USDA Crop Production Data & Information
Field Crops Experts & Extension Specialists
Shaun Casteel
Agronomy
Soybean & Small Grains Production and Management
765.494.0895
Beth Hall
Indiana State Climatologist
Ag. Weather & Climate
765.494.8060
Lyndon Kelley
MSU/Purdue Educator
Crop Irrigation (Michigan/Indiana)
269.467.5511
Charles Woloshuk
Botany & Plant Pathology
Stored Grain Disease ID & Management
765.494.3450
Directories of State Extension Specialists
Below are links to directories of state Extension crop specialists at other land grant universities throughout the United States:
- Corn
- Soybean
- Small Grains
- Forages
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