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University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Crop Management Extension Programs ►8 faculty members (as of Nov. 21) 5 agronomists and 3 weed scientists 6 in Tifton (4 agronomists, 2 weed scientists) 2 in Griffin (1 agronomist, 1 weed scientist) Extension Forage Agronomist position in Athens to be filled effective Dec. 1 ►Crops covered include: cotton, grain crops, tobacco, forages, peanut, & turf University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Faculty Rank Title Location Crop(s) % Ext. John Beasley Professor Agronomist Tifton Peanut 75 Steve Brown Professor Agronomist Tifton Cotton 96 Stanley Culpepper Assoc. Professor Weed Scientist Tifton Cotton, Small Grains, Vegetables 100 Dewey Lee Professor Agronomist Tifton Grain Crops 100 J. Michael Moore Professor Agronomist Tifton Tobacco 100 Tim Murphy Professor Weed Scientist Griffin Turf, Forages 75 100 100 Eric Prostko Assoc. Professor Weed Scientist Tifton Peanut, Corn, Grain Sorghum, Soybean, Canola Clint Waltz Asst. Professor Agronomist Griffin Turf University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Extension Programming 1999-2005 Faculty Extension Pubs Popular Press Newsletters Agent Training County Meetings John Beasley 12 90 145 24 190 Steve Brown 17 64 186 52 308 Stanley Culpepper 9 6 75 35 216 Dewey Lee 11 25 40 183 14 310 28 71 J. Michael Moore Tim Murphy 7 62 Eric Prostko 19 28 73 20 151 Clint Waltz 7 16 89 18 51 TOTAL 82 291 568 231 1,480 University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Crop Management Extension Programs ►Success has been based on the “team” approach ►Extension Agronomists coordinate the multi-disciplinary teams ►Most teams include weed scientist, plant pathologist, entomologist, ag economist, ag engineer(s) University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences • Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Crop Management Extension Programs ►Commodity Agronomists work closely with producer organizations, their executive staff, board members, and clientele ►First, and foremost, extension agronomists and weed scientists support, and are the primary resource, for county extension programs and the ANR agents