Posts by Kelsie Raucher

Kelsie is from southwest Missouri and grew up on a 150-acre farm helping her family buy and sell horses and cattle. She credits FFA for finding her passion for agriculture and food issues and desiring a career as an “agvocate.” Since coming to Cornell, she has gained interest in local production, global food issues, and environmental impacts of and on agriculture. She joined the Cornell Small Farms Program in May of 2018 and is excited to gain experience to complement coursework in the Agricultural Sciences major and Communication major.

Wolftree Farm

By Kelsie Raucher / June 21, 2018

About the Farm Wolftree Farm is in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region on the slopes between the Seneca Lake Wine Trail and Finger Lakes National Forest. The 92…

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Webinar to Assist with Sustainable Ag. Research and Education (SARE) Preproposals

By Kelsie Raucher / June 19, 2018

The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) application system is now open to preproposals for three large grant programs: Research & Education, Professional Development, and Research for Novel Approaches. Preproposals are brief…

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Brand New Videos to Train New Dairy Workers

By Kelsie Raucher / June 18, 2018

The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) is promoting a series of on-boarding safety training videos for new dairy workers. These free videos were created by the…

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New York State Winery? Sign up for Winery Benchmarks Program

By Kelsie Raucher / June 14, 2018

The sign-up period for Farm Credit East’s annual Winery Benchmarks program is now open! The Winery Benchmarks is a unique program for Northeast wineries to measure their businesses against wine industry…

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Dairy Farmer? Watch out for the alfalfa snout beetle.

By Kelsie Raucher / June 9, 2018

Untreated, alfalfa snout beetle is costing Northern New York farmers with 100-cow dairies between $30,000 to $60,000 per year every year, depending on the size of the pest infestation and…

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Nearly 1,000 Participate in Chautauqua County Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 52nd Annual Field Day

By Kelsie Raucher / June 6, 2018

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s 4-H Youth Development Program held Conservation Field Days on May 23rd and 24th at the Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center on Route 430 in Bemus…

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Want to Improve Quality of Dairy Forage? Add Meadow Fescue to Crop Mix

By Kelsie Raucher / May 31, 2018

The spring harvest of alfalfa-grass mixes may account for up to half of the total forage yield of those crops for dairy farmers. The results of alfalfa-grass research funded by…

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