1992   Ph.D. (Soil Science - Soil Physics), The Pennsylvania State University
1988   M.S. (Agronomy), University of Arkansas
1986   B.S. (Soil Science), University of Arkansas

2006 - Present: Professor, Environmental Management - Agriculture                                                      University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture - Coop. Extension Service

2000 - 2006: Associate Professor, Environmental Management - Agriculture

                    University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture - Coop. Extension Service

1997 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Environmental Management - Agriculture

                    University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture -Coop. Extension Service

1996 - 1997: Assistant Professor, Extension Agronomist - Soils

                    University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture - Coop. Extension Service

1992 - 1995: Project Leader for Soil Physics. Agricultural Research Department.

                    The Environmental Research Center, Tennessee Valley Authority

1990 - 1992: Soil Physics Consultant for GeoDecisions, Inc.  State College, PA.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS – GRANT RELATED

 

During the past 10 years, I have provided statewide leadership for Extension Education programs in the following areas: 1) Nutrient Management for Livestock Operations, 2) Watershed / Water Quality Education for Agricultural Producers, and 3) Spatial Technology Applications for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management.   The following are major accomplishments:

# Served as PI of 8 federally funded grant projects totaling over $2 million dollars from the EPA 319h and the USDA-CSREES 406 program including 1 nutrient management grant, 5 watershed education grants, and 2 regional water quality / watershed management grants.  Highlights include:

• These grants have provided educational opportunities to over 5000 livestock producers and over 1000 row crop farmers.

• Led a multi-agency effort to develop training programs and curriculum for the State of Arkansas’ Nutrient Management Planner and Nutrient Applicator Certification training Program.  The training manuals have been adopted by two State agencies as the nutrient management planning and application protocol for livestock operations in the State of Arkansas.  All new nutrient management plans (over 2000 written) developed after 2005 in Arkansas now follow this protocol.   To date, we have trained over 2500 nutrient applicators and over 140 nutrient management planners.  The training effort has been so successful that Extension has been able to leverage 2/3 funding from ADEQ and ANRC for a Nutrient Management Training coordinator that will be an Extension employee

• As part of two regional water quality grants, I have served as Extension’s Water Quality Coordinator on the Southern Region Extension Water Quality Committee with twelve other Southern States including 1890 institutions.  Elected and served as Chair of the Committee, where I developed and implemented an Awards program to recognize Extension personnel across the Southern United States for their contributions towards water quality education.

• Have been able to fund over 25 Extension employees to attend the bi-annual regional water quality conference in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and New Mexico where over 30 posters and 15 oral presentations have been made by Extension Employees. 

• Served as PI on 5 watershed education grants including: Ballard Creek in Washington County; Lower Little River Watershed in Sevier, Little River, Hempstead, and Howard Counties; Bayou Bartholomew I and II in Jefferson, Lincoln, Desha, Ashley, and Drew Counties; West Fork of the White River in Washington and Madison County.  I worked with County Agents in these counties to locally deliver educational opportunities to agricultural producers on how to reduce nonpoint source pollution via Best Management Practices from their operations.

# Served as Co-PI of 3 federally funded grant projects totaling over $900,000 from the USDA-CSREES 406 program including nutrient management and water quality education as well as spatial technology applications in crop production.  Highlights from these grants included:

•  The development of “Soil Testing for Manure Management” program (slide set, fact sheet – 7500 distributed) which was delivered in a series of meetings across poultry producing areas to over 1500 livestock producers

• Development and delivery of a 6-hour lecture series on nutrient management planning for a graduate level special topics course delivered through the U of A Poultry Center for Excellence and via Compressed interactive video statewide

• Field study that looked at how well our soil sampling recommendations accounted for spatial variability of soil phosphorus in fields receiving poultry litter over a various number of years (results published in the Journal of Environmental Quality, a peer reviewed research journal).

• Field case-study on the affects of land leveling on row crop fields with high salinity / sodium levels in subsoil.  Resulted in peer-reviewed journal article in Soil and Water Conservation.

