Valentin Picasso, professor of cropping systems

Valentin Picasso's research focuses on developing sustainable and resilient cropping systems that exploit the benefits of perennials and crop diversity. An important question is how to best use new perennial crops that can provide both feed and food, such as the wheat relative Kernza and the oilseed silflower. In other projects, he evaluates cropping systems for a changing climate, and systems for intensive grazing that are also gentle on the environment.