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Learn About Cutting Meat in a Commercial Kitchen with Upcoming Livestock Webinar
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For NYS farmers seeking to regain some control over butchering their animals, there is a middle option between being at the whim of slaughterhouse schedules and opening your own slaughterhouse. […]
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Beef Handling and Feeding Equipment Considerations
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In part three of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we help you answer the questions of how to safely and efficiently feed and handle large beef cattle. This […]
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NYS Livestock Industry Poised for Growth but Impacted by COVID-19
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The Cornell Small Farms Program contributed to a Cornell CALS white paper on COVID-19 impacts on food and farming, offering insight on the livestock industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted individuals, families, communities, and businesses throughout New York state, and continues […]
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Upcoming Webinar on Starting a Slaughterhouse
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This has been a challenging year for livestock farmers and red meat packers in New York State. With many packers already booked solidly for 2021, livestock farmers are feeling panicked […]
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Green Practices Can Negate Climate Emissions on New York Farms
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New York agriculture has the capacity to mitigate its own greenhouse gas emissions, two Cornell researchers say in a state-funded report commissioned by the New York State Department of Agriculture […]
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Will Dry Weather Create Forage Shortages This Winter?
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Farmers can take action now to adequately prepare for the winter months. We have seen quite dry conditions in much of our region and much of the state this past […]
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Struggling with Slaughterhouse Access? Survey for NYS Livestock Farmers
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If you raise animals for meat in New York State, you are no stranger to the complicated logistics and roadblocks that exist in getting animals to slaughter. For many producers, […]
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What’s Your Beef?
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So you think that you would like to raise some beef cattle on your small farm? This is the first installment of a multi-part series of articles on raising beef […]
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Updated Guide Provides Regulatory Information for Marketing for Livestock and Poultry Products
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We are excited to announce that our “Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock and Poultry” has undergone an extensive update. The guide, first published in 2010, provides useful information on how […]
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Building Resilience for Livestock and Dairy Producers
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Offering information on how to navigate market changes due to this pandemic. The most common refrain we are hearing from livestock producers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is the need […]
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