From Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:
By DEBRA J. GROOM
In addition to all the new items at the New York Farm Show, there are some returning workshops and items that everyone must see.
They are:
Machinery galore
Every type of tractor, backhoe, harvester, baler or any other kind of farm machinery a person would want will be on display at the New York Farm Show.
Attendees can see them up close and talk to sales personnel about what they offer. You also can get prices and equipment information to compare. Anyone in the market for something new will find it here.
Woodlot seminars
The New York Forest Owners Association is offering free daily Woodlot Seminars geared to help landowners boost the value of timber and woodlands. The seminars are in the Somerset Room of the Arts and Home Center.
Hot topics this year include cost-sharing for woodlot improvements, finding the right forester, the warning signs of disease and insects, as well as tips for successful timber sales. Other sessions include improving bird habitat, heating with wood, and forest farming, say Hugh Canham and Ron Pedersen, the program coordinators.
The Forest Owners Association is teaming up with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry to put on the program.
Here’s the daily lineup:
Thursday, Feb. 25
11 a.m.: You need a management plan: Step one for your woodlot, by Kristina Ferrare, Cornell Cooperative Extension
1 p.m.: Getting federal aid for woodlot improvements, by Michael Fournier, USDA/Natural Resource Conservation Service
2 p.m.: Improve bird habitat with smart timber management, by Suzanne Treyger, forest management specialist for Audubon New York
3 p.m.: What’s new in home heating with wood, by Guillermo Metz, renewable energy specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Friday, Feb. 26
10 a.m.: Working with foresters: Finding the right one for you, by Peter Smallidge, NYS Extension forester at Cornell University
11 a.m.: Woodland thinning for timber health and production, by Peter Smallidge
1 p.m.: Signs of insect and disease threats to your woods, by Kim Adams, SUNY
2 p.m.: New wood products and opportunities for woodlot management, by William Smith, SUNY
3 p.m.: Getting federal aid for woodlot improvements, by Michael Fournier, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service
Saturday, Feb. 27
10 a.m.: Secrets to harvesting and heating with wood, by Michael Kelleher, SUNY
11 a.m.: Forest farming for mushrooms, medicinals, forest fruits and more, by Steve Gabriel, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
1 p.m.: Making maple syrup for fun and profit, by Stephen Childs, Cornell Maple Program.
2 p.m.: Portable sawmills for woodlot owners, by David Williams, mill owner-operator from Bainbridge, Chenango County
3 p.m.: Dos and don’ts for a successful timber sale, by Hugh Canham, SUNY emeritus professor
For more on the New York Forest Owners Association, visit www.nyfoa.org
Beef seminars
The Beef Area in the Toyota Building has many seminars during the farm show.
The schedule is:
10 a.m. — Proper Care and Preparation of Cattle, Before The Show Season, Robert Groom and Jeanne White
11 a.m. — Start Them Right: Healthy Cows Raise Healthy Calves, Mark McCullouch, Merck Animal Health
Noon — Diagnosing Scours and the Choices to Treat Calves, Dr. Trent Lartz, veterinarian, Multimin, USA
1 p.m. — Cow Side Diagnostics, what is available to get answers quick, Dr. Trent Lartz, Multimin, USA
2 p.m. — Cattle Grading, grouping pooled cattle, Heather Birdsall, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County
3 p.m. — How Ultra Sounding Improves EPDs and what it means for improving your herd, Andy Weaber
On Saturday, there will be three special presentations by New York Junior Beef Members
10 a.m. — How to prepare for a Junior Team Fitting Competition, Shelby Kelekenberg, junior beef member
10 a.m. — How to prepare for a Junior Team Marketing Competition, a New York junior beef member
Noon — Our National Livestock Challenge Experience in Louisville, Ky., Melissa Keller
Also, each day beginning at 11 a.m., the New York Beef Council will be on hand serving its famous Hot Beef Sundaes.
A live beef cattle display representing numerous beef breeds also will be on hand including breed information to take home.
Health and safety
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health hosts an interactive exhibit in the NYCAMH booth in the Center of Progress building.
You will see:
n The new “Game of Logging” is hands-on logging safety training.
n Sign up for the Rollover Protective Structure rebate program.
n Check out the interactive youth displays of farm hazards
n Quiz New York State Police on road safety, machinery lighting and gun controls.
n Get your blood pressure checked for free.
4-H fundraiser
The 4-Hers are back with a hitch pin fundraiser.
You can buy Tisco 6-by-¾-inch hitch pins at $5 each or five for $20. Look for those smiling 4-H faces and the hitch pins at the main entrance doors of the Center of Progress, Dairy and Horticulture buildings.
The hitch pins will be available until they all are sold.
We want your opinion
American Agriculturist magazine will be at the show to take polls of show attendees.
