PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES I have a three-way appointment with extension being my largest responsibility at 55 percent effort allocation, followed by teaching at 35 percent and research at 10 percent. My extension program has three main components which range from meeting the needs of farm families in crisis, to helping beginning farmers transition into ownership and management roles, to helping improve the management capacity on the state`s best managed and most profitable farm businesses. I am the Faculty Director of NYFarmNet and NYFarmLink. FarmNet responds to financial and family requests for assistance through an 800-telephone number. Services range from assistance in strengthening the profitability of the farm business and improving family relationships to the extreme of suicide intervention. The FarmLink program improves the process and effectiveness of farm transfers by providing entering and exiting farmers with essential networking, consulting and educational support. The second component of my extension program is the Dairy Farm Business Summary Program. I provide faculty leadership for the survey and analysis of production and financial records from 400 New York dairy farms each year. I prepare extension and research publications, work with agents and farmers on data collection and conduct regional meetings on topics such as benchmarking and economic decision making. My third area is working on general dairy business management topics through collaboration with Pro-Dairy. My teaching focuses on creating the business managers of tomorrow`s agribusinesses through both classroom and study trip experiences. I teach two undergraduate courses with an emphasis on farm business management. My research focuses on understanding how technology adoption and alternative management strategies impact farm performance.