Jose Castano-Sanchez

Dr. Castaño-Sánchez is a postdoctoral research associate at USDA-ARS and New Mexico State University. He specializes in agricultural and geographical sciences applied to sustainable agriculture production. He is currently working on the simulation of beef production systems in the South West using the Integrated Farm System Model (IFMS). Before, he focused on the Northeast US dairy feed crop production systems, addressing the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 effects on dairy crops using agricultural models, and modeling whole-farm environmental and economic impact of different dairy crop rotations and manure management options under current and future climate. He also has experience working in Uruguay, South America, addressing the impact of land use change from natural grassland to cropland, developing rangeland monitor tools, conducting climate risk analysis, and addressing the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector.