D. Howard Doane

Duane Howard Doane (July 30, 1883 – February 19, 1984) was an American agricultural pioneer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state of Missouri, and in the private sector. He founded and was the chairman of the board of Doane Agricultural Services, which is the oldest farm management, appraisal, and agricultural research organization in the United States. He also started the nation's first school of farm management at the University of Missouri. In 1912, he organized the first county agent program in Missouri.

Doane was chairman of the National Joint Committee on Rural Credits. County Farm Adviser Plan (1913) Vertical Farm Diversification (University of Oklahoma Press, 1950) Obituary February 19th, 1984 (Local Newspaper 1984)