The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has posted an updated 2002-2022 summary of Census of Agriculture data for New York’s State 6 northernmost counties. This quick snapshot shows the scope and importance of the NNY regional agriculture sectors that are so critical to the local, regional, and state economies, and includes:

• more than 1.029 million acres of land in agricultural production
• 3588 farms with more than 63.5% small farms of 179 acres or less
• a farm products market value that exceeds $1.174 billion
• a farm employee payroll that adds more than $139.5 million to the NYS economy, an increase of 65.1 million over 2017 data
• 624 young farmers younger than 35 years old
• 643 producers with military service
• fewer dairy farms, but steady dairy cow numbers across the total # of farms 2007-2022
• $21.4 million in organic product sales from 142 organic production farms
• 392 maple farms producing 36% of New York State’s maple syrup from 40% of all of the taps in the state; NNY’s # of taps has grown exponentially since 2000
• 97 honey farms, an increase of 16 since 2017
• and more insights in the updated Census of Agriculture for NNY.

Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature through the New York State Assembly and administrated by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

New York State Assemblyman Billy Jones, a member of the NYS Assembly Agriculture Committee, and a steadfast advocate for New York agriculture and for funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) stopped by the NNYADP table at the Rural Resource Fair today in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany. He was welcomed by NNYADP Coordinator Michelle Ledoux, left, and Mellissa Spence with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County. The Northern New York region includes Lewis, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties.

The NNYADP thanks NYS Senate Agriculture Committee Members Senators Rachel May and Angelo Santabarbara for their invitation to attend the 2024 Rural Resource Fair in Albany.

In 2023, the NNYADP funded research by Quirine Ketterings, Ph.D., director of the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program, focused on assessing the relationship between whole farm nitrogen balances and whole-farm nitrous oxide emissions to help identify key drivers of the balances and greenhouse gas emissions.  Click here to read her report:
Whole-Farm Nitrogen Mass Balances and N2O Emissions: Win-Win?

Click here for a recording of a March 15, 2024 “Quantifying nutrient balances and GHG emssions from your dairy” webinar recorded by Cornell PRO-DAIRY

Click here for a recording of a March 22, 2024 “Reducing greenhouse gases from your dairy: funding programs and energy efficiency opportunities” webinar recorded by Cornell PRO-DAIRY

The latest results of NNYADP research projects are now posting at on this website under the About: Projects by Year tab or click here: https://nnyagdev.org/index.php/nnyadp-2023-projects/. As additional project reports are received, this list will be updated. Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature through the NYS Assembly and is administrated by the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets.

 14 projects prioritized for attention in 2023 and early 2024 by the farmer-driven NNYADP were conducted in 2023-early 2024.

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP and CROP PRODUCTION
– Tile Drainage and Water Quality
Quantifying Long-Term Agronomic and Water Quality Impacts of Cropland Management (Tile Drainage) in NNY Corn Fields: Year 6

 

DAIRY
The Effectiveness of Fans for Heat Stress Abatement in Lactating Dairy Cows in NNY:The Value of Improving Wind Speed in Dairy Freestall Housing During Summer: A Comparison of Animal Well-Being and Economic Impact Before & After Fan Installation on a NNY Dairy Farm

 

FIELD CROPS
The Value of Manure: On-farm Evaluation Year 2

Comparison of Enlist Corn and Soybean Weed Control Programs

Evaluation of Corn Herbicide Programs With or Without Atrazine

Whole Farm Nutrient Mass Balances and Nitric Oxide (N2O) Emissions: Win-Win?

Satellite-Derived Yield Classification Maps and Yield Stability Zones for Management: Year 2

Is Soil Compaction a Driver of Yield? Update coming soon

Cover Crops: Cereal Rye Varieties and Planting Dates for NNY

The Effect of Interseeded Alternative Forages on the Yield and Forage Quality of Corn Silage in NNY

LOCAL FOODS & HORTICULTURAL CROPS
Alternative High Tunnel Crops for Northern New York Growers

Evaluating the New Apple Thinning Material “Accede” Under Northern NY Conditions

Establishing New Commercial Fruit & Nut Crops for NNY

 

MAPLE & FOREST PRODUCTS
Shrinking Maple Taphole Size to Increase Tree Health

Update: Thank you to all who attended!

Research focused on growing the tree syrup industry in Northern New York will be among the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) research update presentations on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the Joseph C. Burke Education and Research Center at Miner Institute, 586 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY.   The meeting to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is free to attend; however, registration is requested by contacting Cornell Cooperative Extension at 315-376-5270.

Uihlein Maple Research Forest Director Adam Wild from Lake Placid, New York, will share information on how a warming climate creates new challenges for sugarmakers and how tapping into other-than-maple tree species for syrup production can increase maple producers and landowners’ economic potential.

Wild notes, “Maple production in Northern New York has increased in recent years in part due to increasing demand, research, and equipment innovations. Beyond maple, tapping into other tree syrups can increase landowners’ economic potential.

Other presentations will focus on dairy sustainability; the importance of whole farm nutrient mass balance and managing greenhouse gas emissions; and the use of technology, including satellites, for stabilizing crop yield.

At the Chazy meeting, Willsboro Farm Manager Michael H. Davis, Ph.D. will present an update on NNYADP-funded trials of specialty fruit and nut crops for northern New York growers. Miner Institute Research Scientist Laura Klaiber will be sharing a summary of ten years of farm tile drainage and water quality research in the Lake Champlain watershed.

Research funded by the farmer-driven NNYADP is progressively building real-world, field-tested, data-based foundations that help agricultural producers across the six-county northern region of New York and statewide to manage and adapt to the complex mix of factors that influences farm sustainability and agricultural environmental stewardship.

Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature through the New York State Assembly and administrated by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Learn more at www.nnyagdev.org.