WATERLOO, NY — Soybean growers can increase yields through a few improvements in management. Senior Soybean Educator Mike Staton with Michigan State University Extension presented on the topic at the recent Soybean & Small Grains Congress, hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension Northwest NY Dairy, ...

“Know your yields!” advises Karl Czymmek, Senior Extension Associate, PRO-DAIRY, Department of Animal Science Cornell University. Czymmek, in a presentation prepared with Professor Quirine Ketterings, Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems, Cornell, led a discussion during the 2019 annual CNY C...

Time to plan for the New York Spring Dairy Carousel April 4-7 in Syracuse at the New York State Fairgrounds. The 44th edition, sponsored by the New York Holstein Association, will include shows for all major dairy breeds along with top-notch Holstein and Protein Breed sales. In 2018, over 250 youth ...

An “agvocate” – a portmanteau of “agriculture” and “advocate” – is a person who represents and promotes both the industry and his own farm operation in a positive way to the public. In an age heavily influenced by social media and a public largely ignorant of farming, “agvocating” becomes more impor...

The New York Beef Producers’ Association Annual Winter Conference featured an array of workshops covering all aspects of beef farming. One of the three conference tracks featured Cornell PRO-DAIRY and other dairy farming experts leading workshops on raising crossbred dairy/beef calves for the emergi...

The Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, hosted annually by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania and the Center for Dairy Excellence, draws dairy farmers from throughout the Northeast and provides an opportunity for engagement with fellow producers and agribusiness professionals. This year’s two-da...

LATHAM, NY — Ben Franklin surmised, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” With low farm prices in the dairy and livestock sector, learning improved-pasture management strategies has the ability to compound interest in saving money from forage. The 11th annual gathering of over ...

Dressing for winter weather conditions can be challenging, and it’s easy to make the wrong choices when selections for the day are made before the sun rises. However, it’s a lot easier to be prepared for the weather on any given day than it was before the advent of radio, television and internet wea...

It has been brought to this observer’s attention that the role women play in the nation’s agricultural scene has been largely underestimated and underpublicized. One organization that has taken a lead role in overcoming this deficiency is the American Farmland Trust (AFT). This organization has take...

People, along with weather and sometimes animals, are a “wild card” in agritourism ventures, said Mariane Kiraly, Delaware County CCE Senior Resource Educator/ Farm Business Management Specialist, while leading the 5th in a series of Managing Risk in Agritourism Businesses classes. Human resource ri...

Receives recognition at Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall All-inclusive Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica CANASTOTA, NY — White’s Farm Supply, Inc., local dealer of Cub Cadet outdoor power equipment located in Canastota, NY, recently earned distinction as one of the top 65 Cub Cadet independent retailers in America...

Coming off the coldest week in memory this past end of January/beginning of February, blankets for livestock were seen regularly on animals kept outside – and even on some kept inside. It was so cold that Rosie, my Angora goat, was shivering – despite a good coat of her curly mohair! Many horse owne...

Looking for a way to diversify with your farm? Got a bit of land and willing to try a new crop? Growing industrial hemp may be for you. In a ‘Hemp Growers Round Table,’ hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Madison County, NYS Ag & Markets Policy Analyst Tim Sweeney; Dr. Larry Smart, Hemp...

Reports of cow flatulence leading to global warming are rampant, with some sectors of the public demanding moves such as “Meatless Monday” to curb the problem. U.C. Davis researcher, air quality specialist and professor Dr. Frank Mitloehner wants to set the record straight. When he learned that “Liv...

“If you find it, we need to know!” said Kevin Ganoe, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Field Crop Specialist for Central New York (CCE CNY). Ganoe was speaking to a room of crop farmers during one of CCE CNY 2019 Field Crop Pest Management meetings that took place in seven counties, where topics spann...