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Posted on May 1, 2025
It’s one thing to have a great idea for a farm business, but an entirely different thing to bring that idea to market. Bonnie Nelsen, business management specialist with Cornell’s Lake Ontario Fruit Program , recently presented “From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea Into an Actionable Plan – Developi...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on May 1, 2025
“Our mission is to connect Maine cut flower growers, florists and designers through an online marketplace and build a community of abundance to strengthen all our businesses, and to do it in ways that are mindful of our impact on our environment and our wider world,” said Sofia Oliver, the operation...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on May 1, 2025
Organic agriculture is a vital aspect of the ag sector’s bottom line, and the industry is working to ensure continued efficiency. Scott Rice, senior director of regulatory affairs for the Organic Trade Association (OTA), described updates to the organic rule at the recent USDA Ag Outlook Forum. “ St...
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jkarkwren 
Posted on May 1, 2025
Biopesticides have garnered a lot of attention recently as farmers turn to alternatives to chemical applications for keeping pests and diseases from damaging their crops. McKenzie Schessl and Samantha Willden, both representing Cornell AgriTech, recently presented “Biopesticides & Controlled Environ...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on May 1, 2025
Safety is one of many reasons to include appropriate signage for farms engaging in agritourism, explained Laura Biasillo, an agricultural economic development specialist at CCE Broome. “It’s your way of setting expectations for customers as to what can and should or should not happen on the farm. It...
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Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on May 1, 2025
Doing whatever it takes to give yourself a competitive edge as a grower may mean the difference between a successful crop or the loss of time, money and produce. As horticulture advances, that means (possibly) trying out new tests and technologies. Fortunately, Extension agents and land grant univer...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on May 1, 2025
As farmer services director with the Organic Farmers Association (OFA), Julia Barton serves transitional, organic and sustainable producers as a certifier, inspector and provider of technical services. Barton and her family operate an organic farm in Ohio. The OFA is a membership organization for or...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on May 1, 2025
“I’m excited to walk you through some of our approaches of really starting to lay the groundwork for building your brand thoughtfully and strategically,” said Sara Rosario-Gray. Rosario-Gray is creative director at Pulp+Wire , is a Maine-based creative agency that specializes in consumer packaged go...
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jkarkwren, Sally Colby 
Posted on May 1, 2025
Chris Gerlach, vice president of insights and analytics, U.S. Apple , recently discussed how tariffs will affect the apple industry. However, it isn’t clear what the rates will be, who will retaliate or to what extent. “USDA says the top production year for apples was in 2014 with 282 million bushel...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
September 24, 2025
According to Tim Terry, farm strategic planning specialist with Cornell University’s PRO-DAIRY , the calf hutch is still the gold standard for raising...
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Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
September 24, 2025
The Asian longhorn tick (ALHT), native to eastern Asia, was first found in the U.S. in 2017. In less than a decade, ALHT populations are thriving. Est...
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jkarkwren 
September 24, 2025
On the evening of March 15, 2025, a fairly serious electric storm hit central New York and much of the Northeast. The flash-to-bang time for the first...
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Karl H. Kazaks 
October 1, 2025
LOWESVILLE, VA – Deer Creek Farm is a registered Simmental and SimAngus operation owned by Mark and Dana Campbell. Located in western Nelson County wi...
