Amy Ouellette
Extension Educator, Agricultural Resources

Amy provides technical information to farmers, greenhouse and nursery businesses and anyone interested in agriculture or horticulture. Education is delivered by telephone, office visits, email, site visits, mail, educational workshops and twilight meetings.

Some of the topics covered by Agricultural Resources include:

  Insect and plant disease identification and options for control

  Plant or weed identification

  Pasture and hay crop management

  Greenhouse technology

  Season extension technologies (hoop houses, plastic mulchs, row covers, etc.)

  Vegetable and fruit varieties for NH

  Environmentally-sound landscape practices

  Pruning fruit trees and bushes and ornamental trees and shrubs

Amy joined Merrimack County UNH Cooperative Extension in May, 2009. She held the same position in Belknap County for 8  years. Amy is looking forward to using her experience to assist farmers, horticulturalists and gardeners in Merrimack County, where she has resided since 2001.

• M.S. Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire

• B.S. Horticulture & Agronomy, University of New Hampshire

• New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Association

• New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association

• National Association of Agricultural Extension Professionals

• Northeast Organic Farming Association - NH Chapter

• Vegetable and fruit crop production in northern climates

• Insect and plant disease identification and options for control

• Low-input lawn maintenance

• Pasture and hay crop improvement

• Soil testing, fertilizer and soil amendment recommendations, cover cropping

• Pesticide applicator training

• Landscaping at the Water's Edge - a 96 page manual about sustainable landscape practices. Co-written with a team of Extension staff

• "Reflective White-on-Black Mulch Increases Fruit Yield of 'Mountain Fresh' Trellised Tomato at High Plant Density" New York State Vegetable Conference Proceedings. 2001.

• "Effect of Plant Density and Reflective Polyethylene Mulch Treatments on Growth and Yield of Tomato" Proceedings of the 15th International Congress for Plastics in Agriculture. 2000.

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