Dennis Bowman is the Crop Systems Educator at the Champaign Extension Center. Dennis grew up on a small grain and livestock farm near Carlinville, Illinois in Macoupin County. He received his B.S. in 1981 from Western Illinois University (Ag. Sci.) and his M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1992 (Agronomy).

He's been employed with University of Illinois Extension since 1981, serving as Assistant and Associate Ag. Adviser in Macoupin County from 1981 to 1985, and as Ag. Adviser in DeWitt County from 1985 to 1992. Since 1992 he has worked out of the regional Extension Centers in Decatur and Champaign. He is responsible for crop production programming and support in 14 counties in East Central Illinois