Joe Lawrence

Dairy Forage Systems Specialist, PRO-DAIRY, Animal Science

Joe Lawrence is PRO-DAIRY’s Dairy Forage Crop Production System Specialist and 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. 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 multi-disciplinary team to implement the annual Commercial Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation program in NY and Vermont.

Education

M.S., Major: Soil Science, Minor: Field Crop Science - Cornell University '08
B.T., Plant Science: Agronomy - State University of New York at Cobleskill '04
A.A.S., Civil Engineering Technology - State University of New York at Canton '02

Contact Information

(315) 778-4814

jrl65 [at] cornell.edu

- PRO-DAIRY Forage Systems

Joe in the news

Report

September 15, 2025

Corn silage: rain following dry conditions

This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY forage systems specialist Joe Lawrence was shared in the September 2025 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. The 2025...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cornell Dairy
PRO-DAIRY

Report

August 15, 2025

Late season forage considerations for 2025

This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY forage systems specialist Joe Lawrence was shared in the August 2025 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. The challenges...

Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cornell Dairy
PRO-DAIRY