Education

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln/ PhD, Agronomy – Crop production
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln / MS, Agronomy – Soils management
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln BS, Agriculture - Crops and Soils
  • Universidad Nacional Colombia – Bogota. Engineer's degree in Agriculture
    (Co-validation through ICFES), Bogotá, Colombia, 1984

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Crop Advisor -CCA and Certified Professional Agronomist.
  • American Society of Agronomy License 34269 Valid until 12/2015 September 1997
  • USAID Contracting Officer's Representative / Agreement Officer's Representative USAID. 11/29/2011
  • Business Retention and Expansion Consultant University of Minnesota / BREI 11/2003
  • Master Cattleman Certification - Instructor University of Kentucky – CES. 3/2003
  • Grazing school – Instructor University of Kentucky – CES. 10/2003
  • Agronomic Engineering Professional Registration. Ministry of Agriculture - Colombia   License MP
    6764 - 06/1984


LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • English (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • French (Elementary proficiency)
     

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Certified Professional Agronomist CPAg 34269;
  • Contract/ Agreement Officer’s Representative USAID; 11/2011
  • Business Retention and Expansion International Consultant; 1/2004
  • Certified Grazing School; UKy’s
  • Certified Master Cattlemen;
  • Bioterrorism First Alert Agent; 2/2004
     

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Society of Agronomy - ASA
  • Soil Science Society of America - SSSA
  • Crop Science Society of America - CSSSA
  • American Society for Horticultural Sciences - ASHS.
  • Weed Science Society of America - WSSA.
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - ASABE


Continue education

USAID University

  • Performance Monitoring and Evaluation 9/2011
  • ABC’s of GLAAS Basic Contract Accounting 7/2011
  • Phoenix Accruals V. 1130007 8/2011
  • A&A Management for COTRs/AOTRs 8/2011
  • Information Assurance Awareness 8/2011
  • Project Funding Basics 9/2011
  • Basic DoD Information 9/2011
  • Afghanistan Field Orientation 09/2011
  • Afghanistan Familiarization 9/2011
  • GSA SmartPay Travel Card Training 8/2011

 

In-service Training at the University of Kentucky 2002-2005

  • Kentucky Grazing 9/2003
  • GIS ArcView 11/2002- 03/2005
  • Business Retention & Expansion Consultant 1/2004
  • Master Cattleman – 10 4-hour sessions / Instructor in forage establishment and management focused on beef production and the beef industry (University of Kentucky): 
  • Forage establishment and management; Animal facilities and behavior;
  • Animal and environmental management;
  • Facilities and Animal Behavior (1st Session) (3/14/2003); 
  • Animal genetics: 
  • Herd Health (2nd Session) (3/14/2003);
  • End Product and Marketing;
  • Animal nutrition Session (3/13/2003);
  • Reproduction Session – (3/13/2003);
  • Cattleman Agent Train the trainers (2/17/2003);
  • Agent Goat In-Service Training – U. of Ky.(3/25/2003);
  • Freshwater Shrimp Production and Marketing(3/4/2003);
  • West Kentucky Catfish Production – U. of Ky (2/6/2003). 
  • Development of training materials for In-Service Training 5/2003
  • Building Consensus and Teams Using the Workshop Method 3/2003
  • Community Economic Analysis: Tools, and Data 5/2003
  • Effective Discussion & Dialogue Using the Focused Conversation 11/2002
  • Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Public Conflict Resolution10/2002
  • Managing Your County Website 8/2002
  • Cooperative Extension Services 2002-2003


Webinars 2009-2016

(grouped by alphabetic order and updated every 6 months)


AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION

  1. Cotton from depression era mules to the moon and back. 4/2015 (NAPB) and Extension. Dr. Johnie Jenkins, USDA-ARS
  2. Cover Crops for Ag Professionals 03/18/2016. ASA"
  3. Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems. 03/08, 2016 USDA/NRCS"
  4. Breeding High Yielding Bioenergy Sorghum for the New Bioenergy Belt. Apr 19, 2016 1:00 pm US/Central. BioEnergy Portal. Texas A &M Agrilife Extension
  5. Development of the rice plant from seed to harvest and how to manage the rice crop during each stage. Johnny Saichuk: plant physiology. LSU AgCenter 10/2015
  6. Growing Continuous Beans: Are They Profitable? Dr. Dan Davidson 12/8/2015. Training and certification provided by ILSoyAdvisor
  7. Lessons from a Great Season: The 2014 Illinois Soybean Crop. Dr. Emerson Nafziger, professor of crop sciences and extension agronomist at the University of Illinois
  8. Making Soybeans More Than a Rotational Crop for Corn. Mr. Lance Tarochione/ Monsanto.
  9. Native warm season grasses for restoration. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS east national technology support center.
  10. Six Secrets of Soybean Success. Dr. Fred Below, professor of plant physiology and crop sciences at the University of Illinois,
  11. Using the Best Science to Reduce Production Costs in 2016. 2/2016. Dr. Bob Nielse, Jim Carboreto, and James Minted. Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture.
  12. What Six Secrets Research Has Taught Us About High Yield Soybeans. 01/2016. Dr. Fred Below, University of Illinois,
  13. Bee Health and Stewardship.   ASA/SSSA"
  14. Implementing the 4Rs to Avoid the Big R (Regulation). Illinois’ Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS)
  15. Learning from our past mistakes with Clearfield rice and how to avoid these mistakes with future technology. Eric Webster: 10/2015 LSU AgCenter
  16. Managing Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome. Dr. Jason Bond, Plant Pathologist, Southern Illinois University and Mike McCarville, Scientist/Technical Service Rep-Seed Treatment, Bayer CropSciences.
  17. Position soybeans for success. Clariva -The Mosaic Company’s Dr. Ross Bender
  18. Precision pesticide application technology. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS science and technology
  19. Resistant weeds: insights from weed science experts.
  20. Staying Ahead of the Billion-Dollar Pest.  Soybean cyst nematode (SCN)
  21. The true about weeds. February 6, 2014. AgriLife Extension Dr. Barron Rector
  22. What causes weed resistance and out crossing and how to avoid these problems, how hybrid rice is developed. Adam Famoso. 11/2015 LSU AgCenter
  23. Smoothing Household Income Through Improved On-Farm Storage. 01/2016 AgriLinks
  24. Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training. 02/17, 2016 10:00:00 AM CST. AgriLinks
  25. Extension Leadership with Community Climate Planning Scenarios; certified by Southern Regional Extension Forestry. John Bilotta; John Stevenson
  26. Effectively Engaging Producers in Conservation Conversations' USDA/NRCS 03/16/2016
  27. "Precision Ag Updates webinar titled Remote Sensing - The Present and The Promise 03/9, 2016 ASA/SSA"
  28. Aerial Systems. Game changing technology coming soon for agriculture and Crop Management - UAV 2015
  29. Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training through Systems Thinking. February 17, 2016. Agrilinks
  30. Operationalizing CSA into Feed the Future Activities. 03/26/2016 Agrilinks
  31. Increasing Resilience Through Improved On-Farm Storage. 03/21/2016
  32. Ask Ag About… Interactions between Agricultural Education and Extension. 02/10/2016 Agrilinks
  33. Evaluating Sprouted Grains on Grazing Dairy Farms. Presented by USDA eXtension eOrganic. 04/07/2016
  34. Precision Ag Updates March 9 Webinar - Remote Sensing - The Present and Future. ASA/SSSA/CSSSA March 9, 2016
  35. Integrating Grazing into Cropping Systems. March 08, 2016. USDA NRCS Soil Health Division. March 08, 2016
  36. Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act on Diversified Organic Vegetable. USDA eXtension eOrganic. March 29, 2016
  37. Cover Crops for Ag Professionals. ASA. SSSA. CSSA. February 18, 2016

 

