STEPHEN J. HERBERT
Professor of Agronomy; UMass Extension Crops, Dairy, Livestock; Agroecology Working Group
Department
of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, Bowditch Hall
University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Tel.
(413) 545-2250
Fax
(413) 545-0260
Email:
sherbert@pssci.umass.edu
Education:
Dip.Sci.Tchg.
Avondale College, N.S.W., Australia 1972
B.Agr.Sc.
University of Canterbury, New Zealand 1974
Ph.D.(Agron.)
University of Canterbury, New Zealand 1977
Post Doc. Texas Tech University, USA 1978
Employment and Experience:
1968-72 44 wks on-farm training requirement for the B.Agr.Sc. degree.
Raised on family dairy farm in New Zealand.
1973 Agricultural Science Teacher, Carmel College, Perth, Western Australia.
1975-77 Research Assoc. Agronomy
1975-77
Instructor in Agronomy and Statistics, Univ. of Canterbury, N.Z.
1978-79 Post-doct. Dept. of Plant & Soil Sci., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Tx.
1979-84 Assistant Professor/Extension Agronomist, Univ. of Massachusetts.
1984-90 Associate Professor/Extension Agronomist, Univ. of Massachusetts.
1990- Professor/Extension Agronomist, Univ. of Massachusetts.