott H. “Commentary: Managed Futures: Distributional Characteristics, Return Seasonalities and Implications for Performance Evaluation.” Proceedings of the Fall Research Seminar, Chicago Board of Trade, December 1996, pp. 297-305.

  40. Irwin, Scott H. “Commentary: Crop Yield and Price Distributional Effects on Revenue Hedging.” Proceedings of the Spring Research Seminar, Chicago Board of Trade, May 1996, pp. 75-82.

  41. Zulauf, Carl, Scott H. Irwin, Jason Ropp, and Anthony Sberna. “A Reappraisal of the Forecasting Performance of New Crop Corn and Soybean Futures Prices.” Proceedings of the 1996 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 377-387. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  42. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “Noise Trader Demand in Futures Markets.” Proceedings of the 1996 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 12-23. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  43. Martines-Filho, Joao, and Scott H. Irwin. “Pre-Harvest Hedging Behavior and Market Timing Performance of Private Market Advisory Services.” Proceedings of the 1995 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 275-305. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  44. Garcia, Philip, Scott H. Irwin, Raymond M. Leuthold, and Li Yang. “New Evidence on the Value of Public Information in Commodity Markets.” Proceedings of the Fall Research Seminar, Chicago Board of Trade, 1994, pp. 1-36. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  45. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Research on Price Forecasting and Marketing Strategies: Improving Our Relevance.” Proceedings of the 1994 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 1-15. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  46. Irwin Scott H. “Theoretical Underpinnings of Publicly Funded Situation and Outlook Programs.” Proceedings of the Symposium on Re-Engineering Marketing Policies for Food and Agriculture. 1994, pp. 201-211.

  47. Colling Phil L, Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Futures Price Responses to the USDA Cold Storage Report.” Proceedings of the 1994 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 244-252. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  48. Blue, E. Neal, Joao Martines-Filho, Mario Miranda, and Scott H. Irwin. “Pre-Harvest Dynamic Hedging: An Analysis of Transaction Costs and Contract Lumpiness for Soybean Farmers.” Proceedings of the 1994 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management. Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, pp. 219-228. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  49. Irwin, Scott H., and Cameron R. Thraen. “Expectations in Agricultural Sectors: A Review of the Concept and Its Use in Applied Research.” The Nordic Research Program for Risk Management in Agriculture: Preliminary Report, Eric Romstad, editor, 1993, pp. 85-126.

  50. Leads, Rob, Carl Zulauf, Scott Irwin, Thomas Jackson, and William Distad. “Mean Reversion in the Corn and Hog Bases.” Proceedings of the 1993 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 127-141. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  51. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Response of Wheat, Corn, and Soybean Futures Prices to the USDA Export Inspection Report.” Proceedings of the 1992 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 186-203. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html..

  52. Irwin, Scott H., Mary E. Gerlow, and Te-Ru Liu. “Are Outlook Price Forecasts Rational?” Proceedings of the 1992 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 335-354. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  53. Irwin, Scott H., Carl R. Zulauf, and Robert A. Pelly. “A Market Timing Test of Pricing Models for Agricultural Options.” Proceedings of the 1991 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 32-49. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  54. Ward, Barry W., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Predictability of Commodity Trading Advisor Returns.” Proceedings of the 1991 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 50-61. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  55. Jackson, Thomas E., Carl R. Zulauf, and Scott H. Irwin. “Mean Reversion in Agricultural Futures Prices.” Proceedings of the 1991 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 149-170. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  56. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Further Evidence on the Reaction of Livestock Futures Prices to USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports.” Proceedings of the 1991 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 327-340. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  57. Johnson, Robert L., Carl R. Zulauf, Scott H. Irwin, and Mary E. Gerlow. “The Soybean Complex Spread: An Examination of Market Efficiency from the Viewpoint of a Production Process.” Proceedings of the 1990 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 65-79. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  58. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “The Rationality of Hogs and Pigs Inventory Expectations.” Proceedings of the 1990 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 326-335. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  59. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Option Based Assessments of Expected Price Distributions.” Proceedings of the 1990 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 404-425. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  60. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “On the Reaction of Live Hog Futures Prices to Informational Components in Quarterly USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports.” Proceedings of the 1989 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 17-35. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  61. Irwin, Scott H., and Mary E. Gerlow. “On the Value of Outlook Economists' Price Forecasts.” Proceedings of the 1989 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 220-231. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  62. Tinker, Jonathan N., Scott H. Irwin, Carl R. Zulauf, and Mary E. Gerlow. “Soybean Complex Price Forecasting Models: An Economic Evaluation.” Proceedings of the 1989 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 232-246. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  63. Irwin, Scott H., Anne E. Peck, Otto C. Doering III, and B. Wade Brorsen. “A Simulation Analysis of Commodity Options as a Policy Alternative.” In Options, Futures, and Agricultural Commodity Programs: Symposium Proceedings. Bruce H. Wright, ed., Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Staff Report No. AGES870911, 1988, pp. 60-71.

  64. Ahmed, Hassan, E. Dean Baldwin, and Scott H. Irwin. “Hedging Effec­tiveness in a Vertical Marketing Channel.” Proceedings of the 1988 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price-Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 359-372. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  65. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “Factors Affecting Technical Trading System Profits.” Proceedings of the 1985 NCR -134 Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 302-312. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  66. Irwin, Scott H., and J. William Uhrig. “Technical Analysis... A Search for the Holy Grail?” Proceedings of the 1984 NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis and Forecasting Conference. Department of Economics, Iowa State University, pp. 319-336. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

  67. Boynton, Robert D., Vicki McCracken, and Scott Irwin. “Food Advertising as a Source of Consumer Information: A Cost Study of Newspaper Advertising and Its Relationship to Public Price Reports.” Advertising and the Food System. North Central Regional Research Project 117, Monograph 14, September, 1983, pp. 371-384. Paper available at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/nccc134/paperarchive.html.

Selected Papers and Posters

(Prior to 2000, abstracts of selected papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association were published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.)

