ASI Recognizes Dr. Rodney Kott
The American Sheep Industry Association awarded Dr. Kott the ASI Flock Guardian Award for his nearly 30 years of service
implementing sheep and wool educational programs throughout Montana as the Montana State University extension sheep specialist.
In many instances, Dr. Kott has been the standard bearer in establishing extension programs that are timely, relevant and of high
value to individual sheep producers and the agriculture community. He reinvigorated the Montana wool pools so that they may participate
in a global market, was instrumental in the development and continuing evolution of the National Sheep Improvement Program and the Montana
Sheep Institute and most recently, his outreach has emphasized the use of sheep for vegetative management of large infestations of non-native
invasive weeds in Montana.
One of his nominators, Douglas Steele, vice provost and director of the Montana State University Extension, said that Dr. Kott has the unique ability to take research-based knowledge and put it to practical use for sheep producers in Montana and the West.
In his acceptance remarks, the humble Kott thanked his colleagues for the many years of support and claimed the award as one of his "prized possessions."
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