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Stephanie Porter
Extension Educator, Natural Resources
Stephanie Porter just recently started working at the Montgomery County Extension office as the Natural Resources/Agriculture Educator. Her degrees include a Bachelor's in Crop Science (Plant Protection) and Master's in Plant Pathology (Plant Diagnostics) from the University of Illinois. Porter was the recipient of the Orville Bentley Undergraduate Research Award, Jonathan Baldwin Turner Undergraduate Research scholarship, and the O.S. Carman Scholarship.
Porter has experience with corn and soybean pathology research, Crop scouting/soil testing and consulting, the Soil and Water Conservation District, and has worked at the University of Illinois Plant Clinic/Plant Diagnostics for the last 6 years. She will continue to work at least one day a week at the Plant Clinic, with a focus on the Soybean Rust Sentinel Plot Program.
Program Offerings
Ag Business:
- Monthly Ag Marketing Group via telenet with other counties (Macon County)
- Annie's Project-program for farm women
Ag Information in County Newsletter
Animal Science:
- Sheep telenets
- Beef Program
- Horse Seminars
- Healthy Pet Program
Conservation:
- Conservation Day for Montgomery County 5th grade
- Montgomery County Pheasant Forever Art and Photo Contest for Youth
- Natural Resources telenets
- Soil and Water Workshop telenet
Crop Science/IPM:
- Pesticide Applicator Training (PSEP)
- Agronomy Day
- Montgomery County Corn Yield Survey
Elementary Education:
- Classroom and Parent Meeting Lessons
- Clean Water Celebration Presenter
- Stewardship Days Presenter
- Safety Day for Montgomery County 4th grade
Horticulture:
- Horticulture Information in the County Newsletter
- Gardening telenets
- Monthly Master Gardener Meetings – (Emerald Ash Borer Update, Disease Diagnosis Workshop, Egg Art, Trip to Bremer Sanctuary and Blue Stem Nursery, Plant Sale, Pork Patty Fundraiser, Farmer's Institute, and Montgomery County GardenSWAP website)
- Holiday Swag Demonstration Workshops
- Montgomery County Farmers Institute
Speaking Engagements/Education for Groups
Pest Monitoring:
- Illinois Soybean Sentinel Plot System -soybean rust and soybean aphids (2 plots)
- Wheat Disease Survey in Montgomery Co.
- Corn Trap Line- Montgomery County (Corn earworm, European Corn Borer, Fall Armyworm, Japanese Beetle, Southwestern Corn Borer, Western Bean cutworm, Old World Bollworm)
- Corn nematode Survey in Macoupin, Montgomery, and Fayette Counties
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