Three workshops regarding the harvesting, handling, storage, and processing of grain crops. It's the final year of our NE SARE grant lead by Elizabeth Dyck, the coordinator of the Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network (OGRIN).  The training program will be a series of three intensive 75 minute online short courses with video field days/workshops that will largely be taught by farmers and NE Grain Experts and located on farms and/or at processing venues.  Sponsored by NOFA-NJ (https://nofanj.org/ ). 

The emphasis is on smaller-scale systems, but  all grain farmers can learn something useful.

The Online Feeder School is a 2-part educational program for farmers, employees, and agriservice professionals who work as or with the feeder -the person responsible for mixing TMR, maintaining bunk silos, and communicating with other farm staff. It will cover monitoring dry matter, feed bunk management, bunk face management, and troubleshooting mixer wagons.

This workshop is for any agricultural business operating as a sole proprietorship or partnership, interested in learning about the costs and benefits of forming an LLC.

Please join CCE of Albany County and the Capital Area Ag & Hort Program's Farm Business Management Educator Dayton Maxwell, Chris Tauzel of the NYS Agricultural Mediation Program and members of NY FarmNet's staff to learn how families can improve relationships to facilitate succession planning and long-term business continuation.

Please join Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County and the Capital Area Ag & Hort Program's Farm Business Management Educator Dayton Maxwell, FSA Executive Director David Holck, Tristan Peterson from Crop Growers Insurance, and Dr. Chris Wolf of Cornell University for an informative, fun, and educational program. $10 per farm for both sessions.

This session will help farmers and rural landowners understand what a trust is, and whether it is the right tool to protect and manage their assets.

North Country's Virtual Fireside Chats
Fireside chats with an Expert-20 min presentation then Q & A offered virtually.
7:00 pm
November 17th - Farm Business Discussion
November 24nd - Dairy Discussion
December 1st - Crop Discussion
December 8th - Farm Business Discussion
December 15th - Dairy Discussion
December 22nd - Crop Discussion

We'll hear from engaging speakers, learn about tools, resources and best practices, we will then discuss how we each relate to these topics. Only farm women are welcome to attend so we can create an atmosphere of comfort in sharing everything we experience and encounter as farm women holding together the farm, family and life. 

There is NO cost to join us for these sessions, but we require registration so we can understand who is joining us for these sessions. 

The 4th Empire State Barley and Malt Summit and will be free for all virtually December 16, 2020!
The Summit will bring together leaders in the New York State malting barley supply chain to provide:

• Research-based technical updates
• Best practices for success
• Supply-chain networking opportunities

The program will include keynote speakers Bart Watson (Economist, Brewer's Association) and Jason Perkins (Founder and Brewer of Allagash Brewing) to discuss the state of craft brewing from local ingredients from national and Northeast regional perspectives. In addition a panel of New York State Brewers will discuss their approaches to using local ingredients, what they want in malt characteristics, and how they market all New York ingredient brews to their consumers.

The afternoon program will include updates from value chain sectors, to include technical updates from Cornell and Hartwick researchers and Extension agronomists. Of particular excitement this year will be the official naming of the new spring malting barley variety, developed through Cornell's Born, Bred, and Brewed in NY barley breeding program! The Honorable Commissioner of NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets, Richard Ball, will announce the winning name.