Skip to main content

Search form

  • Search this Site
  • Donate
  • Professional Development and Training
  • UNH Home
UNH Extension

UNH Extension

Main menu

  • Topics
    • 4-H Youth Development
    • Agriculture & Horticulture
    • Community & Economic Development
    • Home, Yard & Garden
    • Natural Resources
    • Nutrition & Healthy Living
    • STEM Education
    • Citizen Science
    • Youth & Family Resiliency
  • Locations
    • Belknap County Office
    • Carroll County Office
    • Cheshire County Office
    • Coös County Office
    • Durham Campus
    • Education Center at Goffstown
    • Grafton County Office
    • Hillsborough County Office
    • Merrimack County Office
    • Rockingham County Office
    • STEM Discovery Lab at UNH Manchester
    • Soil, Insect & Plant Diagnostic Lab
    • Strafford County Office
    • Sullivan County Office
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Resources
  • About
    • Extension News
    • Leadership
    • Advisory Councils
    • Volunteers
    • Staff
    • Jobs
    • Internships
    • Newsletters
    • Social Media

You are here

About > Staff
Staff
John Porter's picture

John Porter

UNH Extension Professor/ Specialist, Emeritus

John Porter was raised on a dairy farm in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  He graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. Degree in Animal Science, and then went on to get a Master’s Degree from Cornell University in Animal Nutrition and Farm Management. In 2005, he earned a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from Bob Jones University. He served as a Dairy Specialist for the UNH Cooperative Extension from 1974 until his retirement in 2006. He still works part-time for UNH, specializing in structures and farmstead planning. In 2001, he co-authored the book “Preserving Old Barns” and in December of 2007, was editor and contributing author of “The History and Economics of the New Hampshire Dairy Industry”, and in 2011 was a contributing author of “Crosscurrents of Change”, an updated history of Concord, NH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merrimack County Office
603-496-6430

Fax

603-796-2271

Office Email

john.porter@unh.edu

John is Affiliated with

  • Topics & Programs
  • Events
  • Resources
  • Agriculture & Horticulture
  • Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops
View All Events
The History and Economics of the New Hampshire Dairy Industry [book]
On-Farm Construction
View All Resources

Contact Us

University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
Taylor Hall, 59 College Road, Durham, NH 
Directions

phone: (603) 862-1520  Hours: M-F, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Quick Links

  • Donate
  • 501(c)(3) status
  • Civil Rights Statement
  • Intranet
Copyright © 2019 University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
TTY Users: 7-1-1 or 800-735-2964 (Relay NH)
  • USNH Privacy Policies
  • USNH Terms of Use
  • ADA Acknowledgement