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The Summer 2017 Quarterly is Here!

By Lindsay Borman / July 3, 2017

Check out the latest round of articles featured in our Quarterly here.

4 Habits of a Successful Cattle Producer

By Lindsay Borman / June 28, 2017

What are the keys to being successful in this business? Here are four common traits of established industry leaders. Amanda Radke | Mar 14, 2017 As a writer who focuses…

Work with farmers markets or farmers market vendors?

By Lindsay Borman / June 27, 2017

The Farmers Market Federation of NY and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County are preparing a project looking to address the decline of customers at farmers markets as a whole…

Small Ruminant Producers: Do you want to improve your parasite control through genetic selection?

By Lindsay Borman / June 26, 2017

Small Ruminant Producers: Do you want to improve your parasite control through genetic selection? Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) parasites, such as the barber pole worm (Haemonchus contortus), are a serious problem…

Don't Forget to Apply by 10/31 for the Cost-Share Program!

By Lindsay Borman / June 23, 2017

Are you transitioning to organic? The USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Programs (OCCSP) provides organic producers and handlers with financial assistance to reduce the cost of organic certification. The programs…

What Wild Bees Need

By Lindsay Borman / June 22, 2017

What wild bees need A new national assessment estimates that wild bees declined in 23 percent of the contiguous United States between 2008 and 2013. The team of Project ICPresearchers,…

Farming the Forest

By Lindsay Borman / June 21, 2017

June 23-25th, 2017 at 10:00am to 4:00pm at Wellspring Forest Farm & School, 6164 Deer Run Ln, Trumansburg, NY 14886 Discover the possibilities of growing a range of food and medicine in marginal…

When Livestock Eat Weeds You Have 43% More Forage*

By Lindsay Borman / June 19, 2017

By Kathy Voth See more at: http://onpasture.com/2017/06/19/when-cows-eat-weeds-you-have-43-more-forage/#sthash.m7gg0tes.dpuf It’s that time of year when I remind you that you can teach your ruminant livestock to eat your weeds so that you have…

Looking to Start Raising and Hatching Chicks?

By Lindsay Borman / June 15, 2017

Looking to start raising and hatching chicks? Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) educators and local professionals for a class on hatching chickens. Find more information and register…

Announcing the Application Cutoff Dates for the Upper Susquehanna Agricultural BMP Implementation Program

By Lindsay Borman / June 13, 2017

Are you an agricultural producer interested in implementing practices to treat the runoff from barnyards and bunk silos, implementing milkhouse waste systems, or helping store and manage manure? Interested in protecting…

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