[The Midwest] is quietly lovely, not preening with the need to have its attributes remarked on. It is the place I am calmest and most myself.
                                                                                                                                                           Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife
The Cedar Basin Crop Consulting office is located in the heart of Winneshiek County farm country.


Our current service area includes the following Iowa counties:

Allamakee, Blackhawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware,  Fayette, Floyd, Grundy, Howard, Mitchell, and Winneshiek
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NATHAN DAVIS, Owner, CCA

​Education
A.A.S., Agriculture Business, NICC, Calmar, IA, 2016

Professional Qualifications
Certified Crop Advisor with American Society of Agronomy
Experience in:
      • crop management practices
                                                     • beef cattle operations
                                                     • hog operations
                                                     • regenerative agriculture
                                                     • manure management plans
                                                ISU Crop Scouting Training
                                                Encirca Nitrogen Management Training
                                                GIS Variable Rate Fertilization Recommendation Training
                                                Trimble Soil Information System Training
                                                Extensive Outdoorsmanship
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SHANNON GOMES, Advisor

Education
B.S., Soil Science, California State Polytechnic University, 1971
M.S., Soil Fertility, Iowa State University, 1982

Professional Qualifications 
                                          Crop Consultant and Owner of Cedar Basin Crop Consulting for 30 years
                                          Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS)
                                          Certified Crop Advisor with American Society of Agronomy
                                          2017 Chair, Division of Consulting Soil Scientists, Soil Science Society of America
                                          Lt. Colonel, Retired, U.S. Army
                                          Sport Pilot
                              
                                          Past Advisory Positions
                                          US National Committee for Soil Sciences - Member
                                          Farmers Business Network - Crop Consultant Advisor
                                          Adapt-N - Advisor and On-Farm Trial Coordinator
                                          Environmental Defense Fund - NutrientStar Review Panel Member
                                          Soil Health Institute - Advisory Panel
                                          Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research - Soil Health Advisor
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ROBIN OANES GOMES, Advisor

Education
B.A., International Social Development--Health Education and the Environment, University of  Minnesota, 1990

                                            Professional Qualifications
                                                 Completion of Cornell University Soil Health Train-the-Trainer Workshop
                                                 Education Program Coordinator, Ho-Chunk Nation
                                                 Energy Conservation Grant Administration, Community Action Program 
                                                 Environmental Mediation, Center for Resource Management, Salt Lake City, UT
                                                 Researcher, NV Indian Environmental Coalition, Carson City, NV
                                                 Volunteer in Service to America, Workplace Literacy Grant Administration, Southeast UT
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