Iowa Ag Connection - Witt Joins ISU Extension and Outreach as Field Agronomist

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Witt Joins ISU Extension and Outreach as Field Agronomist
Iowa Ag Connection - 05/02/2016

Michael Witt has been hired to join Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's crops team as a field agronomist the university announced today. Witt will be working in Audubon, Crawford, Guthrie, Harrison and Shelby counties.

Witt will also provide assistance to three Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms, providing agronomic crop, plot and on-farm trial support in Boone, Castana and Greenfield.

"Growing up in north central Iowa, I have always had great respect for the work that Iowa State Extension and Outreach personnel do in bringing education and learning opportunities to all Iowans," Witt said. "I look forward to working with people across my region and the state to bring the new and exciting educational opportunities to their local communities."

Witt, who holds a Bachelor of Agriculture Education degree from Iowa State University and is pursuing a master's in Agronomy, has an extensive and diverse background in agriculture.

"Mike is an Iowa State alum with a varied background that includes industry research and on-farm demonstrations," said Erin Hodgson, associate professor and extension entomologist and crops team leader at Iowa State University. "He is a great addition to the crops team and we look forward to him helping continue to grow ISU Extension and Outreach."

Witt spent 11 years at DuPont Pioneer, working as a part of the field program management team. Witt's primary areas of emphasis were inbred discovery and hybrid evaluation, proprietary herbicide development and molecular corn evaluation.

He served as a testing site lead at Beck's Superior Hybrids for one year, working on the company's maize and soybean yield testing program with his duties encompassing territory in Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri.

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