James
A. "Jim" Stricker
Emeritus
Extension Agent IV
Polk County Cooperative Extension Service
PO Box 9005-Drawer HS03
1702 Hwy 17-98 South
Bartow, FL 33831-9005
(863) 519-8677 ext 102
FAX (863) 534-0001
e-mail jstricker@ifas.ufl.edu
Brief Description of Program:
Retired from the Cooperative Extension Service January 1, 2005
Educational
Background:
1964
- B.S. Farm Management, University of Missouri-Columbia
1975 - M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
1978-1979 - Post Graduate work, University of Missouri-Columbia
Experience:
2005 - Emeritus Extension Agent IV, University of Florida
1998-2004 - Extension Agent IV-Economic Development, University of Florida/Polk
County Cooperative Extension Service, County Extension Director
1991-1998 - Extension Agent IV-Agriculture/Natural Resources, University
of Florida/Polk County Cooperative Extension Service
1995-1997 - Co-principal Investigator for “Managing Runoff Water Quality
from Clay Settling Areas Used for Intensive Agricultural Production” -
Project funded by Florida Institute of Phosphate Research and IMC-Agrico,
Co.
1994-1995 - Project Manager for “Economic Development Through Biomass Systems
Integration in Central Florida” - Project funded largely by the U.S.
Dept. of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1985-1995 - Principal Investigator, Project Director, Mined Lands Agricultural
Research/Demonstration Project - Project funded largely by Florida
Institute of Phosphate Research
1981-1990 - County Extension Director, Polk County/University of Florida
Cooperative Extension Service, and 1995-1998 - Acting County Extension
Director
1979-1981 - Extension Agent I - Farm Management, University of Florida/Polk
County Cooperative Extension Service
1965-1979 - Superintendent and Research Associate, Forage Systems Research
Center, University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station
1964-1965 - Extension Agent - Farm Management, University of Missouri, Extension
Division, Platte County
