Michael Sciabarrasi

Agricultural Business Management Specialist

University of New Hampshire, Emeritus Cooperative Extension Professor

Michael Sciabarrasi was an Extension Specialist/Professor for Cooperative Extension at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire from 1980 to 2016, serving as Agricultural Business Management Area Chair prior to his retirement. As an Extension Specialist, Michael led statewide educational programs in agricultural finance, farm business planning, estate and succession planning, and risk management. He also served as interdisciplinary leader for the NH Agricultural and Natural Resource Business Institute; project director for the NH Targeted States programs in agricultural risk management; and, collaborated with New England colleagues on regional programs in farm financial management and succession planning. In addition to Cooperative Extension responsibilities, Michael taught undergraduate courses in Business Management and Agricultural Finance in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture while at UNH.

Since retiring, Michael continues to support state and regional Extension programs in farm business management. Projects include the New England/Northeast efforts to establish benchmarks for diversified direct-market farms; evaluation of farm financials under the Farm Strong program; and, income tax education for farmers in New Hampshire and Maine.

Michael holds a BS in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and an MS in Agricultural Economics from Virginia Tech (formerly known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Blacksburg, VA.