Stacey Benson

Stacy grew up on a century-family farm where they raised a cow-calf operation, farrow-to-finish operation, had a few laying hens, started a Boer Goat operation when she was a senior in high school and had row crops with corn and soybeans.
At Iowa State, she was a Teaching Assistant for an Animal Reproduction Lab and Animal Anatomy and Physiology Lab. She was also a research assistant studying genetics with pigs with Retinitis Pigmentosa and Muscular Dystrophy Disease.

• Beef Quality Assurance
• CPE Agricultural Accounting
• Financial Decision-Making Course Certification
• Masters of Beef Advocacy Certification

• Staff Excellence Award presented by TRIO-SSS
• Associate Professor
• John P. “Jack” Kibbie Outstanding Service Award

• Process and Handling Livestock (specifically swine, beef, and goats)
• Microsoft Applications
• Assessment Review Committee
• Advising- Program and Transfer

“I took the path to agricultural education because I wanted to aid students and shape/educate them for their future. Agriculture has always been a massive passion of mine and a big part of my life, and I want to instill that in others, even if they didn’t grow up on a family farm. I learned that education was the route I wanted to take through the tutoring and mentoring experiences I participated in as a student.”