Posts tagged with: risk management

Protecting Against Murphy’s Law

By Olivia Young / July 7, 2025

Good ole’ Murphy’s Law is probably the best description of what it’s like to be a farmer that there is! Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm Business Management Specialist, Katelyn Walley-Stoll,…

Protecting Against Murphy’s Law

By Olivia Young / July 3, 2025

What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong! Good ole’ Murphy’s Law is probably the best description of what it’s like to be a farmer that there is! Join Cornell Cooperative…

Identifying Risk is the First Step to Managing It

By Mary Kate MacKenzie / July 20, 2020

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…

Notes from the Field: Nerding-Out on Farm Tech

By Dean Koyanagi / July 20, 2020

In this series, farmers will share what they are testing and trying.   Our farm here in Ithaca is approximately 40 acres of hilly glacial sediment made up of: 14…

From Dreaming to Doing: 5 Tips for Beginning Farmers

By Mary Kate MacKenzie / July 1, 2019

The number of young farmers is growing. These tips can help new farm businesses successfully navigate the startup stage. Newly released data from the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture show…

Using Whole Farm Revenue Protection to Manage Ups and Downs in the Berry Patch

By Dan Welch / January 8, 2018

Strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries are some of the highest value crops grown on farms in New York State on a per acre basis, but it is a challenge to consistently…