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July 2025

Ag Workforce Central: Virtual Office Hour

July 9, 2025
Noon - 1pm EST
Zoom

Free webinar.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

WNY Pastureland Conversion & Soil Health Field Day

July 16, 2025
9am-3pm
Zeliff Farm
Middleport, NY

WNY Pastureland Conversion & Soil Health Field Day

Join American Farmland Trust for the Western New York Soil Health Field Day on July 16, 2025, at Zeliff Farm in Middleport, NY, from 9:00 AM-3:15 PM. Learn about pasture conversion, soil health benchmarking, biochar in grazing systems, and best grazing practices. Plus, enjoy hands-on demos with the NY Soil Health Trailer, drones, and cover crops!  Check out the attached agenda for more information about the field day and REGISTER HERE. Zeliff Farms is a regenerative beef operation who has recently partnered with AFT on outreach and education to farmers including learning circles and evaluating biochar effects on soil health.

IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NYS

July 22, 2025
10am - 1:30pm
SUNY Cobleskill (Champlin Hall and field plots)
Cobleskill, NY

Free event.  DEC Credits available

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Tioga County Pasture Walk

July 24, 2025
1 - 3pm
Schlabach and Sons
Owego, NY

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District for a pasture walk!

This year, we will be visiting an organic dairy farm.

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Cortland County Pasture Walk

July 28, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Cortland, NY

Cortland County Pasture Walk

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District for a pasture walk!

Topics: Renovating pasture, leasing ground & custom grazing animals

Free to register; Registration optional, but encouraged!

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NY

Event Offers DEC Credits

July 30, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Zittels Family Farm
Hamburg , NY

SWNYDLFC and Cornell IPM are hosting a grower meeting to discuss integrated pest management strategies for protecting corn and soybean seed in New York. 

August 2025

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

FAMACHA Training for Sheep and Goat producers in Woodhull NY

August 13, 2025 : FAMACHA Training in Woodhull
6pm - 8:30pm
Anthony Marko's Farm
Woodhull, NY

FAMACHA Training for Sheep and Goat producers in Woodhull NY

Join us for a discussion and hands-on training for internal parasite integrated pest management in sheep and goats. Certification is available to all students participating in the workshop.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Pasture Walk in Woodhull, NY

August 20, 2025 : Pasture Walk in Woodhull, NY
6pm - 8:00pm
Anthony Marko's Farm
Woodhull, NY

Pasture Walk in Woodhull, NY

Join us on one of our region's sheep farms to walk their pastures and explore managing sheep in a frequent rotational grazing system

NWNYTeam Listed Event

Pasture Walk at C&H Farms of WNY, LLC

August 26, 2025
6-8pm
C&H Farms
Akron, NY

Pasture Walk at C&H Farms of WNY, LLC

C&H Farms is new to grazing beef cows. Come out to view, discuss, and learn what is working and what needs some adjusting.

September 2025

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Upcoming Events

Ag Workforce Central: Virtual Office Hour

July 9, 2025

Free webinar.

View Ag Workforce Central: Virtual Office Hour Details

IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NYS

July 22, 2025
Cobleskill, NY

Free event.  DEC Credits available

View IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NYS Details

Announcements

Sign Up for Our Weekly E-Newsletter

We send out a bi-weekly e-newsletter that has announcements, upcoming programs, and opportunities for you!  Registration is quick, easy, and free.  Click here to sign up today!

Document and Share Storm Damage

Mother nature has really been difficult over the last few days. Significant damage has been seen throughout NYS. Please let us know what types of damage your farm may have sustained during this time. This could be in the form of property damage, lost power, milk dump due to lost power, loss of livestock, loss of stored feed or growing crops.

Farms are encouraged to DOCUMENT AND SHARE any impacts the weather may have had on their home or business. This could include structure damage, crop loss, inventory loss due to power outages, damage to equipment or fencing, and more.

If your farm experienced any sort of damage, please reach out to any of the folks listed below (or all of them). The more impact information that is collected, the greater the likelihood of a disaster declaration which can bring vital emergency support and awareness. The CNYDLFC Team will continue to collect detail and submit to NYSDAM and the EDEN network.