  1. Isengildina-Massa, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “A Quantile Regression Approach to Estimating Confidence Intervals for WASDE Price Forecasts.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Orlando, Florida, July 27-29, 2008. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  2. Irwin, Scott H., Philip Garcia, and Darrel L. Good. “The Performance of the Chicago Board of Trade Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Contracts after 2005 Changes in Speculative Limits.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Portland, Oregon, July 29-31, 2007. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  3. Hoffman, Linwood, Scott H. Irwin, and Jose Toasa. “Forecast Performance of Futures Price Models for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Portland, Oregon, July 29-31, 2007. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  4. Cabrini, Silvina M., and Scott H. Irwin. “Behavioral Biases in Grain Marketing: Evidence from Market Advisory Service Recommendations." Selected poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Portland, Oregon, July 29-31, 2007.

  5. Franken, Jason R.V., Phil Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “Do Interest Rates Explain Disaggregate Commodity Price Growth?” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  6. Botto, Augusto C., Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Accuracy Trends and Sources of Forecast Errors in WASDE Balance Sheet Categories for Corn and Soybeans.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  7. Urcola, Hernan A., and Scott H. Irwin. “Has the Performance of the Hog Options Market Changed?” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  8. Shi, Wei, and Scott H. Irwin. “What Happens when Peter can't Pay Paul: Risk Management at Futures Exchange Clearinghouses.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  9. Pennings, Joost M.E., Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, Darrel L. Good, Philip Garcia, Julieta M. Frank, and W. Erno Kuiper. “Complex Choices: Producers Risk Management Strategies.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  10. Shi, Wei, and Scott H. Irwin. “A Bayesian Implementation of the Standard Optimal Hedging Model: Parameter Estimation Risk and Subjective Views.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  11. Cabrini, Silvina M., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Efficient Portfolios of Market Advisory Services: An Application of Shrinkage Estimators.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Providence, Rhode Island, July 24-27, 2005. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  12. Pennings, Joost M.E., Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Modeling the Impact of Market Advisory Services on Producers' Decisions.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, Colorado, August 1-4, 2004. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  13. Shi, Wei, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Cost of Forward Contracting.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, Colorado, August 1-4, 2004. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  14. Olga Isengildina, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Does the Market Anticipate Smoothing in USDA Crop Production Forecasts.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, Colorado, August 1-4, 2004. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  15. Urcola, Hernan A., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, and Bruce J. Sherrick. “Testing for Yield Persistency: Is It Skill or is It Luck?” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, Colorado, August 1-4, 2004. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  16. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, and Joao Martines -Filho. “The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Montreal, Canada, July 27-30, 2003. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  17. Pennings, Joost M.E., Philip Garcia, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “How to Group Market Participants? Heterogeneity in Hedging Behavior.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Montreal, Canada, July 27-30, 2003. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  18. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, and Scott H. Irwin. “Comparison of Value-at-Risk and Conditional Value-at-Risk in Evaluating Crop Insurance Alternatives.” Sele cted paper presented at the a nnual meeting of SERA-IEG-31 on Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gulf Shores, Alabama, March 21-22, 2003.

  19. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, and Scott H. Irwin. “Evaluation of Risk Reductions Associated with Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Products.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Long Beach, California, July 28-31, 2002. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  20. Zanini, Fabio C., Scott H. Irwin, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Bruce J. Sherrick. “Estimating Farm-Level Yield Distributions for Corn and Soybeans in Illinois.” S elected paper presented at the a nnual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Tampa, Florida, July 30-August 2, 2000. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  21. Larson, Donald W., Christopher K. Alexander, Carl R. Zulauf, and Scott H. Irwin. “Performance of Pre-Harvest Pricing Strategies in Ohio Corn Markets: The Role of Cash Flow Risk.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(1997):1716. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  22. Zulauf, Carl R., Scott H. Irwin, Jason E. Ropp, and Anthony J. Sberna. “A Reappraisal of the Forecasting Performance of New Crop Corn and Soybean Futures Prices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(1997):1716. Abstract and full paper available at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu.

  23. Irwin, Scott H. “Public Situation and Outlook Programs: To Be or Not to Be?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(1996):1412.

  24. Garcia, Philip, Scott H. Irwin, Raymond M. Leuthold, and Li Yang. “New Evidence on the Value of Public Information in Commodity Markets.” Selected paper presented at the International Symposium on Forecasting, Toronto, Canada, June 4-7, 1995.

  25. Colling, Phil L, Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Reaction of Wheat, Corn, and Soybean Futures Prices to the USDA Export Inspection Report.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(1995):1362.

  26. Colling, Phil L, Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Futures Prices and Cold Storage Inventories.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76(1994):1271.

  27. Martines-Filho, Joao, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Value of Private Information: An Investigation of Market Advisory Pre-Harvest Hedging Recommendations.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76(1994):1271.

  28. Jackson, Thomas E., Carl R. Zulauf, and Scott H. Irwin. “Mean Reversion in Commodity Futures Prices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(1992):1277.

  29. Jackson, Thomas E., Carl R. Zulauf, and Scott H. Irwin. “Mean Reversion in Commodity Futures Prices.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Tampa, Florida, April 23, 1992.

  30. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Does Releasing USDA Livestock Reports on Friday Reduce Futures Price Volatility?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(1992):1287.

  31. Irwin, Scott H., Mary E. Gerlow, and Te-Ru Liu. “Are Outlook Price Forecasts Rational?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(1992):1287.

  32. Liu, Te-Ru, Mary E. Gerlow, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Performance of Bayesian VAR Models in Forecasting Exchange Rates.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(1992):1293.

  33. Irwin, Scott H., Mary E. Gerlow, and Te-Ru Liu. “The Market Timing Value of Outlook Price Forecasts.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73(1991):1548.

  34. Colling, Phil L., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports and Livestock Futures Price Movements.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73(1991):1549.

  35. Pelly, Robert A., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “An Investigation of Pricing Models for Live Cattle Futures Options.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73(1991):1532.

  36. Liu, Te-Ru, Mary E. Gerlow, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Statistical and Market Timing Performance of Bayesian VAR Models in Forecasting Exchange Rates.” Selected paper presented at the International Symposium on Forecasting, New York, New York, June 11, 1991.

