Clem Clay
Director of Extension Agriculture Program | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA, UNITED STATES
Clem Clay oversees professionals serving the agriculture, forestry, fruit-growing and commercial horticulture industries in Massachusetts.
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Agriculture Extension
Farming
Sustainability
Environmental Policy
Public Policy
Insects and People
Biography
Clem Clay oversees teams of professionals serving the production, agriculture, forestry, fruit-growing and commercial horticulture industries throughout Massachusetts with educational programming, laboratory services and advice.
These experts (in soil science, plant pathology, entomology, weed science, agronomy, risk management, food safety, urban agriculture and more, add tremendous value to the work of vegetable, fruit and livestock farmers and professionals in the landscape, turf, arboriculture, greenhouse, and related industries.
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Education (2)
University of Massachusetts Amherst: MPPA, Public Policy and Administration
University of California, Berkeley: B.S., The Soil Environment
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The State of Solar: In the second of four forums at UMass, experts discuss challenges of siting solar facilities
Daily Hampshire Gazette online
2023-09-17
“The tradeoffs between agricultural production and energy production is going to vary with both the farm-related factors and the solar factors,” said UMass Extension Agriculture Director Clem Clay. “Another thing that I think is often forgotten is that the benefits of solar revenue may or may not flow to those who are responsible for agriculture production on the farm.”
Indicted soil
New England Public Media online
2023-08-06
The UMass Extension was established to help the greater community use the resources available on campus and they've been helping MDAR with their ongoing efforts in our area. We chat with director Clem Clay and production agriculture leader Susan Scheufele about the ways in which they can and are helping all of us make good use of the land beneath our feet, floodwaters or no.
'Case-by-case': Experts say farmers may be able to save some crops from flooded fields
New England Public Media online
2023-07-27
The program's director, Clem Clay, said crops touched by floodwaters from rivers must be destroyed. But under state and federal guidelines, plants which hadn't flowered yet could be salvaged. And crops impacted by flooding just from rain and not swollen rivers may be spared, Clay said.
Got crazy jumping worms? Who you gonna call? Nobody
MassLive.com online
2021-09-17
A UMass Amherst entomologist says research is ongoing into what harm the invasive Asian species may cause.
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