Randy Jackson

Position title: Faculty, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Email: rdjackson@wisc.edu

Research Summary

I am a grassland ecologist working to understand and transform the configuration, composition, and management of the grassland biome of the upper Midwest from its current state -- dominated by annual grain crops to support confined livestock and gas tanks -- to a new state dominated by grasslands profitably and adaptively grazed by livestock for clean surface and ground water, more stable climate, flood reduction, healthy soil, and biodiversity. This is Grassland 2.0! -- agroecosystems that provide for us today, while building capacity for future generations to do the same.

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