Directory

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Regional Directors
Administration Staff
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Black Belt Research & Extension Center Staff
Brewton Agricultural Research Unit Staff
Chilton Research & Extension Staff
E.V. Smith Research Center Staff
Gulf Coast Research & Extension Center Staff
North Alabama Horticulture Research Center Staff
Ornamental Horticulture Research Center Staff
Plant Science Research Center Staff
Prattville Agricultural Research Center Staff
Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center Staff
Tennessee Valley Research & Extension Center Staff
Wiregrass Research & Extension Center Staff

AAES REGIONAL LEADERSHIP

ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RESEARCH OPERATIONS Director

About Greg Pate – Pate grew up in a small farming community near Boaz. Following graduation from Boaz High School in 1986, he attended Snead State Community College before transferring to Auburn University. There he earned a B.S. (‘91) and M.S. (‘96) in Agronomy and Soils. His career in agricultural research began as an agricultural science technician with the USDA-ARS, National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn. Pate eventually transitioned to the cotton industry in 1998 working as a regional agronomist for Deltapine Seed Company. Later he managed the state of the art cotton gin operation, Milstead Farm Group, Inc., until 2006, when he returned to AU as associate director of the Farm Services Unit at the EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC). Work there focused upon precision agriculture and irrigation technology. In 2008 he was named the Director of the EVSRC, a multi-unit station engaged in row crop, plant breeding, horticulture, beef cattle, and biosystems engineering research. In 2020 Pate was named the Director of Experiment Station Research Operations to oversee research operations for all Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) outlying units.

GREG PATE

Director, Experiment Station Research Operations

107 Comer Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
+1 (334) 844-5487
pategre@auburn.edu

NORTH REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH Director

About David Harkins – Harkins grew up on a small farm in Fayette, Alabama, where he attended high school and junior college. He earned a B.S. in agricultural engineering technology and business from Mississippi State University in 1993, and started his career as an Extension associate with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. He served as the associate director at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center from 2005-2022.

DAVID HARKINS

Regional Director, North Region

P.O. Box 159
Belle Mina, AL 35615
+1 (256) 353-3978
harkihd@auburn.edu

WEST-CENTRAL REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH Director

About Jamie Yeager – Yeager is a Dallas County, Alabama, native with a B.S. in animal science and an M.S. in agricultural economics, both from Auburn University. He previously was an Extension economist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System from 2004-2013, and was director of the Black Belt Research and Extension Center from 2013-2022.

JAMIE YEAGER

Regional Director, West-Central Region

60 County Road 944
Marion Junction, AL 36759
+1 (334) 872-7878
yeagejj@auburn.edu

EAST-CENTRAL REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH Director

Jane Farr – Farr grew up in Southern Illinois on a small beef and grain farm. After high school, she attended several junior colleges. She worked with Lyke’s Brothers Meats & Tampa Maid Seafood in quality control/research and development for 15 years. She moved to Alabama in 2000 with the goal of attending Auburn University and working with Bonnie Plant Farm. Farr completed her B.S. in horticulture with a minor in plant pathology in 2004 while working as a plug production grower. She was director of the Plant Science Research Center from 2005-2022, while earning an M.S. in agriculture in plant pathology from 2007-2012.

JANE FARR

Regional Director, East-Central Region

Plant Science Research Center
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
+1 (334) 321-8525
hoehaje@auburn.edu

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SOUTH REGION ALABAMA RESEARCH Director

About Jarrod Jones – Jones grew up in Bay Minette, Alabama. He attended Auburn University and finished his B.S. in agronomy and soils in 2001. He received his M.S. in plant pathology from Auburn in 2004. Jones worked at the USDA National Soil Dynamics Lab from 2004-2007 as an agronomic research technician. He worked at the Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center from 2007-2022 as an associate director.