Congressman Bill Owens has created an Agricultural Advisory Committee that includes 32 farmers from Northern New York, several of which are also members of the NNYADP Steering Committee.

See the complete list and read more here.

 

 

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has announced 23 on-farm research, outreach, and technical assistance projects that are currently underway in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

The NNYADP recently received $500,000 in the New York State budget to help fund additional projects.

Learn more about the projects already underway and what New York State legislators Senator Patty Ritchie, Senator Betty Little and Assemblyman Bill Magee have to say about the value of the NNYADP.

Northern New York maple producers:

The Recycling Agricultural Plastics Project (RAPP) at Cornell is now working with NBF Plastics of Auburn, NY, to process deliveries of used maple tubing. Learn how to prepare your materials to participate in recycling your maple plastics into a plastic plywood substitute.

Pool your plastics with other producers to amass at least 8,000 lbs. of recyclable tubing at one site to request pickup.

Learn more

Read how McKnight’s River Breeze Farm in Waddington, NY and Mapleview Dairy in Madrid, NY have successfully grown triticale as a cover crop and a highly digestible forage for cows.

The Manager/Dairy Business Feb. 2013

Funding from the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is enabling Cornell University researchers to evaluate two methods for enhancing fresh market vegetable production in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

One method involves testing for nutrient levels throughout the growing season; the other is fertigation – the delivery of vital nutrients to crops through drip irrigation systems.

Read more:
Foliar and Fertigation Being Evaluated for NNY Vegetable Crops