• Field study that compared conventional and variable rate fertilizer recommendations for P, K, and lime for grain (soybean, wheat, rice) production in 30 producer fields that were grid sampled.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS - SERVICE RELATED

# Elected and Served as National Chair of the Environmental Quality Division (A5) of the American Society of Agronomy  – Organized 5 paper sessions and 1 symposium for the National meetings in Denver CO.

# Served as Chairman for the 2007 Southern Extension Water Quality Conference held in Fayetteville, Arkansas and attended by over 200 Land-Grant professionals from twenty States.

# Serve as Co-Chair of the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture’s Environmental Task Force that consists of Faculty members interested in addressing critical environmental issues in the State. 

Selected Presentations to Extension Audiences

 

Environmental Issues facing Livestock Operations: 144

Topics: Soil Testing for Manure Management
            Soil Phosphorus Levels: Concerns and Recommendations
            Nutrient Management Planning
            The P-Index
            Managing High Soil Test Phosphorus in Pastures

Water Quality / Watershed Management:  90

Topics: Groundwater Decline
           Watershed Management
           Water Quality Issues
           TMDL
           Soil Erosion and Water Quality

Spatial Technology: 75

Topics: Hands on use of GPS
            Precision Agriculture
            Grid soil sampling and soil nutrient mapping
            Comparing Variable-Rate and Conventional Fertilizer Applications
            Managing Salt-Affected Soils with GIS and GPS

