Beef Specialist Staff Spotlight Area of Expertisebeef cow nutrition, pasture and forage management, weaning management and preconditioning, feedlot nutrition, facilities and housing, carcass grades and value based marketing, heifer development, cow reproduction and calving, bull reproduction and breeding soundness, grazing management, cost analysis and herd records, genetics and selection, marketing, margin and risk management, water quality, feedlot health management, implants and feed additives, alternative beef systems, identification systems and technology EducationPh.D., Animal Nutrition, Oklahoma State University, 1988M.S., Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, 1985B.S., Animal Science, Iowa State University, 1983B.S., Home Economics Education, Iowa State University, 1975 AwardsIowa State University extension and Outreach - 30 Years of Service, 2015Iowa Cattlemen's Association - Woman of the Year, 2005Iowa State University - R.K. Bliss Award, 2004Gamma Sigma Delta - Extension Award of Merit, 2003Iowa State University Extension - Excellence in Livestock Extension Programming, 2002Sioux County Cattlemen's Association - Cattle Person of the Year, 2001 Contactdoranb@iastate.edu712-737-4230400 Central Ave NW, Suite 700Orange CityIowa51041-1359Website: Iowa Beef CenterNewsletter: Growing Beef Region: 1Counties Served: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Woodbury
