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2021 American Society of Animal Science Fellow Award for Extension Recipients
Sponsored by American Society of Animal Science

Dr. Matt Poore, Professor and Departmental Extension Leader at North Carolina State University has delivered exceptional extension programs to a broad audience. His work on grazing systems, alternative feeds and management systems has substantially changed beef cattle production in the Southern United States. His programs have resulted in >$8 million in funding, 125 peer-reviewed research and extension publications and 431 popular press and technical articles. Dr. Poore is a renowned extension educator with 129 invited presentations and over 450 county programs. He has been recognized with the Merit and Distinguished Grasslander Awards from the American Forage and Grassland Council, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award, the APLU Magrath Community Engagement Award, ASAS Southern Section and National Extension Awards, and every extension award at NC State. A recognized leader at NCSU and nationally, he has served as Chair of the NC Cooperative Extension Animal Agriculture Program Team, President of the Southern Section of ASAS, and as a Director of ASAS. 

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Matthew H. Poore

North Carolina State University

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Dr. Bob Goodband is a swine extension specialist at Kansas State University. Originally from Walpole, Massachusetts, Dr. Goodband graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1984. He obtained his MS and PhD in Swine Nutrition at Kansas State University and joined their faculty in 1989. Dr. Goodband and his co-workers’ innovative Extension and research programs has led to an intensive on-farm research program that has conducted numerous on-farm trials across the United States. His work has resulted in over 360 refereed journal papers, 9 book chapters, over 1,000 research reports and Extension publications, 8 patents, and $17.8 million in grants and gifts to K-State. Dr. Goodband also teaches Swine Science and Swine Nutrition courses and serves as academic advisor to 35 to 40 undergraduate students each year. Dr. Goodband has mentored 119 M.S. and Ph.D. students and hundreds of undergraduate students.  

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Robert D. Goodband

Kansas State University

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