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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

WebLee can be reached at 479-587-3474 or [email protected]. Posted in Small Farms Quarterly. Soil fertility in pastures goes well beyond a simple discussion of soil samples, …

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New York Soil Health Trailer: Learn about Compaction and Soil …

WebThe New York Soil Health Trailer brought spring 2019 “Train the Trainer” programs, taught by New York Soil Health Trailer Coordinator and Cornell Extension …

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Roadmap Points Way to Better Soil Health in New York

WebThe Cornell-led New York Soil Health Initiative has just released its Soil Health Roadmap, which identifies ways farmers and land managers can adopt better soil …

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Maintaining a Healthy Sugarbush

WebMeasure a minimum of 30 to 40 trees, and at least one per acre. Just as producers should measure sugar concentration, so they need to measure tree diameter growth. 5. …

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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

WebA graduate of Texas A&M University and a Program Specialist for NCAT’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, his work focuses on agronomy, livestock, and …

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Low-Tech Tools to Evaluate Tree Health

WebAnother helpful metric when evaluating young trees is something called a trunk flare. Examine the base of any tree. If there is an obvious flare, that’s as it should …

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Making Connections through Soil Health

WebThe Western New York Soil Health Alliance (WNY SHA) is a farmer-to-farmer network that aspires to create connections in the farming community of WNY, and …

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About Cornell Cooperative Extension

WebCornell Cooperative Extension consists of an integrated network of professionals that includes campus-based faculty and staff, regionally deployed …

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Farm Work and Your Health

WebGet a good rest so you can get up and do it all over again tomorrow! Marybeth Vargha is a member of the Outreach Team of the New York Center for Agricultural …

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Health Insurance in Agriculture Survey

WebThe survey questions are based on interviews conducted in 2016 with smaller groups of farmers and ranchers in the 10 states being researched. This study is a four …

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Biodiversity Critical to Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems

WebScientists have long hypothesized that biodiversity is of critical importance to the stability of natural ecosystems and their abilities to provide positive benefits such as …

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How to Keep Your Beef Cattle Healthy

WebSelecting a proper dewormer for cattle. Administering an oral dewormer. Recognizing signs of external parasites. Selecting and applying a pour-on material for …

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New York Soil Health and Partners Announce 2022 Field Day Series

WebMark your calendars for ten field days across the state that will focus on principles and practices related to building soil health and climate resiliency on farms. …

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28: Becoming a Small-Scale Food Processor

WebHelpful Resources for Small Scale Food Processors. For assistance in developing a scheduled process for your recipe or developing a processed food product, contact: …

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Interactive Video Guide to Organic Certification

WebThe Road to Organic Certification is a user-friendly, interactive movie that leads farmers through a specific set of objectives with the end goal of becoming certified …

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Cornell, CCE Responding to Farming Mental Health Crisis

WebAfter seeing COVID’s impact on New York farm families, Tommell sought training from New York Farm Net to become a certified mental health first aid instructor …

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Add Diversity to Your Pastures with Multispecies Grazing

WebA graduate of Texas A&M University and a Program Specialist for NCAT’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, his work focuses on agronomy, livestock, and …

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Safety Regulations and the Small Farm

WebMarybeth Vargha works at the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health in Cooperstown, NY and works together with her husband on their family farm, …

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Mastitis in Sheep

WebMastitis is an inflammation of the udder caused by bacteria. It leads to a loss of milk production and the quality of the milk is affected. Depending on the various bacteria …

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Building Farm Resilience During COVID-19

WebBuilding Farm Resilience During COVID-19. Here we are offering ideas on how we can take care of ourselves, our farms, and our local communities. These resources offer support …

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6: Farm Insurance

WebGladle & Associates. Provide health insurance for farm families through the Dairymen’s Health Insurance Alliance Group Plan. You do not have to be a dairy farmer to join. Toll …

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