Dr. Derek G. Brewin

• PhD, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• MSc, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• BSc, Agricultural Economics, University of Alberta, Canada

• ABIZ 2510 Introduction to Agricultural Marketing
• ABIZ 0730 Financial Risk Management 

Research interests

Dr. Brewin spent 14 years in the agriculture sector as a lender and analyst prior to his academic career. His recent research has focused on spatial grain and oilseed markets as well as innovation in food processing and plant breeding. 

•  Grain markets and trade
•  Firm location choices and innovation
•  Farm finance and production economics
•  Red meat supply chains 

Current research projects

•  Economics of crop rotations
•  Grain transportation policy
•  Plant Location for oilseed processing
•  Economics of perennial grains and forages with beef integration

Publications

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Dr. Brewin is an award winning teacher of agricultural finance, marketing and risk management. He is a Past President of the Canadian Ag. Econ. Society. He has served as a Senator at the University of Manitoba and as a director of Farm Management Canada and the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council.  Prior to his academic career Derek was a Corporate Advisor for the Canadian Wheat Board; a Policy Economist for AAFC and a farm lender. Derek was raised on a mixed irrigation farm in Purple Springs, Alberta.