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Mark A Liebig

Research Soil Scientist

AFFILIATIONS

Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Mandan, ND

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Soil Science, North Dakota State University

BIOSKETCH

Dr. Liebig works with a multidisciplinary team of scientists to develop soil, crop, and animal management practices for the Great Plains to overcome limitations to productivity while maintaining or enhancing environmental quality. As a team member, he leads basic and applied research to quantify management effects on ecosystem services. In addition to core research responsibilities, Dr. Liebig develops decision aides and evaluation tools for producers, conservationists, and scientists, and regularly contributes to research networks within and outside USDA-ARS.

CURRENT RESEARCH

All research seeks to provide information and guidance to create a more sustainable agriculture.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1999 - present: Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS Mandan, ND.

1998 - 1999: Postdoctoral Research Associate, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE.

1992 - 1994: Research Technologist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

EDUCATION

1998: Ph.D. University of Nebraska; Agronomy

1992: M.S. University of Nebraska; Agronomy

1990: B.A. University of Colorado; MCD Biology

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

ARS Publication Listing

BOOKS

Managing agricultural greenhouse gases: Coordinated agricultural research through GRACEnet to address our changing climate. Liebig, M.A., A.J. Franzluebbers, and R.F. Follett (Eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 2012.

Recent trends in soil science and agronomy research in the northern Great Plains of North America. Malhi, S.S., Y.T. Gan, J.J. Schoenau, R.L. Lemke, and M.A. Liebig (Eds.). Research Signpost, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. 2010.

DECISION AIDS

Cover Crop Chart

AgroEcosystem Performance Assessment Tool

DATABASES

Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Network (MAGGnet)

Documenting soil archive use in peer-reviewed publications: 1915– 2021 (2022)

POSTERS

Cropping System Effects on Net Global Warming Potential in a Semiarid Region (2019)

MAGGnet: A Meta-Database to Support Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Research (2018)

Long-term pH Change in Rainfed Cropping Systems: Is Acidification Systemic? (2018)

Near-Surface Soil Property Responses to Perennial Forages in a Semiarid Region (2015)

Soil Quality Responses to Contrasting Management Observations from Long-term Trials in Central North Dakota (2014)

VIDEOS

Climate Mitigation Services from Northern Plains Grasslands (2021)

Carbon Farming with No-till and Straw Incorporation – A Reality Check (2021)

Regeneration through Diversity (2018)

The Science of Soil Health: Dynamic Cropping Systems (2015)

The Soil Habitat (2009)

Soil Carbon Sequestration and Switchgrass (2008)

PODCASTS

Soil Health Dynamic Duo, Part 1: Cover crops

Soil Health Dynamic Duo, Part 2: Measuring soil quality

 

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