Calvin Trostle
Name:
Calvin Trostle
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Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center
1102 East Drew Street
Lubbock, TX 79403
1102 East Drew Street
Lubbock, TX 79403
Mailing Address:
Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center
1102 East Drew Street
Lubbock, TX 79403
1102 East Drew Street
Lubbock, TX 79403
Organizational Role:
Faculty
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Position Title:
Professor And Extension Specialist (lubbock Research And Extension Center)
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Specializations:
Alternative Crops, Camelina, Castor, Cover Crops, Crop Biodiversity, Crop Management, Crop Production, Drought, Ecosystem, Environment, Food, Forage quality, Grain Sorghum, Guar, Haygrazer, Health, Industrial hemp, Legumes, Millet, Peanut, Reduced tillage, Rhizobium, Sesame, soil testing, Sorghum/sudan, Soybean, Split pivot irrigation, Summer annual forages, Sunflower, Sustainability, Water, Wheat, Winter canola
General Bio:
I help farmers in West Texas and beyond grow their crops in the presence of frequent drought. My information is oriented to help agricultural clientele be better able to make management decisions.
Education:
B.S. in Agronomy, Kansas State Univ.
M.S. in Soil Science/soil chemistry, Texas A&M Univ.
Ph.D. in Soil Science/soil chemistry, Univ. of Minnesota
Honors:
Excellence in manuscript review, 2002, 2005, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Two Texas A&M Soil & Crop Sciences departmental Extension awards
State Extension Specialist of the Year, 2023, Texas County Ag. Agents Association