Reporting Weather Related Impacts (For your home or farm business)

  • First, ensure that all the people and animals on your farm are safe, and that there aren't any unsafe working conditions created because of the weather (check your structures!). If there's an emergency, call 911 - don't try to manage it all on your own.
  • Second, document all negative weather impacts for your farm and their estimated financial cost. Take photos, make estimates, and put it all in a safe place.
  • Reach out to your insurance providers - farm, vehicle, crop, etc. to initiate the claim process as needed.
  • Then, share your farm's damage with any (or all) of the ag support agencies listed below. We all work together to collect storm damage information and funnel it up to Ag and Markets which can initiate a natural disaster declaration.
Your local Cornell Cooperative Extension Association Office.
  • Chenango: 607-334-5841
  • Fulton/Montgomery: 518-853-2135
  • Herkimer: 315-866-7920
  • Madison: 315-684-3001
  • Otsego: 607-547-2536
  • Schoharie: 518-234-4303
  • Saratoga: 518-885-8995
Any of our CNYDLFC Team members (calls/emails/texts/site visit requests all ok)
  • Erik Smith: 315-219-7786
  • Daniela Gonzalez: 315-749-3486
  • Ashley McFarland- 315-604-2156

Your county USDA/FSA service center.
  • Chenango: 607-334-3231
  • Fulton/Montgomery: 518-853-4015
  • Herkimer: 315-866-2520
  • Madison:315-824-9076
  • Otsego: 607-547-8131
  • Schoharie: 518-295-8600
  • Saratoga: 518-692-9940

Your county farm bureau manager

  • Region 3: Bailey Coon: 518-937-0566
  • Region 5: John Wagner: 315-761-9770
  • Region 6: Natally Batiston: 518-937-0269
  • Region 7: Todd Heyn: 518-431-9338

Please let us know how we can help you.


Cash Rent and Custom Harvest Survey

To date, there is limited information available about rental rates and fees for crop harvesting.  Farms can use this valuable information for their farm business planning to help improve decision making and profitability. 

The data that is collected, and the subsequent reports/findings/resources will be helpful for all of us to answer that call of "What's the average rental rate in my area?" and "How much do people charge to combine oats?"

Take the survey here.


Farmers Can Join MeatSuite For Free!

MeatSuite.com is a free resource provided by Cornell University where NY meat farmers can create a farm profile and list their bulk (wholes, halves, quarters) and bundled (i.e. Grilling Bundle) meat products.

Why should farmers join?

1. It's free and easy!
2. Connect with more local customers. In the past year the MeatSuite.com farm directory had 8,300 visits from New York consumers. Farm profiles get as many as 25 views per month from potential local customers. We also spotlight MeatSuite farms on social media and bring attention and purchases to farms through highlights and giveaways.

How do I join?

Farmers can visit https://www.meatsuite.com/farmers/ to create a free farm profile. You must list at least one product for your farm's profile to go live. You'll also have access to Cornell's free Meat Price Calculator, a helpful tool for pricing your meat to make a profit.

While you're on MeatSuite, check out the "Creating Consumer-Friendly Bulk Meats" publication on the log-in page. It has tips on how to create bulk meat products that are easier for first-time buyers to say "yes" to.

If you have any questions as you create your farm profile or products, we're here to help! Please email Matt LeRoux at mnl28@cornell.edu.


Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula, or Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), is an invasive plant hopper from Asia and is an agricultural pest. In the United States, it was first found in Pennsylvania in 2014. Spotted Lanternfly has been found in New York State on Staten Island, all New York City boroughs, Long Island, Port Jervis, Sloatsburg, Orangeburg, Ithaca, Binghamton, Middletown, Newburgh, Highland, and the Buffalo area. SLF threatens the agriculture and forestry industries, and is also a nuisance pest. The nymphs and adults feed on over 70 different plants, but is especially detrimental to grapes, a black walnut, hops, maple trees and apples. New York State Ag and Markets supported CCE efforts to help bring awareness to communities and we developed this Public Service Announcement and would appreciate you sharing it with your member lists. 



CCE Livestock Program Work Team

See the Livestock Program Work Team website for news, upcoming programs, and NYS Slaughterhouse Map.

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