Posted on September 4, 2012
The Preservation Society of the South Arkansas Historical Foundation (SAHF) is pleased to announce that Professor Jeff Miller, Ph.D., chair of the SAU Agriculture Department, will make a presentation to the Preservation Society at 5:15 p.m. on Monday, September 10. The program will be held in the Newton House Museum, located at 510 Jackson Street in El Dorado, and is free and open to the public.
Professor Miller will make a presentation entitled: American Agriculture: Changes in the Past Thirty Years. This presentation will discuss the substantial changes that have occurred in American agriculture since the early 1980?s.
Professor Miller is originally from coal country in eastern Kentucky and received his M.S. in Animal Science from the University of Tennessee. His doctorate, also in Animal Science, is from the University of Arkansas. Prior to becoming head of the SAU Agriculture Department, Professor Miller worked in banking and also operated his own swine and beef farm in Mena, Arkansas. Courses taught by Professor Miller at SAU include Animal diseases, Non-Ruminant Animal Production, and Dairy Production. "