Some of the questions may include:
n If the election for U.S. president was held today, who would you vote for?
n Should assault rifles be banned from U.S. sale?
n Are you using cover crops in 2016? If so, which ones?
n Due to current low prices, how will you cut corn production costs?
n What new ag technology (machinery, crops, livestock) are you most excited about?
n What certified organic products are you most interested in producing?
Taking the poll qualifies attendees to win a $350 Tractor Supply gift card, Leatherman tools worth $65 each or free one-year subscriptions. Sample magazine copies and special show-rate subscriptions are also available.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
New York Farm Show Kicks Off Feb. 25
From Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:
By DEBRA J. GROOM
The New York Farm Show kicks off its 31st year in late February with three days filled with everything new and innovative for New York state farmers.
More than 225,000 square feet of exhibition space indoors in six buildings at the New York State Fairgrounds will be filled with farm equipment, booths with helpful information, demonstrations, seminars and workshops and, of course, the ever-popular toy auction and sale.
The show runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25, 26 and 27 at the fairgrounds Admission is $5 at the door and free for those less than age 18. Parking is free and shuttle buses are available for various buildings.
Tickets are available from many Northeast equipment outlets or by writing to New York Farm Show, P.O. Box 3470, Syracuse, NY 13220 (include a self-addressed stamped envelope with request by Feb. 15).
Visitors can shop and compare the latest equipment and technology and then buy the items to help make their farms more efficient. Show Director Scott Grigor said everyone should visit the show website (www.newyorkfarmshow.com) to see a full list of new products, workshops and seminars.
Many organizations will offer workshops and presentations, including the New York Beef Industry Council, forest management workshops and agricultural safety program.
“These organizations have dedicated a lot of time and effort to provide high quality programs for the show visitors,” Grigor said.
A popular highlight each year is the Robert Watson Memorial Toy Auction, which begins at 5 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Empire Room of the Arts and Homes Building.
Nearly 200 farm toys will be sold to the highest bidder, with all proceeds benefitting the New York FFA.
Visitors can view farm toys at the toy show in the Art & Homes building before the auction.
PRECISION Agriculture workshop
A highlight of the farm show this year is a new program called “Precision Agriculture: Decision Making for a Profitable Future,” from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Arts and Home Center building.
Developed by the New York Farm Viability Institute, the program will include discussions about precision agriculture, the hardware and software needed for precision agriculture (such as harvest technology, planting and crop care and transforming yield data to management decisions) and optimizing variable rate seeding technology.
There also will be a panel discussion with a mix of farmer experience and ag industry expertise.
David Grusenmeyer, managing director of the New York Farm Viability Institute, said precision agriculture allows farmers to collect the data they need to make decisions on which crops to plant in certain soils and how much nutrients and fertilizer is needed for that soil and crop.
The goal is to optimize the amount of money made over the amount of money spent in growing the crops.
“There can be six to eight different soil types or topographies Nin one field on one farm,” Grusenmeyer said. “Crops grow differently in one soil from another and nutrients are used differently (in different soils).
“We need to manage our farms not just as one big field.”
As an example, he said a farmer who has a field monitor on his combine knows exactly what his crop yield is for various sections of his field. If there is a wide variety in yield from one part of the field to the next, the farmer can make adjustments to maximize yield in the lower-producing areas.
“What we have to do is control those variations and profit from it,” Grusenmeyer said.
Some things that can be done to manage the yields is change the seeding rate, change the seeding depth, change to a different seed variety and keep tighter control on fertilizer use.
This is exactly what Todd DuMond does at his farm in Union Springs, Cayuga County.
DuMond, who grows about 5,000 acres of soybeans, corn and other grains, uses precision agriculture in his production. He said it comes down to crop optimization and machine optimization to ensure he is obtaining the most he can get out of his soil.
He uses a machine that has an autotrack systme on it, so it always follows the same tracks in the soil when planting or harvesting. He said this allows for less overlap between rows.
The machine and the data he receives from his computerized equipment also gives him the ability to apply seed, fertilizer or other nutrients in the proper amount.
“We started gathering data in 2006 and began application in 2010,” DuMond said. “The real value is from the data. We use the data to put everything (seed, fertilizer) wher it can be utilized.”
Here is a schedule of what will be discussd at the seminar:
** 3 p.m.: Learn what’s new in precision ag tech for field crops and horticultural systems, the greatest opportunity areas.
** 3:20 p.m.: Three commercial technology leaders tackle how to transform field and feed quality data into management decisions, how planting and crop care equipment technologies can be harnessed and how yield maps/data can improve operation efficiency.
Attendees will learn how to evaluate the data collected over the growing season (planting, soil testing, yield, application, Feed Quality from JD Harvest Lab) and interpret big data in desktop software setting to provide real information from which the grower can either streamline record keeping for insurance purposes and/or understand what practices are making a profit on their farm.
Winter planning allows optimization of the crop season to best fit your agronomic and profit practices.
