Specializing in Forensic Agricultural Sciences

 

Welcome to the Homepage of Whaley & Steinberg, specialists in forensic agricultural sciences!
Whaley & Steinberg was formed to provide the Agricultural and related industries with a broad-based expert team qualified to investigate crop problems and damage assessment.  The present associates can investigate, document, report, and give expert testimony on a wide variety of areas including plant pathology, pest management, farm management, soils, irrigation, fertility management, economics, and crop production.

 

     TYPICAL INVESTIGATIONS
 		    

  • Plant Diseases

  • Herbicide Damage

  • Phytotoxicity 

  • Insect Infestation

  • Fertilizer Damage

  • Cultivation Problems

  • Crop Injury

  • Storage Problems

  • Water Problems

  • Crop Value

  • Crop Quality

  • Fire Damage

  • Non-Performance
    Recommendation Failures

  • Seed Quality

  • Soil Problems

  • Vertebrate Pest Control

  • Weather Related Damage

  • Weed Infestations

  • Vehicle Damage

  • For more information about Forensic Agricultural Sciences and how we can be of service to you, please visit our page entitled What We Do.

  • For information about how to speak with anyone in our organization, please visit our Contact page.

  • For access to articles about and by the Whaley & Associates professionals, please visit Publications (coming soon).

  • For information about how to get into the field of Forensic Agricultural Sciences, please visit our Links page (coming soon)

 

THE CROPDOCS

  • Julian Whaley has worked as a private consultant specializing in forensic plant pathology for more than 25 years.  Julian  received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Arizona.  He also has a BS in Biology from West Liberty State College and an M.S. in Plant Pathology from West Virginia University.  Julian taught at California State University, Fresno for 22 years in the Plant Science Department while establishing his forensic consulting business on a part-time basis.  Since 1993 Julian has developed his agricultural consulting  into a full-time business. For Julian Whaley's CV in its entirety, please click here.
     

  • Mark Steinberg has specialized in forensic plant pathology since 1982.  He graduated from Humboldt State University in 1976 with a B.S. in Botany.  He received his Masters in Plant Science from California State University, Fresno (1979) and his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Arizona (1982).  Mark is a licensed California Pest Control Adviser, a Board certified Professional Plant Pathologist and a certified Crop Adviser.  Mark’s experience in forensic plant pathology includes investigations in California and neighboring states as well as Hawaii, Mexico, and South America. For Mark Steinberg's CV, please click here.

 

ASSOCIATE CROPDOCS

  • John Hagen has been a Professor of Agricultural Economics at California State University, Fresno since 1969.  His primary areas of expertise are agricultural business management and marketing, statistics, and agricultural policy.  He has extensive experience in working with the agribusiness industry, developing economic feasibility studies, market analysis, and general management projects. Dr. Hagen has served as a forensic agricultural economist for over ten years. For John Hagen's CV, please click here.
     

  • Byron Gabrielsen is a certified Crop Adviser and has conducted forensic agronomy investigations since 1989.  Byron received his Ph.D. degree in Agronomy from Colorado State University. Byron was employed as a research agronomist with the US Department of Agriculture and has been an instructor of Plant Science at Kings River Community College. For  Byron Gabrielsen's CV , please click here.

 

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