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Chainsaw Safety, Part 4: Reducing the Risk of Chainsaw Kickback (Just say No to Kickback!)
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Chainsaw Safety, Part One Chainsaw Safety, Part Two Chainsaw Safety, Part Three In the first three articles of this series on chainsaw safety we focused on having the right types of safety equipment when using chainsaws. It is imperative to have all of the right OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) approved safety features when you or your…
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Nearly 1,000 Participate in Chautauqua County Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 52nd Annual Field Day
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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 Point. 4-H welcomed nearly 1,000 area fifth graders from 19 schools. Youth visited seven of 32 stations ranging from bluebirds to fly fishing, map and…
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Mapping Services for Ag Refugees in New York
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Do you serve refugee farmers? Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming and the Cornell Small Farms Program are seeking to identify organizations who are working with refugee populations engaged in agriculture in New York State. If this describes your organization, please take a minute to fill out a short questionnaire describing your work. Click here for Questionnaire We will compile…
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Save the Date for the First New York Soil Health Summit
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Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Time: TBD Location: Empire State Plaza, Downtown Albany, NY Save the date for the first New York Soil Health Summit. This event, organized by the New York Soil Health project, is for farmers, researchers, agriculture service providers, government agencies, non-profits and policy-makers interested in advancing soil health efforts across the state. Topics include: Local experts/grower panel Research and policies relevant to soil…
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Personal Protective Equipment: Chainsaw Safety, Part 2
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Chainsaw Safety, Part One This second part article on chainsaw safety is part of our CCE Chenango grant project done in collaboration with the New York Farm Viability Institute, “Increased Farm Profitability and Diversity through Value-Added Forest Products Initiative”. We have been encouraging farmers and woodland owners to develop forest based enterprises, many of which…
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Cucurbit Downy Mildew on Cucumber: New Strains, New Varieties
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Cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) (Pseudoperonosporacubensis), is a serious disease of cucurbits worldwide that attacks all cultivated cucurbits. Symptoms progress from yellow, angular lesions on the upper leaf surfaces restricted by leaf veins to the production of gray sporangia that can be seen on the lower leaf surface. Lesions expand, become necrotic, and kill the leaves.…
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