Faculty and Staff

ROBERT C. MICKEL

Education:

1989 – M.E., Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.
1970 – B.S., Animal Husbandry, Delaware Valley College of Science and Ag., Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Positions Held:

1998 - present – Hunterdon County Agricultural Agent and Area Livestock Agent for Somerset, Hunterdon, Warren and neighboring counties.
1994 - 1998 – Sussex County Agricultural Agent and Area Livestock Agent at Assistant Professor III.
1989 - 1994 – Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer and Middlesex County Agricultural Agent and Area Livestock Agent at Assistant Professor III.
1987 - 1988 – Mercer County 4-H Program Associate and Acting 4-H Agent.
NJ Department of Health Project Specialist/Field Inspector.
1970 - 1986 – Manager of diverse Livestock and Crop Farms in Northeast and Mid West.

Selected Awards:

National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA):

2006 - New Jersey Distinguished Service Award
2005 - State Winner and National Finalist, Communication Direct Mail Piece, "Forage and Crop Conference" program brochure - Team Entry
2005 - State Winner and National Northeast Winner, Communication Publication, "Agricultural Management Practices for Commercial Equine Operations" - Team Entry
2005 - State Winner and Second Place National Finalist, Search for Excellence in Livestock, "New Jersey Beef Quality Assurance Training Program" - Author on Team Entry
2004 - State, Northeast Regional and National Winner, Communications Award, Direct Mail Piece - "Equine Pasture Management Seminar" - Team Entry
2004 - Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture Search for Excellence Award
2004 - State, Northeast Regional and National Finalist, Searcy for Excellence for Young, Beginning or Small Farmers/Ranchers Award

Agricultural Agents Association of New Jersey (AAANJ)

2003 State Winner (team entry), NCAA Pride Program
2003 State Winner (team entry); NCAA Communication Direct Mail Piece
2002 National Finalist (Rural) (team entry), Crop production
2002 Regional Finalists (team entry) in NACAA Communication Categories: Direct Mail Piece: Small Farm Expo Rack Card, Team Newsletter: Pasture Pointers, Web Page: Small Farm Expo
2002 Winner (team entry), NACAA Northeast Education Poster Session
2002 State Winner (team entry), NACAA Public Relations Pride Award

Other Awards

2000 “Educators Of The Year” group award, Pennsylvania Grassland and Forage Council

Extension Practice

Client Consultation Card - Ratings Summary

Field Responses - 79
Office Responses - 5
Telephone Responses - 6
Average Rating: 4.711 (1-5 scale)
82 responded with additional positive comments
Results: Was Consultation Valuable? Yes: 89 | no: 0 | Not sure: 1

Selected Publications:

Abstracts

2005 – NACAA Proceedings: "Equine Management Short Course", "Agricultural Management Practices for Commercial Equine Operations", "New Jersey Beef Quality Assurance Training"
2004 – RCE Bulletin E296, "Agricultural Management Practices for Commercial Equine Operations", one of five major authors (20 percent.)

Trade Journal/Newspaper Articles

“NACAA Western Tour Series,” NJ Farmer, July 1998.
“When Two Stinks Can Equal A Compromise,” Summer 1994 National Association of County Agents Magazine.
“Equine Pastures – More Than A One Shot Deal,” August 1992. Hunterdon County Democrat: Equine section.
“Expansion Through Existing Production, Not Numbers.” Angus Topics, Spring 1990.
“Carcass Evaluation – More Than Just Feed.” Angus Topics and Angus Journal, Winter 1990.
“Guard Dogs Have Their Day,” December 1990. Hunterdon County Democrat.
“Shredded Newspaper For Livestock Bedding,” Spring 1990. Hunterdon County Democrat.

Newsletters

2005 – "Beef Briefs," editor and major contributor of beef industry newsletter. Two editions in 2005 with 500 circulation.
2004 – "Beef Briefs," editor and major author of beef industry newsletter. One edition in Spring 2004 (second newsletter to go out in December), 380 circulation.
2004 – "Beef Briefs," editor and major author for beef producers in state, 380 circulation and two editions to date.
2000 – 2003 - “Pasture Pointers” quarterly newsletter, Penn Jersey Extension Partnership.
2000 – 2002 - “ICM Crop Alert Bulletins,” co-produced by Penn Jersey Extension Partnership.

Extension Publications/Fact Sheets

2005 – Bulletin E305, "The Equine Hay Market", team bulletin.
2004 – RCE Bulletin E296, "Agricultural Management Practices for Commercial Equine Operations", one of five major authors (20 percent).
Westendorf, M. and Mickel, R. (1994). Beef Cow Condition Scoring. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet. 4 pages.
Mickel, Robert C. 1994. Beef Carcass Terminology and Explanations, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS768, 2 pages.
Mickel, Robert C. 1994. Equine Pasture Management: A Year-Round Approach. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS770, 4 pages.

Media Productions or Publications

2005 – "SARE Mid-Atlantic Equine Pasture Initiative", PowerPoint production for program: "Forage Growth and Pasture Rotation on Horse Farms". (pending)

Contact:

Robert Mickel
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
6 Gauntt Place, P.O. Box 2900
Flemington, NJ 08822-2900
908-788-1338
908-806-4735
mickel@njaes.rutgers.edu