Post Rock District Welcomes New Horticulture Agent

by Aliesa Woods, Post Rock Extension District Director


Jenae Skelton has joined the staff of the K-State Research and Extension – Post Rock District, as a horticulture extension agent. The Post Rock District has offices in Beloit, Lincoln, Mankato, Osborne and Smith Center. Jenae will be based out of the Mankato office.

Skelton worked previously as a graduate research assistant at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from Kansas State University and recently completed her Master’s degree in Agronomy from Purdue University.

Horticulture agents develop and deliver educational programs such as horticulture crop production, marketing and economics related to the horticulture industry, landscape design maintenance and improvement, conservation of natural resources and pest management.

Extension agents are jointly employed in a partnership between K-State Research and Extension, headquartered on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, and the local Extension board.

The role of K-State Research and Extension is to encourage the adoption of research-based information to improve the quality of life for Kansans. K-State Research and Extension is the short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service.

Please introduce yourself to Jenae and welcome her as she begins her new career. You may contact her at jenaes@ksu.edu or at the Mankato Office 785-378-3174.

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