SOIL/WATER AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

  1. Evaluation Series No. 11: Appropriate Use of Categorical Exclusions'.  03/23/2016 USDA/NRCS"
  2. Building Soil Health for Smallholder Resilience. 12/2015. AgriLinks
  3. Discover a better way to deliver early season phosphorus Wolf Trax. Training and certification provided by CropLife
  4. Fertilizer and Manure Calculations. 01/2016. Bill Simmons, Ph.D University of Illinois. Training and certification provided by ILSoyAdvisor
  5. Launching YaraVita Procote Liquid Micronutrients. Matthew J. 03/2015 Training and certification provided by CropLife.
  6. Maximizing efficiency and plant uptake of fall-applied phosphorus. Training and certification provided by CropLife
  7. NACHURS Aqua-Tech®: Fertigate with Confidence™ 02/2016
  8. Nutrient Planning and Soybean Management, February 2015. Training and certification provided by ILSoyAdvisor.
  9. Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Programming. 3-hrs 15 modules
  10. Phosphorus efficiency takes center stage. Training and certification provided by CropLife; Dr. Dale Leikam, Ph.D., president, Leikam AgroMax.
  11. Rethinking Phosphorus Management: Don’t be a Black-Eyed P: How to Reduce P Loss from Fields. 03/15/2016 Dr. Laura Christianson, Assistant Professor of Water Quality, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana. Illinois Soybeans Association
  12. Rollout of the new comprehensive nutrient management plan process. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS science and technology
  13. Selecting and Deploying Water Temperature Loggers. 03/30/2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
  14. Selling zinc for 2016: tips and realities. Training and certification provided by CropLife
  15. Short Review of the 4R Performance Objectives. 02/2016. Bill Simmons, Ph.D., University of Illinois. Training and certification provided by ILSoyAdvisor.
  16. Soil Testing: Better Habits for Higher Yields. The Mosaic Co. 11/2015 Training and certification provided by CropLife
  17. Soybeans: Responses to Nitrogen Unpredictable. Dr. Dan Davidson 12/21/2015 Training and certification provided by ILSoyAdvisor
  18. Sulphur's Role in Soybean Production. 310/2016/ Illinois Soybeans Association
  19. The Science Supporting Changes in Soil Health. Feb 9, 2016 USDA/NRCS
  20. Use of liquid separation alternatives for manure handling and treatment. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS science and technology
  21. Advances in Hi- and Lo-tech irrigation systems. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS science and technology
  22. Bee Health and Stewardship Webinar.  02/16/2016 ASA
  23. BMPs for reducing nutrient runoff and improving water quality in watersheds.
  24. Enhanced Nutrition for high-yield corn. Tuxhorn, AVAIL and NutriSphere-N.
  25. Environmental Evaluation Series No. 11: Appropriate Use of Categorical Exclusions. 02/23/2016 USDA/NRCS.
  26. Factors affecting Irrigation schedule. 12/2015. LSU AgCenter Stacia Davis
  27. Financial evaluation of water conservation practices. 12/20015 Naveen Adusumilli. LSU AgCenter
  28. Getting the Most out of Your Soybeans with Good P and K Nutrition. Dr. Robert Mullen, Director of Agronomy with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan,
  29. Irrigation initiation and termination. Dan Fromme. AgCenter
  30. Irrigation water management plan - an overview-iwm. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS east national technology support center.
  31. Making soil health practical for fertility management. Webinar trainings presented by IL-SoyAdvisor. Will Brinton, Ph.D., owner of Woods End Soil Laboratory and inventor of the Solvita® soil respiration test
  32. Nutrient Planning and Soybean Management. Howard Brown, manager of agronomy services GROWMARK, Inc.
  33. Pumping plant efficiency to conserve water resources, energy, and money. 12/2015 Biff Handy. LSU AgCenter
  34. Soil Water Sensors for Agriculture - Applications and Usefulness. USDA, the Southern Regional Extension Forestry Office, North Carolina State University's Extension Forest Resources, Texas AgriLife Extension Service. 02/2016
  35. Sprinkler system assessment using center pivot evaluation and design spread sheet version. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS central national technology support center
  36. Technologies for agricultural irrigation management. 12/2015 Staciua Davis and Bruce Garner
  37. Technology that works from the inside out. December 17, 2014 Training and certification provided by CropLife. Mr. Kurt Seevers, technical services manager with Verdesian Life Sciences.
  38. The Fertilizer Report Card – Do your Micronutrients Make the Grade? 02/18/2015 CropLife
  39. Timing of Nutrients, Urease Inhibitors, Zinc on heavy cut rice fields. Fertilization Under Different Environmental Conditions. Dustin Harrell. 10/2015 LSU AgCenter 2015
  40. Texas High Plains Initiative for Innovative Irrigation Management and Conservation - Northern Plains Results' 03/31/2016
  41. NACHURS Aqua-Tech®: Fertigate with Confidence. ™ March 3, 2016
  42. Make Dry Fertilizer Work Harder for You and Your Customers. CropLife/Compass Minerals 25 March 2016
  43. NACHURS Bio-K®: Elevate Your K™ 28 January, 2016
  44. Environmental Evaluation Series No. 11: Appropriate Use of Categorical Exclusions'. USDA NRCS Soil Health Division February 23, 2016
  45. The Fertilizer Report Card – Do your Micronutrients Make the Grade?" sponsored by Compass Minerals. February 23, 2016
  46. NACHURS Webinar Series: ”NACHURS Bio-K® Elevate Your K. February 16, 2016
  47. Managing for Soil Health when Raising Potatoes - A Farmer's Perspective. USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center. January 15, 2016

 

RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION - CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITOIGATION

  1. 4Rs Nutrient Management - In and Out of Season - Environmental Risk Analysis
  2. Implications. 1/2016 USDA NRCS east national technology support center
  3. Best Management Practices for On-Farm Climate Change Resilience in the Northeast: Social, Ecological and Economic Implications. Jan 20, 2016/ USDA/NRCS. USDA Northeast Climate Hub
  4. Best Management Practices for On-Farm Climate Change Resilience in the Northeast: Social, Ecological and Economic Implications. Jan 20, 2016/ USDA/NRCS. USDA Northeast Climate Hub
  5. Climate change and organic agriculture. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS science and technology.
  6. Climate Change Impacts on Nutrient Runoff and the Effectiveness of Best Management Practices Mar 9, 2016 12:00 pm US/Central. USDA Northeast Climate Hub
  7. Climate Change, Environmental Regulations, and Your Thriving Business: How to Create and Maintain Forward Progress under New Regulations. 02/2016
  8. Climate science initiative (csi). University of Arizona cooperative extension; water resources extension, university of Minnesota; extension climate specialist, pacific northwest climate impacts research consortium and Oregon sea grant.
  9. Coordination of Programs, and the Ability to Stack REAP and EQIP Funding for Energy Programs. 22/03/2016 USDA/NRCS
  10. Cover Crops for Ag Professionals. USDA 2/2016
  11. Environmental Compliance for the Conservation Reserve Program Mar 10, 2016 2:00 pm US/Eastern
  12. Environmental Compliance for the Conservation Reserve Program Mar 10, 2016 2:00 pm US/Eastern USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Science and Technology National Technology Support Centers
  13. Grazing Strategies for Riparian and Wet Meadow Improvement in the Sagebrush Steppe. 01-2016. USDA NRCS east national technology support center.
  14. Integrating Landscape Management into Climate-Smart Agriculture. Agrilinks/ USAID Feed the future
  15. Matching appropriate seed to conservation practices. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS east national technology support center
  16. Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation in Organic Production. Mar 17, 2016 3:00 pm US/Eastern
  17. Operational Implications of Integrating Climate-Smart Agriculture into Feed the Future Activities. AgriLinks 2/2016
  18. Operationalizing Climate Smart Agriculture into Feed the Future Activities. 2/18/2016 AgriLinks
  19. Climate Change and Insects in Wheat Systems Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode. Presented by the Climate Learning Network –CLN -SREF/College of Engineering University of Georgia. 04/14/2016
  20. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Rural Development Memorandum of Understanding, Coordination of Programs, and the Ability to Stack REAP and EQIP Funding for Energy Programs'. March 22, 2016
  21. Bee Health and Stewardship. ASA. SSA. CSSA. February 16, 2016
  22. Effectively Engaging Producers in Conservation Conversations. USDA NRCS Science and Technology. February 16, 2016
  23. Grazing Strategies for Riparian and Wet Meadow Improvement in the Sagebrush Steppe. USDA NRCS West National Technology Support Center. January 20, 2016

 

ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT/ KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT and ICTs

  1. Developing a program knowledge management (KM) strategy. USAID - TOPS Program/CORE Group March 1-3, 2016
  2. Economic impact analysis applied to conservation. Training and certification provided by USDA NRCS central national technology support center
  3. Achieving profitability in challenging rice grain markets in 2015 through new tools. Join Dan Dempsey of AgYield and Kevin Kennedy of Kennedy Family Farms. 10/2015
  4. Capturing the upside and buffering the downside. 11/2015. University of Purdue. Center for Commercial Agriculture.
  5. Evaluating Your Farmland Rental "Options." 08/2015 Michael Langemeier, Gary Schnitkey, Michael Boehlje andJim Mintert. Purdue University. Center for Commercial Agriculture. SR
  6. Agricultural Productivity Growth and Regulations. 8/2015. Michael Boehlje and Michael Langemeier. Purdue University. Center for Commercial Agriculture. SR
  7. Buying (Selling) Inputs in the Current Business Climate. 9/2015. Michael Boehlje and Scott Downey. Purdue University. Center for Commercial Agriculture. SR
  8. Working Capital: What Is It and Do You Have Enough? 8/2015. Michael Boehlje and Michael Langemeier. Purdue University. Center for Commercial Agriculture. SR
  9. Cash Rent Decisions Using Cash Rent Decision Tool, Center for Comm. 12/2015. Purdue University. Center for Commercial Agriculture. SR
  10. Best Science for Reduced Production Costs in 2016. Purdue University.
  11. Short Review of the 4R Performance Objectives in agricultural production. 2/2016
  12. Developing the US Bio-economy within a global context. Center for renewable carbon, university of Tennessee; and oak ridge national laboratory
  13. USA/EPA'S latest environmental regulations and trends in climate change policy. On-going as 2/2016
  14. Best Management Practices for On-Farm Climate Change Resilience in the Northeast: Social, Ecological and Economic Implications.' January 21, 2016
  15. Market Opportunities for Sustainable Innovation in Africa. ClimateAction. February 26, 2016
  16. Identifying Resource Concerns: Which Concerns are Really Legitimate? USDA Science Technology Southern Regional Extension Forestry. 3/25/2016
  17. Working with local organic grains! March 9, 2016. eXtension. March 9, 2016