COOPERSTOWN, NY — Legendary Cleveland Indians Pitcher, Bob Feller said, “Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.” In the historic village amongst the shadows of the iconic Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field lies another star player located in the former Leatherstocking Garage building just off Mai...

WATERLOO, NY — Marestail, giant ragweed, Palmer, waterhemp and pigweed represent problematic plants no farmer wants to see on the farm’s soybean fields. Mark Loux, extension specialist in weed science from The Ohio State University, recently spoke at the Soybean & Small Grains Congress on how to pre...

Transportation of livestock is a stressful event for the animals. Just ask Brianna the cow, a recent New Jersey escapee who either fell or jumped from a transport truck heading to the slaughterhouse. While events such as this aren’t common, the safety and well-being of cattle being transported — no ...

Agritourism has become a popular concept among farms looking for means to potentially boost their income, and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Schoharie, Otsego, Sullivan, and Ulster counties have joined together to take part in a 6-session webinar hosted by Delaware County CCE, and sponsored ...

Farmers are professionals when it comes to getting things done under stress, but often at the expense of their health. Because stress can be a major contributing factor in many complicated health issues, it’s worth pursuing stress-reduction strategies to avoid serious issues. Kim Rush Lynch, Univers...

The deterioration of the soil that resulted from monoculture replacing strict rotation on most farms can be ameliorated by the correct choice of cover crops Jon Stutzman of Stutzman Crop Care, Inc., told farmers at the No-Till & Cover Crop Winter Conference of North Jersey Resource Conservation and ...

About 10 years ago, a renewed interest in molasses supplementation occurred as certified organic corn became scarce and prices rose. Seeking to add energy to the diet, many farmers began experimenting with molasses. Some farmers were claiming fantastic results by substituting molasses at one-third o...

WEST WINFIELD, NY — “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed, the vision pulls you,” said Steve Jobs. The vision of saving money by grazing “winter forages” is a pursuit farmers Edmund and Garth Brown are always tinkering with. But grazing the...

Farmers know that manure is an important aspect of the crop cycle, but it’s easy to forget that value when manure is stored and winter work takes precedence on the farm. Dr. Rick Koelsch, department of biological systems at the University of Nebraska, says we’ve always recognized the value of fertil...

Thinking of transitioning out of your dairy business into the beef industry? In a well-timed presentation, Central NY Cornell Cooperative Extension (CNY CCE) regional specialists provided information on current trends and economic statistics to large crowds of attendees in two CNY locations. “I hope...

Soil health happens in a cumulative manner, year after year, when attention is paid to sequestering carbon. Carbon helps to add stability to soil aggregates, and to enhance soil water retention and soil nutrient retention, and is part of a healthy ecosystem for soil microbiota. When using no till in...

Allyson Jones-Brimmer is the Director of Industry Relations for the Animal Agriculture Alliance, and was once a member of the Western Equestrian Team at Cornell University. She spoke recently at Penn-Ag Poultry Council’s Annual Meat and Egg Meeting about the title topic. “We were formed over 30 year...

During the second session of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) 2019 Manage Risk in Your Agritourism Business series, Delaware County CCE Senior Resource Educator/ Farm Business Management Specialist Mariane Kiraly, presenter for the series, spoke to viewers about managing production risk. “Produ...

The Midwest has long been the hotbed of innovative practices that can benefit not only agricultural practices but also other activities that benefit the general population. One of the issues in the Mississippi River Valley has been the excess of nitrates entering the watershed, upsetting the natural...

Aflatoxins are a family of three toxins produced by certain fungi that are found on agricultural crops such as corn, peanuts, cottonseed and tree nuts – and when cows consume contaminated feed, the toxins can severely affect their livers and be excreted in their milk. Farmers try to prevent their he...