Clay Wright Ag Consultant NF3 Team jcwright@noble.org

• Certified Professional Animal Scientist (PAS) by the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, a part of the American Society of Animal Science
• Masters of Science in administrative studies, 1984, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Okla.
• Graduate of the ranch management program, 1977, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
• Bachelor of Science in animal science, 1975, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Miss.

Wright began his career with the Noble Foundation in 1977 as manager of the Red River Demonstration and Research Farm. He has been a livestock specialist since 1979 and currently serves on consulting team NF-3. He assists ranchers in attaining their production goals through sound nutrition, health, reproduction, selection management, and applicability of techniques and technology to their individual operations. He is also responsible for information dissemination through articles, field days and livestock schools.

Before joining the Noble Foundation, Wright worked in various capacities in production agriculture, including dairy, grain and hay production. He also owned and operated a small commercial cow-calf operation near Starkville, Miss., and managed a 500-cow ranch in north-central Arkansas.

Wright grew up in the small northeast Arkansas community of Newport.

Online publications include:
Creep Feeding Before Weaning
Getting the Most From Your Heifers
Preparing Livestock for Winter
Hay Quality After Rainfall
Drought in 2006 Leaves Challenges for 2007 Calving
Replacements Key to 'Smart' Restocking
Have You Learned the Lessons of the 2006 Drought?
Is It Time to 'Ramp Up' Your Cattle Management?
NAIS Premises IDs Now Available
Rethinking Nitrate and Prussic Acid "Quick" Tests
Watch Your Bulls During the Breeding Season
Learn Livestock's 'Hierarchy of Nutrient Use'
Minimize Calving Difficulty by Knowing What to Look For
Herd Health: More Than a Vaccination Program
Fly Control is a Must
Prevention Should be Primary Focus with Calf Scours
Plan Replacement Female Purchases
Start at the Beginning ... Conception
How Will Cold Fronts Affect Your Cowherd's Energy Requirements?
Necropsy is a Valuable Tool in Disease Management
Livestock Industry's Biosecurity is Everyone's Responsibility
Culling Without the Bells and Whistles
Mind Your Own Business
Liquid Supplements
Implants and Implant Strategies
Times and People Change: A New Approach to Herd Selection
When It's Hot It's Hot and When It's Not, It's Still Hot!
Re-stocking Considerations
Opportunity from Adversity
Drought-Induced Poisonings are Dangerous to Livestock
Milk...It's What's for Dinner
Thin is not "In"
Supplemental Feeding
Hierarchy of Nutrient Use by Beef Cattle
Spring Calving Cows Nutritional Needs
Surviving Drought-High Feed Costs and Low Cattle Prices