Selected List

• Pennington, John., M.B. Daniels, and Andrew Sharpley.  2008.  Best Management Practices for Livestock Farms.  University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet:  9527-PD-8-08N.
• Pennington, John., M.B. Daniels, and Andrew Sharpley.  2008.  Using the Watershed Approach to Maintain and Enhance Water Quality.  University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet:  9526-PD-8-08N.
• Daniels, M.B., Brian Haggard, and Andrew Sharpley.  2007.  Arkansas Watersheds.  University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet:  9521-PD-4-07N.
• Wilson, M.L., P. Fisk, M. Steele, M.B. Daniels, and A. Baber.  2007.  An Overview of Regulations for Nutrient Management on Livestock Farms in Arkansas.  University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet:  9523.
• Wilson, Melony, M.B. Daniels, N. Slaton, Tommy Daniel, and Karl VanDevender. 2006.  Sampling poultry litter for nutrient content.  University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet  FSA9519-PD-9-06N.
• Stone, Nathan and M.B. Daniels.  2006.  Algal blooms, scums, and mats in ponds.  University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension Service.  Fact Sheet  FSA9094-PD-7-06N.
• Daniels, Mike, Tommy Daniel, and Karl VanDevender.  2005.  Phosphorus-based Nutrient Management Planning.  Univ. of Arkansas Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet #FSA9516. (Original)
• Daniels, Mike, Tommy Daniel, and Karl VanDevender.  2005.  Nutrients and Water Quality Concerns.  Univ. of Arkansas Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet #FSA9517. (Original)
• Espinoza, Leo, N. Slaton, M Mozaffari, and M.B. Daniels.  2005.  The Use of Poultry Litter in Row Crops.  Univ. of Arkansas Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet #FSA2147-2M-4-05N. (Original)
• Espinosa, Leo, Rick Norman, Nathan Slaton, and Mike Daniels.  2005  The nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.  Univ. of Arkansas. Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet FSA2148-2M-10-05N.
• Daniels, M.B., Nathan Slaton, Leo Espinoza and Mortezza Mozzaferi.  2005.  Soil Testing for Manure Management.  Univ. of Arkansas. Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet FSA 1035.
• Slaton, N., K. Brye, Mike Daniels, Tommy Daniel, R Norman, and D. Miller.  2004.  Nutrient Input and Removal Trends for Agricultural Soils in Nine Geographical Regions in Arkansas.  J. Environ. Qual.  33:1606-1615.
• Daniels, Mike, Karl VanDevender, and Tom Riley.  2004.  Nutrient Management Planning for Livestock Operations:  An Overview.  FSA9515-1.5M-5-04N
• Coblentz, Wayne, M.B. Daniels, J. Gulsaulis, J. Turner, D. Scarbrough, J. Humphrey, K. Coffey, P.A. Moore, K. Teague, and J. Speight.  2004.  Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Phosphorus Uptake in Bermudagrass Forage Grown on High Soil-Test Phosphorus Sites.  The Professional Animal Scientist.  Vol. 20, Number 2, April 2004.  pp. 146-154.
• Coblentz, Wayne, Mike Daniels, Jon Gunsaulis, Katie Teague, and Julie Speight.  2004.  Using Bermudagrass Forage Systems to Mine Phosphorus from High Soil-Test Phosphorus Soils.  FSA9514-2M-3-04N.
• Daniels, M.B., S.L. Chapman, and W. Teague. 2002. Utilizing spatial technology as a decision-assist tool for precision grading of salt-affected soils.  J. Soil and Water Cons. 57(3):134-143.
• Daniels, M.B., P. Delaune, P.A. Moore, Jr., A. Mauromoustakos, S.L. Chapman, and J.M. Langston.  2001. Soil Phosphorus Variability in Pastures: Implications for Sampling and Environmental Management Strategies.  J. Environ. Qual. 30:2157-2165.
• VanDevender, K., J. Langston, and M.B. Daniels. 2000.  Utilizing dry poultry litter – An overview.  Univ. Of Ark. Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet FSA8000 (Major Revision)
• Daniels, M. B., T. Daniel, D. Carman, R. Morgan, J. Langston, K. VanDevender.  Soil Phosphorus Levels: Concerns and Recommendations. 1999.  Univ. of Arkansas Coop. Ext. Ser. Fact Sheet #FSA1029-4M-6-98-N.
• Daniels, M.B., Tom Riley, Karl VanDevender, Adrian Baber, Wavy Austin, and Helen Denniston.  2005.  Introduction to Nutrient Management Planning.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide.  Chapter 1
• Daniels, M.B., Karl VanDevender, and Tommy Daniel. 2005. Nutrient Management and Water Quality Concerns.   The Arkansas Nutrient Management
  Planner’s Guide.  Chapter 2
• Daniels, M.B., Karl VanDevender, Adrian Baber, Helen Denniston, and Wavy Austin. 2005. Developing a Nutrient Management Plan. The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 4
• Wilson, Melony, M.B. Daniels, and Adrian Baber.  2005.  Farm Assessment and Inventory.   2005.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 5
• Daniels, M.B., Melony Wilson, and Adrian Baber. 2005.  Predicting Soil Loss in Arkansas using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation. The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 6
• Daniels, M.B., Tommy Daniel, and Karl VanDevender. 2005.  Phosphorus-based Nutrient Management Planning.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 7
• Karl VanDevender and M.B. Daniels.  2005.  Developing an Overall Farm Nutrient Inventory, Needs, and Budget.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 8
• Daniels, M.B., Melony Wilson, Helen Denniston, and Wavy Austin.  2005.  Recommending Conservation Practices In Nutrient Management Plans. The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 9
• VanDevender, K., Mike Daniels, and Melony Wilson.   2005.  Recordkeeping.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Planner’s Guide. Chapter 10
• Daniels, M.B., Melony Wilson, and Adrian Baber. 2005.  Introduction to Nutrient Applications in Nutrient Surplus Areas.  The Arkansas Nutrient Applicator’s Guide.  Chapter 1
• Daniels, M.B., Karl VanDevender, and Adrain Baber. 2005.  Water Quality Concerns from Excessive Nutrients.  The Arkansas Nutrient Applicator’s Guide.  Chapter 2
• Daniels, M.B., Karl VanDevender, and Melony Wislon. 2005.  Principles of Application. The Arkansas Nutrient Applicator’s Guide.  Chapter 4
• VanDevender, Karl, Mike Daniels, Phil Tacker, and Gary Huitink. 2005.  Calibrating Nutrient Application Equipment. The Arkansas Nutrient Applicator’s Guide.  Chapter 5
• VanDevender, K., Melony Wilson, and Mike Daniels.   2005.  Recordkeeping.  The Arkansas Nutrient Management Applicator’s Guide. Chapter 6
• Daniels, Mike, Tom Riley, and Evan Teague.  2004.  Water, water everywhere---How do we keep it that way?  Arkansas Agriculture.  Farm Bureau.  Volume 1 Issue 1.  Pp. 21-26.