by Nancy Glazier
Most of us are looking forward to the end of 2020. It was a year full of anxiety and uncertainty. What stayed constant was the need to complete your regular farm work – planting, harvesting, feeding, milking. Another constant was the NWNY Team was there for you.
New information and resources from NYS agencies and Cornell were being compiled and updated daily, leaving many people feeling bombarded with information overload. The NWNY Team began meeting weekly via Zoom to discuss critical issues and commodity updates.
Our goal quickly became to filter and distribute the most recent developments in timely updates once a week in email and a mailer to our audience. The first update sent out on March 27 contained the team’s status, safety precautions, and emergency financial resources. Subsequent updates pertained to the team’s topic areas of dairy, livestock, and field crops with resources for operations of all sizes. Other resources that were included related to impacts such as marketing, employee safety training, and farm safety plan development. The email updates were sent to approximately 1,385 people.
We launched this blog late summer to provide you with current articles and information at no charge. We are also working on videos, podcasts, virtual meetings, and trainings to continue to provide research-based information.
Ag businesses sponsor our conferences, webinars, and newsletters. Some of you support your local CCE office through enrollment, which supports the team. Thank you. Enrollment supports our team financially and demonstrates to funding partners like county legislatures that their ongoing funding of our team is a valuable resource to local farmers. To learn more about enrollment in your county, contact your local extension office or visit their website for more information.
CCE Genesee Ag Enrollment – http://genesee.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/ag-enrollment
CCE Livingston Ag Enrollment – http://ccelivingstoncounty.org/agriculture/about-ag-at-cce
CCE Monroe Ag Enrollment – http://monroe.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/ag-hort-enrollment
CCE Niagara Ag Enrollment – http://cceniagaracounty.org/agriculture
CCE Ontario Ag Enrollment – http://cceontario.org/agriculture/ag-enrollment
CCE Orleans Ag Enrollment – http://orleans.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/for-producers
CCE Seneca Ag Enrollment – http://senecacountycce.org/agriculture
CCE Wayne Ag Enrollment – http://ccewayne.org/agriculture/ag-specialist-teams
CCE Wyoming Ag Enrollment – http://wyoming.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture/enrollment
We also have an online form for you to support us directly. https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/pdf/enrollment_information/pdf1_pdf.pdf.
As we look ahead, the NWNY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team would like to thank you all for your continued support. We will do our best to serve you! Happy Holidays, and stay safe!
Libby Eiholzer, Nancy Glazier, John Hanchar, Ali Nafchi, Joan Petzen, Jodi Putman, Margaret Quaassdorff, Mike Stanyard and Brandie Waite
