Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish. 

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

Brought to you in cooperation by the Yates County Soil & Water Conservation District; Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County; Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock, & Field Crops Team; Town of Milo Agricultural Committee; & King's Agriseed

FREE event!

Vendor List: Priefert, CCE, SWNY Dairy & Livestock Team, Select Sires, Poulin Grain, CCR Fencing, Merek, Animal Health Intl, NY Beef Producers Association, and More!

Highlights: Door Prizes, Discounts, Food Truck, Demonstrations, and Early Ordering.

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

Save the date for an Equine Pasture Walk with Broome County CCE!

Please join us for a morning of hands-on learning with expert insights from local farmers, industry representatives, and extension. We will have some demonstration plots in action along with discussion about how cover crops influence soils and demonstration showing impacts on farm resiliency. Free lunch provided following field walk. 

Please join us for a morning of hands-on learning with expert insights from local farmers, industry representatives, and extension. We will have some demonstration plots in action along with discussion about how cover crops influence soils and demonstration showing impacts on farm resiliency. Free lunch provided following field walk. 

Save the Date for a Chemung County Pasture Walk featuring a Beef Herd

Free event.  No registration needed

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

Free training

This workshop series will feature in-depth presentation and discussion led by Dr. Padraig French who is the Head of Livestock Systems and the Dairy Enterprise Leader at Teagasc (the Irish version of USDA). Dr. French will focus on the critical success factors for Irish dairy, which include pasture utilization, labor efficiency and managing for seasonal calving. The discussion will focus on ways that U.S. dairy farmers can use some of the Irish dairy techniques to become more profitable with grass farming.

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish. 

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

Partners from New York State Dept. of Labor, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Southern Tier West, and Workforce Development will be in the space to provide an overview of the new program, discuss the roles of hosts and apprentices, review the benefits of hosting an apprentice, and setting the vision for building a corps of highly skilled, modern trained Butchers and validating this career as a skilled trade with respectful earning potential. 

Join Joshua Greene, Director of Education at Trees For Graziers, Jonathan Bates, Statewide Agroforestry Educator, and Lynn Bliven, owner of Wild Geese Farm for a full day training event that will include classroom and hands-on sessions. The focus will be on DIY silvopasture projects on small grazing farms. We will address the practical considerations of tree establishment, protection, and maintenance while learning how silvopasture can help address your farm's resource concerns and enhance livestock grazing.

Free webinar

Join us for a two-day workshop with hands-on training that will be offered in Spanish in cooperation with Javier Cheang, Genex. Space is limited, register today!

Over the past three years, Cornell Cooperative Extension has worked with nearly 40 small farmers across NYS to gather information on the true costs of raising broilers (meat chickens) on pasture. This presentation is a summary of the findings of this research project. 

This workshop will explain why regularly testing fecal egg counts can help you with understanding your animals' parasite loads and dewormer resistance. Attendees have the opportunity to prepare and evaluate fresh fecal samples under the microscope and practice interpretations.

Presentation by Dr Julio Giordano, Cornell University

Learn about practical application for several types of Automated Health Monitoring Systems, including 

SCR collars, Smaxtec boluses, Afi collars, Cattle Eye, Cainthu and more

• Review of live CURC dairy farm data
• See cow alerts on the computer, and 
• Assess health of the cow being alerted in the barn

Get your monitoring system questions answered by Dr Giordano!

This workshop is open to all dairy farmers, those that have monitoring systems or those thinking about adapting a new system. The workshop is free to attend, but registration is REQUIRED.  Lunch is provided at no charge!

This workshop will explain why regularly testing fecal egg counts can help you with understanding your animals' parasite loads and dewormer resistance. Attendees have the opportunity to prepare and evaluate fresh fecal samples under the microscope and practice interpretations.

Join sheep and goat production experts for three days of informational lectures, hands-on experiences, and demonstrations around sheep and goat production and management. The symposium starts on Friday, October 31 and runs through Sunday, November 2, 2025.

Join sheep and goat production experts for three days of informational lectures, hands-on experiences, and demonstrations around sheep and goat production and management. The symposium starts on Friday, October 31 and runs through Sunday, November 2, 2025.

Join sheep and goat production experts for three days of informational lectures, hands-on experiences, and demonstrations around sheep and goat production and management. The symposium starts on Friday, October 31 and runs through Sunday, November 2, 2025.

This workshop will explain why regularly testing fecal egg counts can help you with understanding your animals' parasite loads and dewormer resistance. Attendees have the opportunity to prepare and evaluate fresh fecal samples under the microscope and practice interpretations.

FREE event with Pro-Dairy!

Enjoy a guided facility walk through of new dairy systems and technologies at Eden Valley Creamery and Miller's Dairy Farm.

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

This workshop will explain why regularly testing fecal egg counts can help you with understanding your animals' parasite loads and dewormer resistance. Attendees have the opportunity to prepare and evaluate fresh fecal samples under the microscope and practice interpretations.

Free webinar

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish. 

Free event, but registration required.  Brand new freestall barn.  All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots, and scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival and before leaving. 

Free event, but registration required.  Under construction 10 robot farm.  All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots, and scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival and before leaving. 

Join experts from Cornell's Waste Management Institute, Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Pro-Dairy, CCE, and WNY Crop Management as we evaluate a newly constructed livestock compost pile at a local dairy farm. Attendees will be able to learn how to properly design a pad and pile, evaluate pile success, and understand common pitfalls to proper composting.

Free event, but registration required.  Four robot barn and new manure aeriation system.  All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots, and scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival and before leaving. 

SAVE THE DATE!  Inaugural NEW YORK STATE AGRITOURISM CONFERENCE presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension Agritourism Program Work Team

Course begins Wednesday, November 12.  Live Zoom discussions: Tuesdays, 3PM - 4PM EST beginning November 18 through December 23.

Course begins Wednesday, November 12.  Live Zoom discussions: Tuesdays, Noon - 1PM EST beginning November 18 through December 23.

Over the past three years, Cornell Cooperative Extension has worked with nearly 40 small farmers across NYS to gather information on the true costs of raising broilers (meat chickens) on pasture. This presentation is a summary of the findings of this research project.