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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Event March 12 to Tout Southern Tier Ag
Officials will gather at 9 a.m. March 12 to announce plans for the Southern Tier Agricultural Economic Development Initiative.
The $30 million plan is part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed 2015-16 state budget. The new initiative will help farmers and agribusinesses in the region grow, create jobs and opportunities in the region.
Attending the event will be state Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball, Broome County Executive Debra A. Preston and Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County Victoria Giarrantano.
The event will be at the Cooperative Extension office on Upper Front Street, Binghamton.
Hot Tubbing with Leroy
This goes to show dairy farmers will do anything to care for their cows.
Go to http://www.theindychannel.com/news/daily-extras/indiana-farmer-uses-hot-tub-to-save-baby-cow to see the whole story.
Go to http://www.theindychannel.com/news/daily-extras/indiana-farmer-uses-hot-tub-to-save-baby-cow to see the whole story.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Nearly 170 Cows Die in Barn Fire in Northern New York
Go to http://www.wcax.com/story/28280895/northern-ny-barn-fire-claims-170-cows to see the story about the fire in Clinton County.
Morrisville State College Receives Tree Campus Designation
News from Morrisville State College:
Members
of Morrisville State’s campus tree advisory committee spend months
developing a campus tree-care plan which includes policies for planting,
care and removal, as well as plans for tree protection and
preservation. Future goals include creating a campus-wide arboretum and
increasing the biodiversity of trees.
Morrisville Stsate College has received 2014 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
Tree Campus USA® is
a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation, and
sponsored by Toyota, to honor colleges and universities for effective
campus forest management and engaging staff and students in conservation
goals.
The recognition notes what Morrisville State College students, faculty and staff have been doing for years, including learning about trees as they plant and care for them on campus and in local communities.
The college also received the designation in 2013.
Morrisville State achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus
USA’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory
committee and a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for
its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and conducting a
student service-learning project.
Maple Producers Awaiting Good Weather
I did this story last week and it ran Saturday, March 7, 2015. If temperatures stay in the 40s during the day and down to the 20s at night, all might be saved!
If this horrible winter weather doesn’t shape up fast, the wonderful sweetness of Maple Weekends could be in jeopardy.
To date, it’s been too cold and too snowy for most maple syrup producers to get into the woods and tap their trees. And even if they could tap, it’s been too cold for the sap to run.
“Right now, some of the producers are getting things together and getting things ready,” said Michele Ledoux, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County — the state’s largest maple producing county.
“They are all waiting for the weather to break,” she said.
Maple producers need temperatures in the 40s during the day and in the 20s at night for the best sap extraction. The Weather Channel forecast for Lowville from today through Thursday shows highs of 32 today and Wednesday and a high of 36 on Monday.
But that’s it. All of the other days have highs only in the 20s or teens. The lows aren’t any good either, ranging from 19 tonight to 13 on Sunday and Thursday nights.
Maple Weekends, New York’s annual celebration of all that is maple, are being held March 21 and 22 and March 28 and 29.
On those weekends, many producers throughout the state open up their operations so the public can see how trees are tapped, how sap is collected and how sap is boiled down to make syrup. Some producers even operate pancakes breakfasts featuring their fresh maple syrup.
“This is a good question,” said Dale Moser, of Moser’s Maple in Beaver Falls, Lewis County, when asked if anyone will have sap to boil for Maple Weekends. “It’s just wait and see.”
Usually by this time of year, producers have tapped and have already been making syrup.
According to statistics from the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, the earliest a maple season began was Jan 10 in 2011. The latest a season began was April 1 in 1940.
Mr. Moser, who is the fourth generation of maple producers on his farm, said he remembers one year back in the late 1950s or early 1960s when he didn’t tap his trees until late March and didn’t have syrup until Easter weekend in April.
For 2014, the season was short — beginning March 13 and ending April 14 — a total of 32 days. In 2013, the season was 40 days long from Feb. 27 to April 9.
But Helen Thomas, of Syracuse, executive director of the New York Maple Producers Association, said while last year’s season was a bit short, the quality and quantity of the syrup was excellent.
A total of 546,000 gallons were made in 2014, down just slightly from 2013’s record production of 574,000 gallons.
The biggest problems this year are the cold and snow pack.
