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Thanks for your interest in UD Extension! UD extension offices are closed the week of November 23 and we will respond to your requests as soon as possible upon our return November 30.

Additionally, the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension offices remain temporarily closed to protect our community’s health and safety.

Staff members are listed below along with their speciaties, county and contact information. If you need assistance specifically with plant/insect diagnostic samples, soil tests or lawn and garden questions, there are additional online resources available to you:

Plant and Insect Diagnostic Samples

Contact an agriculture or horticulture agent, listed below.

Soil Tests

Submission procedures have changed.

Details are available on
the DE Soil Testing webpage

Lawn and Garden Questions

Ask an Expert
or call a
Master Gardener helpline

Meet our Director

As Associate Dean and Director, Dr. Michelle Rodgers provides overall leadership for programs, personnel and the organizational development of the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension.

Dr. Rodgers is chair of the national Extension Committee of Organization and Policy (ECOP) and served as co-chair of the ECOP Health task force. She also serves on the board of The Journal of Extension, Inc. and served as President in 2014. At the University of Delaware she is a member of the Commission on Outreach and Engagement for the University of Delaware.

Dr. Rodgers holds a bachelor’s degree in home economics education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania as well as a master’s degree in rural sociology and a doctorate in agricultural education, both from Penn State.