Lance Pitcher Email & Phone Number

Nampa, Idaho

•Help growers make the right agronomic decisions for their farm, assist with scouting sugar beet fields for insect and disease pressure, help with fertility recommendations and seed recommendations that best fit each individual field and grower within my area. •Assist growers in the right irrigation scheduling for various types of systems which includes pivots, wheel lines, hand lines an furrow irrigations systems. •Help growers keep detail records of all their agronomic inputs. •Manage 4 pile grounds, schedule with growers receiving days and oversee delivery of roughly 250,000 tons of sugar beets. •Supervise 4 harvest crews with a total of 30 employees during October and early November.•Contract for growing and delivery of sugar beets with over 45 different growers. • Collaborate with various fertilizer suppliers, extension agents and board members to help growers with complex issues on their farm.

Boise, Idaho Area

•Help growers make the right agronomic decisions for their farm, assist with scouting sugar beet fields for insect and disease pressure, help with fertility recommendations and seed recommendations that best fit each individual field and grower within my area. •Assist growers in the right irrigation scheduling for various types of systems which includes pivots, wheel lines, hand lines an furrow irrigations systems. •Help growers keep detail records of all their agronomic inputs. •Manage 4 pile grounds, schedule with growers receiving days and oversee delivery of roughly 200,000 tons of sugar beets. •Supervise 4 harvest crews with a total of 20 employees during October and early November.•Contract for growing and delivery of sugar beets with over 40 different growers. • Collaborate with various fertilizer suppliers, extension agents and board members to help growers with complex issues on their farm.

A part time job that I’ve worked during my free time from my full time career. Mostly do it for extra change in the piggy bank but have grown to enjoy working in this capacity. I love Agriculture and Environmental sciences but this a fun environment working with all kinds of people depending on the shows we have at that time and working in a different industry adds more knowledge to my current background.

Boise, Idaho Area

•Worked with an extensive customer base of progressive farmers that were in need of the latest agronomic principles that were driven to provide the multiple facets of agronomic solutions to help them achieve higher yields. •Specialized in over 15 different cropping systems ranging from mint, onions, wheat, sweet corn, alfalfa seed, field corn, lettuce seed, cilantro seed, onion seed, carrot seed, triticale, sorghum/sudan, radish seed, turnip seed, sugar beets, peas, beans, kale, and pepper-cress. •Scheduled many types of custom application services including fumigation, side dressing, custom bedding, fertilizer and chemical application. •Gained an extensive knowledge of fungicide, herbicide and insecticide products that are on the market.

Utah State University Research Grants-Management of 18-acre pasture research site for rotational stocking research• Supervision and assignment of tasks to 3 employees• Seeding 18 one-acre pastures - Measuring and staking alley and pasture locations - Calibrating and operating planting equipment - Irrigation, weed control, vole control, herbicide and fertilizer application• Development of electric fencing system for site (setting corner posts and braces, etc.)• Development of stock watering system for site (above-ground polypipe)• Development of internal fencing system to accommodate K-Line irrigation• Supervision of pasture maintenance and grazing management• Pasture and cattle data collection, 2011-2013 (forage quality, average daily gain)• Maintained harvesting and spraying equipmentTechnician, funded by USDA NRCS Utah CIG “Improved Beef Liveweight Gain Using Irrigated Birdsfoot Trefoil Pasture”• Development and installation of rotational stocking systems on three birdsfoot trefoil pastures, a 6-acre site in Morgan Co UT, a 6.5-acre site in Box Elder Co UT and a 3-acre site in Cache Co UT - Electric fencing and stock watering systems - Average daily gain data collection (using portable chute and load cells)Technician, funded by USDA NIFA grant “Improved Organic Milk Production through the Use of the Condensed Tannin-Containing Forage Legume Birdsfoot Trefoil”• Development and installation of rotational stocking systems on six 10-acre birdsfoot trefoil and grass pastures, two in Cache Co. Utah, two in Franklin Co. Idaho, and two in Goshen Co. Wyoming• Electric fencing and stock watering systems

• Operated various equipment including semi trucks, forklifts, skid loaders, and front end loaders• Worked outdoors throughout the year in various types of climate• Lifted and moved material up to 100-150lbs on a daily basis• Customer service skills increase by working with customers in ordering supplies, delivering material and solving problems• Worked independently to complete tasks as assigned• Received merchandise, placed orders, and stocked store and warehouse• Coordinated orders with salesmen, sales clerks, dispatcher and yard foreman to meet the needs of each customer• Mentored and trained new hires• Worked in the door and cabinet shop building interior and exterior doors• I worked in many facets of this job during my time there

• Managed scheduling, assigning work duties, and completion of tasks in an accurate and efficient manner with 6 employees• Consulted customers about repairs needed on their vehicles• In charge of ordering parts and stocking warehouse• Balanced till and made nightly deposit • Opened store and prepared it for the day

• Planted and harvested crops, irrigated pastures and maintained equipment• Fertilized and applied herbicide/pesticide to crops

Master Of Science (M.S.), Plant Physiology

Master’s Thesis Project: “Measuring Methane on Pasture-Grazed Cattle Using the SF6 Method” Management of 15-acre pasture research site.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Rangeland Resource Management

Activities and Societies: • Presented undergraduate research findings on cattle weight gain grazing Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil).

Natural Resources And Conservation