Joe Lawrence

Dairy Forage Systems Specialist, PRO-DAIRY

Joe Lawrence joined the PRO-DAIRY team in 2016 in a newly created Dairy Forage Systems Specialist position. He focuses on dairy forage systems management, drawing from his experience working with the NY dairy industry as a private sector certified crop advisor (CCA) and as a Field Crops Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension (Lewis Co. CCE). The program works to integrate agronomic management of forage crops with harvest and feeding practices to optimize the use of forages in the dairy ration. He leads a multidisciplinary team to implement the annual Commercial Corn Silage Hybrid Testing program in NY and Vermont with additional regional collaborations with Penn State and the University of Vermont.

Contact Information

(315) 778-4814

jrl65 [at] cornell.edu

Joe in the news

Report

October 28, 2022

2022 Corn silage overview

This fact sheet authored by Joe Lawrence and Allison Kerwin was shared in the October PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. As 2022 corn silage sits in storage...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
PRO-DAIRY
Animal Science

corn field with windtowers in the background

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July 27, 2022

Corn silage harvest toolkit: 2022 edition

This fact sheet was shared in the July PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. Each corn silage harvest season presents its own unique opportunities and...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
PRO-DAIRY
Animal Science