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NY Soil Health & Climate Resiliency Field Day: Conversion of Cropland to Pasture & Soil Health
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As part of the 2025 New York Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Days, American Farmland Trust will host a Western New York Soil Health Field Day on July 16 at Zeliff Farm in Middleport, NY. The event runs from 9:00 AM to 3:15 PM and will feature sessions on pasture conversion, soil health benchmarking,…
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NY Soil Health Field Day: Biochar, Compost and Building Climate Resiliency
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Hosted by CCE Suffolk Agricultural Stewardship Program and CCE Suffolk Vegetable/Potato Program in coordination with Cornell Small Farms and NY Soil Health This soil health field day will include discussions and demonstrations of research on various soil amendments including biochar and compost in nursery, vegetable, and vineyard production systems. We will discuss how these soil…
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Fighting Feces with Fire: Research Shows How to Transform Manure into Dry Fertilizer
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Managing cow manure has historically been a hassle for farmers, but new research shows how it can be transformed into valuable dry fertilizer. By using a process called pyrolysis, which “burns” organic matter at temperatures of 700 to 1,200 degrees F without oxygen, researchers from Cornell and Bio365 found that the nutrients from manure can…
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