Research Areas:

• Efficient use of resources for the production of livestock products without adverse effects to the environment
• Enhancement of ruminant livestock production through evaluation of forages for late autumn, early winter and early spring grazing
• Integrating livestock, forage, and fine hardwood production: an agroforestry alternative for sustaining farm productivity
• Economic and performance analysis of alternative grazing and pasture renovation systems

Teaching: 

Guest lecture forage-related topics in approximately three classes a year

Professional Experience:

Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University, 
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University, 
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University, 

Education:

B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1976
M.S., Purdue University, 1979
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1981

Date joined staff: May 1981