Do you have a good idea or have a product you want to build a business around?  

Learn more about the Value Added Producer Grant through the USDA.

Join Liz Higgins (Eastern NY Hort Team Ag Business Specialist), Myron Thurston (CCE Madison AED & Marketing Specialist) and Nicole Tommell (Farm Business Specialist, CNYDLFC) for an update on the Paycheck Protection Program Draft 2 as well as the EIDL advance grant for small businesses that opened on 1/17/2021.  Additionally, the extension of CFAP 1&2 for specific agricultural areas that were not currently eligible for payments previously will be commented on during this time period. 

2021 Corn Day is Virtual this Year!

Cornell Cooperative Extension and American Farmland Trust would like to invite dairy producers across the state to join a free webinar focused on the Dairy Forward grant program. This program aims to help dairy farm families in New York access information and professional services to plan for farm transitions in the face of tremendous challenges such as a weak dairy economy, disruptions from severe weather, and an aging farmer population. 

With rising grain costs and limited forage inventories, how can beef producers continue to finish beef economically? How does your nutrition program impact final carcass quality and why is proper animal handling prior to harvest to important? Tune in to find out more!

Marketing has transitioned from traditional methods to incorporating integrated online platforms.   This course will focus on learning how to utilize technology and content creation to optimize a farms marketing presence.

Farm Business Education in April, 2021

Short, farm financial education programs online this spring!

Includes FAMACHA Training/Certification and How to do Fecal Egg ID/Counting

The Cornell Farmworker Program and the Finger Lakes Community Health clinic co-sponsor this free webinar with Dr. José Canario, and Ellen Hey, NP.  Local farmworkers will also be available to answer questions about their experiences being vaccinated

Pasture reclamation & small ruminate grazing.

No-till cover cropping strategies, farmer-to-farmer discussion on soil health and the benefits of cover crops, display and demonstration of the farm's no-till drill, and a field tour

Free for any Active-Duty Military and Veterans residing in New York State are eligible to attend; non-veterans will be allowed on a space available basis; registration will be capped at 20 attendees.

A three-part series for farms that are already filing a Schedule F covering tax planning and goals, handling farm profits/losses, and strategies to improve your tax position while also working positively with your accountant/tax preparer.

Join us for a virtual discussion on the status of and risks facing New York pig farms from African Swine Fever (ASF). 

A primer for beginning farmers, or a tune-up for those already in production, on recording income and annual expenses, capital expenditures and depreciation with additional information covering loans & credit card or revolving loan payments, sales of business assets, and deducting losses.

What's here, what's coming, and what we can do about it.  In person and on Zoom!