** 4 p.m.: This session covers auto-steer’s entry-point tech, costs and benefits, plus expected financial impacts.
** 4:20 p.m.: The New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association will present a variable-rate seeding model to be farm-tested this year.
** 4:40 p.m.: Farmer survey results will be shared on promising technologies, barriers to adoption, costs, labor concerns and more.
** 4:50 p.m.: Travis Torrey of Torrey Farms, Dan Shirley of North Harbor Dairy and Joe Brightly of Brightly Farms will share experiences with three different precision ag systems.
Dairy robotics
Robotic technology continues to be the biggest dairy game-changer for all farm sizes.
Learn what improvements are available at the Dairy Robotic Update Friday, Feb. 26. All four robotic manufacturers will present their latest changes and new products in 30-minute sessions in the Bistro Room.
Here’s the schedule:
** 1:30 p.m.: Lely will highlight examples of Lely’s “large herd concept” plus on-farm results of its Vector robotic feeding system.
** 2 p.m.; AMS Galaxy will introduce its Cow Health Monitoring system offered on the Astrea 20.20 robotic milking system.
** 2:30 p.m.: GEA will share key details on its Dairy ProQ robotic rotary parlor and the soon-to-arrive single-box robot.
** 3 p.m.: DeLaval will cover the latest upgrades to its Voluntary Milking System plus the new stand-alone teat spray robot.
Bring your notebook plus lots of questions. This is a rare opportunity to see the equipment and quiz experts.
New products
Farm machine and equipment manufacturers each year come out with new gadgets and machinery to make work easier on the farm.
Cazenovia Equipment Co., with stores in Cazenovia, Chittenango, Clinton, Cortland, LaFayette, Lowville, Oneonta, Sandy Creek and Watertown, will be on hand at the New York Farm show with a number of its new products and technology.
Some of the new items it will show include a L300 series new square baler, a 8000 series self-propelled forage harvester and a XUV590 corssover utility vehicle.
Cazenovia Equipment sells and services more than 30 brands, including John Deere, Frontier, Ariens, Honda, Stihl, Kuhn, Pottinger, H&S and Geringhoff. The company also offers renewable energy systems such as wind power, solar electricity, solar thermal, microhydro power, microgrids and hybrid systems.
“We’re happy to now provide wind turbine and solar panel leasing opportunities, which allow customers to acquire the benefits of renewable energy, with little or no money down,” a company official said. They also offer free site feasibility assessments.
Cazenovia Equipment is in booth 815.
Beef information
New this year, attendees can engage with the “Face of Our Farmers,” which allows those at the show to get to know some beef farmers. Talk with beef producers, see their likes, dislikes and ask them beef related questions. Pick up a Scavenger Hunt form at the Beef Gazebo, read our “Face of our Farmers” posters to get your answers and win a prize.
Those coming to the show also can sign up for the Protein Challenge. The 30 Day Protein Challenge is a fun, step-by-step way to help people get an optimal amount of protein throughout the day.
Research shows some people can lose and/or maintain a healthy weight, support a healthy metabolism, and age more vibrantly by consuming more high-quality protein. Participants in the 30 Day Protein Challenge will receive daily emails with goals, tips and inspiration to keep on track.
The beef area in the Toyota Building also will have numerous beef recipes and beef related information for attnedees.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
By DEBRA J. GROOM
The New York Farm Show kicks off its 31st year in late February with three days filled with everything new and innovative for New York state farmers.
More than 225,000 square feet of exhibition space indoors in six buildings at the New York State Fairgrounds will be filled with farm equipment, booths with helpful information, demonstrations, seminars and workshops and, of course, the ever-popular toy auction and sale.
The show runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25, 26 and 27 at the fairgrounds Admission is $5 at the door and free for those less than age 18. Parking is free and shuttle buses are available for various buildings.
Tickets are available from many Northeast equipment outlets or by writing to New York Farm Show, P.O. Box 3470, Syracuse, NY 13220 (include a self-addressed stamped envelope with request by Feb. 15).
Visitors can shop and compare the latest equipment and technology and then buy the items to help make their farms more efficient. Show Director Scott Grigor said everyone should visit the show website (www.newyorkfarmshow.com) to see a full list of new products, workshops and seminars.
Many organizations will offer workshops and presentations, including the New York Beef Industry Council, forest management workshops and agricultural safety program.
“These organizations have dedicated a lot of time and effort to provide high quality programs for the show visitors,” Grigor said.
A popular highlight each year is the Robert Watson Memorial Toy Auction, which begins at 5 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Empire Room of the Arts and Homes Building.
Nearly 200 farm toys will be sold to the highest bidder, with all proceeds benefitting the New York FFA.
Visitors can view farm toys at the toy show in the Art & Homes building before the auction.