  37. Gerlow, Mary E., Scott H. Irwin, Carl R. Zulauf, and Jonathan N. Tinker. “A Performance Comparison of a Technical Trading System with ARIMA and VAR Models for Soybean Complex Prices.” Selected paper presented at the International Symposium on Forecasting, New York, New York, June 10, 1991.

  38. Irwin, Scott H., Mary E. Gerlow, and Te-Ru Liu. “The Market Timing Value of Outlook Price Forecasts.” Selected paper presented at the International Symposium on Forecasting, New York, New York, June 10, 1991.

  39. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Option-Based Evidence of the Non-Stationarity of Expected S&P 500 Futures Price Distributions.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 5, 1991.

  40. Irwin, Scott H., Terry R. Krukemyer, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1989.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 4, 1991.

  41. Sherrick, Bruce J., D. Lynn Forster, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Calibration of Expected Soybean Price Distributions: An Option-Based Approach.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(1990):1350.

  42. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “Are Pre-Release Estimates of USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports Rational.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(1990):1353.

  43. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Non-Stationarity of Soybean Futures Price Distributions: Options-Based Evidence.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(1990):1354.

  44. Weimar, Mark R., Terry L. Crawford, Ken E. Nelson, Scott Irwin, and Carl W. O'Connor. “Agricultural Livestock Outlook Programs: Effective Marketing Tools or Just an Academic Exercise?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(1990):1328.

  45. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “An Examination of Option-Implied S&P 500 Futures Price Distributions.” Selected paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Finance Association, Savannah, Georgia, November 29, 1990.

  46. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin. “USDA Hogs and Pigs Reports and Live Hog Futures Prices.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1989):1358.

  47. Tinker, Jonathan N., Mary E. Gerlow, Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “Forecasting Soybean Complex Prices: Univariate and Multivariate Time Series Models.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1989):1359.

  48. Gerlow, Mary E., and Scott H. Irwin. “The Performance of Exchange Rate Forecasting Models: An Economic Evaluation.” Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics 21(1989):186.

  49. Baldwin, E. Dean, Scott H. Irwin, Hassan Ahmed, and Robert Rye. “Hedging Effectiveness in a Vertical Marketing Channel.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1988):1194.

  50. Gerlow, Mary E., and Scott H. Irwin. “Economic Evaluation of Commodity Price Forecasts.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1988):1195.

  51. Hall, Joyce A., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “The Distribution of Futures Prices: A Test of the Stable Paretian and Mixture of Normals Hypotheses.” American Journal of Agricultural Economic. 69(1987):1086.

  52. Frank, Stuart D., Dennis R. Henderson, and Scott H. Irwin. “US Agricultural Policy Effectiveness: An Analysis of Income and Capital Gains Returns Impacts.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 69(1987):1089.

  53. Colling, Phil L., and Scott H. Irwin, “Has the Farm Sector Asset Market Been Too Volatile?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 69(1987):1092.

  54. Frank, Stuart D., George H. Pfeiffer, Charles E. Curtis, and Scott H. Irwin. “Analysis of Soybean Options Marketing Strategies.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 68(1986):1370-1371.

  55. Lukac, Louis P., Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Similarity of Computer Guided Technical Trading Systems.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 68(1986):1373.

  56. Sherrick, Bruce J., Scott H. Irwin, and D. Lynn Forster. “Returns to Capital in Agriculture: A Historical View Using Portfolio Theory.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 68(1986):1378.

  57. Brorsen, B. Wade, and Scott H. Irwin. “Has the Growth of Commodity Pools Affected Price Volatility?” Selected paper presented at the NCR -134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, St. Louis, Missouri, April 22, 1986.

  58. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “Technical Trading System Profits: Fact or Fiction?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 67(1985):1280.

  59. Irwin, Scott H., and B. Wade Brorsen. “The Performance of Futures Funds: Implications for Futures Market Efficiency.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 66(1984):907.

Other Scholarly Presentations

  1. Peterson, Hikaru H., Philip Garcia, and Scott H. Irwin. “Ethanol and Corn Price Volatility: Should We Be Concerned?” Presentation at the 2008 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management, St. Louis, Missouri, April 22, 2008.

  2. Isengildina, Olga, Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “The Value of USDA Outlook Information in Hog and Cattle Markets.” Market Analysis for Livestock Research Workshop, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, January 12, 2005.

  3. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: A Test of the Intertemporal Hedging Model of the Commodities Futures Market.” Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 5, 1991.

  4. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: Estimating the Bid-Ask Spread in a Heteroskedastic Market: The Case of Foreign Currency Futures.” Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 5, 1991.

  5. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: The Expected Spot Rate and Risk Premium Components of Treasury Bill Futures Rates.” Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 4, 1991.

  6. Leeds, Robert, Carl Zulauf, and Scott Irwin. “Returns to Hedged and Unhedged Storage of Corn in Ohio from 1964 Through 1989.” Paper presented at The Farm Income Enhancement Program, Columbus, Ohio, February 26, 1991.

  7. Ward, Barry W., Scott H. Irwin, and Carl R. Zulauf. “The Predictability of Commodity Trading Advisor Returns.” Paper presented at The Farm Income Enhancement Program, Columbus, Ohio, February 26, 1991.

  8. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: Commodity Futures as an Asset Class.” Organized symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, Charleston, South Carolina, April 7, 1990.

  9. Irwin, Scott H., and Mary E. Gerlow. “Can Price Forecasts by Extension Economists be Used to Enhance Farm Income.” Selected paper presented to the Farm Income Enhancement Conference, Columbus, Ohio, April 10, 1989.

  10. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: Hedging Price Risk to Soybean Producers With Futures and Options.” Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2, 1989.

  11. Irwin, Scott H. “Comment: The Value of Improved Price Forecasts to Livestock Producers.” Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the Midwest Economics Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2, 1989.

Working Papers

  1. Manfredo, Mark R., Raymond M. Leuthold and Scott H. Irwin “Forecasting Fed Cattle, Feeder Cattle, and Corn Cash Price Volatility: Time Series, Implied Volatility, and Composite Approaches.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 99-08, University of Illinois, December 1999.

