The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program held two annual meetings earlier this year to provide NNYADP committee and subcommittee members, North Country legislative representatives, Cornell Cooperative Extension educators and others the opportunity to hear updates and success stories on NNYADP research projects. Click here to find an archive of NNYADP research reports.

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has posted the results of its latest maple research project focused on increasing sap yields and profitability for regional maple producers.

From 2011-2013, project leaders Northern New York Maple Specialist Michael Farrell, director of the Cornell Uihlein Maple Research Forest at Lake Placid, NY, and retired Cornell Maple Program Director Brian Chabot evaluated the effectiveness of a relatively inexpensive changeout of equipment to improve sap gain in three Northern New York sugarbushes.

In one 3,000-tap research area at the Parker Family Maple Farm in West Chazy, old spouts and droplines were utilized as a control method in the first-year of the research study. The data analysis showed more than $12,000 in potential profit from unrealized sap yield in that sugarbush area in 2011.

Learn what happened in 2012 with new spouts and droplines in that same sugarbush. . .

Click here for the complete 2013 NNYADP Increasing Sap Yields and Profitability in Maple Sugar Operations Through Optimum Dropline/Spout Management report, figures and tables

Northern New York – The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has announced 27 farm research projects underway in 2014. The projects serve the diverse interests of the agricultural industry of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

Nearly 100 farmers participate as advisory committee members or commodity-focused subcommittee members with the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program.

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The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has released the results of its 2013 corn grain performance trials. The trials are designed to aid corn growers, extension educators and seed companies by evaluating hybrids for yield capacity, stalk and root strength and maturity under Northern New York growing conditions, says Cornell University Plant Bleeding and Genetics Researcher Margaret E. Smith.

The corn grain crop in Northern New York is valued at more than $50 million.

The NNYADP-funded trials of 30 early and medium-early maturity hybrids planted at Madrid and Chazy, NY, test popular hybrids as well as new or experimental hybrid seed for yield, plant vigor, standability, and moisture content.

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2013 NNY-Only Corn Grain Trial Data Tables
Complete 2013 New York Hybrid Corn Grain Performance Trials report

 

The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has posted its 2014 Economic Impact Report online.

The two-page report offers a concise snapshot of the value of the 2013 projects funded by the research, technical assistance, and outreach program.

The NNYADP receives funding from the New York State Legislature through the support of Senator Betty Little, Senator Patty Ritchie, Senator Joe Griffo, the state agriculture committees, and other regional and state legislators.

The NNYADP–funded projects include groundbreaking initiatives, including the development of a ‘superfruit’ and the extension of proven-successful practices to farmers across the Northern New York region.

The benefits of the research include opportunities to increase production efficiency and revenue, reduce costs and labor, and enhance animal health, soil health and water quality.

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