Steve M. Brown is a 1978 graduate in agronomy and soils from Auburn University and later earned MS and PhD degrees in agronomy/weed science at Auburn and Texas A&M, respectively. He worked as an assistant county agent in a cotton pest management role for a couple of years in northern Alabama and then served as a research associate in a Cotton Incorporated-funded project on no-till cotton from 1980 to 1984. From 1987 until 2008, he served as an Extension weed scientist and cotton agronomist for the University of Georgia in Tifton. He worked for a major seed and biotechnology company from 2008 until 2019, when he joined the faculty at Auburn. His entire career has focused on cotton.
Ronald Smith is a professor emeritus in the Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University. His areas of specialty are cotton insect management and insect monitoring and control. Still an active cotton entomologist, Smith has served generations of growers for more than 50 years.
Scott Graham is an assistant professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University. In this role, he develops and presents educational programs related to cotton, soybean, and peanut IPM to Extension agents, producers, consultants, and other agricultural professionals across the state.
