Omaha Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
2201 Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102

Brian C. Briggeman joined the Omaha Branch Office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in January 2009 as an economist in the Regional Affairs Department. His research interests are agricultural finance, farm household decision making behavior, food demand and preferences, and agribusiness management. Brian provides expert commentary on agricultural and rural related issues to the community, media, and Bank senior officials, and provides written commentary for Bank publications. His research has been published in several leading agricultural economics journals, he has received competitive grant funding for his research, and he has presented his research at and is involved in numerous national and professional organizations.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Brian was Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University where he conducted research and taught graduate and undergraduate agricultural finance courses. He holds a BS degree in Agribusiness from Kansas State University, MS degree in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University, and PhD degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. Brian is originally from Iuka, Kansas where his parents own and operate the family farm.