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Mar. 7, 2005 Volume 29, Issue 27 |
Blaine receives Mississippi’s top agronomy award
A Mississippi State Extension Service specialist with almost 20 years of experience working with the state’s soybean producers has received a top honor.
Extension soybean specialist Alan Blaine was named the Mississippi Society of Agronomy’s Agronomist of the Year during the February Mississippi Crop College at MSU.
A native of McCool, Blaine joined the extension service in 1987 and has worked with soybean producers enrolled in the Soybean Management by Application of Research and Technology—or SMART—program since its inception in 1992. SMART is a total management program for soybean crop production.
Blaine has earned numerous other awards for his work with Mississippi row crop producers, including a United Soybean Board Meritorious Service Award.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a master’s and doctorate in agronomy at Mississippi State.
The Mississippi Society of Agronomy is the state chapter of the American Society of Agronomy.