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earlier monthsJuly 2025
Tioga County Pasture Walk
July 24, 2025
1 - 3pm
Schlabach and Sons
Owego, NY
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District for a pasture walk!
This year, we will be visiting an organic dairy farm.
Cortland County Pasture Walk
July 28, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Ironwood Grazing Co
Cortland, NY
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and NE NatGLC for a twilight pasture walk at Ironwood Grazing Co with Mike Quinlin!
Farmer Mike will highlight his efforts at custom grazing cow/calf pairs and utilizing the herds grazing effect to improve land. You'll get to see mob grazing techniques to control knapweed and goldenrod, witness clipping versus grazing comparisons, see pasture residual and recovery rates, judge soil health & animal performance metrics and learn what tools (grazing chart, pasture infrastructure and resources) are being used on the farm. Throw in some impromptu demos, manure quality vetting, personal experiences from guests and ice-cream, and you have a meeting not to be missed.
Topics: Renovating pasture, leasing ground & custom grazing animals
Free to register; Registration optional, but encouraged!
August 2025
Tompkins County Pasture Walk - Small Ruminants
August 14, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Laughing Goat Fiber Farm
Ithaca, NY
Topics:
- Watering systems & composting pad, Soil & Water Conservation District
- Grazing small ruminants, Jess Waltemyer, Cornell PRO-LIVESTOCK
Free to register; Registration optional, but encouraged!
** If you are having registration difficulties, please email Betsy Hicks at bjh246@cornell.edu to let us know you're coming! **
September 2025
Broome County Pasture Walk - Horses
September 10, 2025 : Broome County Pasture Walk featuring Horses
5:30-7:30 pm
Heavenly Acres
Whitney Point, NY
Save the date for an Equine Pasture Walk with Broome County CCE!
Chemung County Pasture Walk - Beef
September 11, 2025 : Chemung County Pasture Walk featuring a Beef Herd
6:00-8:00 pm
Hiltop Maple Farm
Cayuta, NY
Save the Date for a Chemung County Pasture Walk featuring a Beef Herd
Spanish Dairy Webinar Series
September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025
2pm CST
Online
Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish.
Hay Work Shop
September 27, 2025 : Hay Work Shop
3pm - 5pm
4-H Building at the Chemung County FairgroundsÂ
Horseheads, NY
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Upcoming Events
Cornell Cooperative Extension for a Business Development and Marketing Zoom series
January 20, 2026 : Cornell Cooperative Extension for a Business Development and Marketing Zoom series
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a Business Development and Marketing Zoom series starting on January 20th. These monthly webinars will take place on the third Tuesday of each month and focus on a variety of business development and marketing topics. All sessions will be led by content experts across the Cornell Cooperative Extension system, organizations and businesses which support agricultural operations across New York State.
2026 Winter Crop Meeting - Auburn
January 22, 2026
Auburn, NY
Connect with the agricultural community and many key note speakers on the folllowing topics:
- Emerging Innovation in Plant Breeding and Technologies - A Peek at the Future by Ben Rogers, Pioneer Field Agronomist
- Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in NY Corn & Soybean by Dr. Vipam Kumar, NYS Extension Weed Scientist, Cornell University
- Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance Program by KC Slade, Risk Management Specialist, Farm Credit East—Crop Growers
- Birds & the Bees Legislation and the Fate of Neonics by Janice Degni, Extension Field Crop Specialist
- Emerging Disease Pests and Soil Borne Diseases of Soybean by Dr. Camilo Parada Rojas, NYS Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University
- Solar Farms—Benefit or Detriment? by Mr. Michael McMahon, Chair, Homer Town Planning Board
3 DEC credits in categories 1A and 21-25. 1.5 PM, .5 CM and 1 PD CCA credits available.
Please send your DEC license number in the Notes to Us when you register on-line.
2026 Winter Crop Meeting - Dryden Location
January 23, 2026
Dryden, NY
Connect with the agricultural community and many key note speakers on the folllowing topics:
- Emerging Innovation in Plant Breeding and Technologies - A Peek at the Future by Ben Rogers, Pioneer Field Agronomist
- Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in NY Corn & Soybean by Dr. Vipam Kumar, NYS Extension Weed Scientist, Cornell University
- Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance Program by KC Slade, Risk Management Specialist, Farm Credit East—Crop Growers
- Birds & the Bees Legislation and the Fate of Neonics by Janice Degni, Extension Field Crop Specialist
- Emerging Disease Pests and Soil Borne Diseases of Soybean by Dr. Camilo Parada Rojas, NYS Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University
- Solar Farms—Benefit or Detriment? by Mr. Michael McMahon, Chair, Homer Town Planning Board
3 DEC credits in categories 1A and 21-25. 1.5 PM, .5 CM and 1 PD CCA credits available
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