Brent Bean has been the Director of Agronomy for the United Sorghum Checkoff Program since June, 2015. Previously, he spent three years as the Director of Agronomy for NexSteppe where he led a team of agronomists in developing best management practices for sweet and biomass sorghum. Brent began his career serving as Texas A&M Extension and Research Agronomist in the Texas Panhandle for 25 years. In this role his research and educational efforts focused on developing best management practices for sorghum, corn and wheat production. Brent received his bachelor's and master's degrees in crop science from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in weed science from the University of Nebraska.