Research and Publications

Following are the papers, articles and books that have been completed, under review, and in progress.

Published Articles

In Progress:

Gold, Black Gold, and Farmland: Should they all be in your Investment Portfolio? To be sent to The International Journal of Agricultural Management when completed.

Published:

Painter, Marvin J. 2011.  “Is Farmland as good as Gold?” Economics Research International (ISSN: 2090-2131). Hindawi Publishing Corp., New York, NY. Volume 2011. Pages 1 – 8. December, 2011.

Painter, Marvin J.  2010.  "Equity Financing and Investment Opportunities in Canadian Primary Agriculture" Australian Farm Business Management Journal (ISSN 1449-5937).  Australian Farm Business Management Network. Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia. Volume 7 - no 1. Pages 11-20. November, 2010. 

Painter, Marvin J.  2010.  "The Portfolio Diversification Impact of a Farmland Real Estate Investment Trust" International Business and Economics Research Journal (ISSN: 1535-0754). Volume. 9, Number 5.The Clute Institute for Academic Research, Littleton, Colorado. Pages 115 - 124. May 2010.

Painter, Marvin J.  2009.  "The Farmland Investment Market in Canada" Journal of International Farm Management. Journal of the International Farm Management Association. Vol. 5, Ed. 1. Pages 1 - 17. November 2009.

Eves, Chris and Marvin J. Painter. 2008.  "A Comparison of Farmland Returns in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States"  The Australian and New Zealand Property Journal. Australian Property Institute and the Property Institute of New Zealand. Pages 588-598. September, 2008.

Painter, Marvin J.  2008.  "Is Canadian Farmland Overpriced?" 2008 Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Pages 93-107. September, 2008.

Painter, Marvin J. and Chris Eves.  2008.  "The Financial Gains from Adding Farmland to an International Investment Portfolio" Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, American Real Estate Society, California State University. Vol. 14, Number 1, Pages 63-73. March 2008.

Painter, Marvin J.  2007.  "The Impact of Management Skills on Farm Incomes in Canada"  Australian Farm Business Management Journal.  Australian Farm Business Management Network. Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia. Vol. 4, Nos. 1 & 2, Pages 1-13. December 2007.

Painter, Marvin J.  2007.  "A Comparison of the Dairy Industries in Canada and New Zealand" Journal of International Farm Management. Journal of the International Farm Management Association. Vol. 3, No. 5, Pages 1 - 20. June 2007.

Painter, Marvin J.   2006.  "The Financial Benefits of a Canadian Farmland Mutual Fund" Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Vol. 69, No. 1, Pages 40 - 48. October 2006.

Painter, Marvin J.  2005.  "A Comparison of Farm Incomes and Wealth in Canada" Journal of International Farm Management. Journal of the International Farm Management Association. Volume 3, Edition 1 (on-line journal). (http://ifmaonline.org)

Painter, Marvin J.  2005.  "Returns to Farmland and Farm Labour and Management in Western Canada"  Journal of Farm Management. Journal of the Institute of Agricultural Management. (accepted for January, 2005 publication)

Painter, Marvin J.  2004.  "Saskatchewan Wheat Pool"  International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. International Agribusiness Management Association. Volume 7, Issue 3. 1 - 30. October 2004.

Painter, Marvin J. 2004.  "The Impact of Political and Economic Culture on Farmland Values in Western Canada".  Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (2004 Journal of ASFMRA). 112-118. October 2004.

Painter, Marvin J. 2002.  "Trucking To Port" Review of Agricultural Economics. American Agricultural Economics Association. Volume 24, Number 2, 540-545. December, 2002.

Painter, Marvin J. 2002.  "The Impact of Earnings Growth on Farmland Values".  Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (2002 Journal of ASFMRA). 99-106. October 2002.

Painter, Marvin J. 2000. "Should Saskatchewan Farmland be Part of Your Investment Portfolio?". Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society. Volume 48, 39-50, April 2000.

Painter, Marv, Eric Howe, and Kelly Lendsay. 2000. "Managing Saskatchewan's Expanding Aboriginal Economic Gap". Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development. Council for the Advancement of Native Economic Development Officers (CANDO, Edmonton) and Captus Press, York University, North York, Ontario. 31-45, May 2000.

Painter, Marvin J. 1997. "Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's Transformation from Co-op to Public Corporation: The Farmers' Reaction". Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society. Volume 45, Number 2. 165-174. July, 1997.

