by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
Herkimer County Fair brought out the best of both beef and dairy cattle with a large showing of 21 youth exhibitors in the beef show, 69 youth exhibitors in the dairy show and 65 youth exhibitors taking part in this year’s 2017 Showmanship Classes, with Alissa Collins awarded as 2017 Master Showman and Bryce Windecker winning Reserve. [Read more…]
by Paul Burdziakowski
There comes a time in the relationship between a horse owner and their horse when they need to part ways. It can happen after many years together or even soon after a new purchase. In some cases, owners give up their horse voluntarily. The reason for this may be because the horse has been injured or can no longer be ridden due to old age. [Read more…]
by Cammie Barden
The barn wasn’t being utilized. If anything, it was used for storage of hay and other miscellaneous aspects of the farm. But otherwise, the barn just sat there.
But in June 2017, the barn was officially opened as the Cheese Barn for the Muranda Cheese Company in Waterloo, NY. [Read more…]
by Hope Holland
Howard County Fair has been held in West Friendship, MD for 72 years. It is primarily an agricultural fair, split between open events and 4-H events. It has horse shows, antique cars and, of course, a midway filled with rides and all of the food ephemera a fair goer could wish for. [Read more…]
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
SENECA FALLS, NY — While robotic dairy operations may seem very different from manual dairy management, in the most important ways, they’re very similar, according to Doug Waterman, Ph.D. [Read more…]
by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
Roedale Farm, near Richfield Springs, NY, is a 3rd generation dairy, where brothers Jason and Luke Pullis, along with parents Allan and Pat, continue a top producing line of registered Holsteins through embryo transplants. [Read more…]
by Tamara Scully
All of the emphasis may have been on Empire Farm Days, but for 100 participants in the pre-event dairy tour, presented jointly by the Northwestern New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crop Team, Cornell Pro-Dairy, and Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, there was an opportunity to get up close and personal with two area dairy farming families, Extension educators and industry representatives. [Read more…]
by George Looby, DVM
On Friday, July 21, 2017 “Planning for Soil Health, Growing More with Less” was held at Valleyside Farm in Woodstock, CT to update those in attendance on the area of soil health. The particular emphasis was on no-till management and maximizing the use of cover crops. The program was sponsored jointly by the Connecticut Resource, Conservation and Development, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Northeast SARE. [Read more…]