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"Students gain hands-on experience in areas such as: plant and seed identification, horticulture, plant breeding and genetics, range management, soil evaluation and classification, soil fertility and management, grain fiber and oil seed production, weed disease and insect management, soil and water conservation and landscape and floral design."
Dean Hawkins, Ph.D.
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