Year: 2012

Cornell Small Farms Program Update- Winter 2012

By Violet Stone / January 9, 2012
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Message from the Managing Editor This year we are celebrating a decade of bringing you Small Farm Quarterly!  We certainly have seen an explosion of growth in homesteads, micro-enterprises, and…

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Consider Deep Pack Barns for Cow Comfort and Manure Management

By Fay Benson / January 9, 2012
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Small dairy farm operators may soon be confronted by the prohibition of winter spreading of manure. Any farmer looking to update their barns should consider a design that can accommodate…

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A Memoir: The Milk Must Get Through

By Ron MacLean / January 9, 2012
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  One morning when I was about 9 years old, I woke to a snowstorm that crept in during the night.  When that happened, in the Central New York winter…