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Erie County Fair Show results
Lee Newspapers 
Posted on August 23, 2013
Hamburg, NY — There were 242 sheep shown on Friday, Aug. 9, and Saturday, Aug. 10, during the 174th Erie County Fair’s annual open class sheep show. There were 36 exhibitors who competed for over $7,400 in premiums. Below are the results: Champion Border Leicester Ram: Sunny Hill Farm, Kevin M. Kron...
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Knap-Time
Troy Bishopp 
Posted on August 23, 2013
You’re probably looking at my title and thinking that I spelled in error, the act of slumber after a heavy lunch. In my defense, naptime is usually when I think about how to react to all the purple knapweed growing on my farm this year. Just as I enjoyed an intense drool, dreaming of endless pristin...
Improving forage quality to increase milk or beef production
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Improving forage quality to increase milk or beef production
Sanne Kure-Jensen 
Posted on August 16, 2013
Better soils lead to better forage, improved animal health, higher milk quality and larger milk yield. “Soil fertility is the foundation to Integrated Livestock Cropping System [and] works to enhance the flow of nutrients within the biological system,” said Cynthia A. Daley, Ph.D., Organic Dairy Pro...
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What young farmers are taking on
Steve Wagner 
Posted on August 16, 2013
Recently Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett hosted a breakfast for officers and advisors of the FFA and 4-H at the Governor’s Mansion. Though overcast outside, a homey yet sumptuous meal was served indoors at a long table on highly polished hardwood floors and lit in chan...
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Trowbridge Farms
Katie Navarra 
Posted on August 16, 2013
When the 2013 National Angus Conference and Tour descends on Albany, NY, this Aug. 28-30, it will be a proud moment for Phil Trowbridge of Ghent, NY. As the current President and Chairman of the Board for the American Angus Association and owner of the Trowbridge Angus Farms in Ghent, NY, he has the...
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NY Jersey Cattle Club summer picnic
Steven E Smith 
Posted on August 16, 2013
A love for Jersey cattle brought NY State Jersey Cattle Club members to Johnstown, NY, on July 27 to attend the club’s summer picnic at Dreamroad Jerseys owned by Phillips and Susan Ferry and family. The NY Jersey Cattle Club gathers for a State Picnic at different breeder farms. Members enjoy discu...
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Angus Glen Farm
Katie Navarra 
Posted on August 9, 2013
Introduced to agriculture at a young age, Brett Chedzoy of Watkins Glen, NY, spent much of his youth split between his grandparents’ farms in Kansas and Upstate New York. In the mid-1980’s, Brett’s parents, Jim and Rose, purchased a small dairy farm from friends who wanted to retire. The cattle were...
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Locals attend Junior National Hereford Show
Rebecca Long Chaney 
Posted on August 9, 2013
KANSAS CITY, MO — The “Show Me” state welcomed 660 junior Hereford exhibitors from 40 states with 1,100 head of cattle to the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). The annual event is held every year in a different state to showcase the nation’s top Hereford cattle and junior members compete in 23 s...
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Scouting to manage pests
Tamara Scully 
Posted on August 9, 2013
Pest management means scouting for pests. If you don’t know what is out there, or if they are out there en masse or just at a tolerable level, any control program is going to be more costly and less effective than a targeted approach. Whether a young farmer, just learning the ropes, or an experience...
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