Events - month view
July 2026
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
Dairy Grazing Pasture Walk
July 1, 2026
1pm-4pm
Heaven Scent Dairy
Bath, NY

FREE
0.75 DEC credits in CORE, 1a, 21 Available
Presentations from Steuben County Soil and Water and SWNY DLFC Team
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshops Summer 2026 - CCE Cattaraugus (Ellicottville, NY)
July 1, 2026
7pm-9pm
Cornell Cooperative Extension Cattaraugus County
Ellicottville, NY
Amy Barkley, Livestock Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program (SWNYDLFC) will be teaching a series of fecal egg count mobile workshops for those who are interested in the internal parasite challenges affecting sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas.
IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NYS
July 7, 2026
10am - 1:30pm
SUNY Cobleskill (Champlin Hall and field plots)
Free Event, Lunch Provided. DEC Credits: 2.25 (1A, 4, 10, 21, 23)
NWNYTeam Listed Event
Beef x Dairy Finishing Farm Tour
July 16, 2026
6:00pm-8:00pm
Centerstate Cattle Company
Auburn, NY

Come out to view, discuss, and learn about feeding and finishing Beef x Dairy cattle at Centerstate Cattle Co.
NWNYTeam Listed Event
Cornell Cow Convos Podcast- Episode 38 Release
July 23, 2026

August 2026
SCNYDFC Listed Event
Virtual Fence and Bale Grazing Pasture Walk
August 6, 2026 : Virtual Fence and Bale Grazing Pasture Walk
1-3pm
Finch Family Farm
Marathon, NY
This summer time pasture walk will focus on three areas: Gallagher eShepherd collars for a grazing dairy, summer time grazing planning, and incorporating bale grazing into a rotation. The Grass Whisperer, Troy Bishopp, will guide conversation on our walk.
SCNYDFC Listed Event
Tompkins County Beef Pasture Walk
August 22, 2026 : Tompkins County Beef Pasture Walk
Tenative 2-4pm
Ray Hubbell Farm
Enfiled, NY
Main points:
- Cattle handling system, chute funded by John May Farm Safety Fund
- Rotational grazing paddocks, including establishing a rotation and improving pasture quality and quantity
- SWCD work including livestock watering system and fencing
NWNYTeam Listed Event
Cornell Cow Convos Podcast- Episode 39 Release
August 27, 2026

September 2026
NWNYTeam Listed Event
Cornell Cow Convos Podcast- Episode 40 Release
September 24, 2026

SCNYDFC Listed Event
Bale Grazing Pasture Walk
September 25, 2026 : Bale Grazing Pasture Walk
11-2pm
Hillside Farms
Truxton, NY
Jacob and Alexis will show how they've incorporated bale grazing in their farm to reclaim and improve grazing land for their beef cattle herd.
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