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Steel in the Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools
The Toolshed - Reviewers
Whole-book Reviewers
These individuals read and commented overall on the entire book.
Jerry Doll—Extension Weed Scientist Department of Agronomy
University of Wisconsin Madison WI Paul J. Jasa—Extension Engineer Biological Systems Engineering
Department University of Nebraska Lincoln NE R. Ed Peachey—Weed Management Specialist Horticulture Department
Oregon State University Corvallis OR
Technical Reviewers
These individuals read one of the book’s sections. Their comments on practical
details greatly improved accuracy and inclusion of regional variations.
I. Agronomic row crop tools
David L. Carter—Soil Scientist/Agronomist (retired) USDA-ARS, Kimberly
Research Center Kimberly ID Rick Exner—Weed Management Specialist Practical Farmers of
Iowa Iowa State University Ames IA Jim Frisch—Weed Management Tool Specialist Department of
Soil Crop and Atmospheric Sciences Cornell University Ithaca NY Dale Kumpf—Ridge-till System Specialist Henke Machine/Buffalo
Farm Equipment Columbus NE John Merrill—Dairy Farmer Stratham NH Mark J. VanGessel—Weed Scientist Research and Education Center
University of Delaware Georgetown DE
II. Horticultural crop tools
Vern Grubinger—Extension; vegetable systems The Center for Sustainable
Agriculture The University of Vermont Brattleboro VT Greg Hoyt—Soil Management Professor Mountain Horticultural
Crops Research and Extension Center North Carolina State Uuniversity Fletcher
NC Jim Leap—Weed Management Tool Specialist Center for Agroecology
University of California—Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CA James A.“Kayo” Mullins—(Director of Agriculture, retired,
PictSweet Frozen Foods) Jackson TN
III. Dryland crop tools
Dan Ball—Asst. Weed Science Professor Columbia Basin Experiment Center
Oregon State University Pendleton OR Brent Bean—Extension Agronomist Texas A&M Research and Education
Center Amarillo TX Robert Boettcher—Grain Farmer Big Sandy MT Patrick Carr—Agronomy Professor Dickinson Research Extension
Center Dickinson ND