  2. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “Noise Traders, Market Sentiment, and Futures Price Behavior.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 97-04, University of Illinois, October 1997.

  3. Zulauf, Carl R. and Scott H. Irwin. “Market Efficiency and Marketing to Enhance Income of Crop Producers.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 97-02, University of Illinois, June 1997.

  4. Canoles, W. Bruce, Sarahelen Thompson, Scott H. Irwin, and Virginia Grace France. “An Analysis of the Profiles and Motivations of Habitual Commodity Speculators.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 97-01, University of Illinois, May 1997.

  5. Zulauf, Carl R. and Scott H. Irwin. “Discussion of Proposed Change in Chicago Board of Trade Delivery Area for Corn and Soybean Futures Contracts.” ESO 2357, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University, June 1997.

  6. Canoles, W. Bruce, Sarahelen Thompson, Scott H. Irwin, and Virginia Grace France. “An Analysis of the Profiles and Motivations of Habitual Commodity Speculators.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 97-01, University of Illinois, May 1997.

  7. Sanders, Dwight R., Scott H. Irwin, and Raymond M. Leuthold. “Noise Trader Demand in Futures Markets.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 96-02 University of Illinois, June 1996.

  8. Garcia, Philip, Scott H. Irwin, Raymond M. Leuthold, Li Yang. “New Evidence on the Value of Public Information in Commodity Markets.” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 94-04, University of Illinois, May 1994.

  9. Jackson, Thomas E., Carl R. Zulauf, and Scott H. Irwin. “Mean Reversion in Agricultural Prices?” Office for Futures and Options Research, Working Paper 93-04, University of Illinois, October 1993.

  10. Lukac, Louis P., B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott H. Irwin. “Similarity of Computer Guided Technical Trading Systems.” Working Paper No. 124, Center For the Study of Futures Markets, Columbia University Business School, March 1986.

  11. Irwin, Scott H. and B. Wade Brorsen. “An Economic Evaluation of Technical Analysis.” Working Paper No. 84-7, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, June, 1984.

  12. Brorsen, B. Wade and Scott H. Irwin. “Evaluation of Public Futures Funds.” Working Paper No. 77, Center for the Study of Futures Markets, Columbia University, April, 1984.

  13. Irwin, Scott H. and Anne E. Peck. “Margins on Futures Markets: Contract Security and Pricing Performance.” Working Paper, American Enterprise Institute, March 1984.

Research Seminars

  1. Irwin, Scott H. “Devil or Angel? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom.” Seminar delivered to the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 11, 2008.

  2. Irwin, Scott H. “Devil or Angel? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, November 7, 2008.

  3. Irwin, Scott H. "300 Bushels in Every Field: The Rising Debate about Corn Trend Yields.” Seminar delivered to the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 12, 2008

  4. Irwin, Scott H. "The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Wheat over 1995-2004.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, October 19, 2007.

  5. Irwin, Scott H. “The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, March 9, 2007.

  6. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, November 3, 2005.

  7. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, April 26, 2005.

  8. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” Seminar delivered to the Morrison School of Agribusiness, Arizona State University, March 23, 2005.

  9. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” Seminar delivered to the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, January 30, 2003.

  10. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis, November 15, 2002.

  11. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Economics, Iowa State University, April 11, 2002.

  12. Irwin, Scott H. “The Pricing Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans Over 1995-2000.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, March 28, 2002.

  13. Irwin, Scott H. and Darrel L. Good. “The Value of USDA Outlook Information: An Investigation Using Event Study Analysis.” Seminar delivered to the Economic Research Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, May 15, 2001.

  14. Irwin, Scott H. “The Performance and Marketing Behavior of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: Evidence from Corn and Soybeans over 1995-1998.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agribusiness Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, November 14, 2000.

  15. Irwin, Scott H. “The Performance and Marketing Behavior of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: Evidence from Corn and Soybeans over 1995-1998.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April 4, 2000.

  16. Irwin, Scott H. “The Performance and Marketing Behavior of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: Evidence from Corn and Soybeans over 1995-1998.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, March 3, 2000.

  17. Irwin, Scott H. “The AgMAS Project: Evaluation of Agricultural Market Advisory Services.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, December 12, 1997.

  18. Irwin, Scott H. “New Evidence on the Value of Public Information in Commodity Markets.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 1994.

  19. Irwin, Scott H. “Mean Reversion in Agricultural Futures Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, January 27, 1994.

  20. Irwin, Scott H. “Mean Reversion in Agricultural Futures Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, December 3, 1993.

  21. Irwin, Scott H. “Can Agricultural Economists Accurately Predict Livestock Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, May 13, 1992.

  22. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1989.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, June 4, 1991.

  23. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1989.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Finance, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 28, 1991.

  24. Irwin, Scott H. “Can Agricultural Economists Accurately Predict Livestock Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 3, 1991.

  25. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1989.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Finance, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, February 22, 1991.

  26. Irwin, Scott H. “Can Agricultural Economists Accurately Predict Livestock Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, February 22, 1991.

  27. Irwin, Scott H. “Can Agricultural Economists Accurately Predict Livestock Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, January 29, 1991.

  28. Irwin, Scott H. “Can Agricultural Economists Accurately Predict Livestock Prices?” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 23, 1990.

  29. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment Performance of Public Commodity Pools: 1979 to 1989.” Seminar delivered to the Division of Market Analysis, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, December 20, 1989.

  30. Gerlow, Mary E. and Scott H. Irwin. “Economic Evaluation of Commodity Price Forecasts.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 5, 1988.

  31. Irwin, Scott H. “The Structure and Performance of the Public Futures Fund Industry.” Seminar delivered to the Research Department, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1987.

  32. Irwin, Scott H. “A Simulation Analysis of Commodity Options as a Policy Alternative.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, May 12, 1987.

  33. Irwin, Scott H. “A Simulation Analysis of Commodity Options as a Policy Alternative.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 24, 1987.

