John Durling represents the availability of Michigan Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) services to the agricultural community.  As a retired USDA-NRCS research agronomist and research farm manager he is well acquainted with the challenges of production agriculture.  In addition to working with MAMP John has a continuing managerial interest in his family farm and conducts seed field inspections with the Michigan Crop Improvement Association.  John’s PhD is from Michigan State University where his research emphasis was forage production systems.