Kelly Tiller Publications List

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Refereed articles or reviews

Rihn, A. L., N. Labbé, P. Bajgain, K. Rajan, G. Kamboj, S. W. Jackson, K. J. Tiller, and K. L. Jensen.  2025.  Consumer Preferences for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Versus Bio-Based Treatments of Disposable Dinnerware: A Discrete Choice Experiment.  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 57(4):656-672.

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, K. J. Tiller, S. W. Jackson, and C. Dye.  2018.  Low-moisture switchgrass bulk format logistics costs based on engineering data.  ASABE, Transactions of the ASABE 61(2):341-354.

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, C. Dye, S. W. Jackson, and K. J. Tiller.  2017.  Solid waste compactor and ejector transfer system performance with bulk switchgrass.  Transactions of the ASABE, 60(2):263-274.

Groothuis, M. D., A. R. Womac, S. W. Jackson, C. Dye, and K. J. Tiller.  2015.  Bulk-format logistics for harvest of low-moisture switchgrass.  Transactions of ASABE, ASABE 58(5):1161-1175.

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, C. Dye, S. W. Jackson, and K. J. Tiller.  2015.  Reclaim and flow performance of bulk switchgrass in automated handling and storage facility.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 31(3):512-521.

Feleke, Shiferaw, J. Starnes, H. D. Schaffer, and K. J. Tiller.  2013.  Economic Welfare Effects of the Increase in Labor Costs on U.S. Tobacco Farms.  Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 5(4), 142-149.

Mendieta, M. P., M. Velandia, D. M. Lambert, and K. J. Tiller.  2012.  The Potential of Other Crops and Livestock Enterprises to Replace Tobacco: Perceptions of U.S. Burley Producers.  Journal of Extension.

Yuan, S., K. J. Tiller, A. Hani, N. R. Stewart, and C. N. Stewart, Jr..  2008.  Plants to Power: Bioenergy to Fuel the Future.  Trends in Plant Science. Vol. 13(8):421-429.

Book chapters or books

Schaffer, H. D., K. J. Tiller, and D. E. Ray.  2009.  An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee: Situation and Outlook for Tennessee Agriculture.  An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee.

Ray, D. E., D. G. De La Torre Ugarte, and K. J. Tiller.  2007.  Rethinking US Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, The University of Tennessee, 2003.  Reproduced: Tercera parte, Ingresos y Bienestar Social, p. 373-391. in Experiencias De Crisis Y Estrategias De Desarrollo, Autonomía Económica y Globalización. Editors: Nadal, Alejandro and Aguayo, Francisco, 2007.

Bulletins, reports, circulars, pamphlets, factsheets

Schaffer, H. D., D. E. Ray, K. J. Tiller, and J. Starnes.  2010.  Situation and Outlook for Tennessee Agriculture.  An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee 2011, Chapter in An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee pp36-44. Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Schaffer, H. D., K. J. Tiller, and D. E. Ray.  2008.  An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee: Situation and Outlook for Tennessee Agriculture.  UTIA.

Tiller, K. J.  2008.  2008 Baseline Projections for Southeastern Representative Cotton Farms.  Cotton Incorporated Project 02-275 Final Report, March 15, 2008.

Schaffer, H. D., K. J. Tiller, D. E. Ray, D. G. De La Torre Ugarte, and R. J. Menard.  2007.  An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee: Situation and Outlook for Tennessee Agriculture.  UTIA.

Wilcox, Jr., M. D., D. M. Lambert, and K. J. Tiller.  2007.  Biofuels ‘101’.  University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Extension Publication SP700-A.

Popular press, trade, UTIA magazine or newsletter articles

Tiller, K. J.  2008.  Tennessee Long Involved in Farm-Based Energy.  Guest editorial published in The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, August 1, 2008.

Abstracts from scientific or discipline meetings, papers from conference proceedings

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, K. J. Tiller, S. W. Jackson, and C. Dye.  2019.  Engineering costs of round bale switchgrass logistics.  In 2019 S-1075 The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy Poster Symposium Post, Editors: K. Rausch and M. Tumbleson.

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, S. W. Jackson, C. Dye, and K. J. Tiller.  2018.  Engineering costs of bulk-format switchgrass logistics.  Editors: K. Rausch and M. Tumbleson. In 2018 S-1041 Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry.

Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, C. Dye, S. W. Jackson, and K. J. Tiller.  2014.  Automated handling and storage of switchgrass in bulk format.  In 2014 S-1041 Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy Poster Symposium Abstract, Editors: G.S. Murthy, M. Wilkins, and M. Tumbleson, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Aug 4-5, 2014.

Tiller, K. J.  2008.  The Potential for Tobacco Growers to Produce Energy Crops.  Selected paper, published abstract. Proceedings of the 43rd Tobacco Workers Conference, Savannah, GA, p. 42.

Tiller, K. J.  2008.  The UT Biofuels Initiative.  Selected paper, published abstract, Proceedings of the Short Rotation Crops International Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Tiller, K. J., and T. G. Rials.  2008.  Building a cellulosic biofuels industry from the ground up: Tennessee Biofuels Initiative.  American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-9. .

Tiller, K. J., and T. G. Rials.  2008.  The UT Biofuels Initiative: From Grow to Go.  Selected paper, published abstract, Proceedings of the CINF Symposium: Engineering the Transition to the Bioeconomy, American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Klindt, T. H., T. G. Rials, K. J. Tiller, C. South, and B. Davison.  2007.  Developing a Cellulosic Biofuels Industry: The Tennessee Biofuels Initiative.  Pacific Rim Summit on Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Honolulu, HI, November 14-16, 2007.

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