  34. Irwin, Scott H. “A Simulation Analysis of Commodity Options as a Policy Alternative.” Seminar delivered to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 3, 1987.

Computer Software

  1. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, and Scott H. Irwin. 2006 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator, January 2006. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  2. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, and Scott H. Irwin. 2006 iFARM Crop Insurance Premium Calculator: North Central Region, January 2006. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  3. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, and Scott H. Irwin. 2006 iFARM Crop Insurance “What If?” Analyzer, January 2006. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  4. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2005 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Illinois, January 2005. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  5. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, George Patrick and Wanyu Li. 2005 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Indiana, January 2005. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu ).

  6. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, William Edwards and Wanyu Li. 2005 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Iowa, January 2005. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  7. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2005 iFARM Crop Insurance Premium Calculator: North Central Region, January 2005. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  8. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good, Lewis A. Hagedorn and Ping Li. US Soybean Balance Sheet and Price Tool: Downloadable Spreadsheet Version, May 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  9. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good and Ping Li. US Soybean Balance Sheet and Price Tool: Online Version, May 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  10. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good and Lewis A. Hagedorn. US Corn Balance Sheet and Price Tool: Downloadable Spreadsheet Version, March 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  11. Irwin, Scott H., Darrel L. Good and Ping Li. US Corn Balance Sheet and Price Tool: Online Version, March 2004.. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  12. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2004 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Illinois, February 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  13. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, George Patrick and Wanyu Li. 2004 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Indiana, February 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  14. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, William Edwards and Wanyu Li. 2004 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Iowa, February 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  15. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2004 iFARM Crop Insurance Premium Calculator: North Central Region, January 2004. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  16. Wisner, Robert N., Darrel L. Good, Joao Martines -Filho, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. Counter Cyclical Payment Tool, March 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  17. Schnitkey, Gary D. Dale H. Lattz, Scott H. Irwin, Joao Martines -Filho, Ping Li and Lewis A. Hagedorn. Illinois Average Price Received Database Tool, March 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  18. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2003 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Illinois, February 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  19. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, George Patrick and Wanyu Li. 2002 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Indiana, February 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  20. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin, William Edwards,and Wanyu Li. 2002 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Iowa, February 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  21. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2003 iFARM Crop Insurance Premium Calculator: North Central Region, January 2003. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  22. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2002 iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator: Illinois, March 2002. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  23. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. 2002 iFARM Crop Insurance Premium Calculator: North Central Region, February 2002. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  24. Miranda, Mario, Gary Schnitkey, and Scott Irwin. AgRisk 2001, Version 1.0, November 2001. (http://aede.osu.edu/programs/AgRisk/default.htm )

  25. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Joao Martines-Filho and Wanyu Li. Agricultural Supply and Demand Database Tool, August 2001. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  26. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Joao Martines-Filho, Wei Shi and Wanyu Li. Illinois Regional Cash Price Database Tool, May 2001. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  27. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Joao Martines -Filho, Wei Shi and Wanyu Li. Illinois Regional Basis Decision Tool, May 2001. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  28. Schnitkey, Gary D., Bruce J. Sherrick, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. Crop Insurance Premium Calculator for 2001 Illinois Crops, March 2001. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  29. Sherrick, Bruce J., Gary D. Schnitkey, Scott H. Irwin and Wanyu Li. Crop Insurance Evaluator for 2001 Illinois Crops, March 2001. ( http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu )

  30. Schnitkey, Gary, Mario Miranda, and Scott Irwin. AgRisk, Version 1.01, March 1999.

  31. Schnitkey, Gary, Mario Miranda, and Scott Irwin. AgRisk, Version 1.0, December 1997.

Outreach Articles

  1. Good, Darrel, and Scott Irwin. “Implications of Credit Market Problems for Crop Prices.” Illinois Farm Economics Update 2008-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2008.

  2. Irwin, Scott H. “The Misadventures of Mr. Masters: Act II.” Guest blog post at Econbrowser, September 17, 2008. [ http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/09/scott_irwin_tak.html ]

  3. Irwin, Scott, and Darrel Good. “The New Era of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Prices.” Marketing and Outlook Brief 2008-04, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 2008.

  4. Sanders, Dwight R., and Scott H. Irwin. “Futures Imperfect.” Op-Ed Article in the New York Times, July 20, 2008. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20irwinsanders.html?_r=1&ref=opinion ]

  5. Tannura, Mike, Scott Irwin, and Darrel Good. “Forming Expectations About 2008 U.S. Corn and Soybean Yields—Application of Crop Weather Models that Incorporate Planting Progress.” Marketing and Outlook Brief 2008-03, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2008.

  6. Irwin, Scott H., Philip Garcia, Darrel L. Good, and Eugene L. Kunda. “Recent Convergence Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts.”
    Choices, 2nd Quarter 2008, 23(2). [ http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/article.php?article=26 ]

  7. Irwin, Scott H., Philip Garcia, Darrel L. Good, and Eugene L. Kunda. “Recent Delivery Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts.” Statement to the CFTC Agricultural Forum, April 22, 2008.

  8. Irwin, Scott H. “Commodity Arbitrage.” Guest Blog Post at the Econbrowser, April 16, 2008. [ http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/04/commodity_arbit.html ]

  9. Tannura, Mike, Scott Irwin, and Darrel Good. “Are Corn Trend Yields Increasing at a Faster Rate?” Marketing and Outlook Brief 2008-02, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2008.

  10. Good, Darrel, and Scott Irwin. “So How Do I Make Corn and Soybean Pricing Decisions?” Marketing and Outlook Brief 2008-01, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 2008.

  11. Good, Darrel, and Scott Irwin. “2007 U.S Corn Production Risks: What Does History Teach Us?” Marketing and Outlook Brief 2007-01, May 2007.

  12. Irwin, Scott H. “AgMAS Update.” 2000 Agricultural Outlook Guide, p. 4. [Insert in Prairie Farmer ]

  13. Good, Darrel L., Scott H. Irwin, Thomas E. Jackson, Mark A. Jirik and Joao Martines-Filho. “Market Advisory Services Performance Evaluation.” Illinois Corn Growers Association, March 2000.

