August 28, 2012
Click here to read “Battling an Agricultural Pest” by Watertown Daily Times reporter Ted Booker; he profiles NNY farmer Gary Sullivan and his success with applying nematodes to prevent alfalfa snout beetle crop damage. Sullivan has had no damage since he started applying the Cornell protocol for the use of the nematodes.

For farmers who grow alfalfa to feed their dairy cows and other livestock and to sell as a cash crop, now is the time to apply the native nematodes that Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP)–funded research has shown to help control the highly-destructive alfalfa snout beetle (ASB). Click here to learn more

 

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the availability of sales for Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy (LGM-Dairy) for the August 31, sales period

 

Northern New York Agricultural Development Program-funded research conducted on regional farms by the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program and its Cornell Cooperative Extension, W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, and farmer collaborators has developed recommendations for using two testing tools to help farms optimize nutrient use over time. Those tools are the late-season Corn Stalk Nitrate Test (CSNT) and the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test (ISNT).

Learn more: https://www.nnyagdev.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NNYADPManureResearchImpactPR.pdf

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Lewis County in conjunction with Mother Earth News is responding to the increasing numbers of people inquiring about raising backyard poultry, beef, and other livestock, food preservation, energy alternatives for homes and farms, and back-to-the-land management skills with a new educational event. A Homesteading Fair will be presented at the Maple Ridge Center in Lowville, NY, September 8 and 9, 2012.

This two-day event will offer more than 90 educational workshops, held rain or shine, under large tents, in a large, approved, kitchen and former barns, and on the expansive lawn at the Maple Ridge Center. Livestock shearing and wool spinning are among the many planned demonstrations.

Read more . . .