Stuart Weiss (sweiss@scsrpc.org)                                                                             

Position

Agricultural Experiment Station
University of the Virgin Islands
RR 1, Box 10,000, Kingshill
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00850
Phone: (340) 692-4033
Fax: (340) 692-4035
Cell: (340) 277-4339
E-mail: stuweiss@yahoo.com
sweiss@uvi.edu
 

Education

M. S.  Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas.
Animal Science/Agronomy 2001
B. S.  Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Animal Science  1997
 

Research Interests

Small ruminant production,  integrated agronomic livestock systems,  improved pasture finishing systems,  sustainable/organic agricultural systems,  agroecology,  tropical meat goat breed development.
 

Professional Experience

Feb. 2003-present
Acting Forage Agronomy Program Leader.  University of the Virgin Islands, Agricultural Research Station, St. Croix, USVI.

April 2002- Feb. 2003
Research Specialist II.  University of the Virgin Islands, Agricultural Research Station, St. Croix, USVI.

April 2001- Aug, 2001
Program Director.  Camp Classen, YMCA, Davis, Oklahoma.

Sept. 1999- June 2001
Agri-Business Incubator Coordinator. Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas.

May 1999- Sept. 1999
High Adventure Senior Ranger Guide. Boy Scouts of America, Camp Newfork, Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sept. 1996- Feb. 1999
Business Owner/CEO.  Continental Chevon Company, Brownwood, Texas.

Jan. 1996- June. 1996
Sheep and Goat Research Facility Intern. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Sheep and Goat Research Center, Sonora, Texas.

May 1995- Aug. 1995
Breeding Assistant.  Emmon's Ranch-Pureblood Simmentals, Broadus, Montana.
 

Membership in Professional Societies

• Caribbean Food Crops Society (CFCS)

• Ecological Farming Association (EFA)

• ALPHA GAMMA RHO (Texas A&M Chapter)

• ALPHA ZETA (Texas A&M Chapter)
   

Grants

Develop an economic adjustment strategy for the sheep and goat industries.  Texas Department of Agriculture, Jan. 2000.  Total to be granted:  US $120,000 (in review).

Evaluation, management, and economic potential of preserving high quality leguminous hay in the Virgin Islands.  University of the Virgin Islands Agriculture Experiment Station HATCH grant. October, 2002.

Impact of Fermenter Bottom Effluent Application Rates on Biomass Production, Nutritive Value, and Environmental Parameters in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  September, 2002.  Awarded $30,000 - $15,000 by SERB and $15,000 In-Kind match.

Sustainable and Profitable Control of Invasive Species by Small Ruminants Submitted Oct. 30, 2004 to USDA-SARE with Dr. Jim Muir (PI) of the Texas Agriculture     Experiment Station -Stephenville. Awarded: $178,000 over 3 years.

Evaluation of Alternative and Conventional Small Ruminant finishing systems for the tropics. Submitted October 30, 2004 to USDA-TSTAR.  Awarded:  $200,000 over 3 years.

Smart Drenching and FAMACHA Integrated Training for Sustainable Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Small Ruminants.  S. Mobini (PI) & S. A. Weiss (Co-PI).  Southern SARE Professional Development Program.  Awarded $6,500 to the University of the Virgin Islands Agriculture Research Station.

Crop Diversification Complexity and Pest and Beneficial Organism Communities in Humid Tropical and Sub-Tropical Climatic Regimes.  Submitted Dec. 20, 2005 to USDA-CREES-IOP in cooperation with Carlene Chase (PI) of the University of Florida, the University of the Virgin Islands, and the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute.  In Review.
 

Publications

Weiss, S.A. and J.P. Muir. 2000. Winter annual pastures for finishing goats under Pecan groves. Pg. 173, Agronomy Abstracts. ASA, Minneapolis, MN.

Valencia, E.,  R. W. Godfrey, and S.A. Weiss. 2003. Grazing and supplementation effects of Lablab (Lablab purpureus) on weight gains of St. Croix White hair sheep lambs during the dry season. J. Anim. Sci. 81 (Suppl. 1):353.

Weiss, S.A.¹ and E.Valencia².  2003. Season effects on forage and pod yield of cowpea grown on heavy clay soils of the eastern Caribbean island of St.  Croix.  Refereed Article.  CFCS, Grenada, WI. ¹Agriculture Experiment Station, RR 2 Box 10,000, Kingshill, VI 00850 and ²EEA, RUM, P.O.Box 9032, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Muir, J. P. and S.A. Weiss. 2004. Rolled corn as a supplement for wethers on warm season annual pasture and mesquite savannah range. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Prog. Rep. (In Press)

Weiss¹, S.A., M.L. Lugo², Y.C. Newman³, T. R. Sinclair³, A.S. Blount³, and E. Valencia².  2004.  Growth responses under extended daylength in tropical forages in St. Croix and Puerto Rico.  ¹Ag. Exp. Station Univ. of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; ²Ag. Exp. Station, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Gurabo, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; ³Agron. Dept, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.  Poster Presentation CFCS, St. John, USVI.

Weiss¹, S.A., M.L. Lugo², Y.C. Newman³, T. R. Sinclair³, A.S. Blount³, and E. Valencia².  2005.  Environmental effects on production of two tropical legumes at subtropical and tropical latitudes. ¹Ag. Exp. Station Univ. of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; ²Ag. Exp. Station, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Gurabo, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; ³Agron. Dept, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.  Poster Presentation CFCS, Guadeloupe, FWI.
 

Thesis

Weiss, S.A. 2001. Energy supplements for finishing goats on native savannah or cultivated warm-season pasture. M.S. Thesis, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.