By: Elizabeth Higgins, Ag Business Management Extension Specialist If your farm or food business is an SBA “small business” you may be eligible for funding for grants to help you respond to coronavirus. The ...
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The recording for “Healthy, Hardy, Heifers!” Week 1 is now available. This episode featured Dr. Murilo Carvalho, Education Specialist with Holstein Canada. Murilo described the importance of paying close attention to heifers at all ...
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Woolly cupgrass (Eriochloa villosa) has always been a grass weed associated with the Midwest. It was first found in Oregon in the 1940s and made its way to Iowa in the 1950s. It was ...
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Usually, every 3 years, the National FARM Program revises and updates the Animal Care standards. Due to COVID impacting on-farm evaluations, Version 4.0 has been extended 18 months, and is now in effect until ...
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Click here to access a report authored by Joe Lawrence with Cornell PRO-DAIRY that discusses corn silage harvest timing!
PRESS RELEASE Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2021 – Organic producers and handlers can now apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds to assist with the cost of receiving or maintaining organic certification. Applications for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP) are due Nov. 1, ...
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It’s that time again… time to start thinking about corn silage harvest! As a reminder, last year CCE Dairy Educators and PRO-DAIRY developed a 4-part podcast series discussing different strategies and timely information relevant ...
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Register today for our free Fall webinar series all about post-weaned heifer management, “Healthy, Hardy, Heifers!”. This virtual program will run Fridays from 12:00pm-12:45pm, from Oct 1 to Nov 19, 2021. Click here to ...
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Register today for our upcoming free virtual webinar series on transition cow management. This 7-week program runs Tuesdays from 12:30pm-1:00pm starting Nov 2, 2021. It covers topics such as transition cow housing, nutrition considerations, ...
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https://cals.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2021-07/late-spring-forage-considerations-beyond-corn.pdf