Dr. Raymond R. Allmaras

Dr. Allmaras has been engaged in soil and water conservation for his entire life, beginning on a farm in North Dakota and continuing with over 40 years as a soil scientist in the US Department of Agriculture.  His research carefully and skillfully delineated the interactions between soil structure, plant growth and environmental impact.  Ray has also provided a wealth of fundamental knowledge on conservation tillage applicable from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest.  Ray has an uncanny ability to bridge the theoretical with the practical, and thus putting research results into practice.  His work is extensively documented in the scientific literature and is perpetuated by a host of younger scientists that he has mentored.  Ray’s ideas continue to motivate current agricultural research.

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