B.A. Stewart West Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Sciences Canyon, USA B.A. Stewart is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute at West Texas A&M University. Previously, he was Director of the USDA Conservation and Production Research Laboratory. He is a past president of Soil Science Society of America. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, and the Soil and Water Conservation Society. He received the USDA Superior Service Award, the Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, and is a member of the USDA Agricultural Research Service Science Hall of Fame.