People

Ohio State Personnel with Dairy Expertise

Columbus and Wooster Campus Personnel: 

Valente Alvarez (614) 292-7765 
Food Science & Technology
Food Industries Center
 
Dairy Products and Processing 

Bonnie Ayars (614) 688-3143
Animal Sciences
Extension Associate, Dairy

Luciana da Costa (614) 247-8145
Vererinary Precentive Medicine
Milk Quality


Maurice Eastridge (614) 688-3059 
Animal Sciences 
Nutrition

Benjamin Enger (330) 263-3801
Animal Sciences
Mammary Health and Physiology

Jeffrey Firkins (614) 688-3089 
Animal Sciences 
Nutrition

Greg Habing (614) 292-7205
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Biosecurity

Rafael Jimenez-Flores (614) 292-1993
Food Science and Technology
Dairy Products and Processing

Kirby Krogstad (507) 273-5968
Animal Sciences
Nutrition

Chanhee Lee (330) 263-3794
Animal Sciences
Nutrition

Gustavo Schuenemann (614) 292-9453
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Animal Health and Reproduction

Sherry Smith (330) 465-2376
Animal Sciences 
Extension Associate, 4-H Dairy

Grazyne Tresoldi
Animal Sciences
Animal Welfare

Agricultural Technical Institute:

Royce Thornton (330) 287-1373
Animal Genetics  and Herd Management

Shaun Wellert (330) 287-1352
Animal Health and Management

Haley Zynda (330) 462-6321
Herd Management

County and Field Specialist Personnel: 

Glen Arnold (419) 235-4724
Extension Field Specialist, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Manure Nutrient Management Systems

Lee Beers (330) 638-6783
Extension Educator, Trumbull County
Forage Management

Caden Buschur (937) 548-5215
Extension Educator, Darke County
Herd Management

Peggy Kirk Hall (614) 247-7898
Extension Field Specialist, Columbus
Agricultural and Resource Law

Jason Hartschuh (419) 562-8731
Extension Field Specialist, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dairy Farm Management and Precision Livestock

David Marrison (740) 722-6073
Extension Field Specialist, Agriculture and Natural Resources 
Farm Financial Management

Ryan McMichael (567) 290-6568
Exension Educator, Mercer County
Farm Management

John Yost 330-264-8722
Extension Educator, Wayne County
Forage Management

Chris Zoller (330) 339-2337
Interim Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources 
Human Resource Management and Farm Transition

Barry Ward (614) 688-3959
Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Production Business Management

Jacob Winters (419) 910-6050
Extension Educator, Augliaze County
Crop Management