Dan Olmstead

Senior Extension Associate, Digital Outreach and Development Coordinator, NYS Integrated Pest Management

About

Through his management of the Network for Environment and Weather Applications, Dan provides real-time decision support information for insect pests, plant diseases and crop management in fruit, vegetable, and field crop commodities for producers throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Upper-Midwest United States.

Education

M.S. Entomology, Cornell University
B.S. Environmental Science, Nazareth College of Rochester

Interests

Agricultural decision support systems

Entomology

Biometeorology

Contact Information

IPM House
607 W North Street
Geneva, NY 14456

(315) 787-2207

dlo6 [at] cornell.edu

Dan in the news

two people standing next to a weather station

News

September 3, 2024

Collaboration provides increased crop protection for New York farmers

NYSIPM’s Network for Environment and Weather Applications (NEWA), Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell University and NYSM, operated by the University at Albany, recently combined efforts to bring real-time, localized weather data...

Blue and yellow sticky cards with insects stuck on them clamped to a stake.

News

March 15, 2023

NYSIPM, Cornell Entomologists Partner on Seedcorn Maggot Research

A soil-borne, early season pest of corn, soybean and other field crops, SCM is especially concerning to producers because there are no remediation options available once seed damage occurs. The pests, which reproduce quickl—up to four...

New York State Integrated Pest Management
Field Crops