Posts by Tara Hammonds

Cornell Cooperative Extension Releases Livestock Meat Price Calculator

By Tara Hammonds / April 3, 2017

by Kina Viola New York livestock farmers, whether experienced or just getting started, will benefit from the release of a new pricing tool from Cornell Cooperative Extension. The “Livestock Price…

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Conservation Easements: The Top Tax Tool in the Farmer’s Estate Planning Toolbox

By Tara Hammonds / April 3, 2017

by John H. Lavelle Most farmers have a substantial real estate portfolio.  Depending on the geographic region, this can be extraordinarily valuable, but in every case, land is always a…

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Trading Boots: a Veteran’s Transition into Agriculture

By Tara Hammonds / April 3, 2017

Samuel Palmer works at Cross Island Farms to gain experience for his budding new career: farmer. by Alyssa Couse Jefferson County, NY is home to two prominent ways of life:…

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Growers Harvest Cornell Expertise at Fruit and Vegetable Expo

By Tara Hammonds / April 3, 2017

by R.J. Anderson For commercial fruit and vegetable growers in New York state, winter is a time of reflection, preparation, and guarded optimism. It’s also a time to hone one’s…

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Lessons from the Land: The Cycles of Life

By Tara Hammonds / April 3, 2017

by Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming The Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming and the Cornell Small Farms Program are teaming up to create a new column called…

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NNY Tractor Workshop with Shane LeBrake

By Tara Hammonds / March 30, 2017

Increasing production on the farm can often require investments in equipment to improve labor efficiency, productivity and profitability.  Are you a farmer who is interested in scaling up farm production…

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Sign Up for Beginning Farmer Online Classes Starting the Week of February 27

By Tara Hammonds / January 23, 2017

Learn to take care of business, grow veggies and oyster mushrooms, extend your season with high tunnels, improve your marketing efforts, enhance your grazing practices, and start a beekeeping enterprise…

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Help your Soil Thrive in Hotter, Meaner Weather

By Tara Hammonds / January 10, 2017

Climate change is here. Is your soil ready? Carrie Koplinka-Loehr When Grant Gayman straddles the boundary line between his backyard and his neighbor’s cornfield in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, one boot is…

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Memorable Legacy or Major Obstacle In the Farmer’s Estate Plan?

By Tara Hammonds / January 10, 2017

Land offers both challenges and opportunities in transfer to the next generation. by John H. Lavelle, Attorney at Law One of the defining characteristics of farming is the presence of…

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Building Relationships with your Spanish-Speaking Workforce  

By Tara Hammonds / January 10, 2017

by Mario Miranda Sazo Over the past five years, many New York fruit farm operations have undergone significant growth. Orchards that used to employ only a handful of people with low-skill horticultural talent…

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