Ohio CCA Harold Watters Announced as 2018 International CCA of the Year

Source: American Society of Agronomy

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) announces the following 2018 award recipient. The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to agronomy through education, national and international service, and research.

Harold D. Watters, Ohio State University, Raymond, OH – International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year Award:

Associate Professor and Field Specialist Harold Watters works directly with agronomic crop producers, crop advisers and extension educators, to provide relevant information in a timely manner with emphasis on web and media outlets.

Recruited as a team coordinator in 2004 for the OSU Agronomic Crops Team, Watters has influence on Ohio agronomic crop production education as co-coordinator of this 80-member team. Watters' work is in the areas of agronomic crop production practices, systematic data evaluation and field research done locally to confirm best practices.

Highlights of the job:

• Serve as editorial coordinator of the Crop Observation and Recommendation Network newsletter - C.O.R.N. at http://corn.osu.edu.
• Team leadership responsibility brings the welcome opportunity to serve as an informal mentor to new team members.
• International interests have allowed the participation in ten training visits to Ukraine to aid producers there on adoption of modern crop production methods.

International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year Award

The International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year Award is designed to annually recognize a certified crop adviser who delivers exceptional customer service, is highly innovative, has shown that they are a leader in their field, and has contributed substantially to the exchange of ideas and the transfer of agronomic knowledge within the agriculture industry. The award recipient will be recognized at both the Commodity Classic and the American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. The award consists of hotel and travel expenses to the Commodity Classic Meeting and ASA Annual Meeting, $2,000 honorarium, a commemorative plaque, and a one-year membership in the American Society of Agronomy. The ICCA of the Year Award celebrates a level of proficiency that belongs to an individual and not to a company.

Evaluation: The ICCA Executive Committee will screen all applicants and select the recipient.