Dobni, D., B. Dobni, and M. Painter. 1996. "Navigating the Route to Privatization". Business Quarterly, Western Business School, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Volume 60, Number 3, 47-55. Spring 1996.

Painter, Marvin J. 1995. "Taking a WACC at Private Companies". CA Magazine, The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Toronto, Ontario. 35-36. October, 1995.

Painter, Marvin J. and Richard A. Schoney. 1994. "Determining the Risk-Adjusted Earnings Multiplier for Farmland Valuation". Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, 58,1, 116-124, Denver, Colorado.

Painter, Marvin J., and Kelly Lendsay. 1998. "An Evaluation of the Multi-Party Training Plan in Northern Saskatchewan". Report on Aboriginal Participation in Mining: Ninth Annual Report. Published by the Sub-Committee of the Inter-Governmental Working Group on the Mineral Industry. December 1998, pp 31-45.

Painter, Marvin J. and Kelly Lendsay. 1998. "Summative Evaluation of the Multi-Party Training Plan". Northern Labour Market Committee (Department of Northern Affairs and Department of Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training - Northern Education Services Branch), Government of Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J., John Rigby, Brooke Dobni, James Agarwal, and Dorothy Fiels. 1994.  "Saskatchewan Health Data Products". Department of Health, Government of Saskatchewan.

Lendsay, Kelly, Marv Painter, and Eric Howe. 1997. "Impact of the Changing Aboriginal Population on the Saskatchewan Economy: 1995 - 2045", in  Saskatchewan and Aboriginal Peoples in the 21^st Century: Social, Economic and Political Changes and Challenges. Print West Publishing Services, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J. 1993. "The Land Tenure and Financial Impacts of a Widely Held Liquid Secondary Market for Farmland in Saskatchewan", Ph. D. Thesis.

Invited Papers In Published Conference Proceedings And Abstracts

Painter, Marvin J. (2011)  “Improving Investment Diversification: Is Farmland as good as Gold?” Proceedings of the 18^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management: Volume 1. March 2011 (on CD). Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN: 978-92-990056-6-8

Painter, Marvin J. (2010)  "The Portfolio Diversification Impact of a Farmland Real Estate Investment Trust" Proceedings of the 2010 International Applied Business Research Conference, Clute Institute, Orlando, Florida. ISSN Number 1539-8757

 Painter, Marvin J. (2009)  "Equity Financing and Investment Opportunities in Canadian Primary Agriculture"  Proceedings of the 17^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management. July 2009 (on CD). Bloomington, Illinois. ISBN 978-92-990038-8-6

 Brown, William J. and Marvin J. Painter (2009)  "Handling Risk in a Farm Business Plan"  Proceedings of the 17^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management. July 2009 (on CD). Bloomington, Illinois. ISBN 978-92-990038-8-6

Painter, Marvin J. (2007)  "A Model of Entrepreneurship Training and Management Skills Development for Sustainable Economic Growth"  Proceedings of the 16^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management. July 2007 (on CD). Cork, Ireland. ISBN 978-92-990038-7-9

Brown, William J., Marvin J. Painter and Mark Ferguson (2007)  "A Feasibility Study of Contract Finishing of Hogs"  Proceedings of the 16^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management. July 2007 (on CD). Cork, Ireland.

Painter, Marvin J. (2005)  "Canadian Farmers' Adaptation to Declining Commodity Prices"  Proceedings of the 15^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management. August 2005 (on CD). Campinas, Brazil.

Painter, Marvin J. (2003) "The Impact of Political Culture on Farmland Values in Canada"  Proceedings of the 14^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management". August 2003 (on CD). Perth, Australia.

Painter, Marvin J. (2002) "Efficient Investment in Saskatchewan Farmland"  Proceedings of the 13^th International IFMA Congress on Farm Management". July 2002 (on CD). Wageningen, The Netherlands

Kalesnikoff, Doug, Marvin J. Painter, and Gary Young. 1990. "Assessing Income Losses of Grain Farmers." Proceedings of the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association Fall Conference, 1-19. September, 1990, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Contributed Papers In Published Conference Proceedings And Abstracts

Painter, Marvin J. 1997. "Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's Transformation from Co-op to Public Corporation: The Farmers' Reaction". Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society. December, 1997.

Schoney, Richard A., and Marvin J. Painter. 1993. "The Impact of Limited Arbitraging on Farmland Pricing". (Abstract) The Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Agricultural economics and Farm Management Society. Volume 41, Number 4 (part 1). December, 1993.

