Roger Ashley has served as the Cropping Systems Extension Specialist for southwest North Dakota at the Dickinson Research Extension Center since January 1997.   Previous work experience includes 13 years as a County Agent for the Montana State University Cooperative Extension Service at Culbertson, Montana from 1977 to 1990 and six and a half years as an Associate Extension Professor and Extension Educator in Agriculture for the University of Idaho Extension System at Idaho Falls, Idaho from 1990 through 1996.

Educational degrees include a B.S. in Crop Science from Michigan State University in 1975 and a M.S. Degree in Agronomy/Plant Genetics from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona in 1989.

Mr. Ashley's responsibilities include work with cropping systems with emphasis in the control of root pathogens, specialty crops, and water management.