Austin Bontrager grew up in the small community of Aurora, Nebraska, and got his undergraduate degree in Environmental Soil Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He went to Kansas State University to get his Master’s degree in Agronomy, with his thesis project focused on using GIS to predict soil loss due to erosion. He also got his certification to teach high school science at K-State, and went on to teach three years of Astronomy, Geology, and Physics at Wamego High School in Kansas. Austin started working for Servi-Tech Expanded Premium Services LLC in May 2015. He helps research and evaluate new technologies in agriculture, as well as providing education and technical support for STEPS services like soil moisture monitoring, aerial imagery, and in-field profit mapping.
