Staging Corn Maturity for Harvest
When will your corn be ready? There were early plantings and late planting this year and maturity in the field is following suit. Sixty days is the length of time, on average, that it ...
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Scissor Cut Update for Assessing Grass Quality – 5/31/24 Update
The SCNY team is collecting scissor cuts of growing grass fields this spring to provide information about quality changes over time to provide information to dairy and livestock farmers who may harvest feed at ...
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First Cutting Monitoring – May 21st, 2024 SCNY Report
This is the team’s third and final week of monitoring alfalfa heights for first cutting quality in 2024. The full report for our six-county region (Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties) can ...
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Scissor Cut Updates to Help Assess Grass Quality During the Growing Season
The SCNY team is collecting scissor cuts of growing grass fields this spring to provide information about quality changes over time for dairy farmers, as well as provide information to livestock farmers who may ...
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First Cutting Monitoring – May 14th, 2024 SCNY Report
This is the team’s second week of monitoring alfalfa heights for first cutting quality in 2024. The full report for our six-county region (Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties) can be found ...
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First Cutting Monitoring – May 7th, 2024 SCNY Report
This is the team’s first week of monitoring alfalfa heights for first cutting quality in 2024. The full report for our six-county region (Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties) can be found ...
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Your Participation is requested in our new Beef x Dairy in New York State Survey
Attention Dairy Producers and Beef Farmers in NYS, and those advisors who work with them! Your insight is requested to help maintain the viability of the Beef x Dairy Industry in New York State. ...
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NY Study Shows True Cost of Organically-Raised Heifer Replacements: Part One
This is the first part of a two-part report on the “Organic Dairy Heifer Replacement Study” The project sought to work with fifteen organic dairies across New York to collect the true cost of ...
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Prepping for the Change in Season; The “Shoulder Seasons” Challenge
In relative terms, Summer and Winter ventilation of calf barns is easy – supply the necessary adequate air exchanges for the weather, and with minor adjustments for the odd days, ventilation takes care of ...
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Characteristics of the Beef x Dairy Industry in New York State – White Paper
By Margaret Quaassdorff & Betsy Hicks Click to read: Characteristics of the Beef x Dairy Industry in NYS-White Paper The usage of beef sires on dairy farms more than doubled from 2015 to 2019. ...
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