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earlier monthsAugust 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...
September 2024
Corn Silage Dry-Down Clinic
September 4, 2024
10 am - 2:pm
E. Merlin Wenger Farm
Port Byron, NY
Join South Central Dairy & Field Crops Team and Cayuga County Cooperative Extension Specialists for a corn silage dry-down clinic! Our corn silage crop maturity is variable this year. To ensure harvest and preservation of the best crop possible we are holding a corn silage dry-down clinic. Bring in your field samples to test dry-matter. We will be using an NIR machine which allows rapid results.
Tioga County Summer Pasture Walk #3
September 12, 2024
1 pm - 3:30 pm
Michael Troyer's Farm
Candor, NY
Join Us for our no cost Tioga County Summer Pasture Walk #3 on September 12th, 2024 at 1-3:30pm.
Location: Michael Troyer's farm, 696 Honeypot Rd, Candor
Topics: parasite management w/ grazing small ruminants, record keeping, pasture rejuvenation, winter management, stockpiling
Presenters: Jess Waltemyer, Cornell University Small Ruminant Specialist; Troy Bishopp, USC, Madison County SWCD, Janice Degni & Betsy Hicks, CCE Dairy & Field Crops Team
October 2024
Dairy Feeder School - Host Farm: Twin Birch Dairy
October 31, 2024
10 am - 3 pm; Registration at 9:30
Twin Birch Dairy
Skaneateles, NY
One day on-farm training for dairy farm feeders; Offered in English and Spanish at each site; Stations with hands-on activities/demos
Topics Covered During Feeder School:
¨ Economics and importance of feeding and feed management
¨ Dry matter and feeder math basics: how to measure DM and refusals, and adjust ration
¨ Feed consistency and TMR audits
¨ Troubleshooting mixer wagons
¨ Bunk silo management, map out bunk, packing density and preservation, and feed out
¨ Safety
Dairy
Livestock
Grazing
Forages
Grains
Upcoming Events
Colostrum and Calf Technologies
March 19, 2025
Ithaca, NY
Join us for a lunch meeting with Penn State University's renowned calf specialist, Dr. Melissa Cantor. Dr. Cantor will show us new research into extended colostrum feeding both as a preventative therapy and an intervention strategy for sick calves. She will also delve into new uses of calf-hood technologies such as activity monitors, auto-feeders and the role that AI can play.
Sprayer Clinic
March 20, 2025
Dryden, NY
A Review of Practice for Optimizing Results with Crop Protectant Applications!!
2.0 DEC credits in categories 1A and 21-25 will be earned
NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION TO THE DRYDEN VFW from VAN PELT FARMS.
Cortland County Agriculture Celebration Banquet (9th Annual)
March 20, 2025 : National Ag Week Celebration Banquet
McGraw, NY
Bringing together agricultural producers and supporters, community and business to celebrate our agricultural heritage and accomplishments!
Announcements
USDA Contract Freezes and Terminations: Legal Action Steps for Farmers
For Farmers with Signed EQIP and CSP ContractsThis resource is written for farmers and ranchers nationwide who have a signed contract with USDA NRCS under the EQIP or CSP program for environmental improvements but have concerns that their contract is frozen, under review, or terminated, and who are uncertain of their rights to receive reimbursement as well as their ongoing obligations under the signed contract.
Version: 1.0
Issue date: Feb 28, 2025
A downloadable factsheet is available at our BUSINESS tab on the top of our webpage.
Additional Information: www.farmcommons.org
USDA Contract Freezes: Filing an NAD Appeal or Demand Letter
This resource is written for farmers and ranchers nationwide who have a signed contract with USDA NRCS under the EQIP or CSP program for environmental improvements and want more information on the mechanics of filing a National Appeals Division (NAD) appeal. This resource includes sample letters.
USDA NAD Appeal https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/general-information/staff-offices/office-hearings-and-appeals/national-appeals-division/nad-appeals
ON FARM RESEARCH TRIALS 2025: Value of Manure & Power of Manure
Manure has all seventeen essential plant nutrients and can increase yield beyond what can be obtained with fertilizer only. In this project, Value of Manure, we evaluate the nitrogen fertilizer replacement value (how much N can we credit to manure?) and yield differences as a result of manure application.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