  14. Irwin, Scott H. “Crop Risks for 2000.” 1999 Agricultural Outlook Guide, p. 3. [Insert in Prairie Farmer ]

  15. Schnitkey, Gary D. and Scott H. Irwin. “Examples of Impacts of Multi-Peril Insurance Products for Corn Production ion Illinois Grain Farms.” Proceedings of Agricultural Lender Workshop: Tooling Up for New Challenges. Center for Farm and Rural Business Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 1999.

  16. Jackson, Thomas E., Scott H. Irwin, and Darrel L. Good. “Market Advisory Services Performance Evaluation.” Illinois Corn Growers Association, March 1999.

  17. Good, Darrel, Scott Irwin and Tom Jackson. “Low Prices for Agricultural Commodities - How Long Will They Persist?” Proceedings of Farm Income: Challenges and Opportunities, 1998 Seminar for Farmers, Lenders and Agri-Business. University of Illinois Extension, pp. 59-66.

  18. Schnitkey, Gary and Scott Irwin. “1998 Income Management for Crop Farmers” Proceedings of Farm Income: Challenges and Opportunities, 1998 Seminar for Farmers, Lenders and Agri-Business. University of Illinois Extension, pp. 79-82.

  19. Irwin, Scott H. “Price Risk: A New Approach for a New Era.” 1998 Agricultural Outlook Guide, p. 3. [Insert in Prairie Farmer ]

  20. Zulauf, Carl R., Jeffrey A. Goodbar, Scott H. Irwin, and Robert P. Leeds. “Returns to Storage, Ohio Corn, 1964-1996 Crop Years.” ESO, Department of Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University, October 1997.

  21. Zulauf, Carl R. and Scott H. Irwin. “Ohio State University: Discussion of Proposed Change in Chicago Board of Trade Delivery Area for Corn and Soybean Futures Contracts.” Financial Exchange, 16(1997):8-11.

  22. Ton, William Peter, Gregory Price, Thomas Hollinger III, Darrel Good and Scott Irwin. “A Directory of Premium Agricultural Marketing Services Offered on FarmDayta and Data Transmission Network.” Extension Bulletin, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ohio State University Extension, The Ohio State University, February, 1997.

  23. Irwin, Scott H. “Split Personality: Does Performance Have Meaning?” Futures. 21(1992):32-33.

  24. Leeds, Robert, Carl Zulauf, and Scott Irwin. “Average Return and Risk to Storing Corn, Ohio, 1964-1989.” Farm Income Enhancement Paper 155. Economics and Sociology Occasional Paper 1940. October 1992.

  25. Leeds, Robert, Carl Zulauf, and Scott Irwin. “Basis and Large Crop Storage Strategies for Corn, Ohio, 1964-1989.” Farm Income Enhancement Paper 159. Economics and Sociology Occasional Paper 1975. October 1992.

  26. Leeds, Robert, Carl Zulauf, and Scott Irwin. “Return and Risk to Storing Corn by Decade, Ohio, 1964-1989.” Farm Income Enhancement Paper 160. Economics and Sociology Occasional Paper 1976. October 1992.

  27. Irwin, Scott H. “The Potential Role of Managed Futures in Institutional Pension Portfolios.” Managed Futures Association Journal. 5(1991):57-69.

  28. Irwin, Scott H. “Outlook for Livestock in 1991.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 27(1991):48-50.

  29. Irwin, Scott H. “Livestock and Livestock Products.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 27(1990):46-48.

  30. Sherrick, Bruce R., D. Lynn Forster, and Scott H. Irwin. “Farmland: An Investment Alternative.” Ohio's Challenge. Summer 1990, pp. 3-5.

  31. Irwin, Scott H. “Justifying Managed Futures.” Futures Industry Association Review. July/August 1990, pp. 10-12.

  32. Irwin, Scott H. “Meat Animals and Poultry.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 26(1989):41-44.

  33. Brorsen, B. Wade and Scott Irwin. “Do Futures Funds Distort Price Movements?” Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities. October 1989, pp. 16,18,28.

  34. Irwin, Scott H. and Gregory D. Hanson. “Farmland: A Good Investment?” Choices. Fourth Quarter, 1989, pp. 22-23.

  35. Irwin, Scott, D. Lynn Forster, and Bruce Sherrick. “Part of a Complete Portfolio: In the Long Run, Farm Real Estate Has Been a Good Investment.” Farm Futures. March 1989, pp. 36F-36G.

  36. Irwin, Scott H. “General Economic Conditions.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 25(1988):1-5.

  37. Irwin, Scott H. “Farm Income.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 25(1988):6.

  38. Irwin, Scott H. “Hog Outlook.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 25(1988):50-51.

  39. Irwin, Scott H. “Cattle Outlook.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 25(1988):52-53.

  40. Frank, Stuart D., Dennis R. Henderson, and Scott H. Irwin. “Farm Program Benefit­s: Income or Capital Gains?” Ohio's Challenge. Spring 1988, pp. 11-15.

  41. Irwin, Scott. “Magic They're Not: Understanding the Limits of Technical Trading Systems.” Farm Futures. January, 1988, pp. 16-17.

  42. Irwin, Scott H. “General Economic Conditions.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 24(1987):1-4.

  43. Irwin, Scott H. “Farm Income.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 24(1987):5.

  44. Irwin, Scott H. “Hog Outlook.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 24(1987):47-48.

  45. Irwin, Scott H. “Cattle Outlook.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 24(1987):49-50.

  46. Irwin, Scott H. “The Hog Outlook for 1987/1988: Or Where Have All The Hogs Gone?” Paper presented at the Midwest Outlook Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 19, 1987.

  47. Lukac, Louis, B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott Irwin. “Do Similar Signals From Systems Move Prices?” Futures. November, 1987, pp. 56-58.

  48. Lukac, Louis, B. Wade Brorsen, and Scott Irwin. “How to Test the Profitability of Technical Trading Systems.” Futures. October, 1987, pp. 72-74.

