This week, Lydia and I checked our invasive moth traps and changed the pheromones. We check the traps to see if there are any moths…
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On Thursday, the NMSP team traveled to Delaware County to visit the Delaware County extension team and two of the small grazing dairies that the…
Comments closedOn Wednesday, the NMSP team visited two dairy farms in Cortland County: Trinity Valley and Whey Street. Trinity Valley processes and sells its own dairy…
Comments closedOn Wednesday, I went to a farm with Janice to review protocols with the Spanish-speaking employees. No one involved in the farm is bilingual, so…
Comments closedOn Tuesday, Agustin (a graduate student in charge of the Dairy Sustainability project), Evelyn (another intern), and I went to a high school agricultural teacher…
Comments closedOn Tuesday, Janice, Lydia and I went to a school in Cincinnatus to give 4th graders a presentation on field crops and dairy. Normally, extension…
Comments closedThis week I started working with COMET-Farm, a tool that helps farmers measure greenhouse gases. The tool lets you add management practices for each field…
Comments closedThe highlight of this week was the farm visits on Friday. I visited a hemp farm and a dairy farm with Janice Degni, my extension…
Comments closedHello! My name is Megan Wittmeyer and I am from a small dairy farm in North Collins, NY. This fall, I will be a senior…
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