Events - month view
earlier monthsJune 2024
Tioga County Summer Walk Series
June 12, 2024
6:30-8:00 PM
Hilltop Community Farm
Candor, NY
Tioga County Pasture Walk to be held at CCE Tioga from 6:30-8:00 PM - 343 Cass Hill Road Candor, NY. We look forward to seeing you there! (there is no cost to attend, light refreshments will be provided)
July 2024
Cornell Seed Growers Field Day
July 2, 2024 : Cornell Seed Growers Field Day
TBA
NYSIP Foundation Seed Barn
Ithaca, NY
Save the Date!
North American Manure Expo
July 17 - July 18, 2024 : North American Manure Expo
Auburn, NY
Save the Date for the North American Manure Expo
Professionalism in Nutrient Management - www.manureexpo.com
Sundaes on the Farm
July 21, 2024
Noon - 3pm
Frisbie Bros Farm
Spencer, NY
Learn about Tioga County Agriculture! IFree Admission! Enjoy Ice Cream, Animals and Farm Tours, Kid's Activities, Food, Live Music, and Farm Vendors.
August 2024
2024 Aurora Farm Field Day
August 1, 2024
9:00am - 4:00pm
Musgrave Research Farm
Aurora, NY
The annual Cornell Field Crop Research Field Day will be Thursday, August 1 at the Musgrave Research Farm, Aurora, N.Y. The program features walking and hay wagon tours in the morning and afternoon.
DEC and CCA credits have been requested.
**CANCELLED ** FARM Updates & COW$ - New Tools for Improving Individual Cow and Herd Profitability
August 12, 2024 : FARM Updates & COW$ - New Tools for Improving Individual Cow and Herd Profitability
10 - 12 pm
Walnut Ridge Dairy
Lansing, NY
Speakers: Dr Julio Giordano, Cornell University & Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
Cost: FREE
Topics:
- FARM 5.0 updates & common action plan items
- Strategies for offering Continuing Education & training
- Hands-on cow model demonstrations, available for training with CCE
- Cow$ - New tools and data for improving individual cow and herd profitability
Tioga County Summer Walk Series: Pasture Walk #2
August 13, 2024 : Tioga County Summer Walk Series: Pasture Walk #2
5:00 -7:30pm
Twin Brook Farm
Owego, NY
Pasture Walk #2 will focus on beef cow grazing!
-Comfortable space to ask questions about grazing management that you can apply to your own operation-
-Learn from a local Tioga County Grazier with 25+ years of experience
-Preparing for winter/over-wintering techniques
-Discuss and share observations from this past grazing season…
-Learn about programs/resources to help you establish a rotational grazing system on your farm and more!
Free to attend; register here.
https://tinyurl.com/CCETiogaPW...
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Upcoming Events
2026 Cornell Organic Field Crops
March 6, 2026
Waterloo, NY
Connecting farmers, researchers, and service providers to advance resilient & profitable organic farming systems.
Co-hosted by New York Soil Health and Cornell CALS, the annual conference brings together leaders in organic grain, dairy, and livestock systems to share practical tools, new research, and farmer-tested strategies to support resilient and profitable organic production.
From Dry to Fresh -- Setting Up Cows for Success
March 18, 2026 : From Dry to Fresh -- Setting Up Cows for Success
Scipio Center, NY
2026 Ag Summit in Cortland NY
March 19, 2026
Cortland, NY
To honor and celebrate National Agriculture Week we are holding an Ag Summit.
It's our opportunity to reconnect after a long winter and celebrate Agriculture and our farmers who produce our food.
The National 2026 celebration will recognize 250 years of agricultural progress in conjunction with the US semiquincentennial.
Announcements
Farm Participants Needed for Bale Grazing Grant!
Information on the Project:- Approximately 10 acres total needed to bale graze two different bale densities
- "Core" farms will graze two winters, "Demo" farms will graze one winter.
- Payments for both "Core" farms and "Demo" farms
- Baseline soil sampling by bale grazing team
- Forage measurements in early season by bale grazing team
- Late season clipping if residual not trampled down by farm
Cornell Cow Convos - New Podcast
On-going podcast, New episodes released on the last Thursday of the month.Guest speakers, CCE Dairy Specialists.
Housed on Soundcloud Channel is CCE Dairy Educators
- Preventative healthcare for cows
- The trend of beef on dairy
- What to look forward to in the new year for dairy
- Socially grouping or pair-housing calves
2018 Drug Residue Prevention Manual
For more than 30 years, the U.S. dairy industry has focused educational efforts on the judicious use of antibiotics through the annual publication of a Best Practices Manual. The 2018 edition of the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management? Milk and Dairy Beef Drug Residue Prevention Manual is the primary educational tool for dairy farm managers throughout the country on the judicious and responsible use of antibiotics, including avoidance of drug residues in milk and meat.The manual is a quick resource to review those antibiotics approved for dairy animals and can also be used as an educational tool and resource for farm managers as they develop on-farm best management practices necessary to avoid milk and meat residues. Visit the Manual and Form Library to download copies of this important tool!
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NYSERDA Agriculture Energy Audit Program
NYSERDA offers energy audits to help eligible farms and on-farm producers identify ways to save energy and money on utility bills. Reports include recommendations for energy efficiency measures.For more information and the NYSERDA Agriculture Energy Audit Program Application click here