“All the feeder roots to the trees are frozen, the ground is frozen and in some places, the snow is waist deep or deeper,” Mr. Moser said. “And for the sap to be sweet we need a lot of wet weather and moisture on the ground.”
He said New York needs about three to four days in the 40s and then a light rain “to take the snow down.” The ground has to thaw so the moisture from the snow and rain can seep into the soil.
“The ground is so frozen, nothing is moving,” Ms. Ledoux said of the sap.
Mr. Moser said some maple producers may have some syrup to sell at Maple Weekend festivities if the weather doesn’t cooperate. But others might be out of luck.
“We just keep checking the forecasts and then checking the Farmers’ Almanac,” Mr. Moser said.
Wish I had a crystal ball,” Ms. Thomas said.
To date, it’s been too cold and too snowy for most maple syrup producers to get into the woods and tap their trees. And even if they could tap, it’s been too cold for the sap to run.
“Right now, some of the producers are getting things together and getting things ready,” said Michele Ledoux, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County — the state’s largest maple producing county.
“They are all waiting for the weather to break,” she said.
Maple producers need temperatures in the 40s during the day and in the 20s at night for the best sap extraction. The Weather Channel forecast for Lowville from today through Thursday shows highs of 32 today and Wednesday and a high of 36 on Monday.
But that’s it. All of the other days have highs only in the 20s or teens. The lows aren’t any good either, ranging from 19 tonight to 13 on Sunday and Thursday nights.
Maple Weekends, New York’s annual celebration of all that is maple, are being held March 21 and 22 and March 28 and 29.
On those weekends, many producers throughout the state open up their operations so the public can see how trees are tapped, how sap is collected and how sap is boiled down to make syrup. Some producers even operate pancakes breakfasts featuring their fresh maple syrup.
“This is a good question,” said Dale Moser, of Moser’s Maple in Beaver Falls, Lewis County, when asked if anyone will have sap to boil for Maple Weekends. “It’s just wait and see.”
Usually by this time of year, producers have tapped and have already been making syrup.
According to statistics from the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, the earliest a maple season began was Jan 10 in 2011. The latest a season began was April 1 in 1940.
Mr. Moser, who is the fourth generation of maple producers on his farm, said he remembers one year back in the late 1950s or early 1960s when he didn’t tap his trees until late March and didn’t have syrup until Easter weekend in April.
For 2014, the season was short — beginning March 13 and ending April 14 — a total of 32 days. In 2013, the season was 40 days long from Feb. 27 to April 9.
But Helen Thomas, of Syracuse, executive director of the New York Maple Producers Association, said while last year’s season was a bit short, the quality and quantity of the syrup was excellent.
A total of 546,000 gallons were made in 2014, down just slightly from 2013’s record production of 574,000 gallons.
The biggest problems this year are the cold and snow pack.
“All the feeder roots to the trees are frozen, the ground is frozen and in some places, the snow is waist deep or deeper,” Mr. Moser said. “And for the sap to be sweet we need a lot of wet weather and moisture on the ground.”
He said New York needs about three to four days in the 40s and then a light rain “to take the snow down.” The ground has to thaw so the moisture from the snow and rain can seep into the soil.
“The ground is so frozen, nothing is moving,” Ms. Ledoux said of the sap.
Mr. Moser said some maple producers may have some syrup to sell at Maple Weekend festivities if the weather doesn’t cooperate. But others might be out of luck.
“We just keep checking the forecasts and then checking the Farmers’ Almanac,” Mr. Moser said.
Wish I had a crystal ball,” Ms. Thomas said.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Workshop on Hops, Wines Set for March 24 in Mexico
A workshop titled "Producing Farm Beverages" is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday March 24 at the Oswego County Federal Credit Union on Scenic Avenuie (Route 3) in Mexico.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is hosting the workshop called at which featured presenters Steve Miller, Cornell Cooperative Extension Hops Specialist, and Chris Gerling, manager of the Vinification and Brewing Laboratory at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, willlearn how to grow hops, as well as the rules, regulations and techniques for making beer, wine and hard cider.
Recent New York State laws have made it
easier to produce and sell these items for New York farmers.
The
price of the workshop is $15. Refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is
required by March 20. To register, call 963-7286, e-mail LKW39@cornell.edu or send payment to CCE of
Oswego County, 3288 Main St., Mexico, NY 13114.
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