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March 15 NOTICE: The March 20 meeting has been postponed.

The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has announced NNYADP Research Update Meetings:

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 10 am-12:30 pm, Chazy, NY
Joseph C. Burke Education and Research Center at Miner Institute
586 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY, and

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10 am-12:30 pm, Lowville, NY
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County Education Center
7395 East Road, Lowville, NY

Free to attend; however, registration requested for either date to CCE at 315-376-5270.

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 State and statewide to manage and adapt to the complex mix of factors that influences farm sustainability and agricultural environmental stewardship.

Presentations at the NNYADP Research Update Meetings will share the latest data and information as one or both meetings as follows. At both meetings, Cornell University Nutrient Management Spear Program Director Quirine M. Ketterings, Ph.D. will present data from a suite of whole farm sustainability projects, including nutrient mass balance and greenhouse gas emissions footprinting; the value of manure, and the use of satellite imagery to determine crop yield stability zones.

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

The March 13th meeting in Chazy will also include a report by Willsboro Research Farm Manager Michael H. Davis, Ph.D., on field trial testing and evaluation of promising varieties of elderberry, juneberry, honeyberry and aronia berry and on the first year of trial plantings of hazelnut; and

Miner Institute Research Scientist Laura Klaiber will share data from 10 years of edge-of-field drainage on the quality of surface runoff and tile drainage, the environmental and agronomic impacts of systematic tile drainage in corn and grass fields and when planting cover crops after corn harvest, and crucial insights into the water quality impacts of widely adopted farming practices.

Presenters at the March 20th NNYADP Research Update Meeting in Lowville will include Dr. Ketterings and Adam Wild as well as Cornell PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist Joe Lawrence discussing how producers can gain the most value from corn silage evaluation data from regional on-farm trials and how the evaluation process has change to determine the best fit for any single farm.

Also on March 20th, Cornell Cooperative Extension Tree Fruit Specialist Michael Basedow will present the results of four years of research on apple crop load management, including evaluation of new crop thinning materials and the use of crop load management models to help regional apple growers fine tune practices for fruit quality and returns.

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.

NNYADP Rye Cover Crop Research Adds Data to Local, State, National Programs
Northern NY region a high priority for this work

Northern New York (Canton, Chazy, Croghan, Mooers, Plattsburgh): July 31, 2023. The first-year results of cover crop research funded by the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program are contributing data to New York State, Northeast, and national programs. The regional project is being conducted by Virginia Moore, Ph.D., who is leading a new research program at Cornell University focused on breeding plants to support sustainable cropping systems in colder climate regions.

Moore is also a project director with the nationwide Cover Crops Breeding Network, the largest effort of its kind in the United States. Moore’s research includes an effort to develop cereal rye as a cover crop.

Moore’s first trials in northern New York planted six different varieties of cereal rye on four different dates in the fall of 2022 on working farms in Croghan, Mooers, and Plattsburgh, New York, and at agricultural research farms in Canton and Chazy in the fall of 2022.

Moore explains why Northern New York is ideal for her research.

“Northern New York’s colder climate and year-round agricultural conditions make it a high priority region for this research. Due to the regional climate and soil variability within New York State, it is critical to expand cereal rye variety development to northern New York where fall and spring growing conditions vary from other parts of the state,” said Moore.

Cereal rye is the most common cover crop in northern climate areas due to its cold tolerance and ability to suppress weeds. It also helps filter surface and groundwater, adds organic matter to support soil health, reduces soil erosion, and sequester carbon in the soil.

Participants in a focus group that Moore convened with northern New York growers, agronomists, Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists, and Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) staff identified challenges, including limited availability of cereal rye varieties suited to the northern New York region, a short planting window for cover crop seeding after fall harvest, and inconsistent growth in the spring. Moore’s research is helping to address these challenges, which all impact the potential of cereal rye as a double forage crop.

Early Data Promising, Work Continues
“Data from the first year showed excellent emergence and plant vigor with all varieties at all sites. Most plots, regardless of the planting date, reached 100 percent emergence before the onset of winter,” Moore noted.

The work continues with more data expected on the cereal rye stand quality, winter survival, maturity, termination, and biomass metrics later this year. A new planting will be made this fall.

Moore’s NNYADP “Cereal Rye Cover Crops for Northern New York: Variety Selection and Research Needs” project report for year one is posted under About: NNYADP Projects By Year: 2022 at www.nnyagdev.org.

SWCD personnel in Clinton and Lewis counties assisted the plantings following cash crop harvest at the three working farms. Data from a trial conducted at Cornell’s research farm in Freeville, New York, are also inducted in the report.

This NNYADP-funded research is also contributing data to the Northeast Cover Crop Council that has cereal rye trials located throughout the Northeast.

Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature through the New York State Assembly and is administrated by the New  York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
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Happening September 7, 2023 – Space Limited,
Register Early for This In-Demand Training

July 25, 2023.  The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is collaborating with the International Maple Grading School and Quality Control Program to offer a full day of hands-on maple education for beginning and advanced maple producers. The highly-requested training combines science-based instruction with intensive hands-on activities on how to accurately grade maple syrup and other quality control measures. The program will be offered on September 7, 2023 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Lewis County Education Center, 7395 East Road, Lowville, New York.

The day-long program includes sessions on accurately grading maple syrup, the chemistry of the different maple grade colors, standard flavors, the cause of off flavors and how to detect them, density and equipment, clarity and filtering, and food safety.

Pre-registration is required; space is limited. This special presentation of the International Maple Grading School and Quality Control Program is being offered for $20 per person with lunch and training materials included. This program typically costs $100 per person.

Register online at https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aaXyv0JOpJuGgse or to register by mail request the registration form from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County Executive Director Michele Ledoux at 315-376-5270, mel14@cornell.edu.

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. The results of recent NNYADP maple, beech, and birch syrup production research projects are posted at https://www.nnyagdev.org under the Maple tab.

The International Maple Grading School and Quality Control Program is supported by the International Maple Syrup Institute and the North American Maple Syrup Council.

Results: Horseweed control ratings were greater than 90% in eight of 12 treatments tested on-farm.

Watertown, New York; May 23, 2023.  The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has announced the results of on-farm field research trials identifying the effectiveness of different treatments for management of horseweed in soybean. The broadleaf weed, also known as marestail, has become increasingly resistant to the use of glyphosate as the primary seed control program for its management.

“Horseweed has made it necessary for soybean growers to use an effective soil-residual herbicide in tandem with their pre-planting herbicide treatment or as a separate application just prior to planting,” Cornell Cooperative Extension North Country Regional Field Crops Specialist Michael Hunter explains. The spread of horseweed across New York State over the last years has prompted farmers to consider changing their management approach. In 2019, horseweed was identified on several farms in northern New York. In 2020, uncontrolled resistant horseweed contributed to significant soybean yield losses on some farms.

Hunter’s research in 2021 and 2022 produced horseweed control ratings greater than 90 percent in eight of 12 treatments tested on farms that had horseweed populations with confirmed resistance to both glyphosate (Group 9) and ALS-inhibitors (Group 2). Horseweed resistant to multiple herbicides is becoming more common across much of New York State.

Hunter tested a dozen herbicides with different sites of action with the potential to help manage glyphosate-resistant horseweed in soybean. He tested the products alone or in a mix for the management of the weed prior to its emergence in the field.

A complete report and table of the products tested is found online at www.nnyagdev.org under About: NNYADP Projects by Year: 2022. Funding for the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is supported by the New York State Legislature through the New York State Assembly and administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
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