Cooperative Extension Service

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Dr. William B.
"Wick"
Wickliffe II

Agricultural Extension Agent

Tobacco
Scene

Responsibilities:

My position provides leadership for the development and implementation of an effective educational program within assigned areas of agricultural responsibility and related areas to meet the needs of the county population.

Field crop production: Flue-cured tobacco, Wheat, Grain and Silage Corn, Soybeans, Hay crops, Commercial Vegetable Production.

Pesticide Education:

Commercial and Private Applicator Certification and Recertification;

Farm and Urban Pesticide Recommendations;

Pesticide coordinator

Farm Business Management: Farm record keeping (paper or computer); Labor relations; Estate Planning; Budgeting.

Aquatic Vegetation Control: Control of unwanted vegetation by chemical and biological means.

Education

North Carolina State University - PhD in Crop Science, 1999 (Weed Science Concentration)

Western Kentucky University - Master of Science, 1981, in Agronomy and Business

University of Kentucky - Bachelor of Science, 1976, in Agronomy


Experience

December 1988 to present

Agricultural Extension Agent with the Guilford County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

March 1985 to November 1988

Stockbroker/Financial Consultant with Prudential Securities

October 1984 to February 1985

Self employed: consulting and new business start-up.

January 1982 to September 1984

Account Supervisor with Doane Marketing Research.

August 1981 to December 1981

Master's degree student at Western Kentucky University

July 1980 to August 1981

Wholesale Sales Supervisor with Borden/Smith Douglas Fertilizer

July 1978 to July 1980

Assistant Manager with Southern States Cooperative

July 1976 to June 1978

Assistant Manager with Parrish Shop and Sales (Agricultural Fertilizer and Chemical sales)

Prior to 1976

Farming for family and personal operation

Honors and Awards

Philip Morris Fellowship - 1992, 1996

Agent Achievement Awards:

Corn Growers Assn. - 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995

Small Grain Growers Assn. - 1990, 1991, 1992

Soybeans Producers Assn. - 1992

Advisor to the Board of Directors for the Guilford County Farm Bureau since 1990

To send an E-Mail message: wwicklif@guilford.ces.ncsu.edu

U.S. Mail:
Dr. William B. Wickliffe II
Agricultural Extension Agent
3309 Burlington Road
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: (336)375-5876
Fax: (336)375-2295


This page was created by Wick Wickliffe, on 6/20/96

Last revised on 1/30/04.

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