Invited Lectures Outside U Of S And Invited Conference Presentations

Painter, Marvin J.  (2008)  Personal Financial Planning seminar delivered to Saskatchewan Government, Department of Agriculture. May, 2008, Nipawin, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J.  (2007)  "Business and Entrepreneurs" Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Saskatchewan (AFOA) conference. November, 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J.  (2006)  Delivered five presentations on International Agribusiness at Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand as part of a sabbatical visit.

Painter, Marvin J. (2006) Delivered five lectures to the following: Belgaum Institute of Management Studies (BIMS), Belgaum, India, Institute of Management Studies and Research, Vidyanagar, Hubli, India, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) at Belgaum, India, and a group of local industrialists and business people from the Belgaum commercial district.

Painter, Marvin J.  (2005)  "The New Era in Agribusiness" Saskatoon Rotary Club. May, 2005, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J. (2004) "Agricultural Commercialization and Venture Management" delivered at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (April)

Painter, Marvin J. (2002) "Personal Financial Planning" Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists, Regina, Saskatchewan. December, 2002.

Brown, W.J. and Marvin J. Painter. (2002) "Agribusiness Venture Management Teaching and Cases". XVI International Congress of Agribusiness Management, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. May 22-26, 2002.

Painter, Marvin J.  "Farmland as an Investment".  University of Saskatchewan Conference, ‘Saskatchewan Farmland Ownership Law: A Time for Change?'  Feb, 2002, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J. "Should Saskatchewan Farmland be part of Your Investment Portfolio?" Agribusiness Management Development Program Alumni Day. December, 1999.

Painter, Marvin J. and Kelly Lendsay. ‘Summative evaluation of the Multi-Party Training Plan'. Northern Labour Market Conference. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. April, 1998.

Painter, Marvin J. and Kelly Lendsay. "Training Northern Aboriginal Clients for Jobs in the Mineral Sector".  Fourth Annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial Evaluation Forum, Human Resources Development Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May, 1998.

Painter, Marvin J. 1997. "The New Saskatchewan Agribusiness". Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Conference ‘Business Partnership Forum', November, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J. 1997. "Personal Financial Planning for Farmers". Agricultural Institute of Management of Saskatchewan (AIMS) 1997 Conference ‘Profiting from Agricultural Change', February, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Painter, Marvin J. 1994. "The Integration of Personal and Business Planning for Home-Based Business". Saskatchewan Conference on Home-Based Business, January, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Schoney, Richard A., and Marvin J. Painter. 1993. "The Impact of Limited Arbitraging on Farmland Pricing". Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society Conference, July, Edmonton, Alberta.

Kalesnikoff, Doug, Marvin J. Painter, and Gary Young. 1990. "Assessing Income Losses of Grain Farmers." Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association, Fall Conference, September, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Theses Supervised

 Jeremy Karwandi, M.Sc.  The Impact of Social Networks on Firm Performance in Clustered Communities. 2004 (Committee Chair)

Wallace Lockhart, Ph. D.  Does Objective Information Verify the Qualitative Estimates of Access and/or Quality Provided by Physicians in Canada?  2004 (Committee Chair)

Robin D'Arcy, M.Sc.   Vertical Structures and Industry Arrangements for the Saskatoon Berry Industry. 2001 (Committee Member)

Brad Marceniuk, M.Sc.   The Role of Large Hog Operations in Diversifying Farm Assets. 2001 (Committee Member)

Sandra Hadersbeck, M.Sc.  Saskatchewan's Aboriginal People and Their Participation in the Northern Mining Industry: A Case Study. 1998 (External Examiner)

Asim Maqbool, Ph.D.   Evaluation of Sustainable Land Management on Saskatchewan Farms. 1997 (Committee Member)

Lawrence Sawatsky, M.Sc. An Arbitrage Pricing Theory Analysis of the Community Based Land Trust Model for Agriculture. 1997 (Committee Member)

Andrea Girodat, M.Sc.  The Adoption of  On-Line Information Systems Among Saskatchewan's Farming Community. 1996 (External Examiner)

Safdar Hosseini, Ph.D. The Aggregate Impact of the Whole-Farm Approach to Farm Income Support Programs. 1995 (Committee Member)

Tom Allen, M.Sc. Transaction Costs and the Crowding Out of Rye from the Domestic Feed Market. 1995 (External Examiner)