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Michaela Mattes

Title: Area Extension Agent
Specialty: Agronomy/Cropping System
Geography: Prowers County, Southern Region

Spotlight: I am the agronomy Extension agent for the Southeast Area of Colorado and my office is in Lamar, CO.  I have a masters in Soil Science from New Mexico State University and a masters inn Extension Education. The majority of my work includes wheat variety trials, sunflowers, corn sorghum, but also some vegetables grown in a greenhouse. I am also part of a research project looking into cowpeas grown for forage and hay.