Award:
ASAS Fellow: Extension Category
Univeristy:
Iowa State University
Year:
2012
Section Awarded:
National
Daryl R. Strohbehn, ASAS Fellow: Extension Category
Sponsored by American Society of Animal Science
Dr. Daryl Strohbehn served as extension specialist at Iowa State University for 36 years. Throughout his career he has been a leader in the development and delivery of educational programs for the beef industry in Iowa and United States. He was instrumental in the development of the ISU Beef Cow Business Records, the National Beef Cattle Handbook, BRaNDS software and Estrus Synch Planner programs. He led efforts in evaluating genetics for tenderness and evaluating sires for profitability with a 31,000 head database and producers in 10 states. Dr. Strohbehn has been active in the NCBA Cattlemen’s College and leader for the Brown Bagger In-Service series on beef cattle genetics for the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium.