Director of Agricultural Research & Development Center
Professor, Beef Nutrition
ARDC
1071 County Rd G
Ithaca, NE 68033-2234
Phone: (402)624-8089
Fax:
Email: dadams1@unl.edu
Professor, Beef Nutrition
ARDC
1071 County Rd G
Ithaca, NE 68033-2234
Phone: (402)624-8089
Fax:
Email: dadams1@unl.edu
Mini CV
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. New Mexico State University, 1980
- M.S. Utah State University, 1978
- B.S. Utah State University, 1976
- General Curriculum, Southern Utah State College, 1974
PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD
- Professor of Animal Science/Extension Beef Specialist, University of Nebraska, West Central Research & Extension Center, North Platte, NE (1990-present)
- Research Range Nutritionist, USDA-ARS Ft. Keogh LARRL, Miles City, MT, January (1981-1990)
- Associate Dean, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture - Curtis, NE
AWARDS & HONORS
- Omtvedt Innovation Award (2008)
- Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit for Excellence in Agriculture (2007)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distinguished Service Award (2005)
- Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Team Award (2003)... member of the cow-calf forage systems team
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Team Programming Award (2002)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distinguished Extension Specialist Award (2001)
- Wendell Burgher Beef Industry Award (2001)
- Senior Faculty Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence (2000)
- Kling Anderson Lecturer, Kansas State University Agronomy Department (1995)
- Associate Editor for the Journal of Range Management (1993-1997, 1989-1991)
- Young Scientist Award, Western Section American Society of Animal Science (1990)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American Society of Animal Science
- Society for Range Management
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Study nutrition of grazing beef cattle, including forage intake, diet composition, nutrient requirements, supplementation, and interactions of nutrition with reproduction.
- Development and study of range beef systems and beef cow management.
- Oversee management and operations of University of Nebraska Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory and coordinate research with ranch personnel and faculty.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Adams, D.C., M.K. Nielsen, W.H. Schacht, and R.T. Clark. 2000. Designing and conducting experiments for range beef cows. Proc. Am. Soc. Anim. Sci., 1999. Available at: http://www.asas.org/jas/symposia/proceedings/0947.pdf. Accessed {1/26/01}.
- Sandberg, R.E., D.C. Adams, T.J. Klopfenstein, and R.J. Grant. 2000. N-alkane as an internal marker for predicting digestibility of forages. J. Range Manage. 53:159-163.
- Lardy, G.P., D.C. Adams, T.J. Klopfenstein, and R.T. Clark. 1999. First limiting nutrient for summer calving cows grazing autumn-winter range. J. Range Manage. 52:317-326.
- Lamb, J.B., D.C. Adams, T.J. Klopfenstein, W.W. Stroup, and G.P. Lardy. 1997. Range or meadow regrowth and weaning effects on 2-year-old cows. J. Range Manage. 50:16-19.
- Villalobos, G., D.C. Adams, T.J. Klopfenstein, J.T. Nichols and J.B. Lamb. 1997. Grass hay as a supplement for grazing cattle I. Animal performance. J. Range Manage. 50:351-356.
- Adams, D.C., R.T. Clark, T.J. Klopfenstein, and J.D. Volesky. 1996. Matching the cow with forage resources to improve profitability. Rangelands 18:57-62.
- Adams, D.C., R.T. Clark, S.A. Coady, J.B. Lamb, and M.K. Nielsen. 1994. Extended grazing systems for improving economic returns from Nebraska Sandhills cow/calf operations. J. Range Manage. 47:258-263.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Animal Science Department