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Agronomist Created 2026-10-24 Updated 2026-11-05
A scientist who studies crop production in relation to plants, soils, climate and management. An agronomist uses field comparisons to connect a proposed intervention with yield or other outcomes under stated growing conditions.
Norman Borlaug Created 2026-10-24 Updated 2026-11-05
Agronomist associated with development of high-yielding wheat and the expansion of food production through plant breeding. His work connected inherited crop properties with agricultural management rather than treating yield as an intrinsic constant of a variety.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1970/borlaug/lecture/. Nobel biography and agricultural contribution
Portrait of Norman Borlaug
. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service; individual photographer unspecified in the File record. Public domain in the United States: federal employee work made in official duties (PD-USGov). Source usage terms, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.