SENECA FALLS, NY — What you feed your dairy herd directly affects cash flow, according to Tom R. Overton, Ph.D, professor of Dairy Management in the Department of animal Science at Cornell University. Overton, who directs the Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, presented “Feeding Strategies During Challenging T...

SENECA FALLS, NY — Want to get top dollar for your beef calves? Try pre-conditioning. Dave Wilson, a retired large animal veterinarian presented “Putting Profit in Your Pocket with Pre-Conditioning Practices” at the recent Empire Farm Days. Wilson contends that although it’s hard to measure down to ...

As China’s tariff on U.S. soybeans continues to take its toll, growers look for help from Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — Returning to Washington just weeks after their July Board of Directors meeting, grower leaders from the American Soybean Association (ASA) met again with officials at the U.S. Depart...

So you’re a farmer and you’ve got this pile of brush you made out of tenacious, multi-flora rose bushes, overgrown honeysuckle, wily spiked hawthorn trees and dead limb wood. Before you touch a match to this hedgerow fuel and burn up your nemesis, might you consider this action functional as well as...

“Let’s see a show of hands! Who among you was doing work before 1995?” asked Eric Rosenbaum, executive director of the Pennsylvania Corn Growers Association. He is also executive director of the Pennsylvania 4-R Nutrient Stewardship Alliance. “Okay, then you can help me out when it comes to talking ...

Hay combustion, faulty wiring and box fans — all factors that contribute to barn fires. Dr. Rebecca Gimenez, co-founder and instructor for Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER), says the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) has done a lot of research on residential homes and agricul...

Producers know that farmers markets are great places to showcase their wares — and distributing free samples is an excellent way to bring customers in to purchase those wares. In a recent 2018 webinar presented by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), ‘safe food sampl...

Hale and hearty in his 70s, a bearded and bespectacled Danny Johnson zooms up to his packing shed-turned-wine tasting room in a white golf cart. The day is off to a brisk start at Johnson Family Farm Orchards and Peaks of Otter Winery. Several Hereford calves have broken through a fence to temporary...

“I gave up trying to keep track of all the rain,” said Matt Booher, Virginia Cooperative Extension Unit Coordinator Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources Crop & Soil Sciences. Booher has been an extension agent with Virginia Cooperative Extension since 2012 and oversees Augusta, Rockbri...