Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
12/1/99
Contacts:
Mark Dikeman, Iowa Beef Center, (515) 294-9172, mdikeman@iastate.edu
John Lawrence, Iowa Beef Center, (515) 294-1058, jdlaw@iastate.edu
Tracy S. Petersen, Iowa Beef Center, (515) 294-5672,
tracyp@iastate.edu
Dikeman New Iowa Beef Center Program Specialist
AMES, Iowa -- Mark Dikeman has joined the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University as an extension program specialist.
Dikeman, a native of Manhattan, Kan., received a bachelor's degree in animal science from Kansas State University in 1996. Currently he is finishing his master's thesis in agricultural economics from Kansas State. Dikeman worked as a research associate in the Kansas State Department of Economics from Oct. 1998 until he joined the Beef Center Nov. 1.
Dikeman will develop management decision-making software, according to John Lawrence, Iowa Beef Center director. He also will work with data for Iowa Quality Beef, a cooperative effort between the Iowa Beef Center and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association, and conduct other data analysis.
"Mark will be a key part of the Iowa Beef Center as it address opportunities and challenges facing Iowa cattle producers," Lawrence said.
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.