Save the date for the 2021 Cornell Hemp Research and Extension Team Field Day on Thursday, August 12th. We are offering a hybrid field day this year—both in-person at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva and on Zoom.

Riverside Dairy is proud to host a farm tour focusing on cow comfort, calf care and transition cow facilities as it related to a NY Farm Viability grant project over the past year.  CCE Dairy Specialists will go over results and benchmarks from assessments of these areas from all 15 farms involved in the study and the farm will share areas they've worked to improve on their dairy, as well as give a farm tour of facilities.  The tour is free to all participants, but registration is required.  

Topics:  Cow Comfort, Calf Care, Transition Cow Facilities

Learn how the Troyer family is using pastures to achieve their goals for their 40-cow organic dairy. With Upper Susquehanna Coalition Grazing Management Specialist and grass farmer Troy Bishopp, the Grass Whisperer. 

The Central NY Dairy Girl Network will meet on August 26 from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm.  Please join us.  This group brings dairy women together to build camaraderie, share ideas, experience and learn from each other.  The meeting will be held at Rawley Park, located at 13334 NYS Route 38, Richford. This meeting will focus on the woman as an individual with hopes and dreams for their personal future.

Join Ryan and Annie Murray to learn how they have adapted New Zealand style grazing to manage their 90-cow organic Jersey herd in Truxton, NY. With NRCS grazing specialist Karen Hoffman.

Your Extension Specialists will be chipping corn stalks and checking dry matters to target corn silage harvest timing. We are collaborating with Tully Ag Center and John Winchell, Territory Sales Representative with ALLTECH. Dry matters will be determined using NIR, which allows a short turn-around time. Masks will need to be worn at the mill, as well as 6 feet of social distancing.

This is a free event!

Join farmers Kathie and Kirk Arnold on a tour of Twin Oaks Dairy LLC, which has been shipping certified organic milk since 1998. Rotational grazing is a foundational principle of the farm that keeps soils covered and sequestering carbon. They recently started planting trees in some of their pastures in a foray into silvopasture. This is their second year in making compost using the Elaine Ingham Bio Complete composting recipe and process.

Join us at the Cover Crop Field Day!
Come learn about:

-34 cover crop plots with various monocultures and mixtures of different species/cultivars -Rod Porter and Tracy Neff, Kings AgriSeeds
-Cover crop root differences -Joseph Amsili, New York Soil Health
-NY Soil Health Trailer -Fay Benson, Cornell Cooperative Extension
-Soil Pit investigations -Soil Scientists, USDA-NRCS

On Tuesday, October 26th, at the NYS Grange Building in Cortland NY from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County, and co-sponsored by the Cortland County Soil & Water Conservation District, will be hosting an event that will provide farmers and other landowners with information that addresses the topics of utility-scale solar development, leasing, and regulations. From 9:30 - 1:30, with a break for lunch, attendees will join in a webinar hosted by the statewide CCE team and covers the topics outlined above. From 1:30 - 3:00 attendees will be given an opportunity to engage in a Q&A with local panelists. The panelists will include 2 farmers who are currently working with solar developers, 2 municipal representatives who have been regularly engaged in this conversation, and the Energy & Climate Change Team Leader at CCE Tompkins.

Registration is required for the event and a registration fee of $10 will go to help cover the costs of lunch, speaker, and location fees. 

A three-part series for farms that are already filing a Schedule F covering tax planning and goals, handling farm profits/losses, and strategies to improve your tax position while also working positively with your accountant/tax preparer.

CCE Regional Ag Teams are excited to offer this NEW heifer series! Join us VIRTUALLY for an 8-week series on heifer management topics from post-weaning to calving! This series will be offered virtually via Zoom every Friday starting October 1st, 2021, at 12:00 pm EST. Sessions will be ~30 - 45 minutes in length, with a question period at the end.