PRECISION Agriculture workshop
A highlight of the farm show this year is a new program called “Precision Agriculture: Decision Making for a Profitable Future,” from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Arts and Home Center building.
Developed by the New York Farm Viability Institute, the program will include discussions about precision agriculture, the hardware and software needed for precision agriculture (such as harvest technology, planting and crop care and transforming yield data to management decisions) and optimizing variable rate seeding technology.
There also will be a panel discussion with a mix of farmer experience and ag industry expertise.
David Grusenmeyer, managing director of the New York Farm Viability Institute, said precision agriculture allows farmers to collect the data they need to make decisions on which crops to plant in certain soils and how much nutrients and fertilizer is needed for that soil and crop.
The goal is to optimize the amount of money made over the amount of money spent in growing the crops.
“There can be six to eight different soil types or topographies Nin one field on one farm,” Grusenmeyer said. “Crops grow differently in one soil from another and nutrients are used differently (in different soils).
“We need to manage our farms not just as one big field.”
As an example, he said a farmer who has a field monitor on his combine knows exactly what his crop yield is for various sections of his field. If there is a wide variety in yield from one part of the field to the next, the farmer can make adjustments to maximize yield in the lower-producing areas.
“What we have to do is control those variations and profit from it,” Grusenmeyer said.
Some things that can be done to manage the yields is change the seeding rate, change the seeding depth, change to a different seed variety and keep tighter control on fertilizer use.
This is exactly what Todd DuMond does at his farm in Union Springs, Cayuga County.
DuMond, who grows about 5,000 acres of soybeans, corn and other grains, uses precision agriculture in his production. He said it comes down to crop optimization and machine optimization to ensure he is obtaining the most he can get out of his soil.
He uses a machine that has an autotrack systme on it, so it always follows the same tracks in the soil when planting or harvesting. He said this allows for less overlap between rows.
The machine and the data he receives from his computerized equipment also gives him the ability to apply seed, fertilizer or other nutrients in the proper amount.
“We started gathering data in 2006 and began application in 2010,” DuMond said. “The real value is from the data. We use the data to put everything (seed, fertilizer) wher it can be utilized.”
Here is a schedule of what will be discussd at the seminar:
** 3 p.m.: Learn what’s new in precision ag tech for field crops and horticultural systems, the greatest opportunity areas.
** 3:20 p.m.: Three commercial technology leaders tackle how to transform field and feed quality data into management decisions, how planting and crop care equipment technologies can be harnessed and how yield maps/data can improve operation efficiency.
Attendees will learn how to evaluate the data collected over the growing season (planting, soil testing, yield, application, Feed Quality from JD Harvest Lab) and interpret big data in desktop software setting to provide real information from which the grower can either streamline record keeping for insurance purposes and/or understand what practices are making a profit on their farm.
Winter planning allows optimization of the crop season to best fit your agronomic and profit practices.
** 4 p.m.: This session covers auto-steer’s entry-point tech, costs and benefits, plus expected financial impacts.
** 4:20 p.m.: The New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association will present a variable-rate seeding model to be farm-tested this year.
** 4:40 p.m.: Farmer survey results will be shared on promising technologies, barriers to adoption, costs, labor concerns and more.
** 4:50 p.m.: Travis Torrey of Torrey Farms, Dan Shirley of North Harbor Dairy and Joe Brightly of Brightly Farms will share experiences with three different precision ag systems.
Dairy robotics
Robotic technology continues to be the biggest dairy game-changer for all farm sizes.
Learn what improvements are available at the Dairy Robotic Update Friday, Feb. 26. All four robotic manufacturers will present their latest changes and new products in 30-minute sessions in the Bistro Room.
Here’s the schedule:
** 1:30 p.m.: Lely will highlight examples of Lely’s “large herd concept” plus on-farm results of its Vector robotic feeding system.
** 2 p.m.; AMS Galaxy will introduce its Cow Health Monitoring system offered on the Astrea 20.20 robotic milking system.
** 2:30 p.m.: GEA will share key details on its Dairy ProQ robotic rotary parlor and the soon-to-arrive single-box robot.
** 3 p.m.: DeLaval will cover the latest upgrades to its Voluntary Milking System plus the new stand-alone teat spray robot.
Bring your notebook plus lots of questions. This is a rare opportunity to see the equipment and quiz experts.
New products
Farm machine and equipment manufacturers each year come out with new gadgets and machinery to make work easier on the farm.
Cazenovia Equipment Co., with stores in Cazenovia, Chittenango, Clinton, Cortland, LaFayette, Lowville, Oneonta, Sandy Creek and Watertown, will be on hand at the New York Farm show with a number of its new products and technology.
Some of the new items it will show include a L300 series new square baler, a 8000 series self-propelled forage harvester and a XUV590 corssover utility vehicle.
