This meeting is intended for:
- dairy farmers that currently bed with sand or
- dairy farmers who might be interested in separating their manure for solids bedding and/or cover+flare to destroy methane from their liquid manure storage; and
- SWCD, CCE, NRCS, TSP, etc. agents interested in helping these farmers make management decisions for their farm.
- Recordings of the Event, Found Here.
- Farmer Funding Worksheet, pdf found here: Infrastructure_FundingOps_2024NY.
Jump to individual talks:
1:09 – Why a farm might transition away from sand bedding. Jenifer Wightman, Senior Extension Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell University
25:38 – Separators and farm infrastructure for solids + liquids. Ken Van Syke, Farmer/Pikeside Ag Machinery
1:13:46 – Cow Health (sand vs. solid bedding). Lindsay Ferlito, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team Farm Panel (sand vs solids bedding)
1:55:40 – Jon Patterson, Patterson Farm (Auburn, NY)
2:05:19 – Stein Farms, Dale Stein (LeRoy, NY) & NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee
2:13:33 – Doug Shelmidine, Sheland Farms (Adams, NY)
2:44:43 – P-Index 2.0 & Comparing sand vs. solids bedding. Kirsten Workman, Pro-Dairy Funding Panel
3:30:40 – Mike Durant, Lewis County Soil & Water
3:49:20 – Thomas Pratt, USDA-NRCS
Final conversations redacted for sound quality.
This event is hosted by SWCD Jefferson and Lewis Counties in collaboration with Cornell University and Cooperative Extension.
Agenda:
We will post recordings here, if they are of sufficient quality and have speaker approval, ~7 days after the event.
