Erik Arthur Smith

Field Crops Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension

About

Erik is the area field crops specialist for the Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, covering an 8-county region spanning Central NY and the Mohawk Valley to include Madison, Chenango, Otsego, Schoharie, Herkimer, Montgomery, Fulton, and Saratoga Counties. His responsibilities include:

Providing on-farm consultation
Developing educational programming
Organizing grower meetings
Conducting applied research on pest management and crop production strategies

Erik earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University, researching integrated pest management and connections between crops, insect pests, weeds, insect-vectored plant pathogens, and the weather.

Interests

Organic and Integrated Pest Management

Emerging crops

Agrometeorology

Contact Information

(315) 219-7786

erik.smith [at] cornell.edu

- ResearchGate

Erik Arthur in the news

Erik Smith, field crops specialist and team leader with Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program

News

September 17, 2026

Faces of Extension : Erik Smith

From weather to weeds: How Erik Smith found his place in Extension Erik Smith, field crops specialist and team leader with Cornell Cooperative Extension's (CCE) Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, didn't grow up on a farm...