Dr. Patrick Carr has been the research agronomist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center since February, 1992.  Dr. Carr's research responsibilities include development of energy- and resource-efficient crop and integrated crop-livestock systems that are sustainable both economically and environmentally.  Dr. Carr has teaching responsibilities at Dickinson State University, where he has been an adjunct professor since 1992.  Dr. Carr has been an adjunct professor (Sustainable Agriculture) in the Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University since 1994.

Dr. Carr received a Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Science from Montana State University (1989), a M.S. in Technology and Human Affairs from Washington University (1986), a M.S. in Natural Resources from Ball State University (1984), and a B.S. in Biology from St. Meinrad College (1982).

Prior to coming to Dickinson, Dr. Carr was a post-doctorate research associate at the Carrington Research Extension Center in Carrington, North Dakota.  His work there focused on mixed cropping and alternative cropping systems.