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Posted on May 10, 2013
“Alfalfa height has been found to be an efficient and reliable indicator for spring’s first cutting,” reported Cornell Cooperative Extension Regional Field Crop Specialist Kevin Ganoe. Ganoe, who is with the Central New York Dairy & Field Crops Team, spoke to a large audience of crop farmers about t...
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Posted on May 10, 2013
The Pennsylvania Beef Council partnered with Marcho Farms, Souderton and the beef checkoff, through the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI), to host an educational veal tour on Tuesday, April 9. Two chef instructors and 18 students from the JNA Institute of Culinary Arts, Philadelphia, atten...
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George Looby, DVM 
Posted on May 10, 2013
The January issue of Consumers Report featured an article summarizing the findings of a group of investigators from the magazine who conducted a representative sampling of pork products from several sources to determine their level of bacterial contamination. It is recognized that while the animal i...
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Stacey Hopkins 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Breeding animals is a science. Artificial insemination has changed the livestock and agriculture industry over decades of improvements with technology and more changes are on their way. You pick this sire, and use that dam, all while rolling the dice of science. You can’t fool mother nature, but you...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Several recognized dairy nutritionists and producers recently shared feeding information at on-farm meetings held at Central NY farms. Andrew Kross of Indian Camp Farm, Earlville, was one of those producers. The farm’s current statistics average about 86 pounds per cow per day, with 4.1 percent fat ...
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Tamara Scully 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Silvopasture is the managed integration of trees and livestock, utilizing the land both to produce a tree crop and to graze livestock. This multi-tasking can result in diverse income streams, with money from timber, nuts, syrup or other tree by-product, plus income from livestock production. Silvopa...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on April 26, 2013
AMSTERDAM, NY — State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk held an informational meeting and press conference on April 18 to discuss a package of economic development bills that she believes will help small businesses and farms grow, create new jobs and spur the local economy. “Our rural communities and small Up...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
Posted on April 26, 2013
Farm families from eight central New York counties recently attended a seminar hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County to learn about legal aspects of farm transfer and estate planning. Speakers included Lorraine Lewandrowski, Esq., Agricultural and Food Law Attorney; Certified El...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
Posted on April 26, 2013
Montgomery County Dairy Princess Ashley Oeser and Montgomery County Maple Princess Jillian Palmer, of Fort Plain, NY, were on hand to advocate healthy living and healthy choices at a community health fair in Montgomery County on April 20. “I am so glad that I can reach out to people to teach them mo...
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