Field Specialist - Beef

counties servedDennis DeWitt
1600 15th St.
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Voice 712-336-3488
Fax 712-336-3498
E-mail dewitt@iastate.edu

Counties Served:
Dickinson , Emmet, Clay, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Carroll, Greene

Areas of Expertise:
Animal Nutrition, Ration Formulation, Management Decisions, Record Analysis, Computer Technology, Production Technologies, On-Farm Composting Dead Livestock

Frequent Clients:
Livestock producers, county extension education directors, agribusiness personnel, public and private organizations

Joined ISU Extension:
February 1977

Extension Positions/Other Experience:
Wilson Foods, Inc., Livestock Service Director, Albert Lea, MN

Education:Master of Science, Iowa State University, Animal Science, 1973
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, Animal Science, 1971

Awards/Honors/Publications:
ISUE Excellence in Agriculture Award for Livestock Programming, 2000; ISUE Achievement Award, 1994; University Extension Achievement Award, 1986; Advanced Chicago Mercantile Exchange Award, 1982; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Hedging Award, 1981; ISUE Achievement Award, 1980; Influence of Nutrition on Growth and Body Composition of Steers, Journal of Animal Science; Failure to Rid Pig's Environment of Contaminated Manure Packs can Lead to Violative Sulfamethazine Residues, Feedstuffs; Management Factors Affecting Sulfamethazine Depletion Rate in Swine, Agri-Practice.

 

 

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