WVU Extension Service

• Tom Basden

  Specialist, WVU Extension Service Nutruent Management

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2602

  Mobile: +1 (304) 282-2239

  Email: tom.basden@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Agricultural best management practices (West Virginia farming systems), Conservation practices for surface and ground water quality, Nutrient management planning, Cycling of on-farm Nutrients (manure), Composting systems for crop, forage and horticultural production, Agricultural, municipal and industrial organic waste recycling, Conservation land management strategies, Water and soil control, Surface and groundwater protection

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• Rakesh Chandran

  Specialist, WVU Extension Service
  Professor, Agricultural Sciences, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2603

  Email: rschandran@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Weed science, including weed identification and biology, Integrated pest management, Integrated weed management, Herbicides, Weed management in agronomic, turf, horticultural and other crops

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• Mira Danilovich

  Consumer Horticulture Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2620

  Email: mira.danilovich@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Integrated crop management systems, Stone, pome fruit and tree nuts (plum, peach, cherry, apple, pear, chestnuts, etc.), Rootstocks, Plant growth regulators, Determining optimum apple harvest timing, Consumer horticulture (landscape evaluation and plant health protection, Pruning for Canopy and Crop Management, Growing Systems

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• Cindy Fitch

  Associate Dean, Programming and Research, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-8586

  Email: cindy.fitch@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Maternal and child nutrition, Nutrition and chronic disease, Nutrition and aging, Health promotion, Food and fitness, Children and families

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• Daniel Frank

  Entomology Specialist, WVU Extension Service
  Assistant Professor, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

  Office: +1 (304) 293-8835

  Email: dlfrank@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Insects, Pest management, Integrated pest management, Insect-plant interactions

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• Mark Lambert

  WVU Fire Service Extension/State Fire Academy

  Office: +1 (304) 269-0875

  Email: mlambe13@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Fire Safety, Firefighting Training, Arson Investigation Training, Explosives Training, Emergency Response to Terrorism Incidents, Flood Rescue

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• Tom McConnell

  Small Farm Center Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-5930

  Email: trmcconnell@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Small farms, Wholesale marketing, Farm to institution, Food system development, Light processing, Farm management, Farm income tax, Farm start-up and management, Marketing meat, Farmers market management, Cooperative set-up and management

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• Dave McGill

  Forest Resources Specialist, WVU Extension Service
  Professor, Forest Resources Management, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2930

  Email: dmcgill@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Woodland and stewardship education, Silviculture, Invasive species control, Shiitake mushroom production, Woody plant identification

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• Joe Moritz

  Professor, Poultry Science, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
  Specialist, Feed Manufacture and Poultry Science, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-1911

  Email: joe.moritz@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Feed Manufacture, General Poultry Production, Organic and Pasture Poultry Production, Non-ruminant Nutrition

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• Ed Rayburn

  Pasture and Forage Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2654

  Email: ed.rayburn@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Pasture management, Forage quality, Animal nutrition, Grassland ecology

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• Kevin Shaffer

  Livestock Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2669

  Email: kevin.shaffer@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Livestock production, Feed efficiency, Performance evaluation

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• Dee Singh-Knights

  Agricultural Economics Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-7606

  Email: DoSingh-Knights@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Agricultural economics, Agribusiness management agripreneurship, Risk management, Sustainable Agriculture, Local food systems, Agritourism and direct marketing, Food safety (produce), Women in agriculture

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• Jeff Skousen

  Professor, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
  Land Reclamation Specialist, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 293-2667

  Email: jskousen@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Acid mine drainage, Water Quality, Mining, Reclamation, Soil Science and Watersheds

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• Gina Wood

  Coordinator, Family Nutrition Program, WVU Extension Service

  Office: +1 (304) 389-4870

  Email: gina.wood@mail.wvu.edu

  Expertise
  Nutrition education, Child nutrition, Kid's farmers markets, Obesity Prevention, Food access, Food security, Behavioral economics, Social marketing

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