Jim Stricker

Emeritus Extension Agent IV

Retired from Cooperative Extension Service effective January 1, 2005

Educational Background

• 1964 - B.S. Farm Management, University of Missouri-Columbia
• 1975 - M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
• 1978-1979 - Post Graduate work, University of Missouri-Columbia

Experience

• 2005 -  Emeritus Extension Agent IV, University of Florida
• 1998-2004 - Extension Agent IV-Economic Development, University of Florida/Polk County Cooperative Extension Service, County Extension Director
• 1991-1998 - Extension Agent IV-Agriculture/Natural Resources, University of Florida/Polk County Cooperative Extension Service
• 1995-1997 - Co-principal Investigator for “Managing Runoff Water Quality from Clay Settling Areas Used for Intensive Agricultural Production” -  Project funded by Florida Institute of Phosphate Research and IMC-Agrico, Co.
• 1994-1995 - Project Manager for “Economic Development Through Biomass Systems Integration in Central Florida” -  Project funded largely by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• 1985-1995 - Principal Investigator, Project Director, Mined Lands Agricultural Research/Demonstration Project -  Project funded largely by Florida Institute of Phosphate Research
• 1981-1990 - County Extension Director, Polk County/University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service,  and 1995-1997 - Acting County Extension Director
• 1979-1981 - Extension Agent I - Farm Management, University of Florida/Polk County Cooperative Extension Service 
• 1965-1979 - Superintendent and Research Associate, Forage Systems Research Center, University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station
• 1964-1965 - Extension Agent - Farm Management, University of Missouri, Extension Division, Platte County