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Posted on May 17, 2013
Twenty-six Greenwich FFA members traveled to the 88th New York State FFA Convention in Albion, NY. Members joined 1,300 other FFA members from across the state to compete in Career Development Events(CDEs), receive their Empire Degree, Proficiency and Breed Awards, win scholarships, participate in w...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
Posted on May 17, 2013
Once again an increase in membership in the Producers’ Cooperation of Dolgeville was applauded at the 2013 annual meeting. “Currently we are 85 members strong, representing Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, Schoharie, Otsego, Madison and Delaware counties,” stated Co-op President Byron Walrath. Walrath ...
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Stephen Wagner 
Posted on May 10, 2013
“Making silage is like making wine. An excellent winemaker cannot make fine wine from bad grapes. And a bad winemaker will certainly make bad wine from good grapes.” That was the opening gambit and theme setter from presenter Robert Fry, DVM, at a breakout session at Pennsylvania’s 2013 Dairy Summit...
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Posted on May 10, 2013
Hay can be damaged by rain, snow, wind, and ice if it is stored outside during the fall and winter. Round bales, on average, will lose up to one fourth of its nutrients when stored outside. If the bale was stored properly or inside, this can be reduced to only 10 to 15 percent. How do you stack or s...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
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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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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Katie Navarra 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Growing up in a non-farming suburb of Boston, Matt Cannon, owner of Cannon Cattle Ranch in Pittstown, NY, admits, “I was supposed to go to Yale and become a lawyer.” Summer jobs as a teenager, first at a chicken farm, and second at a dairy farm in Lowville, NY, sparked a passion for the farming life...
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