William Chambers

He formerly served as the WAOB Chair for food grains. He oversaw the preparation and release of USDA’s official supply and demand estimates pertaining to wheat and rice, which were released in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report and other USDA publications. Dr. Chambers also served ten years as a commodity and policy analyst with USDA's Farm Service Agency where he analyzed commodity markets, farm policies, new program proposals, and budget outlays. He was also an agricultural economist at ERS and researched a wide variety of issues affecting agricultural commodity markets. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Chambers received master’s and doctorate degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1995 and 1999.