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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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Learn more about the new maple syrup grading system in this Watertown Times article by Steve Virkler and Martha Ellen. They talk with NNY Maple Specialist and Uihlein Maple Research Forest Director Michael Farrell, NNY regional maple producers and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County Executive Director Michele Ledoux. The new grading will start in 2015.

Click here to read about Northern New York Agricultural Development Program-funded maple research. The NNY region has a $10 million growth potential for maple syrup production.

 

 

Beef farmers planning commingled cattle pool to do business with big buyers

Read this story by Ted Booker of the Watertown Daily Times on how Northern New York beef producers are developing a new strategy for attracting business.

Northern New York Agricultural Development Program Farmer Committeeman Don Holman, a beef producer in Adams, NY; Cornell Beef EXtension Specialist Dr. Mike Baker; and Northern New York Regional Livestock Team Leader Betsy Hodge with Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County offer their comments.

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The results of research conducted on three Northern New York farms to evaluate parasite control treatments for sheep and goats will be shared at programs organized by Cornell Cooperative Extension for December 3-5 in Watertown, Canton, Malone and Plattsburgh.

The research funded by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and conducted on NNY farms evaluated alternative methods for controlling barber pole worm, a widespread internal parasite of sheep and goats.

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Seventy-three percent of 273 sheep and goat farmers responding to a Cornell survey indicated problems with barber pole worm, a major cause of death in small livestock.

To help small livestock producers, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is funding research into alternative methods for controlling the widespread parasite of sheep and goats. Results of the research will be shared at a series of meetings across the region December 3-5.

The Cornell Sheep and Goat Program – Dr. Michael L. Thonney and Dr. tatiana Stanton, Cornell Veterinary Parasitology Lab – Dr. Dwight Bowman and Janice Liotta – are working in coordination with Northern New York Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Livestock Team Leader Betsy Hodge and NNY small livestock producers to are evaluate promising alternative methods for controlling barber pole worm and other internal parasites in sheep and goats.

Haemonchus contortus is a stomach parasite commonly known as barber pole worm. The parasite has become increasingly resistant to traditional anthelmintic – anti-worming – treatments.

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