About AgriExperts

KEITH EISBERG, President and Senior Ag Economist, has  more than 35 years' experience in economic planning and econometric  modeling for governments while working on global World Bank projects at  both the macro-economic scale and micro-economic scale. Keith designed  quantitative economic models for projects funded by the World Bank to  assist governments in their long-term planning for agriculture  development and infrastructure planning.  Throughout his career he has  worked with Prime Ministers, Presidents, Ministers of Agriculture,  Secretaries of Agriculture, NGO's, USDA, elected officials, US Senators,  Congressmen and their staffs to support the goals of agriculture-both  foreign and domestic.
Keith received both his B.S degree in  Agriculture and a Master of Science degree from the University of  Missouri.  He attended Georgetown University for post-graduate work and  post-graduate work at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. After years of  working as a Senior Ag Economist on World Bank assignments overseas and  in Washington, D.C., Keith returned to Missouri to manage the family  farm. Prior to teaming up with Dr. Womack, Keith provided consulting  services to AgriThority a Kansas City based agriculture company. 

 There is a need for quantitative analytical work that is not being  fulfilled in the private sector. Keith has teamed up with Abner Womack  and other consultants to provide clients based in the Midwest  professional consulting services for long-range planning utilizing  similar quantitative econometric modeling tools. We believe that the  AgriExperts team can add value to Midwest companies all of whom in some  fashion rely on the main economic driver of our region-agriculture. With  Congress now moving forward to fund major infrastructure projects  AgriExperts is poised to assist our clients expand their business and  meet the needs of their customers and clientele.

ABNER WOMACK,  Senior Consultant and Ag Economist, Professor Emeritus and Research  Agricultural Economist for FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Policy Research  Institute), former Director and co-founder of FAPRI. Abner has a unique  skill set unlike any other quantitative econometrician in that he has  the ability to take complex complicated issues and make them simple to  understand to the lay person. He takes theoretical long-range  quantitative economic projections and turns them into "real -world"  scenarios that are understood by both policy makers and farmers. He  gives back to our agriculture community and its related fields.   Following are some of the praises he has received:

In 2013, Top  Producer magazine named Dr. Womack as one of the 30 "Leaders that Made a  Difference: Brave Thinkers" over the last three decades in American  agriculture. In 2014, the American Farm Bureau Federation presented its  highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Senator Richard Lugar  (R-IN) and Dr. Womack at their 95th annual conference. Also in 2014,  the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources the University of  Missouri (MU) honored Dr. Womack by establishing an annual outlook  conference in the spring each year, the Abner W. Womack Missouri  Agriculture Outlook Conference. Dr. Womack joined the faculty at the  University of Missouri in 1979. Prior to 1979, Dr. Womack was with the  USDA Economic Research Service (ERS). His work involved econometric  models that focused on the structure of the global food system and he  served as Project Leader for the Forecast Support Group, an econometric  team designed to complement USDA's forecasting and farm program  analysis. After arriving at Missouri University, Dr. Womack took his  experience of econometric modeling and with his team of Ag economists  continued to expand and build the model to what it has become. The  Womack FAPRI model today has over 40 years of building and designing of  the complex model. Dr. Womack's work also extends to related fields such  as a project that analyzed the implications of minimum summer water  release for power plants. Abner is continuing to give back his knowledge  and expertise to agriculture. Abner is working with AgriExperts to  provide another tool for the private sector to help the agriculture  community and its related businesses

 Senior level economists with specialties in long-range quantitative planning and projections in the following areas:

a)      Businesses and Cooperatives
b)     Telecommunications, electric power and water
c)      Infrastructure specialists
d)     Regional economic development
e)      Rural economic development
f)      River and barge traffic
g)     Locks and Dams on the Mississippi River
h)     Rail movement with grains and agricultural related products
i)       Environmental issues
j)       Midwest economics
k)     Economics planning and projections-by region, by country and the world