Randall Jackson

Randy Jackson’s research, teaching and engagement in grassland ecology explores how human management of agroecosystems influences their ability to build soils, retain nutrients, and enhance biodiversity, while providing for our wants and needs. He helps manage the 30-year-old Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST), which compares the environmental and economic performance of crops typical of upper Midwest agriculture.

He also directs Grassland 2.0, a five-year project working toward transforming grain-based agriculture to grassland-based agriculture in the upper Midwest to help stabilize climate, reduce flooding, clean water, and support biodiversity, while rebuilding thriving, vital rural communities.