NNY Ag Development Program

Northern New York Agriculture

Northern New York Agricultural Development Program logoThe Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) received $300,000 in 2024-2025 New York State Budget funding through the support of the New York State Assembly for 11 high priority projects to be conducted in 2024.

 

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
. Evaluating Environmental and Agronomic Benefits of Common Field Crop Production Practices on a NNY Dairy Farm: Year 2

 

CROPS RESEARCH
. Breeding Cereal Rye for Late-Season Cover Crop Planting
. Field Crop Performance Network: NNY
. The Effect of Corn Seed Cost on the Yield & Quality of Corn Silage in NNY
. On-Farm Evaluation of the Value of Manure

  DAIRY RESEARCH
. Linking Dairy Sustainability Metrics to Promote, Drive & Support Sustainability

  HORTICULTURAL/LOCAL FOODS RESEARCH
. Establishing New Commercial Fruit and Nut Crops for NNY
. Evaluating the New Apple Thinning Material “Accede” Under NNY Thinning Conditions: Year 2
. Improving High Tunnel Production in Northern NY

 

Rows of maple syrup bottles

MAPLE PRODUCTION
. Cooling Maple Sap in a Warming Climate in NNY
. Developing Alternative Tree Sap Beverages

 

This flow diagram illustrates one scenario developed by the Cornell PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environment Systems program for its NNYADP-funded case study of the economic feasibility of co-digestion of dairy manure and food waste on a northern New York dairy farm. RNG is renewable natural gas. Graphic courtesy of Cornell PRO-DAIRY.

TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED RESEARCH
. Development of a User-Friendly Web-Based Tool for Farmers to Implement and Analyze On-Farm Research