Terry Swagerty is the Small Farm Program Director for WSU Stevens County Extension. He joined the staff in 1999.

Terry studied Fruit and Crop Production in California and has a Bachelors Degree in Social Studies through WSU’s Distance Degree Program.

A major part of Terry’s work involves developing new opportunities for processing and marketing the area's agricultural products. He was instrumental in developing a mobile poultry-processing unit that now operates in the county. His work to bring USDA meat inspection back to the county via a mobile processing unit became a reality in the Fall of 2006. He coordinates pesticide license recertification education, is an instructor in the Master Gardener Program, teaches and directs the Sustainable Small Acreage Farm and Ranching class and oversees the Northeast Washington Small Farm Association’s annual Farm Fresh Buying Guide. He is an ex officio member of the Stevens County Noxious Weed Control Board.

Terry’s small farm experience includes tree fruits and cider processing, u-pick strawberry and raspberries and market gardening. He has bred registered Dorper sheep and raised small scale dairy (cow and goat) meat and poultry.

509-684-2588
tswagerty@wsu.edu