I am Extension Soil Scientist with the Crop and Soil Science Department at Oregon State University. I am located at the OSU Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Pendleton, Oregon. I hold a BS in natural resources science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, MS in soil science from Washington State University, and PhD in soil morphology and genesis from Iowa State University. I work on dryland cropping systems, with the principal crop being winter wheat. I worked extensively on winter and spring canola agronomy and fertility. I am currently work on decline and stratified soil pH in cropping systems of eastern Oregon