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The Financial Benefits of Going Grass-Fed with Sheep
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How to weather inflation of agricultural inputs. A common expectation is that grass-fed market lambs should fetch a premium price, a price that is higher than conventional grain-fed lamb. That […]
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Growing Latino Leadership in Suffolk County with Futuro en Ag
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Something peculiar was happening at the Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag farm management skills course in Suffolk County in January. The flowers set out in the conference room […]
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NYS Farm Outlook for 2021
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Experts predict scarce labor and higher wages this year. New York state farm operators can expect a tight labor market and rising wages in the year ahead, in addition to continued pandemic precautions, debate […]
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Can Farm Employers Require Employees to Wear Face Coverings/Masks?
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Can Farm Employers Require Employees to Wear Face Coverings/Masks? The science about wearing face coverings/masks to reduce the spread of novel coronavirus is increasingly clear; wearing a mask dramatically reduces […]
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Cornell Farmworker Program Mobilizes Protections for NY Farmworkers
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Supporting NY farmworkers with masks, COVID-19 information and Q&A with Mary Jo Dudley. More than 55,000 farmworkers across New York play critical roles sustaining the local and global food […]
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Identifying Risk is the First Step to Managing It
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Not only is risk unavoidable in agriculture, but managing it well is an essential function of any farm operation. Most of us live in a culture that values comfort […]
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Building Resilience With Labor and Workforce Planning
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Offering a curated list of resources on labor and workforce issues for farmers and employees to navigate COVID-19. Whether you hire labor or rely on your family to support a […]
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USDA Puts Northeast Organic Dairies at a Disadvantage
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Raising an organic dairy heifer can be costly. The first year of a dairy heifer’s life has the highest per day costs mainly due to the whole milk fed and labor required for young calves. […]
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Upcoming Workshop in Geneva: Navigating the Ag Labor Maze
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Do you hire, or are you considering hiring, migrant or foreign-born labor? Do you want to improve your skills in supervising employees who come from different cultures, especially workers from […]
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Securing a Labor Force at Sweetland Farm
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A vegetable farm raised wages to $15 an hour and lived to tell the tale! Early in 2016, Evangeline Sarat at Sweetland Farm, in Trumansburg, NY, announced that she would […]
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