Cazenovia Equipment sells and services more than 30 brands, including John Deere, Frontier, Ariens, Honda, Stihl, Kuhn, Pottinger, H&S and Geringhoff. The company also offers renewable energy systems such as wind power, solar electricity, solar thermal, microhydro power, microgrids and hybrid systems.
“We’re happy to now provide wind turbine and solar panel leasing opportunities, which allow customers to acquire the benefits of renewable energy, with little or no money down,” a company official said. They also offer free site feasibility assessments.
Cazenovia Equipment is in booth 815.
Beef information
New this year, attendees can engage with the “Face of Our Farmers,” which allows those at the show to get to know some beef farmers. Talk with beef producers, see their likes, dislikes and ask them beef related questions. Pick up a Scavenger Hunt form at the Beef Gazebo, read our “Face of our Farmers” posters to get your answers and win a prize.
Those coming to the show also can sign up for the Protein Challenge. The 30 Day Protein Challenge is a fun, step-by-step way to help people get an optimal amount of protein throughout the day.
Research shows some people can lose and/or maintain a healthy weight, support a healthy metabolism, and age more vibrantly by consuming more high-quality protein. Participants in the 30 Day Protein Challenge will receive daily emails with goals, tips and inspiration to keep on track.
The beef area in the Toyota Building also will have numerous beef recipes and beef related information for attnedees.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
Friday, January 22, 2016
Annie's Project Plans Programs Throughout New York State
From Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:
“Annie’s Project — Farm Transition Planning for Women Managing for Today and Tomorrow” has classes scheduled throughout New York state.
Annie’s Project is an educational program to help women learn more about running a successful farm operation.
Here is the schedule:
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, March 16 through April 20, Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County, 6064 State Route 22, Plattsburgh; Kimberley Morrill, (315) 379-9192, kmm434@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, March 17 through 21, Cornell Cooperative Extension St. Lawrence County, 2043 State Route 68, Canton; Kimberley Morrill, (315) 379-9192, kmm434@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 28 to March 3, Cornell Cooperative Extension Essex County, 3 Sisco St., PO Box 388, Westport; Anita Deming, (518) 962-4810 (x409), ald6@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 27, Feb. 10, 17 and 24, Farm Credit East, 25417 State Route 12, Burrville; Peggy Murray, Cornell Cooperative Extension Lewis and Jefferson counties, (315) 788-8540, (315) 376-5270, mlm40@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 18 and 25 and March 3 and 10, (snow date of March 17), Cornell Cooperative Extension Genesee County, 420 E. Main St., Batavia, and Cornell Cooperatives Extension of Ontario County, 480 N. Main St., Canandiagua; Joan Petzen, (585) 786-2251 (x122) (Wyoming office), JSP10@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15); Cornell Cooperative Extension Cayuga County, 248 Grant Ave., Auburn, Judy Wright, (315) 255.1183, jlw24@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15), LaFayette Missionary and Alliance Church, LaFayette; sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County, Melanie Palmer/Erin Hull, (315) 424-9485, mjp232@cornell.edu, elh233@cornell.edu.
** 6 to 9 p.m. (light meal at 5:30 p.m.), March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County, 121 Second St., Oriskany; Bonnie Collins, (315) 736-3394 (x104), bsc33@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15), Dryden Fire Hall; sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Cortland County, Janice Degni, (607) 753-5215, jgd3@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego counties, 173 S. Grand St., Cobleskill; David Cox, (518) 234-4303 (x119), dgc23@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 1), Cornell Cooperative Extension Broome County, 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton; Laura Biasillo, (607) 584-5007, lw257@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26 (snow date Feb. 27), Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, 232 Plaza Road, Kingston; Elizabeth Higgins, (845) 340-3390, emh56@cornell.edu.
** 6 to 9 p.m. (light meal at 5:30 p.m.) Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 3, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, 100 Eaton St., Morrisville; Bonnie Collins, (315) 684-3001 (x104), bsc33@cornell.edu.
** 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 30, Feb, 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 5, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County, 215 Lower Main St., Hudson Falls; Tove Ford at (518) 765-3518 or tff24@cornell.edu.
The cost is $100 per person for 15 hours of instruction. Lunch and all course materials are included.
If your county is not listed, contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office.
Annie’s Project is a nationally recognized educational program grown from its inception to serve over 12,000 farm women in 33 states.
Participants will learn about business, estate, retirement and succession planning from area professionals and specialists, most of whom serve agricultural clientele in their communities. Pertinent discussions accompany presentations including follow-up activities for family members to address at home.
“Annie’s Project — Farm Transition Planning for Women Managing for Today and Tomorrow” has classes scheduled throughout New York state.
Annie’s Project is an educational program to help women learn more about running a successful farm operation.
