Farm Bill Listening Tour @ Miner Institute on Aug 19 – RSVP to NYSDAM

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 29, 2022 NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES NEXT STOPS ON THE STATEWIDE FARM BILL LISTENING TOUR Next Sessions to Take Place in the Hudson Valley on August ...
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August 3, 2022Emerging Issues, Events, OtherAgricultural Act, Commissioner, Farm Bill, NYSDAM, SNAP

Solar Arrays on Farmland – Report and Video from American Farmland Trust

Using NYS farmland for installation of solar arrays has presented farmers, municipalities and citizens with a huge dilemma over the past decade.  We must develop solar energy strategies to meet climate goals but we ...
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March 29, 2022Emerging Issuescrop, Crops, Farm Business, farmland, solar

Planting Enlist E3 Soybeans in 2022?

Are you planting Enlist E3 soybeans in 2022? If so, one of the tools in the weed control toolbox will be the option to use one of the two registered 2,4-D choline herbicides for ...
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March 3, 2022Emerging IssuesCrops, Enlist Duo, Enlist E3, soybean, weed control. Enlist One

Cutting Edge Research Leads to New, Farmer-Friendly Application Method of Biocontrol Nematodes

Research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has shown that biological control with entomopathogenic (insect-attacking) nematodes (EPN) is effective in reducing snout beetle populations to sub-economic levels in alfalfa fields where ...
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February 17, 2022Applied Research, Emerging Issuesalfalfa, alfalfa snout beetle, biocontrol nematodes, corn, corn rootworm, Crops, manure

Example NY Employee Handbook Developed by Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development

From Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development https://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/2022/02/10/new-resource-example-ny-employee-handbook/ We’re introducing a new resource on Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development’s Employee Handbook page. We’ve posted an example employee handbook customized for New York farm employers. Starting with a Michigan ...
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February 15, 2022Emerging IssuesDairy, employee, farm, Farm Business, handbook, labor, regulations, resources, workforce

Deadline Extended to Enroll in 2022 Dairy Margin Coverage

PRESS RELEASE Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov Producers encouraged to enroll as soon as possible WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – USDA has extended the deadline to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage (SDMC) ...
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February 10, 2022Emerging IssuesDairy, Dairy Margin Coverage, DMC, Farm Business, FSA, payments, Risk Management, USDA

Take the Cornell Weed Ecology Lab Survey on Common and Hard to Manage Weeds

The Cornell Weed Ecology lab is conducting a survey on the most common weeds and the most difficult to manage weeds on dairy and field crop farms in New York State. If you grow ...
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February 7, 2022Applied Research, Emerging IssuesCrops, ecology, extension, survey, weeds

Demonstrating the Importance of Managing Weed Seed Movement

Tall waterhemp and Palmer amaranth are two weeds glyphosate resistant weeds found in New York. These are relatively new weeds that are slowly spreading across the state. Weed seed movement is the primary way ...
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February 3, 2022Emerging IssuesCrops, integrated pest management, tall waterhemp, weed management, weed seeds

Farm Employers Urged to Respond to Labor Management Survey

**An Urgent Request from Dr. Richard Stup, Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development: Farm Employers Urged to Respond to Labor Management Survey** Many New York farm employers will receive a survey in the coming weeks in ...
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February 1, 2022Emerging IssuesFarm Business, farm labor, labor law, management, NYS, overtime, workforce

“Net Zero for NY Dairy” Program Registration Open

CCE Regional Dairy Specialists and Cornell PRO-DAIRY are offering a free 2-day webinar series on “Net Zero for NY Dairy”. This program will cover what the new Net Zero Initiative is for the US ...
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January 5, 2022Emerging Issues, EventsCrops, Dairy, environment, Net Zero, New York, sustainability