WATERLOO, NY — If you’re never pictured your crop as a Chatty Cathy, perhaps you should. Clarence Swanton, Ph.D. presented “Talking Plants: The Science Behind Good Weed Management” at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Corn Congress. The Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program hoste...

CLINTON, NY — Twice a day, every day, Lawrence Gilley makes a pilgrimage into the fields at Keyes Brook Farm to move his herd of iconic American Milking Devon cattle to fresh pasture. “I call them my congregational cows because in 1623, two heifers and a bull were brought over from England to Plymou...

Cooperatives play a major role in the agricultural industry, and in rural areas in general. From electrical cooperatives to the local credit union, cooperative business organizations are familiar to farmers across the country. What is the role cooperatives play in the market? Why are they formed, an...

SKANEATELES, NY – Defensive end Chris Long remarked, “I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.” This charge starts at the local level. For 25 years, the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Ag Program (SLWAP) has taken on this mission to carry out a cost-effective, innovati...

If winter weather hasn’t made an appearance on your farm yet, it will soon. Most field work is finished, but livestock still have to be fed, equipment must be repaired and there’s plenty to do in the farm shop. Just as they do the rest of the year, farmers will be working outside, often in less than...

MORRISVILLE, NY – There was a bit of tongue-in-cheek going on at the 2019 annual meeting of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County. Executive Director Karin Bump referenced an Instagram post from a program participant that quipped, “You guys help everyone win. You (Extension) have both ...

HARRISBURG, PA — Kaitlin Bell of Chester County, makes history as the first person to win Beef Cattle Supreme in both the heifer and the bull categories at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Kaitlin also had the honor of both the heifer and bull winner to be bred and owned on her own family farm. Through a...

First four agribusinesses achieve nutrient management certification It’s called 4R NY Nutrient Stewardship Certification. Its goal is to reduce nutrient runoff from farms which contributes to water quality programs. “The New York State Agribusiness Association (NYSABA) is proud to announce the first...

HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, NJ – At last winter’s meeting of the New Jersey chapter of the Northeast Organic Farmers’ Association, Philadelphia-raised civil engineer-turned-cattle farmer John Lima revealed that the only experience he had raising livestock was keeping a few goldfish. He earned his master’...

For some, it’s all about the pork. For others, it’s all about the pig. That distinction – between the finished product and the living animal – separates the food-focused from the farm-focused. Of course, the divide isn’t a chasm. For butcher, charcuterie master and farmer Rodrigo Duarte, the lines h...

HAMILTON, NY – Henry Ford said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” The short days and snowflakes usher in a holiday season that provides a reflection of accomplishment. This pause for appreciation is better served over a meal complemented with ice cream. For...

The New Year is ushering in more than a new decade — it’s the start of an unprecedented number of changes to labor law. Cornell Cooperative Extension Agricultural Workforce Specialist Richard E. Stup, Ph.D., said the number of changes to workforce law is a historic number. Stup organized a statewide...

CORTLAND, NY – Every once in a while you taste something so profoundly good, it’s all you can think about. “When can I have it again?” constantly haunts you. You’re obsessed. Close your eyes and imagine actually drinking a Thin Mint Girl Scout cookie in a glass or savoring the ultimate creamy eggnog...

KNOXBORO, NY – When farmers get together to talk shop, it’s a practical, honest dialogue of reality down on the farm. However, like a box of chocolates, you never quite know what you’re going to get. Sam Yoder, Oneida County’s Cornell Cooperative Extension agronomy specialist, Dairy & Livestock Educ...

By actual definition, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is “commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or by several other names” – “an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.” William Thiele spoke at the 69th annual meeting of the PA Farm Bureau about this topic. Thiele is a sixt...