USDA Farm Service Agency has just made $2 billion available to help specialty crop producers (fruit, vegetable, tree nuts, nursery crops, Christmas trees, floriculture, culinary and medicinal herbs and spices, honey, hops, maple sap, turfgrass and grass seed) expand markets and manage higher costs. Applications are only accepted from December 10, 2024, to January 8, 2025. Many NYS farms would seem to be eligible for these funds. This is not a grant; payments are based entirely on your sales history.
Category: Grapes
Question & Answer session for the Proposed Interim Decision to Mancozeb Registration
There will be a Question & Answer session for the Proposed Interim Decision to Mancozeb Registration.
Mancozeb Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision
This document in the link below is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for mancozeb.
Too much of a good thing? Simplifying your tasting room information could increase sales.
A 2012 study by the Dyson School looked at how descriptions on tasting sheets influenced wine sales in tasting rooms.
Grape Insect and Mite Pests, 2024 Field Season
Greg Loeb, Department of Entomology Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva NY 14456 As of this writing (May 22, 2024), degree day accumulations since Jan 1 are somewhat advanced compared to the last few years. Related, there was significant freeze damage to tender shoots on Long Island and Lake Read More…
CCE ENYCHP Blog Post: Environmental Protection Agency Mitigation Proposal Update – Ziram/Thiram/Ferbam
Environmental Protection Agency Mitigation Proposal Update: Ziram/Thiram/Ferbam Megan Luke, Penn State Extension, Viticulture & Tree Fruit Educator The EPA recently hosted a webinar to address concerns and to outline new measures for mitigating risks pertaining to the use of three commonly used fungicides: ziram, thiram, and ferbam. It is crucial to understand what changes are Read More…
USDA Disaster Designation for New York Will Assist Farms Impacted by May Freeze 8/22 UPDATE for Farm Wineries
This article was republished from Morning Ag Clips: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-disaster-designation-for-new-york-will-assist-farms-impacted-by-may-freeze/ ALBANY — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced that 31 counties across New York State have been designated as a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the late May frost/freeze event. These designations mean that impacted farmers in Read More…
USDA Disaster Designation for New York Will Assist Farms Impacted by May Freeze
This article was republished from Morning Ag Clips: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-disaster-designation-for-new-york-will-assist-farms-impacted-by-may-freeze/ ALBANY — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced that 31 counties across New York State have been designated as a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the late May frost/freeze event. These designations mean that impacted farmers in Read More…
The Effects of Dry Conditions on Weed Management
The Effects of Dry Conditions on Weed Management The current weather patterns we have been/are experiencing could significantly impact crop establishment and development; it could also affect weed control success. Although fewer weed seeds may germinate in response to the hot and dry conditions, weeds that do emerge may be more difficult to manage with Read More…
Online Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Train the Trainer Course Approved
Teresa Rusinek, Extension Specialist CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program The WPS is an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation intended to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers from risk of exposure. If you are an agricultural employer or manager, you must know your responsibilities under the WPS and provide WPS training and protections to employees. Read More…
Weed of the Week: White Campion
Laura McDermott, Senior Extension Associate CCE ENYCHP White Campion (Silene latifolia subsp. Alba), also known as White Cockle and incorrectly as Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), is an annual dioecious flowering plant native to most of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa and has become naturalized throughout North America with the greatest density found in north Read More…
Weed of the Week: The Bedstraws
Aaron Gabriel, Extension Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program Smooth Bedstraw, Galium mollugo L. Catchweed bedstraw, Galium aparine L. False cleavers, Galium spurium L. The bedstraws and false cleavers are weeds mostly of hay fields and pastures, where they are highly competitive. Livestock usually avoid these weeds, although some will eat them. Bedstraws are slightly toxic. Read More…