Nathan DeLay joined the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and AgNext at Colorado State University in August of 2022. Originally from the Front Range, Nathan earned a bachelor’s degree in Business from Rocky Mountain College in 2009, a master’s in Economics from the University of Colorado Denver in 2013, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Washington State University in 2018. Prior to joining CSU, Nathan worked for four years at Purdue University where he focused on the economics of precision agriculture technology. He is excited to work with AgNext to explore how digital tools can be leveraged to improve livestock sustainability and productivity in Colorado.