Here is the schedule:
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, March 16 through April 20, Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County, 6064 State Route 22, Plattsburgh; Kimberley Morrill, (315) 379-9192, kmm434@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, March 17 through 21, Cornell Cooperative Extension St. Lawrence County, 2043 State Route 68, Canton; Kimberley Morrill, (315) 379-9192, kmm434@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 28 to March 3, Cornell Cooperative Extension Essex County, 3 Sisco St., PO Box 388, Westport; Anita Deming, (518) 962-4810 (x409), ald6@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 27, Feb. 10, 17 and 24, Farm Credit East, 25417 State Route 12, Burrville; Peggy Murray, Cornell Cooperative Extension Lewis and Jefferson counties, (315) 788-8540, (315) 376-5270, mlm40@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 18 and 25 and March 3 and 10, (snow date of March 17), Cornell Cooperative Extension Genesee County, 420 E. Main St., Batavia, and Cornell Cooperatives Extension of Ontario County, 480 N. Main St., Canandiagua; Joan Petzen, (585) 786-2251 (x122) (Wyoming office), JSP10@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15); Cornell Cooperative Extension Cayuga County, 248 Grant Ave., Auburn, Judy Wright, (315) 255.1183, jlw24@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15), LaFayette Missionary and Alliance Church, LaFayette; sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Onondaga County, Melanie Palmer/Erin Hull, (315) 424-9485, mjp232@cornell.edu, elh233@cornell.edu.
** 6 to 9 p.m. (light meal at 5:30 p.m.), March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, Cornell Cooperative Extension Oneida County, 121 Second St., Oriskany; Bonnie Collins, (315) 736-3394 (x104), bsc33@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 15), Dryden Fire Hall; sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Cortland County, Janice Degni, (607) 753-5215, jgd3@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego counties, 173 S. Grand St., Cobleskill; David Cox, (518) 234-4303 (x119), dgc23@cornell.edu.
** 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 8 and 22 (snow date March 1), Cornell Cooperative Extension Broome County, 840 Upper Front St., Binghamton; Laura Biasillo, (607) 584-5007, lw257@cornell.edu.
** 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26 (snow date Feb. 27), Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, 232 Plaza Road, Kingston; Elizabeth Higgins, (845) 340-3390, emh56@cornell.edu.
** 6 to 9 p.m. (light meal at 5:30 p.m.) Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 3, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, 100 Eaton St., Morrisville; Bonnie Collins, (315) 684-3001 (x104), bsc33@cornell.edu.
** 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 30, Feb, 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 5, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County, 215 Lower Main St., Hudson Falls; Tove Ford at (518) 765-3518 or tff24@cornell.edu.
The cost is $100 per person for 15 hours of instruction. Lunch and all course materials are included.
If your county is not listed, contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension office.
Annie’s Project is a nationally recognized educational program grown from its inception to serve over 12,000 farm women in 33 states.
Participants will learn about business, estate, retirement and succession planning from area professionals and specialists, most of whom serve agricultural clientele in their communities. Pertinent discussions accompany presentations including follow-up activities for family members to address at home.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement May Not Be Big Win for New York Agriculture
From Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:
By MARC HELLER
WASHINGTON — Dairy farmers hoping to see a rush of business between the United States and Canada — a market largely closed to American milk products — may want to hold their applause for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
That is the message from lawmakers and organizations representing dairy farmers and plant owners, who say the 12-nation deal reached in 2015, still subject to approval in Congress, does not clearly spell a big win for New York agriculture.
Lawmakers are likely to vote on it this year.
The outcome could shape the future for key parts of the dairy business in New York, which ranks near the top in U.S. production of manufactured dairy products such as cheese and yogurt that can be easily exported; beverage milk is reserved mostly for domestic use, although U.S. producers have angled unsuccessfully for more fluid sales into Canada too.
The big issue is whether Canada will relax its milk supply management system enough to allow substantial amounts of U.S. dairy products into the country.
“Even with the TPP agreement, Canada continues to strongly endorse their supply control program and protect their borders from serious dairy imports and exports,” said Bruce Krupke, executive vice president of the Northeast Dairy Foods Association, representing milk processors.
“I don’t see their domestic dairy policy changing in the near future, much to their detriment. I also don’t see any increased dairy trade near-term opportunities with them either,” Krupke said.
Krupke said he does not rule out the possibility of longer-term trade prospects with the agreement’s signers, including Japan and Vietnam. New York Farm Bureau, representing farmers of every type in the state, generally supports the deal because it could lower trade barriers to growing markets, said spokesman Steve Ammerman.
Skeptical lawmakers, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Tom Reed (R-Corning) and Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) said they haven’t decided whether to support the deal, largely because of concerns about U.S. dairy trade with Canada.
“The TPP negotiations have caused me a great deal of heartburn,” Reed said in an interview. “I still believe they have a lot farther to go.”
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, “pushed our trade negotiators until the very end to secure the best deal possible for American dairy farmers in TPP,” a Democratic committee aide said.
The Obama administration strongly supports the deal, which its representatives helped negotiate. President Obama urged Congress in his State of the Union Address to approve it this year.
