Agricultural Division Staff: Dan Childs
Childs is a senior agricultural consultant in the Agricultural Division’s consultation program, where he serves as an economist. His areas of interest include farm taxation and estate planning, financial budgeting, planning and analysis, and livestock marketing. Childs enjoys working with farm families and helping them achieve their goals. He joined the Noble Foundation staff in 1978. Before coming to the Noble Foundation, Childs spent three years with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and a short time with the United States Department of Agriculture. Childs is an enrolled agent (allowed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service) and an accredited farm manager (AFM) by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army. Childs grew up in Pontotoc County near Roff, Okla.
• Master of Science in agricultural economics, 1973, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
• Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics, 1972, Oklahoma State University