Dr. Stephen
Hawkins is currently the Assistant Director Purdue Agricultural Centers
where his responsibilities are to assist in administering the eight
regional research centers located around the state and to facilitate
research and extension activities at the centers.
Dr. Hawkins is
also involved in global positioning research related to production
agriculture, the adoption of new site technologies at the research
centers, and the development of intensive rotational grazing systems at
the Purdue Ag Centers. The
use of site specific technologies in production research
Dr. Hawkins has
worked with poultry and sheep producers and with the staff at the
Davis-Purdue Ag Center to implement carcass composting. He has worked with the staff at the Animal Science Research
and Extension Center to compost solid manures and feed wastes.
Dr. Hawkins has
also held positions at Purdue University, Department of Agronomy as a
Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, and at Oklahoma State University,
Department of Agronomy, as a Sorghum and Corn Extension Specialist.
