Jim Pratley

Jim Pratley is Research Professor of Agriculture in the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia. He is also the secretary of the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture.

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Professor Jim Pratley graduated with BSc (Hons) from the University of NSW (UNSW) before undertaking PhD studies at UNSW, investigating plant and soil factors affecting the selenium nutrition of grazing livestock.

Professor Pratley took up an academic position at Wagga Wagga Agricultural College (now Charles Sturt University) in 1972 and since then has taught courses in agronomy and related areas and has published widely in conservation farming, weed management, herbicide resistance and allelopathy. He was Foundation Dean of Science and Agriculture at Charles Sturt University from 1990 until 2006.

He is secretary of the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture.