Office: 100f Hultz Hall
Phone: (701) 231-7647
E-mail: kevin.sedivec@ndsu.edu

Research interests:
Range Nutrition, Noxious Weed Management, Grazing Systems, Rangeland Monitoring , Horse Forages

Training/Education:
Ph.D., Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU -1994
M.S., Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU -1989
B.S., Zoology, NDSU -1987

Courses taught:
RNG 456/656 Range Habitat Management (Guest lecturer)
RNG 458/658 Grazing Ecology (Guest lecturer)

Extension Responsibilities:
Provide statewide leadership in range and natural resource management programs.
Develop and disseminate educational material and programs for County Agents and Citizens of North Dakota.

Provide workshops and training sessions in the field of range management and development of a 12-month forage management system.

Provide leadership for educating our youth (4-H, FFA, and others) on the importance and uses of the range resource, conducting camps and statewide range judging activities.

Publications:

Sedivec, K.K. , D.A. Tober, W.L. Duckwitz, D.D. Dewald, and J.L. Printz. 2007. Grasses for the Northern Plains. Volume I – Cool-season, R-1323. North Dakota State University Extension Service. 90 pp.

Neville, B.W., G.P. Lardy, P. Nyren, and K.K. Sedivec. 2006. Evaluating beef cow performance: comparing crested wheatgrass/legume, big bluestem, and foxtail millet in swath grazing. Proceedings, Western Section, American Society of Animal Sciences. Vol. 57, 2006.

Sedivec, K.K. 2006. Drought stressed rangeland – what to expect for forage production in 2007. In: Grass and Beef Research Review, Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, North Dakota State University.

Sedivec, K.K. and J.L. Printz. 2005. Ranchers Guide to Grassland Management III. North Dakota State University Extension Service. 268 pp.

Schauer, C.S, G. P. Lardy, W. Slanger, M. Bauer, and K. K. Sedivec. 2004. Self-limiting supplements fed to cattle grazing mixed-grass prairie in the Northern Great Plains. J. Animal Science 82:298-306.