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Cornell Cooperative Extension urges all farmers to prepare ahead of time for power outages, structural or crop damage, insurance claims and damage that could accompany Hurricane Sandy, also dubbed “Frankenstorm” and the “Perfect Storm.”

Preparing NNY Farms for Hurricane Sandy

Tuesday, October 30: discuss how weather-related impacts on feed crops impact livestock management decisions with Cornell University Beef Extension Specialist Dr. Michael J. Baker – Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) associations of Northern New York 6:30pm program with Dr. Baker at CCE Jefferson County in Watertown with telecasts to the CCE St. Lawrence County Extension Learning Farm classroom, Canton, and CCE offices in Malone, Plattsburgh, and Westport. Click here for more info

 

A diverse mix of Northern New York dairy operations will be hosting the on-farm learning sessions of the 10:30am to 3pm Northern New York Dairy Institute Hoof Health Workshops that combine classroom and on-farm training organized by Cornell Cooperative Extension. The workshops will be offered:

• Tuesdays: October 16, 23, 30 and November 6 at Jefferson and Lewis County locations
• Wednesdays: October 17, 24, 31 and November 7 in St. Lawrence County
• Thursdays: October 18, 25, and November 1 and 8, at Franklin/Clinton/Essex County locations.

 

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.

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