Laura Dodson

Agricultural Economist
laura.dodson@usda.gov

Briefly

Laura Dodson is an agricultural economist in the Structure, Technology, and Productivity Branch in the Resource and Rural Economics Division at the Economic Research Service. Laura is also the coordinator for the Crop Production Practices portion of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey,

Education

Laura received a M.S. in agricultural and applied economics from Virginia Tech and a B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia.

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