Education

• MS - Utah State Universtiy - 2000
• BS - Utah State Universtiy - 1998
• Other - Snow College - 1996

Awards/Honors

• Achievement Award - September 22, 2009
• Extension Vice President�s Award For Excellence - March 15, 2005
• Communications Awards Competition, National Association of Agriculture Exte - October 31, 2004
• Vice President�s Award For Excellence, Water Issue Team - October 31, 2003
• Plaque of Appreciation, Tooele County 4-H Horse Council - October 31, 2001
• U.S. Army Child and Youth Services - October 31, 2001

Publications

• Abstract
• Abstract - FIVE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR GREAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - 2012
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Review: Forage kochia (Kochia prostrata) for fall and winter grazing - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Box Gardens - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Common plant diseases - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Conservation garden park - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Ornamantal Grasses - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Vines in the landscape - 2010
• Abstract - Converting a pasture into a management intensive grazing system - 2010
• Abstract - Converting a pasture into a management intensive grazing system - 2010
• Multi-Media-Video - Garden weed control - 2010
• Abstract - Chickens in the vegetable garden - 2010
• Conference Proceeding - Chickens in the vegetable garden - 2009
• Other - Livestock program offers great education - 2009
• Research Report - Control of hoary cress with chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron, and 2,4-D amine prior to seeding non-irrigated pasture - 2009
• Conference Proceeding - Chickens in the vegetable garden - 2009
• Other - Grasshoppers are coming to county - 2009
• Multi-Media-Video - Soil testing - 2009
• Other - The simple act of gardening in Sanpete - 2009
• Other - Control weeds before they control you - 2009
• Other - Sanpete County is number 1 in sheep and turkey production - 2009
• Other - Feeding camelina sativa and enhancing omega-3 fatty acid levels in market-age turkey hens. - 2008
• Conference Proceeding - Feeding camelina sativa to meat turkeys. - 2008
• Other - Nutrient content of camelina setiva and feeding trials in turkeys - 2008
• Conference Proceeding - Hoary cress weed control research and education plots. - 2008
• Conference Proceeding - Feeding camelina meal to market-age turkey hens. - 2008
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Knowledge and behavior improvement through a skin cancer action approach exhibit. - 2007
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Use of Camelina sativa in the Diets of Young Turkeys - 2007
• Conference Proceeding - Central Utah Biodiesel Project - 2007
• Conference Proceeding - Extension Home and Garden Shows on Local Cable Channel - 2007
• Conference Proceeding - Feeding False Flax (Camelina sativa) To Young Turkeys - 2007
• Conference Proceeding - Weed control of oil seeds for alternative crops, feeds, and bio-fuels. - 2006
• Conference Proceeding - Oilseed research for alternative crops, feeds and bio-fuels - 2006
• Conference Proceeding - Use of Camelina sativa in turkey starter diets. - 2006
• Conference Proceeding - Introducing a new biological control agent to Utah land managers. - 2006
• Curriculum Materials-Other - Rose care and pruning - 2006
• Curriculum Materials-Other - Pruning fruit trees and shrubs - 2006
• Curriculum Materials-Other - September is a great time to rejuvenate your lawn - 2005
• Conference Proceeding - Helping producers with stiff lamb disease. - 2005
• Other - In-house composting in high-rise, caged layer facilities. - 2005
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Chemical amendments and process controls to reduce ammonia volatilization during in-house composting - 2005
• Conference Proceeding - Mormon cricket education and treatment programs - 2005
• Multi-Media-Other - Sanpete County agriculture profile - 2005
• Conference Proceeding - Forage kochia for feed and fire breaks - 2004
• Curriculum Materials-Other - Irrigate with the proper amount of water - 2004
• Curriculum Materials-Other - De-icing compounds and Utah landscapes - 2003
• Conference Proceeding - Lawn grass demonstration plots - 2003
• Other - Fighting grasshoppers and Mormon crickets for nearly 100 years - 2002
• Conference Proceeding - Tooele Mormon cricket war - 2002
• Book, Chapter in Non-Scholarly Book - Creep Feeding Beef Calves. Cow-Calf Management Guide and Cattle Producer's Library - 2002
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns from growing oat hay, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns from growing oat hay, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from corn for grain, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from establishing alfalfa after barley, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from growing alfalfa hay, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from growing barley, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from growing corn for silage, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from growing oats, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Costs and returns per acre from growing soft white wheat, 2001 in Tooele County - 2001
• Working Paper - Fassio farms compost - 2001
• Working Paper - Fassio farms poultry manure and compost - 2001
• Curriculum Materials-Other - Tooele lawn water management - 2001
• Other - Sprinklers, crop water use, and irrigation time Tooele County. - 2001
• Multi-Media-Other - Utah beef quality assurance care and husbandry - 2001
• Conference Proceeding - Influence of supplemental protein degradability on energy utilization and methane emission by beef cows on dormant, cool-season forages. - 2000
• Conference Proceeding - Influence of supplemental protein degradability on nutrient utilization by beef cows on dormant, cool-season forages. - 2000

Contracts/Grants Awarded

• Risk Management Strategies Training for Underserved Audiences in the Davis region including Utah and Surrounding States - $99755 - 2012-09-01
• Poultry Basics for Ag Agents - $1000 - 2012-07-01
• Agriculture, Range Innovation and Sustainability Center (ARISC) Development - $30000 - 2012-05-01
• Extending the Growing Season for Small Fruit and Vegetables In Arid High Elevation Mountain Valleys - $6000 - 2010-01-01
• Principal Investigator. Utilizing back yard poultry production to reduce weeds and insects while providing soil nutrients and home grown food - $1000 - 2010-01-31
• Utilizing back yard poultry production to reduce weeds and insects while providing soil nutrients an - $1185 - 2009-01-23
• GPS 4-H Projects - $5630 - 2008-06-30
• Direct Marketing Frozen Natural Beef - $29100 - 2007-10-01
• Enhancing omega-3 Fatty Acid Content of Turkey Meat by Including Camelina Meal in the Diet - $6000 - 2007-10-13
• 4-H Volunteer Leader Grant - $7500 - 2007-12-12
• 4-H Volunteer Development Grant - $2250 - 2006-03-31
• Beef quality assurance program donation - $1200 - 2005-10-31
• Perennial forage Kochia for improved sustainability of grass-dominated ecosystems - $149503 - 2004-10-31
• 4-H volunteer development grant - $1065 - 2005-03-31
• Biological control of tamarisk - $3000 - 2005-03-31
• Investigation of �stiff lamb disease� in lambs raised on grazing permits in the Manti-LaSal National - $2550 - 2005-03-31
• 4-H volunteer development grant - $5600 - 2004-03-31
• Identifying the economic impact caused by Mormon crickets on agronomic crops and rangeland in wester - $3700 - 2004-03-31
• Youth and families with promise - $18450 - 2004-03-31
• 4-H volunteer development grant - $5740 - 2003-11-02
• Identifying the economic impact caused by Mormon crickets on agronomic crops and rangeland in wester - $3600 - 2003-10-31
• Youth farm field day transportation donation - $1500 - 2003-10-31
• Youth and families with promise - $22364 - 2003-07-31
• How to finish your basement - $5000 - 2003-01-31
• Trade your hat - $5000 - 2003-01-31
• Beef quality assurance program donation - $1200 - 2002-10-31
• Advancing shooting sports in Tooele County - $2000 - 2001-10-31
• Be a good neighbor environmental grant - $3000 - 2001-10-31
• Tall fescue to lengthen the grazing season - $3275 - 2001-10-31
• Tooele community enhancement - $3000 - 2001-10-31