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Dennis  Todey    Director, Regional Climate Hub /ARSUserFiles/55820/Todey_Dennis.jpg
 I direct the USDA Midwest Climate Hub, which covers an eight-state region of the Midwest and Corn Belt. The goal of the hub is to help agriculture adapt to a changing climate and help mitigate climate change. Find out more about the hub here. My educational background is in agricultural climatology/meteorology from Iowa State University (PhD and BS) and South Dakota School of Mines (MS). My career has been developing and delivering climate services (particularly to agriculture) in the Midwest and Northern Plains for over 20 years, previously as the state climatologist for South Dakota. My research interests are in all issues of climate and agriculture and improved access and use of information in stakeholder decision-making.
 Publications(Clicking on the reprint iconReprint Icon  will take you to the publication reprint.)Meeting the drought information needs of Midwest perennial specialty crop producers-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Haigh, T.R., Otkin, J.A., Woloszyn, M., Todey, D.P., Felkley, C. 2022. Meeting the drought information needs of Midwest perennial specialty crop producers. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 61(7):839-855. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0105.1.USDA climate change indicators for agriculture: Monitoring climate change impacts to U.S. agriculture-(Abstract Only) Todey, D.P., Walsh, M., Backlund, P., Buja, L., Degaetano, A., Melnick, R., Prokopy, L., Takle, E., Ziska, L. 2021. USDA climate change indicators for agriculture: Monitoring climate change impacts to U.S. agriculture. [abstract]. American Meteorological Society Proceedings.Evolving regional climate services across the U.S.: Supporting decisions before, during and after the 2019 extreme flood and precipitation event-(Abstract Only) Todey, D.P., Kluck, D. 2020. Evolving regional climate services across the U.S.: Supporting decisions before, during and after the 2019 extreme flood and precipitation event. [Abstract]. American Geophysical Union.Drainage N loads under climate change with winter rye cover crop in a northern Mississippi River Basin corn-soybean rotation-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Malone, R.W., Garbrecht, J.D., Busteed, P.R., Hatfield, J.L., Todey, D.P., Gerlitz, J., Fang, Q., Sima, M., Radke, A.G., Ma, L., Qi, Z., Wu, H., Jaynes, D.B., Kaspar, T.C. 2020. Drainage N loads under climate change with winter rye cover crop in a northern Mississippi River Basin corn-soybean rotation. Sustainability. 12(18). Article 7630. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187630.Climate indicators for agriculture-(Government Publication) Walsch, M., Backlund, P., Buja, L., Degaetano, A., Melnick, R., Prokopy, L., Takle, E., Todey, D.P., Ziska, L. 2020. Climate indicators for agriculture. USDA-Climate Change Program Office Technical Bulletin. 1953. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/210930.Record wetness and the impact on U.S. Midwest/Plains agriculture growing season 2019-(Other) Todey, D.P. 2020. Sidebar 7.1: Record wetness and the impact on U.S. Midwest/Plains agriculture growing season 2019. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(8):S334. https://doi.org/10.1175/2020BAMSStateoftheClimate_Chapter7.1.USDA climate hubs: Advancing conservation under a changing climate-(Abstract Only) Todey, D.P., Elias, E.H., Peck, D.E., Rottler, C.M., Dell, C.J. 2020. USDA climate hubs: Advancing conservation under a changing climate. [abstract] Soil and Water Conservation Society Meeting. July 27-29, 2020, Virtual.Agricultural impacts of the spring and summer extremes of 2019-(Abstract Only)Seasonal climate outlooks for Midwest agriculture: Applying NOAA CPC outlooks for the Midwest/Plains agricultural community-(Abstract Only) Todey, D.P., Felkley, C.R., Kistner-Thomas, E.J. 2020. Seasonal climate outlooks for Midwest agriculture: Applying NOAA CPC outlooks for the Midwest/Plains agricultural community. [Abstract] 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.Developing climate services for agriculture in a changing climate - USDA Climate Hubs-(Abstract Only) Todey, D.P., Felkley, C.R., Kistner-Thomas, E.J. 2019. Developing climate services for agriculture in a changing climate - USDA Climate Hubs. [Abstract] American Geophysical Union.Climate and extreme weather events taking a toll on specialty crops in the Midwest-(Other) Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Todey, D.P. 2018. Climate and extreme weather events taking a toll on specialty crops in the Midwest. Midwest Climate Hub Website. available: https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/hubs/midwest/news/climate-and-extreme-weather-events-taking-toll-specialty-crops-midwestRegional services in a research context: USDA climate hubs in the agricultural research service-(Abstract Only) Elias, E.H., Brown, D.P., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA climate hubs in the agricultural research service [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Available at: https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2017am/webprogram/Paper108203.html.Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the Agricultural Research Service-(Abstract Only) Elias, E.H., Brown, D.A., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P., Rango, A. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the Agricultural Research Service [abstrasct]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. October 22-25, 2017, Tampa, Florida, 357-1.Vulnerability of specialty crops to short-term climatic variability and adaptation strategies in the Midwestern USA-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Kellner, O.B., Andresen, J.A., Todey, D.P., Morton, L.W. 2017. Vulnerability of specialty crops to short-term climatic variability and adaptation strategies in the Midwestern USA. Climatic Change. 146:145-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2066-1.Regional climate services: A regional partnership between NOAA and USDA-(Abstract Only) Kluck, D., Peck, D.E., Derner, J.D., Todey, D.P., Umphlett, N., Hall, B. 2017. Regional climate services: A regional partnership between NOAA and USDA. Meeting Abstract. #318774. https://ams.confex.com/ams/23Applied/webprogram/Paper318774.html.Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the USDA Agricultural Research Service-(Abstract Only) Brown, D.P., Elias, E.H., Ostoja, S.M., Peck, D.E., Todey, D.P. 2017. Regional services in a research context: USDA Climate Hubs in the USDA Agricultural Research Service [abstract]. Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society Conference on Applied. American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology, June 26-28, 2017, Asheville, North Carolina. Available at: . https://ams.confex.com/ams/23Applied/webprogram/Paper318812.html.Trouble in Ag paradise: Climate vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies in the Midwest-(Abstract Only) Kistner-Thomas, E.J., Todey, D.P., Hatfield, J.L. 2017. Trouble in Ag paradise: Climate vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies in the Midwest [abstract]. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Aug. 6-11, 2017, Portland, Oregon.  ProjectsThe USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices – Ames, IowaIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:445487Midwest Ag Climate Tool DevelopmentGrant (G)Accession Number:440954Estimating and Projecting Spring Freeze Risk to Midwest Specialty CropsGrant (G)Accession Number:442703Determining Impact of Pre-Event Information on Agricultural Resilience and Loss MitigationInteragency Reimbursable Agreement (I)Accession Number:440369NRCS Climate Mitigation Outreach and EducationInteragency Reimbursable Agreement (I)Accession Number:444734Integrated Midwest Partnerships for Actionable Climate Tools and Training (IMPACT2): Supporting System Transformation on Working LandsReimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:444418Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Strategies by Bolstering the Extension to Midwest Climate Hub ConnectionReimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)Accession Number:442036Midwest Climate Hub Extension LiaisonNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:440955Purdue University - Midwest Regional Climate Center, Agricultural Climatology Data and ToolsNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:443350Iowa State University Extension Climate ProgramNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:443714University of Minnesota Extension Climate for Tribal and Under - Resourced FarmersNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:443802  ARS News ArticlesNo news articles listed for this employee.


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