Passage isn’t assured. In addition, some presidential candidates, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-running Democrat, say they oppose it.
The biggest lobbying group for dairy farmers, the National Milk Producers Federation, which represents farmer-owned bargaining cooperatives, hasn’t come down one way or the other.
“It’s quite a complicated agreement,” said Shawna Morris, vice president of trade policy at the NMPF, headquartered in Arlington, Va. The deal contains hundreds of dairy provisions and will take some time to review, she said.
The good news, from the U.S. dairy industry’s perspective, is that the TPP does not appear to open the U.S. to a flood of dairy products from other countries such as New Zealand, where milk is produced cheaply for export.
“When the TPP effort began, it was little more than a façade for a free trade agreement with New Zealand,” the NMPF said in a newsletter to members. “Eventually, in response to consistent recommendations from NMPF and others, countries with more significant dairy markets – Canada and Japan – were added to this agreement. Those decisions created new opportunities for our industry in TPP that previously had not been possible.”
Dairy groups agree that trade is becoming more important to the U.S. industry, and New York as the third-ranking state for cheese production and a top producer of yogurt is especially affected.
Nearly a fifth of U.S.-produced dairy solids were exported in 2014, Krupke said. As much as some farmers or manufacturers may not like the idea of depending on trade with foreign countries, he said, “We have to get used to the concept and embrace it.”
Reed, who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee — which oversees trade policy — said in an interview that he worries about how the actions of U.S. trading partners affect the state’s milk and wine businesses, for example.
Already, New York wine makers can’t use the term “Champagne” for the sparkling white wine they sell to some countries, and terms such as “gouda” or “parmesan” for cheese made in New York may be endangered in some European markets.
This year could bring more developments on that issue, known as geographic indicators, farm groups said.
That dispute plays out in yet another trade deal taking shape, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
By MARC HELLER
WASHINGTON — Dairy farmers hoping to see a rush of business between the United States and Canada — a market largely closed to American milk products — may want to hold their applause for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
That is the message from lawmakers and organizations representing dairy farmers and plant owners, who say the 12-nation deal reached in 2015, still subject to approval in Congress, does not clearly spell a big win for New York agriculture.
Lawmakers are likely to vote on it this year.
The outcome could shape the future for key parts of the dairy business in New York, which ranks near the top in U.S. production of manufactured dairy products such as cheese and yogurt that can be easily exported; beverage milk is reserved mostly for domestic use, although U.S. producers have angled unsuccessfully for more fluid sales into Canada too.
The big issue is whether Canada will relax its milk supply management system enough to allow substantial amounts of U.S. dairy products into the country.
“Even with the TPP agreement, Canada continues to strongly endorse their supply control program and protect their borders from serious dairy imports and exports,” said Bruce Krupke, executive vice president of the Northeast Dairy Foods Association, representing milk processors.
“I don’t see their domestic dairy policy changing in the near future, much to their detriment. I also don’t see any increased dairy trade near-term opportunities with them either,” Krupke said.
Krupke said he does not rule out the possibility of longer-term trade prospects with the agreement’s signers, including Japan and Vietnam. New York Farm Bureau, representing farmers of every type in the state, generally supports the deal because it could lower trade barriers to growing markets, said spokesman Steve Ammerman.
Skeptical lawmakers, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Tom Reed (R-Corning) and Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) said they haven’t decided whether to support the deal, largely because of concerns about U.S. dairy trade with Canada.
“The TPP negotiations have caused me a great deal of heartburn,” Reed said in an interview. “I still believe they have a lot farther to go.”
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, “pushed our trade negotiators until the very end to secure the best deal possible for American dairy farmers in TPP,” a Democratic committee aide said.
The Obama administration strongly supports the deal, which its representatives helped negotiate. President Obama urged Congress in his State of the Union Address to approve it this year.
Passage isn’t assured. In addition, some presidential candidates, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-running Democrat, say they oppose it.
The biggest lobbying group for dairy farmers, the National Milk Producers Federation, which represents farmer-owned bargaining cooperatives, hasn’t come down one way or the other.
“It’s quite a complicated agreement,” said Shawna Morris, vice president of trade policy at the NMPF, headquartered in Arlington, Va. The deal contains hundreds of dairy provisions and will take some time to review, she said.
The good news, from the U.S. dairy industry’s perspective, is that the TPP does not appear to open the U.S. to a flood of dairy products from other countries such as New Zealand, where milk is produced cheaply for export.
“When the TPP effort began, it was little more than a façade for a free trade agreement with New Zealand,” the NMPF said in a newsletter to members. “Eventually, in response to consistent recommendations from NMPF and others, countries with more significant dairy markets – Canada and Japan – were added to this agreement. Those decisions created new opportunities for our industry in TPP that previously had not been possible.”
