My professional career as a weed scientist began as a Research Associate on the brush control project in the Department of Range Science at the Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, Texas in 1969. I joined the Integrated Field Crop and Soil extension team at Cornell as an Extension Associate in 1974 and was subsequently promoted to Sr. Extension Associate and Associate Professor. As an extension specialist, my mission has been to evaluate weed management strategies for agronomic crops in New York State, to incorporate these research results into management guidelines, and to conduct educational programs on the implementation of these guidelines. Stakeholders include extension field staff, crop advisors, ag business dealers, pesticide applicators, and field crop producers. Research is focused on chemical and cultural weed management practices including herbicide evaluation for control of problem weeds such as triazine-resistant annualweeds, control/management of perennial broadleaf weeds such as hedge bindweed and dandelion,use of perennial forage grasses to suppress weeds in alfalfa, evaluation of buckwheat as a nurse crop during establishment of perennial forages and as a cover crop for weed suppression between crops, and development of weed control programs for conventional and genetically modified corn and soybeans. Objectives are to continue researching strategies to support weed management guidelines and extension education programs on herbicide resistance management, to enhance the weed management sections of the field crop guide website, and to enhance the training module for the Certified Crop Advisor exam preparation course.