HL Goodwin holds the position of Professor and Poultry Economist at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.  He joined the University Of Arkansas Center Of Excellence for Poultry Science as a faculty member in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness in December, 1997.  Prior to that date he was the Agricultural and Food Systems Policy Advisor to Slovakia (January 1996-December 1999) and a Fulbright Scholar in Czechoslovakia (1991-92).  Goodwin was on faculty of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University from 1982 through 1995 and served as the Associate Director of the Texas Agriculture Market Research Center from 1989 through 1995.  His current research and extension responsibilities are in economic and business issues related to the poultry industry, specifically:  poultry litter management and animal waste systems, grower profitability and grower relations, international trade, food safety linkages and comparative analysis of the industry with other food and non-food industry segments.  Dr. Goodwin’s teaching duties are in the area of agribusiness and market structures and marketing management.  He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University in 1982.