Collaborators

Advisory Committee Members

Farmer Representatives

Dave Haubein
Johnny Hunter
Marc Kaiser
Kate Lambert
Josh Payne

Faculty Representatives

Morgan Davis
Mary Hendrickson

Agency Representatives

Nate Goodrich, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Chris Klenklen, MO Department of Agriculture
Jim Plassmeyer, MO Department of Natural Resources
Brent Vandeloecht, MO Department of Conservation

Farm Organization and Conservation Organization Representatives

Clayton Light, Missouri Soybean Association

Agribusiness Representative

Joe Zoellner, MFA, Inc

Collaborating Faculty

Alba Argerich

Aquatic scientist looking at the effects of land use on water quality and ecosystem integrity through experimental and modeling approaches

Steve Anderson

Soil scientist working on soil hydrology

Eric Bailey

Animal scientist studying beef cattle nutrition, stocker management, and grazing strategies to improve the productivity and sustainability of forage-based production systems

Susanta Behura

Animal scientist studying models of animal development and genetic interactions

Kerry Clark

Soil Scientist working on soil health and cover crops

Meikah Dado

Social scientist studying agricultural leadership, program evaluation, and the improvement of international agricultural development programs and practices

Morgan Davis

Biogeochemist examining sustainability in various agroecosystems

Elliott Dennis

Applied economics of livestock, poultry, and meat supply chains.

Dan Downing

Extension water quality programs and Missouri SARE

Deborah Finke

Insect ecologist studying pollinators, predators, and their ecosystem services

Bill Folk

Global healthcare; studies of plants used in traditional medicines, youth science education

Felix Fritschi

Crop resource use efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, crop improvement

Lijing Gao

Social scientist studying farmers’ conservation decisions, agricultural diversification and well-being in sustainable and regenerative agriculture

Stacey Hamilton

Promoting beef and dairy grazing systems that optimize the health of the environment while allowing producers to be profitable and progressive in their systems

Mary Hendrickson

Rural sociologist addressing sustainable agriculture and community food systems

Harvey James

Agricultural economist focused on the ethics of sustainable agriculture and agri-food systems

John M. Kabrick

Silviculture, forest ecology, and forest soils

Benjamin Knapp

Forest ecologist and silviculturist studying tree regeneration and disturbance dynamics to advance restoration, conservation and productive management of working forest lands

Kiruba Krishnaswamy

Sustainable food systems engineer dedicated to food and nutrition security

Teng Lim

Agricultural engineer working on air quality, manure management, and soil health

Chung-Ho Lin

Scientist specialized in bioremediation, natural products, and soil/water/air quality

John Lory

Soil scientist/agronomist working with farmers to implement on-farm research

Laura McCann

Agriculture economist studying conservation practice adoption behavior

Harley Naumann

Focused on adaptive grazing management of low input perennial and annual forage-livestock systems

Stephen C. Mukembo

Social scientist focused on agricultural entrepreneurship, innovations, and sustainable food systems

Kelly Nelson

Agronomist working on integrated water management and diversified cropping systems

Rebecca North

Limnologist working on nutrients and water quality

Wildlife habitat enhancement on private lands; Integrating wildlife habitat with agriculture production; Wildlife ecology and management; Human/Wildlife interactions; Prevention and control of wildlife damage

Hua Qin

Environmental and resource sociologist analyzing human dimensions of agricultural, natural resource and environmental systems

Ronald Revord

Genetic improvement of tree nut species to enable their broader adoption with emphasis on hazelnut, chestnut, and black walnut

Adam Schreiner-McGraw

Research Hydrologist examining the impact of cropping practices on watershed processes under a variety of management, weather, and soil conditions

Andy Thomas

Horticulture, agroforestry, viticulture, and crop production systems research

Jordan Thomas

Animal scientist working in beef cattle systems

Ranjith Udawatta

Soil scientist working on soil health in agroforestry and diversified systems

Corrine Valdivia

Sustainable livelihoods and rural development, translational research with a transformational changes and innovations

Kristen Veum

Soil health; conservation; water quality; methods development

Michele Warmund

Pomologist working on low temperature survival of fruit crops, floral biology, and pest management of fruit and nut crops in diverse production systems.

Jeffrey Wood

Bio-meteorology, ecosystem science, and land-atmosphere interactions

Xiaoping Xin

Soil and agricultural scientist studying bio-based materials, nutrient management and microbial approaches to improve soil health, crop resilience and environmental sustainability in regenerative agricultural systems