Contract management, negotiations, various forms of communication, calculating estimates of net profit, presentations of best case scenarios, management of expectations and adherence to ethical code and state laws.

blood testing, collection of data at poultry processing facility, rDNA testing, lab specific skills of pipetting minute liquids from previously frozen samples, drawing blood from the heart of live chickens, harvesting chickensBrucellosis testing while state law was still requiring collection of blood at all sale barn sales and private herd sales particularly being transported across state lines.Plant Protection Quarantine crop testing for invasive insects, traveled a region of the state from Jackson to the Delta and Northwest quarter including Desoto County back to Oktibbeha County for insects like Gypsy Moth and borer beetles.

Countywide mailing lists, receiving and implementing training programs, managing youth livestock shows and fundraisers, reporting activities from 300 student safety training camp to amount of phone calls in a month, time management, communication with the public, parents of youth involved in programs as well as general county members at various events.