Background
Leikam, Dale Francis was born on December 28, 1951 in Hays, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert and Louise (Gross) Leikam.
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Dale Francis Leikam
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Bachelor of Science in Argl. Education, Kansas State University, 1973; Master of Science in Agronomy, Kansas State University, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy, Kansas State University, 1980.
Career
Agriculturist National Fertilizer Development Center, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1980-1981;
area director, Tennessee Valley Authority, Urbana, Illinois, 1981-1982;
agronomist agri-production services department, CENEX, St. Paul, 1982-1984;
agronomist technical services department, Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, since 1984. Numerous invited lectures. Presenter in field to seminars, symposia, associations, and conferences.
Board directors Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Institute, 1985-1988. Board directors Kansas Agricultural Education Foundation, since 1988, member science review board, since 1990. Member planning committee Great Plains Soil Fertility Workshop, 1984-1992, chairman-elect, 1992, chairman, 1994.
Member examination and finance committees Kansas Certified Crop Advisor Board, since 1992, chairman continuing education, since 1993. Member National Certified Crop Advisor Coord. Council, 1993; past proposal reviewer Kansas Fertilizer Research Fund.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society Agronomy (reviewer, presenter, Werner L. Nelson award for diagnosis of yield limiting factors 1993), Soil Science Society American (reviewer), Kansas Fertilizer and Chemical Association (board directors since 1985, dealer education committee, public education committee, program planning committee, awards committee, scholarship committee, exposition planning committee, conservation plan for pesticides and wildlife task force, agricultural speakers bureau), Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha TauAlpha.
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Married Patricia D. Gilmore, July 14, 1973. Children Michelle, Marianne, Melissa.
