by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
EAST SYRACUSE, NY — Ideally, every dam would safely deliver their calves with ease, but just as with other facets of farming, calving often involves complications. Most farmers don’t have immediate accessibility to veterinarians. That’s where planning helps save cows and money, according to Harry Momont, DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin. [Read more…]
by Michael Wren
ROCKPORT, ME — Getting into the Christmas spirit can be tough, but what better way to start than by taking a picture with a Belted Galloway calf. “Take a selfie with a Beltie” was just one of the events at Aldermere Farm’s 12th Annual Beltie Holiday. Aldermere Farm is part of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and host events throughout the year on the farm. [Read more…]
by Hope Holland
Shakespeare, who said pretty much everything worth writing down, wrote that, “There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” Dr. Michael Odian has become rather an expert at following the bard’s advice. If he does not have an actual fortune it could be because he has 13 horses — draft horses at that. We all count in different currencies. [Read more…]
New York Farm Bureau kicks off 2016 State Annual Meeting with donation announcement
ALBANY, NY – In what has been a difficult growing season, New York’s farmers have still come through in a big way with food donations across the state. New York Farm Bureau members along with the Food Bank Association of New York State announced on Dec. 6 that nearly 11.4 million pounds of fresh food and farm products have been donated by farmers this year through the month of November. [Read more…]
MORRISVILLE, NY — English novelist, William Thackeray, proclaimed, “Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.”
To honor this sentiment the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District held its 7th annual appreciation luncheon in Morrisville, NY to honor teams of family farmers, local contractors, town supervisors, Agri-business companies, engineering support, state and federal conservation partners and funding organizations who helped get conservation on the ground. [Read more…]
by Steve Wagner
There was near euphoria at the PDMP Fall Issues Forum held in Lancaster, PA two days after the Presidential election as Alan Novak, executive director of the Professional Dairy Managers of PA, speculated on what the new incoming administration might be able to do for commonwealth dairymen. Hopefully an easing of onerous EPA regulatory over-reach, under the previous administration, would be one of the first nightmares to bite the dust. [Read more…]
by Elizabeth A. Tomlin
Previous St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau president, David Fisher has been elected as the organization’s NYS President by county voting delegates, at the 2016 NYS Farm Bureau Convention in Albany, NY. [Read more…]
by George Looby, DVM
Hampshire College in Amherst, MA was the site of the 2016 National Conference of The Livestock Conservancy in November. In the mid-seventies a group of concerned individuals met to discuss the future of the many breeds of livestock that were fading from the scene for a wide range of reasons. This alarming trend prompted the group to form the American Minor Breeds Conservancy dedicated to the preservation of all domestic livestock whose numbers were dwindling and possibly threatened with extinction. [Read more…]