Robin Brumfield, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics and extension specialist in farm business management, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, will be in Turkey from Jan. 21-29 to train 20 Turkish women farmers how to sustain and scale profitable agricultural businesses. Brumfield will be joined by Professor Burhan Özkan, professor and specialist in […]
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Annie’s Project Farm Women’s Conference Offered in Three Locations in New Jersey
National farm business program educates and empowers women Rutgers Cooperative Extension is offering its women’s farm business management event, Annie’s Project: Farm Women Conference, in three separate locations in New Jersey, on Feb. 20, 21 and 22, 2013. This one-day, intensive training session and networking opportunity allows women who are unable to commit to a […]
Professor Joseph Heckman Weighs-in on Pastured Poultry
Rutgers soil scientist Joseph Heckman weighs-in on the benefits of raising pastured chickens and demonstrates the difference between pastured vs. non-pastured eggs (appearing at the 2:21 and 5:30 marks).
Chinese Professors Visit Rutgers as Part of Two-week Agricultural Tour of NJ
On November 28, the Rutgers University Equine Exercise Physiology Laboratory on College Farm Road opened its doors to a delegation of Chinese agricultural faculty visiting from Beijing. The delegation consisted of 20 top professors of agriculture in China who vied for the limited spots available for a two-week tour of several New Jersey facilities to […]
Rutgers Offers Women’s Farm Business Program
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is offering a women’s farm business management program. RCE will present Annie’s Project: Farm Women Conference in three locations on Feb. 20, 21 and 22, 2013. This single day, intensive training session and networking opp…
Finishing What He Started: Cancer Doesn’t Stop Golf Turf Management Student
After completing his first year of the two-year certificate program at the Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School, Keith ‘Skip’ Douglass returned home to Arizona and got some bad news: he had leukemia. He bravely battled the disease and seemed to recover. But just a few weeks before he was due back at Rutgers this […]
Brian Schilling Receives Two Cooperative Extension 2012 Recognition Awards
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2012 received their awards at the joint department luncheon at the Cook Campus Center on Nov. 27. Brian Schilling, assistant extension specialist […]
Robson one of five Rutgers Professors Named AAAS Fellow
Mark Gregory Robson, dean of agricultural and urban programs in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and professor and extension specialist in entomology is one of five Rutgers professors among 702 scholars that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated to the rank of fellow. The pre-eminent national scientific organization […]
Horse Sense: Karyn Malinowski’s Unique Contribution to Equine Science
Rutgers Equine Science professor Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80,’86) has contributed to equine science in many ways. Read how one of her contributions leaves a legacy.
5 Rutgers professors named fellows of top national science association
Five Rutgers professors are among 702 scholars that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated to the rank of fellow…Monica Driscoll, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Yogesh Jaluria, Department of Mec…
