Steve received a B.S. in Animal and Dairy Science from Auburn University in 1987 and a M.S. in Animal Nutrition from Texas A&M in 1989 with a focus on forage production and ruminant nutrition. Steve served on the research and marketing staff for the National Cottonseed Products Association after graduate school. In 1991, he joined Purina Mills as a field dairy nutrition consultant. In this role for 14 years, Steve had the opportunity to work for many large commercial dairies in the Southwestern US. The experience with Purina led to a new opportunity to work on the production side of the industry as a member of a dairy management team in the Texas panhandle. In 2006, Steve re-entered the consulting world, but this time as the founder of DNMCmilk. Steve excels in areas of diet formulation and modeling and feed/milk economics. After more than 30 years in the industry, the broad goal of Steve’s effort is to maximize the convergence of biology and economics. Steve and his wife Tina reside in the Florida Panhandle. In addition to being back closer to home, Steve is expanding DNMC’s footprint into the Southeast US.