Robert C. Mickel is the Hunterdon County Agricultural Agent in the department of Agricultural and Resource Management Agents with Rutgers Cooperative Extension at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry from the Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture, Doylestown, PA, in 1970 and an M.E. in Education from Rutgers in 1989.

 

Mr. Mickel serves as the Regional Livestock Agent for northern New Jersey. His extension program focuses primarily on livestock, dairy, equine, field crops, forages (hay and pastures), and topics related to maintaining the sustainability and viability of agriculture, including alternative livestock and marketing.

 

As a member of the Penn-Jersey Extension Partnership, Mr. Mickel has received numerous awards from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents for various posters, fact sheets, newsletters and programs. He has taught extensively on West Nile Virus, hay production, pasture management, livestock handling, lamb carcass evaluation and weed identification. The Penn-Jersey Extension Partnership also collaborates with Cornell University to produce the award-winning Northeast Small Farm and Rural Living Exposition and Trade Show, an annual two-day educational delivery event for small farm owners and managers.

 

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