{"id":8182,"date":"2020-08-11T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2023-06-23T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:17:13","slug":"umes-extension-associate-administrator-elected-to-northeast-sare-council-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/umes-extension-associate-administrator-elected-to-northeast-sare-council-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES Extension associate administrator elected to Northeast SARE council."},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(July 16, 2020)- Dr. E. Nelson Escobar<\/strong> can add two more accolades to his 11-year career at University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension<\/a> as an administrator, professor and small ruminant specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escobar, the interim associate administrator for UMES Extension, received tenure and promotion to an associate professor in the university\u2019s Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences<\/a> July 1 and was elected to the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education\u2019s administrative council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northeast SARE<\/a> is among four regional offices across the nation whose mission is \u201cto advance\u2014to the whole of American agriculture\u2014innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life by investing in groundbreaking research and education.\u201d  Supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, SARE offers competitive grants to farmers, educators, researchers and nonprofit organizations who work with farmers and supports sustainable agriculture education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a privilege to start serving in the NE SARE administrative council and represent UMES in an organization that focuses on profitable and sustainable food production, especially during the uncertain period in our nation\u2019s history,\u201d Escobar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escobar\u2019s research and extension activities focus on livestock production, ruminant nutrition, integrated small ruminant parasite management and honey bee colony management.  He has participated in projects on the performance of sheep and goats to manage unwanted vegetation, the use of Controlled Internal Drug Release (CIDRs) for estrus synchronization in sheep and goats to enhance year-round lamb and ch\u00e8von availability, and education and training on integrated gastrointestinal parasite management in small ruminants.  His research prowess was recognized when he was named the 2013 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Multi-State Research by the 1890 Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escobar holds a doctorate in animal nutrition and management and a master\u2019s degree in animal science from the University of Maryland College Park. His bachelor\u2019s degree in livestock production was from the Universidad de El Salvador.  He earned minors in biometrics, animal hygiene and plant pathology over the course of his academic career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a member of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control, the American Society of Animal Science and the International Goat Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, School of Agricultural & Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 410-621-3850, <\/em>gcstephens@umes.edu.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(July 16, 2020)- Dr. E. Nelson Escobar can add two more accolades to his 11-year career at University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension as an administrator, professor and small ruminant specialist. Escobar, the interim associate administrator for UMES Extension, received tenure and promotion to an associate professor in the university\u2019s Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences July 1…Read more UMES Extension associate administrator elected to Northeast SARE council.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sans-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}