Livestock
The livestock industry in New York totals $2.4 billion. For livestock marketing, New York ranks 39th for cattle and calf production, 20th for egg production, 24th for chicken production excluding broilers, 30th for hog and pig production, and 25th for sheep and lamb production. Dung Beetles of New York State
Erik Smith, Area Field Crop Specialist/Team Leader
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: March 3, 2025
Five Tips for Winter Cow Feeding
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: February 7, 2020
Get PQA Certified
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: February 7, 2020
Reduce Lamb Loss article
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: February 7, 2020
African Swine Fever: What You Need to Know
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 16, 2019
Mandatory Ear Tags for Beef Cattle and Swine for 2020
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 16, 2019
Sheep and Goat Scrapies Eradication Program
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 16, 2019
USDA Continues to Prevent African Swine Fever from Entering the U.S.
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 16, 2019
Flushing ewes prior to fall breeding season
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 15, 2019
Breeding ewes for fall lambing is becoming more common in our seedstock operations, however large commercial operations have been using this method for many years.
Johne's Disease in Beef Herds
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 15, 2019
Late gestation requirements for ewes prior to lambing
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 15, 2019
Quite often producers tend to forget about the nutrition requirements their ewes need to maintain themselves, as well as their fetus. Approximately 80 percent of fetal growth occurs in the last 4-6 weeks of gestation.
Why is early castration on bull calves important?
Ashley McFarland, Area Livestock Specialist
Central New York Dairy and Field Crops
Last Modified: April 15, 2019
This topic has come up regularly over the past few months. There are many opinions on this specific topic, however there are more pros than cons of castrating bull calves earlier in life. There has been quite a lot of research done by universities, across the country in the past few years on this topic. They have indicated there is a slight increase of weight seen in steers at the end vs. bull calves, they have also been able to identify that calves castrated in the first 30 days tend to have higher quality carcasses, than calves castrated at 6 months of age.
- Ashley McFarland,- Livestock Specialist- Central New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Regional Team
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