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Laura Gentry, Ph.D., has served as Director of Water Quality Research for the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) since 2014. She also maintains an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She received her Ph.D. in Soil Science from North Carolina State University in 2005. From 2006-2010, she was an assistant professor of soil science at North Dakota State University. She conducted research investigating reduced tillage systems,
cover crops, soil fertility, soil biology, crop rotations and crop residue management in sugar beet, wheat, corn and soybean production systems. From 2010-2013, she was a research assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at UIUC studying the sustainability of high-yielding corn environments. Her current research focuses on nutrient management and related water quality and soil health issues in tiled-drained corn and soybean production environments. In 2015, Gentry established a farmer service
program called Precision Conservation Management (PCM) that assists farmers with adopting conservation practices in a way that minimizes financial and management risks to the farming operation. Using aggregated, anonymized PCM data she analyzes financial and environmental impacts of conservation practice adoption. Working with other faculty at UIUC, Gentry has published numerous extension articles and presented her findings at industry and academic events across the country. She also established and manages a 160-acre field laboratory to monitor nutrient losses from tile-drained corn and soybean fields under various agronomic management scenarios.