SCNYAG Home Page
SCNYAG Home Page
  Local Food Guides Grant Opportunities    
  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


  Home Page
Newsletters
Contact
 
Copyright © 2006 South Central New York Agricultural Team.
All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is allowed for educational purposes only.
Comments? Contact the Webmaster
Best viewed with Internet Explorer 5.x, Netscape 6.x, or newer.
Cornell University Cornell Cooperative Extension