Rodney Todd was born in 1946 in Porterville, California and was raised on a diversified irrigated ranch outside of Red Bluff, California. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from what is now the Department of Water Science and Engineering at UC Davis, and following that up with a master's degree in Agronomy from Colorado State University, Todd began a tenure with the OSU Extension Service that lasted from his hiring in 1974 to his retirement in 2006. Based out of Klamath Falls and specializing in grains and grasses, Todd led numerous demonstration projects and was likewise involved with regional efforts to support varietal research and to mitigate barley stripe rust.Audio-only interview conducted by Chris Petersen for inclusion in the Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection (OH 26), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.