Ferguson College of Agriculture Alumni Society News

Alumni Early Career Achievement Awards

An enterprising entrepreneur in the plant and soil sciences industry, Jerry May specializes in precision agriculture and farm consulting.

May received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture in plant and soil sciences in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

While at OSU, he was a member of the Agronomy Club and served the department as a small grains weed science research assistant.

In addition to managing his family’s ranch west of Kiowa, Kansas, May owns three businesses, including May Precision Ag, Ninja Ag and Stateline Precision Ag. The precision agriculture and production deliverables provided by his companies have impacted hundreds of thousands of acres across the Great Plains.

May is often invited to share industry insights on agricultural news podcasts and radio shows.

He also mentors youth leaders in his local 4-H club and FFA chapter and helps them discover opportunities in agriculture and natural resources.

May continues to support the OSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences by serving as a guest lecturer on entrepreneurship and precision agriculture.

May is a member of the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America.

As a landscape architect, Cody Klein specializes in the design of public places. His accomplishments in the field helped earn him an Early Career Achievement Award from the Ferguson College of Agriculture Alumni Society for 2023.

Klein received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the college in 2009.

While studying at Oklahoma State University, Klein earned national recognition from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Klein joined OJB Landscape Architecture as an associate in April 2011, rising in six years to his current role as partner overseeing the firm’s East Coast division.

He is a nationally recognized speaker on landscape and urban design and is a frequent invited critic in studios at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, North Carolina State University and OSU.

In 2022, Klein’s project at Mass General Brigham in Somerville, Massachusetts, was recognized with an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. His projects for Ford Motor Co. and American Airlines also earned honor awards from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects.

Klein continues to give back to the OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture by serving on the Landscape Architecture Professional Advisory Committee, which advises the faculty on curriculum and current trends in the industry.