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To have my very own calf and the places we will go
Lee Newspapers 
Posted on August 16, 2013
by Richard Smith, Saratoga County Extension Agent To have my very own calf and the places we will go was the theme of this year’s Saratoga County 4-H Calf Scholarship winner’s essay. She is 11 year old Libby Swatling who packs a ton of enthusiasm in her small frame. Libby first became a dairy calf l...
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Ulster County 4-H Youth Program announces 2013 Master Showmanship winner
Lee Newspapers 
Posted on August 16, 2013
New Paltz, NY — Savannah Baker, 19, of High Falls, NY was awarded the 2013 4-H Master Showmanship title for this year’s Ulster County Fair on Sunday, Aug. 4. Baker qualified for the contest by excelling in Senior Showmanship in the area of Dairy Cattle which enabled her to advance to the final compe...
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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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The memories of the Saratoga County Fair
Lee Newspapers 
Posted on August 9, 2013
by Richard Smith, Saratoga County Extension Agent Summers bring out the best in farm youth. Many of them besides doing their normal chores around the farm spend time preparing their animals for exhibition at the county fair. The 172nd Saratoga County Fair just finished and the 4-H’ers of Saratoga Co...
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What’s driving agriculture in the year ahead?
Stephen Wagner 
Posted on August 9, 2013
Mike Pearson is familiar to viewers of Weekly Journal of Rural America . Speaking on the topic titled above at the 135th Penn-Ag annual meeting, he acknowledges that one of his guiding principles is ‘Trust, But Verify!’ Before you know where you are going in the next marketing year, you have to know...
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Tractor club finds 48 year old sugar beet harvester
Howard Hemminger 
Posted on August 2, 2013
During early 1993 a small group of ag people from the Penn Yan, NY area started talking about developing an International Harvester Club. A small ad was placed in the local paper with a location and time for this first meeting and 70 new members came. With this many new members enthusiasm and ambiti...
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North Branch Farm: Innovative growing
Tamara Scully 
Posted on August 2, 2013
It is something to be known for growing the largest rutabaga in the Adirondacks. Putting that impressive anecdote aside, and Joseph Orefice, owner of North Branch Farm, still has accomplished quite a lot in his first three years of owning the farm. Orefice, who purchased the farm at 24 years old, is...
NYS consolidated funding application
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NYS consolidated funding application
Katie Navarra 
Posted on August 2, 2013
Time is running out for farms and agricultural enterprises to submit an application through New York State’s Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process. In 2013, Governor Cuomo has made $760 million in grants and tax credits available through 30 programs across 13 state agencies. The CFA process...
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