Ron Hammond is a Professor of Entomology at The Ohio State University, located at the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, OH, where he has been located for 34 years. Ron received his degrees, including his PhD from Iowa State University in 1979. He began at Ohio State as a soybean insect researcher until he switched to full time extension about 10 years ago, now covering all field crops in Ohio. During his research days, he conducted much of his research on invertebrate pests in conservation tillage systems, specifically in no-till production practices. During that time, he became a leading researcher on slug problems in no-till field crops.
