Abner W. Womack, a Fred V. Heinkel Professor of Agricultural Economics,
serves as Senior Economist with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the
University of Missouri of which he is a co-founder. He served as Co-Director of FAPRI from 1984
until 2000 and again from 2002 to 2007. He served as Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy
Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M from 2000 to 2002.
He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from Auburn University and a PhD. degree in
agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty
at the University of Missouri in 1979. Prior to 1979, Dr. Womack was with the USDA Economic Research
Service. His work involved econometric models that focused on the structure of the global food system
and he served as the Project Leader for the Forecast Support Group, an econometric team designed to
complement USDA’s forecasting and farm program analysis. Dr. Womack is a Fellow of the European Union
Center at the University of Missouri. He received the Charles A. Black Award from the Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology.
In 2002, FAPRI received both the USDA Award for Superior Service and a Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service Certificate of Appreciation. In 2006, Dr. Womack received the
Lifetime Achievement Award for significant and enduring contributions to the agricultural economics
profession from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. FAPRI received the Distinguished Policy
Contribution Award from the American Agricultural Economics Association in 1991. The Missouri Farm
Bureau honored Dr. Womack with the Outstanding Service to Agriculture Award in the Education Category,
and the Graduate Professional Council for the University of Missouri-Columbia, Social Science Division,
recognized his contributions with the Gold Chalk Award.
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