Silvopasture is the managed integration of trees and livestock, utilizing the land both to produce a tree crop and to graze livestock. This multi-tasking can result in diverse income streams, with money from timber, nuts, syrup or other tree by-product, plus income from livestock production. Silvopa...

AMSTERDAM, NY — State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk held an informational meeting and press conference on April 18 to discuss a package of economic development bills that she believes will help small businesses and farms grow, create new jobs and spur the local economy. “Our rural communities and small Up...

Farm families from eight central New York counties recently attended a seminar hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County to learn about legal aspects of farm transfer and estate planning. Speakers included Lorraine Lewandrowski, Esq., Agricultural and Food Law Attorney; Certified El...

Montgomery County Dairy Princess Ashley Oeser and Montgomery County Maple Princess Jillian Palmer, of Fort Plain, NY, were on hand to advocate healthy living and healthy choices at a community health fair in Montgomery County on April 20. “I am so glad that I can reach out to people to teach them mo...

If farmers could adopt new, beneficial practices without oversight by the government, would they? Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State agronomist, believes they will. The ‘Without Carrot or Stick’ project was designed to evaluate and promote the use of cover crops after corn silage with an emphasis on smal...

SYRACUSE, NY — There are days when showing cows is a hectic and nearly a fulltime job for Renee Pierick. Just 16-years-old, Pierick is a seasoned leadsman, even though she doesn’t even live on a dairy farm. She was among a group of one of eight junior volunteers recruited by Jared Dueppengeisser of ...

Emily Richards and Morgan Smithling, junior members of the New York Brown Swiss Association and daughters of dairy farmers from tiny rural communities in western New York, could not attend this year’s New York State Dairy Carousel, however, their names were on everyone’s lips. Dozens of fellow farme...

“Baa, Baa Black Sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full…” For Tom and Carole Foster, owners of Foster Sheep Farm, in Schuylerville, NY collected “3 Bags Full” of donations to help offset the cost of permanently preserving the family farm. The fundraiser, held in conjunction with...

Janice Handy, former editor of Country Folks Farm Weekly newspapers, passed away on Saturday April 13, 2013 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Back in 1972, Mrs. Handy, began working for Lee Publications as editor of Country Folks, a weekly farm newspaper, to help her family’s busines...

Since 2009, I have been following New York City “food movement” groups. In 2009, the very week that Northeast dairy farmers chartered buses to Washington, D.C. to seek help, New York City was hosting a conference on agriculture called “Food and Climate Change.” Telephoning conference organizers at a...

At recent dairy resiliency workshops held by CCE CNY Dairy & Field Crop specialists and PRO-Dairy, Dr. Roger G. Ellis, DVM, of the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, presented updated information on a multi-drug resistant disease emerging in Northeast cattle. “Salmonella Dublin is most commo...

Submitted by Susquehanna County Dairy Maid Emory Bewley Two of Mountain View Elementary second grade classes came to JoSan Farm, owned by Joe and Sandy Pavelski. Pavelski’s have been hosting school tours for more than 20 years. Joe and Sandy’s granddaughter, Emory Bewley, is one of the Susquehanna C...

Jonathan Felouzis of Giant Eagle and Morini Food Services is a human resource professional who loves football. He’s a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens. He also loves the late Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, whom he enjoys quoting when trying to make a point. And one of...

Scott George, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), and Wyoming dairy producer, began this year’s Award Banquet on March 28, with humorous encouragement from a cattleman who clearly understands the challenges that face beef producers across the U.S. With grain prices at unus...

Noted dairy speakers addressed a large audience at the CNY CCE annual 2013 Dairy Day at the Otesaga in Cooperstown. Speakers included CNY Dairy Specialist David Balbian; Cornell Dairy Science Specialist and Professor, Dr. Larry Chase; Dr. Rick Grant, President of the Wm. H. Miner Ag Research Institu...