David Secrist, Ph.D.

Field: Agriculture, Animal Science
Areas of Focus: Agriculture, Beef Cattle

Expertise

• Beef cattle production
• Beef management
• Beef nutrition

Bio

Dr. David S. Secrist has deep roots in Utah dating back to the original pioneers. At an early age, he spent summers working on a family cattle and sheep ranch in Grouse Creek, Utah. David completed a B.S. degree in Animal Science followed by an M.S. in Ruminant Nutrition (1988 and 1990) at Utah State University. After managing a small cow-calf operation in Northwestern Utah for three years, he went on to Oklahoma State University finishing a Ph.D. in Ruminant Nutrition in 1996.

After completing his formal education in 1996, Dr. Secrist took a technical services position with Farmland Industries. Over the next five years he did nutritional work with feedlots and large cow/calf operations across seven states. David joined Agri Beef, Inc in January of 2001, where he worked as the General Manager at a large feeding operation in Moses Lake, WA. While with Agri Beef, David was involved in the transition from a cattle feeding company into an integrated food business, as Agri Beef entered the processing and branded beef arena.

After eight years at Agri Beef, Dr. Secrist was given the opportunity to join AgReserves, Inc in April of 2009. He was integral in the movement to a fully integrated beef supply chain with the purchase of a feedlot in 2010 and value-based marketing arrangement with a major packer. David has been involved in the management of the ARI feedlot, dairy and several cow-calf and stocker operations in the Western and Central U.S. and Canada over the last fifteen years.