January’s kick off for the new Madison County Milk House Podcast (where the great hosts Samantha Field and Ryan Coe interview local officials on range of timely and locally important topics) got us ruminating on some of our favorite podcasts to listen to in the greenhouses or on the tractor. For this month’s resource blog, Read More…
Crop Planning Continued: Seedling FOMO Edition (aka when should I start seeds?)
When I first started working on vegetable farms in New England, the last week in January and first week in February was the period we fired up the seed starting system to get those onion seeds going. Onions are one of these crops that are very daylight sensitive, so the theory is that you Read More…
Resource Highlight of the Month: CCE Madison’s Ag Business Center!
If you are like me, maybe you saw the pictures of the grand opening of the center last spring, or heard a little about it via our emails or website. But, like me, you may not realize how cool the space actually is, so I wanted to take this week to share what’s going on Read More…
Preparing for the Season: Crop Planning to Meet Your Markets Part 1
One of the goals with this blog is to help farmers and farm businesses get prepared for any of the challenges that might face us in CNY this growing season. Every couple weeks, we’ll tackle a seasonal topic and share some of our favorite resources around that area of farm business, management, or production. Read More…
It’s the first Mad for Ag blog!
Happy 2023, and welcome to our kickoff of Mad for Ag—the Madison County Cornell Cooperative Extension Ag Team’s weekly blog! As we jump into all the programming and resources we are gathering together for 2023, this blog is one of the ways we hope to share with you what’s going on at CCE Madison as Read More…