  49. Irwin, Scott. “Diversification Dampens Volatility To Your 'Satisfaction' Level.” Futures. April, 1987, pp. 45-47.

  50. Irwin, Scott H. “General Economic Conditions.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 23(1986):1-4.

  51. Irwin, Scott H. “Hog Outlook.” Outlook Guide: Ohio Agricultural Handbook of Economic Information. 23(1986):46-47.

  52. Irwin, Scott and Wade Brorsen. “Public Futures Funds: A Better Alternative?” Futures. September, 1985, pp. 48-50.

  53. Irwin, Scott and Wade Brorsen. “How Public Futures Funds Returns Offset Costs.” Futures. October, 1985, pp. 80-84.

  54. Brorsen, B. Wade and Scott H. Irwin. “Seasonal Price Patterns of Indiana Commodities.” Purdue Agricultural Economics Report. November, 1984, pp. 6-9.

  55. Lapinski, Gueillermo and Scott Irwin. “Anticipating Volatility in Premiums.” Futures. September, 1984, p. 51.

  56. Irwin, Scott H. and B. Wade Brorsen. “Does Technical Analysis Really Work?” Purdue Agricultural Economics Report. August, 1984, pp. 8-9.

  57. Irwin, Scott H. and J. William Uhrig. “Market Analysis: Concepts and Applications of Technical Price Analysis.” Proceedings of On-Farm Computer Use Conference, Purdue University. Department of Agricultural Economics, 1982, pp. 143-158.

  58. Uhrig, J. William and Scott H. Irwin. “Financial Situation of Farmers.” Proceedings of the 1982 Agricultural Outlook Conference. US Department of Agriculture, 1982, pp. 404-412.

Invited Outreach Presentations at Forums and Symposia

  1. Irwin, Scott H. “Recent Delivery Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts.” CFTC/Farm Foundation/USDA Academic Roundtable on Grain Futures Convergence Issues, Washington, D.C., December 11, 2008.

  2. Irwin, Scott H. “Recent Delivery Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts.” Presentation to CME Group and CFTC Staff, Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 2008.

  3. Irwin, Scott H. “300 Bushels in Every Field: The Rising Debate about Corn Trend Yields “Top Farmer Crop Workshop, Purdue University, July 23, 2008.

  4. Irwin, Scott H. “The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” Annual Meeting of the Illinois Council for Agricultural Research (CFAR), February 20, 2007.

  5. Irwin, Scott H. “The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” CSREES Administrators, Washington, DC, November 15, 2006.

  6. Irwin, Scott H. “The farmdoc Project: This is Still Your Father's Extension Program.” USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC, November 15, 2006.

  7. Irwin, Scott H. “Performance of Market Advisory Services.” Top Farmer Crop Workshop, Purdue University, July 19, 2006.

  8. Irwin, Scott H. “The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans.” National French Federation of Agro Farms Suppliers, Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 2006.

  9. Irwin, Scott H. “Overview of the farmdoc Project.” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Austin, Texas, October 8, 2005.

  10. Irwin, Scott H. “A Systematic and Disciplined Approach to Grain Marketing.” and “Risk Assesment for New Generation Grain Contracts.” National Feed and Grain Dealers Association Country Elevator Meeting, Denver, Colorado, December 7, 2004.

  11. Irwin, Scott H. “Overview of Recent Marketing and Price Analysis Research at the University of Illinois.” Club Demeter Forum, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 2004.

  12. Irwin, Scott H. “Are Futures Markets More or Less Important in Price Discovery.” USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum 2003, Washington, DC, February 21, 2003.

  13. Irwin, Scott H. “A Farmer's Guide to Market Advisory Services.” Top Farmer Crop Workshop, Purdue University, July 23, 2002.

  14. Irwin, Scott H. farmdoc Overview, North Central Regional Risk Management Center Workshop, Des Moines, Iowa October 16, 2001.

  15. Irwin, Scott H. “Putting the Risk Protection Act of 2000 to Work: Applied Marketing Strategies.” USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum 2001, Washington, DC, February 22, 2001.

  16. Irwin, Scott H. “A Farmer's Guide to Market Advisory Services.” Top Producer Marketing Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, January 26, 2001.

  17. Irwin, Scott H. “The Impact of WASDE Reports in Corn and Soybean Markets.” WAOB/ICEC Review Forum, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, December 14, 2000.

  18. Irwin, Scott H. “A Farmer's Guide to Market Advisory Services.” West Central Cooperative Marketing Seminar, Adair, Iowa, June 13, 2000.

  19. Irwin, Scott H. “Evaluation of Market Advisory Services.” Annual Meeting of the Independent Community Bankers Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 7, 2000.

  20. Irwin, Scott H. “Commodity Funds and Price Discovery in Agricultural Futures Markets.” Board of Directors of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington, Illinois, November 18, 1999.

  21. Irwin, Scott H. “A Guide to Market Advisory Services.” FBFM In-Service Training Workshop, Springfield, Illinois, September 23, 1999.

  22. Irwin, Scott H. “A Consumer's Guide to Market Advisory Services.” Top Producer Marketing Seminar, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 31, 1999.

  23. Zulauf, Carl R., Kimberley Coltman and Scott H. Irwin. “Are Hog and Cattle Futures Prices Biased?” National Pork Producer Council Task Force on Price Discovery, Chicago, Illinois, July 8, 1999.

  24. Irwin, Scott H. “Performance of Farm Market Advisory Services.” Top Farmer Crop Workshop, Purdue University, July 29, 1998.

  25. Irwin, Scott H. “AgRisk.” Marketing Workshop, Educational and Leadership Development Program, Illinois Soybean Association, Bloomington, Illinois, June 9, 1998.

  26. Irwin, Scott H. “AgRisk: A New Risk Management Decision Tool.” Rain and Hail LLC Adjusters Seminar, Bloomington, Illinois, April 2, 1998.

  27. Irwin, Scott H. “Selecting a Market Advisory Service.” Annual Agribusiness Conference, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, February 11, 1998.

  28. Irwin, Scott H. “AgRisk: A New Risk Management Decision Tool.” Annual Meeting of the Association of Illinois Crop Insurance Agents, Springfield, Illinois, February 5, 1998.

