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Program Areas
Fruit & Vegetable
Forest Farming
Woodlots & Ponds
Livestock
Horticulture
Ag Development
Maple
Dairy & Field Crops
Grazing

South Central NY Area Agriculture Program

The South Central NY Agriculture Program provides educational programs that:

promote a diversity of agricultural, horticultural and land-based enterprises
improve the economic viability of these enterprises and the region's agricultural economy
encourage the adoption of sustainable practices
increases the consumer and community support for local agriculture.

The South Central New York Agriculture Team Specialists are:

	Heather Birdsall - Regional Livestock Specialist Non-dairy livestock, including sheep, goats, beef, poultry, and other livestock Email: hhb6@cornell.edu Phone: 607-753-5077 (CCE Cortland) On-line Livestock Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/livestock/
	Walt Nelson - Landscape Horticulture Specialist Landscape horticulture practices, business management & marketing Email: wnn1@cornell.edu Phone: 607-734-4453 (CCE Chemung) On-line Horticultural Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/hort/
	Jim Ochterski - Forestry, Maple, and Natural Resources Specialist Forestry and woodlot management, natural resources management planning, land-based ag business development, wildlife issues Email: jao14@cornell.edu Phone: 607-535-7161 (CCE Schuyler) On-line Forest Farming (mushrooms, ginseng, etc.) - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/forestfarming/ On-line Woodlot and Pond Management Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/woodpond/
	Monika Roth - Ag Development Specialist Ag economic development, business planning and marketing, farmland protection planning, ag promotion and tourism Email: mr55@cornell.edu Phone: 607-272-2292 (CCE Tompkins) On-line Agricultural Developement Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/agdev/ On-line Grant Opportunity Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/agdev/grants.htm
	Molly Shaw - Vegetables and Fruit Specialist Vegetable and fruit programs, newsletter, field trials, IPM, consulting Email: meh39@cornell.edu Phone:(607) 687-4020 On-line Vegetable and Fruit Information - www.cce.cornell.edu/scnyag/vegfruit/

Tioga, Cortland, Tompkins County Dairy and Field Crops Program Specialists are:

	Janice Degni - Field Crop Specialist Field crops production, integrated crop & pest management Email: jgd3@cornell.edu Phone: 607-753-5077 (CCE Cortland)
	Fay Benson - Program Associate - Grazing Email: afb3@cornell.edu Phone: 607-753-5077 (CCE Cortland)
	John Conway- Interim Dairy Specialist Email: jfc6@cornell.edu Phone: 607-547-2536
	Vacant - Farm Management Specialist


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