Capital Area Agriculture & Horticulture Program

This Cornell Cooperative Extension program provides agricultural and horticultural education through workshops, newsletters and consultations utilizing traditional and electronic means. Counties included in the program are: Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Washington.

The Primary program areas are:

• Market development
• Business Management and Analysis
• Soils and Field Crops
• Nursery/Greenhouse Crop Production
• Pasture Management
• Applied Research
• Dairy Farm Business Summary
• Pesticide Recertification
• Beginning and Small Farmers
• Cut Flower Farming Operations

Cornell Cooperative Extension also offers guidance to the commercial ornamental horticulture industry to help growers enhance and protect the environment such as:

• Plant Health Care
• Greenhouse Management
• Integrated Pest Management
• Turfgrass and Alternative Lawn Management
• Biological Control for Pest Management

(Not all programs offered every year)

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Last updated September 15, 2026