  29. Irwin, Scott H. “AgRisk: A New Risk Management Decision Tool.” Illinois Farm Financial Conference, Urbana, Illinois, January 16, 1998.

  30. Irwin, Scott H. “AgMAS and AgRisk Projects.” Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 11, 1998.

  31. Irwin, Scott H. “The Agricultural Market Advisory Service (AgMAS) Project: What Have We Learned about Marketing Performance and Behavior?” Market Information Workshop, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, November 21, 1997.

  32. Irwin, Scott H. and Thomas E. Jackson. “What is AgMAS?” Illinois Farm Business Management Fall Conference, Urbana, Illinois, October 8, 1997.

  33. Irwin, Scott H. “AgMAS and AgRisk Projects.” Agricultural Commodity Roundtable Meeting, American Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1997.

  34. Irwin, Scott H. “Risk Analysis Tools and Financial Engineering.” Crop Insurance College for Professional Insurance Agents of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 22, 1997.

  35. Irwin, Scott H. “Evaluation of Market Advisory Services.” Annual Meeting of the Ohio Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Columbus, Ohio, January 30, 1997.

  36. Irwin, Scott H. “Agricultural Risk Management: A Financial Economics Approach.” Forum on Risk Management, Kansas City, Kansas December 16-17, 1996.

  37. Irwin, Scott H. “AgMAS: A Study of the Performance of the Agricultural Market Advisory Services.” Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, October 2, 1996.

  38. Irwin, Scott H. “AgRisk: A Financial Engineering Approach to Risk Management for Agricultural Firms.” Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, October 2, 1996.

  39. Irwin, Scott H. “Risk Management Programs.” 1996 Farm Bill Education Training Workshop, Kansas City, Kansas, April 15-16, 1996.

  40. Irwin, Scott H. “The Predictability of Managed Futures Returns.” Pensions and Investments Symposium on Risk Management, New York, New York, December 5-6, 1995.

  41. Irwin, Scott H. “The Market Impact of Managed Futures Trading.” Third Annual Risk Management Symposium, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, October 18, 1995.

  42. Irwin, Scott H. “Commodity and Financial Futures Markets.” Pioneer Institute, Chicago, Illinois, June 20, 1995.

  43. Irwin, Scott H. “The Economics of Managed Futures.” Second Annual Risk Management Symposium, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, November 1-3, 1994.

  44. Irwin, Scott H. “Multi-Advisor Fund Performance: The Evidence.” Forum for Managed Futures and Derivatives.” New York, New York, June 27-July 1, 1994.

  45. Irwin, Scott H. “The Debate over the Sources of Managed Futures Returns.” First Annual Risk Management Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1993.

  46. Irwin, Scott H. “The Predictability of Managed Futures Returns.” Fourth Annual Managed Futures Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1992.

  47. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment in Managed Futures by Public and Private Pension Funds: Academic Perspective.” 1992 Mid-Year Conference on Futures Money Management, Chicago, Illinois, July 31, 1992.

  48. Irwin, Scott H. “The Predictability of CTA Returns.” 1992 Mid-Year Conference on Futures Money Management, Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 1992.

  49. Irwin, Scott H. “Overview of Studies on Managed Futures.” Second Conference of Illinois Public Pension Funds, Chicago, Illinois, July 24, 1992.

  50. Irwin, Scott H. “Managed Futures in an Institutional Portfolio: The Benefits of Diversification.” Second Annual Nordic Conference on Managed Futures, Stockholm, Sweden, June 9, 1992.

  51. Irwin, Scott H. “Investment in Managed Futures by Public and Private Pension Funds: Academic Perspective.” Annual Meeting of the Futures Industry Association, Boca Raton, Florida, March 19, 1992.

  52. Irwin, Scott H. “Managed Futures for Institutional Investors.” Futures and Options Society of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 11, 1992.

  53. Irwin, Scott H. “Managed Futures in an Institutional Portfolio: The Benefits of Diversification.” Bank of America Symposium on Managed Futures as an Alternative Medium for Institutional Investors, Tokyo, Japan, October 2, 1991.

  54. Irwin, Scott H. “The Benefits of Diversification Through Managed Futures.” Annual Retreat for the Virginia Retirement System Board of Trustees, Tidewater, Virginia, July 18, 1991.

  55. Irwin, Scott H. “Managed Futures in a Pension Portfolio: The Historical Evidence Third Annual Managed Futures Symposium, New York, New York, May 2, 1991.

  56. Irwin, Scott H. “The Role of Managed Futures in Institutional Portfolios.” Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System and the Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, January 23, 1991.

  57. Irwin, Scott H. “Picking Up Profits from the Market: How Easy Is It and What You Will Need!” Farm Forum Session on Marketing in a Competitive World, Purdue University, January 30, 1991.

  58. Irwin, Scott H. “The Place for Managed Futures in an Institutional Investment Portfolio.” First Annual International Managed Futures Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, November 29, 1990.

  59. Irwin, Scott H. “Portfolio Issues Affecting Alternative Assets.” Alternative Assets for Institutions Seminar, Washington, DC, November 14, 1990.

  60. Irwin, Scott H. “Comparing Managed Futures to Traditional Asset Class Investments.” Managed Futures Investing Seminar, New York, New York, July 17, 1990.

  61. Irwin, Scott H. “The Role of Managed Futures in Pension Portfolios.” Second Annual Managed Futures Symposium, New York, New York, May 3, 1990.

  62. Irwin, Scott H. “Public Futures Funds as an Alternative Asset Class for Pension Funds.” First Annual Managed Futures Symposium, New York, New York, June 14, 1989.

  63. Irwin, Scott H. “Public Futures Funds.” Annual Meeting of the National Association of Futures Trading Advisors, New York, New York, May 3, 1985.

  64. Uhrig, J. William and Scott H. Irwin. “Analysis of 1983 Feed Grain and Wheat Program.” American Soybean Association Reduced Acreage Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, December 15, 1982.

  65. Irwin, Scott H. “The Interest Rate Outlook for 1981-82.” Agricultural County Extension Agent Training Meeting, Purdue University, November 18, 1981.

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