Dairy groups agree that trade is becoming more important to the U.S. industry, and New York as the third-ranking state for cheese production and a top producer of yogurt is especially affected.
Nearly a fifth of U.S.-produced dairy solids were exported in 2014, Krupke said. As much as some farmers or manufacturers may not like the idea of depending on trade with foreign countries, he said, “We have to get used to the concept and embrace it.”
Reed, who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee — which oversees trade policy — said in an interview that he worries about how the actions of U.S. trading partners affect the state’s milk and wine businesses, for example.
Already, New York wine makers can’t use the term “Champagne” for the sparkling white wine they sell to some countries, and terms such as “gouda” or “parmesan” for cheese made in New York may be endangered in some European markets.
This year could bring more developments on that issue, known as geographic indicators, farm groups said.
That dispute plays out in yet another trade deal taking shape, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
Drug Specialists to Share Plan to Help Protect Dairy Producers
From Empire Farm & Dairy magazine:
How farmers can reduce the potential for drug residues in dairy production will be presented at February meetings in Western and Northern New York.
Speakers with the nationally-recognized Food Armor® program will cover how farmers can establish verifiable on-farm drug quality assurance practices for their farms.
Internet broadcasting and webinar technology will make the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. programs possible on Feb. 16 in Watertown and Feb. 17 in Malone with broadcast to Canandaigua, Albion and Warsaw.
The program speakers include Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Food Armor® Committee Chairman Dr. Jon Garber, an associate veterinarian at Valley Veterinary Clinic, and Dr. Theresa Ollivett, a Diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine section at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Garber and Ollivett will discuss how the Food Armor program can be customized to fit specific farm management systems. It uses a six-point plan that includes attention to the animal-client-veterinarian relationship, drug lists, protocols, standard operating procedures, record keeping and veterinary oversight.
For costs and registration details in Northern N.Y., call Kim Morrill at (315) 379-9192, and in Western N.Y., call Libby Eiholzer at (585) 786-2251.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
How farmers can reduce the potential for drug residues in dairy production will be presented at February meetings in Western and Northern New York.
Speakers with the nationally-recognized Food Armor® program will cover how farmers can establish verifiable on-farm drug quality assurance practices for their farms.
Internet broadcasting and webinar technology will make the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. programs possible on Feb. 16 in Watertown and Feb. 17 in Malone with broadcast to Canandaigua, Albion and Warsaw.
The program speakers include Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Food Armor® Committee Chairman Dr. Jon Garber, an associate veterinarian at Valley Veterinary Clinic, and Dr. Theresa Ollivett, a Diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine section at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Garber and Ollivett will discuss how the Food Armor program can be customized to fit specific farm management systems. It uses a six-point plan that includes attention to the animal-client-veterinarian relationship, drug lists, protocols, standard operating procedures, record keeping and veterinary oversight.
For costs and registration details in Northern N.Y., call Kim Morrill at (315) 379-9192, and in Western N.Y., call Libby Eiholzer at (585) 786-2251.
If you like what you read from the magazine, you can subscribe to it by sending $50 for one year or $75 for two years to Empire Farm & Dairy, 260 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Applications Available for Annual Youth Recognition Awards
From Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County:
Applications are now available for the annual youth recognition awards presented by Jefferson County Youth Bureau Advisory Board in
partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County.
The 2016 Youth Recognition Awards are
presented annually to recognize outstanding achievement of youth and adults who
work with and support young people.
There
are three youth awards:
1) Youth Leadership Award recognizes a young
person who has been involved in leadership roles in the school or
community.
2) Youth Overcoming Odds Award recognizes a
young person who has made significant improvement representing a long term
behavioral or attitude change.
3) Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award recognizes
outstanding volunteer contributions.
The
three adult awards are:
1) Outstanding Adult Youth Worker is for an
individual who has paid employment in the youth service, recreation, or education field and has made
significant impacts within a school and/or community.
2)
Promising Ability in Youth Services Award is for an individual who has
shown outstanding ability and has demonstrated a commitment to a career working
with young people. This awardee must
have entered the youth service, recreation, or education field within the last
three years.
3) It Takes A Community Award is for an adult
who is not employed in the youth service, education or recreation field, but
has shown an outstanding commitment to bettering the lives of young people and
their families.
The application may be found at co.jefferson.ny.us
. The application deadline is 4 p.m. Monday,
March 21. The applications
may be mailed to Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Jefferson County,
Stephanie Graf 203 N. Hamilton St., Watertown, 13601 or emailed to sag58@cornell.edu.
Contact Stephanie Graf at 788-8450
for additional information.
$15 Minimum Wage is Too Much
A view of the proposed $15 minimum wage:
Go to http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2016/01/71065/farmers-15-minimum-wage-is-too-much/ to check it out.
Go to http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2016/01/71065/farmers-15-minimum-wage-is-too-much/ to check it out.
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