Ezra Aberle is a Research Specialist in Agronomy at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center. He grew up throughout the Midwest and Great Plains and has been involved in all aspects of production agriculture. He received his B. S. degree in Animal Science from Iowa State University in 1998 and his M. S. degree in Crop Physiology and Production from Iowa State University in 2002. Ezra has been employed at the center since the spring of 2002. His research includes the Long-Term Cropping Systems Study, perineal forage production, bioenergy crop production, timing of cover crop establishment in small grains, interseeding legumes and cereals, relay cropping soybeans, and vegetative options for saline soils.