Steve Leer is senior news writer, contributing news releases and Agricultures magazine articles on such topics as biofuels, agricultural economics, confined animal feeding operations, and Purdue Extension’s economic development programs. He also is a media relations representative for Purdue’s College of Agriculture. Leer formerly was coordinator, editor and a contributing writer for Ag Answers, a production agriculture news and information service maintained jointly by Purdue and Ohio State University. Leer is a former print journalist. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Liberty University.