Midlands people and achievements: Nathan Smith & Adam Kantrovich

The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service has hired two agricultural economists to buoy the expansion of an agribusiness assistance program at the university’s Sandhill Research and Education Center in Columbia. Nathan Smith joined the team in December. A Clemson University alumnus with advanced degrees from Auburn University and the University of Kentucky, Smith spent the past 15 years advising Southeastern growers while working at the University of Georgia. Adam Kantrovich, an agricultural economist, starts this spring. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Illinois University and received a doctorate in agricultural education from Virginia Tech. He currently works as a farm management educator at Michigan State University Extension and has taught numerous courses in agriculture throughout his career.

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This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 7:29 PM with the headline "Midlands people and achievements: Nathan Smith & Adam Kantrovich."