UPCOMING PROGRAM: Dairy Cattle Handling for Youth
CCE NCRAT is excited to offer a dairy cattle handling and safety course designed for youth (ages 12+). Click here to register for this FREE program!
CCE NCRAT is excited to offer a dairy cattle handling and safety course designed for youth (ages 12+). Click here to register for this FREE program!
By Betsy Hicks, CCE South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops Team Do you ever feel like your calf health is “pretty good” but you feel like you’re treating more calves than you should? ...
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Don’t let weaned calves be the weak link on your dairy! Check this article out from Progressive Dairy for some simple tips on how to maximize success of your post-weaned heifer group.
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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The early, rapid growth of winter cereal rye in the springtime can be challenging to manage before planting corn or soybean. There are different methods of terminating the rye cover crop. It can be ...
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This is your last chance to sign up for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC) as it is closing this Friday March 25, 2022. According to the USDA, “DMC continues to offer protection to ...
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Registration is open for the “FARM Program 4.0 Updates and Insights” webinar on March 17, 2022, from 12-1pm. The program will cover the requirements of Version 4.0 of the FARM Animal Care Program as ...
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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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Register today for an upcoming virtual program focused on “Understanding and Mitigating Lameness on your Dairy”. This program is no cost, but registration is required. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/mitigatinglameness
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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