Posts by Violet Stone
Earlier this month, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), released the latest count of farms in the United States. The nation has nearly 2.2 million farms, a number that has…
Read MoreThe Small Farms Update includes small farm announcements, events, job and internship opportunities, grant and loan opportunities, and latest handbooks, tools and other small farm resources. It is intended for…
Read MoreThe Cornell Small Dairy Team has released a series of 6 new resources to help small dairy farms. The team, whose members include farmers and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) educators,…
Read MoreA series to highlight creative strategies on family dairies to take place between May 9th– July 11th, 2012 Are you interested in how small dairy farms across New York are…
Read MoreAddress: 44301 Cross Island Rd. Wellesley Island, NY 13640. Website: www.crossislandfarms.com Description: Dani Baker and David Belding are the owners of this highly diversified organic farm, with retail sales of…
Read Moreby John J. Hanchar INTRODUCTION Economic efficiency is the ability to realize a favorable relationship between input use and output based upon economic measures such as the value of production,…
Read Moreby Mariane Kiraly This Farm decided that the upfront cost was less than the return of high quality forages and lower labor needed to complete the harvest. Streamview Dairy has…
Read MoreDairy Farm Profit Benchmarks A Farm Business Educator once used the analogy of barrel staves as a way to describe portions of the dairy farm business. If the whole farm…
Read MoreAnnouncements Summit Resources Posted Online Workshop Highlights Opportunities for New York Cheese Makers, Small Dairies Upcoming Events Sponsored Events Beginning Farmer Events Other Events Career etc. Opportunities Livestock Resource Educator…
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Message from the Managing Editor Happy Spring! Looking out the window of the Cornell Small Farms Program office here in Ithaca, NY, the crocuses and aconites have burst into bloom,…
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