If you know which specialist or staff member you would like to reach, you can find their contact information 

Mike Stanyard

Team Leader, Field Crops

CCE Wayne County
1581 Route 88 North
Newark, NY 14513-9739

phone 315-331-8415 x123
cell 585-764-8452
fax 315-331-8411
email Mike

Margaret Quaassdorff

Dairy Management Specialist

CCE Genesee County
420 East Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020

cell 585-405-2567
email Margaret

Ali Nafchi

Precision Ag

CCE Genesee County
420 East Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020

cell 585 313-6197
email Ali

Jodi Putman

Field Crops

CCE Livingston County
3 Murray Hill Drive
Mount Morris, NY 14510-1153

phone 585-991-5437
cell 585-208-8209
email Jodi

Libby Eiholzer

Bilingual Dairy

CCE Ontario County
480 North Main Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424-1049

cell 607-793-4847
fax 585-394-0377
email Libby

John Hanchar

Farm Business Management

CCE Livingston County
3 Murray Hill Drive
Mt. Morris, NY 14510-1153

phone 585-991-5438
cell 585-233-9249
fax 585-991-5434
email John

Joan Sinclair Petzen

Farm Business Management

CCE Wyoming County
401 North Main Street
Warsaw, NY 14569-1091

phone 585-786-2251 x122
cell 716-378-5267
fax 585-786-5148
email Joan

Nancy Glazier

Small Farms

CCE Yates County
417 Liberty Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527-1130

phone 315-536-5123
cell 585-315-7746
fax 315-536-5117
email Nancy

Linda Risewick

Administrative Assistant

CCE Genesee County
420 East Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020-2599

phone 585-343-3040 x138
fax 585-343-1275
email Linda

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

January 17, 2019
8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. $25 includes lunch and a manual
WARSAW, NY

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.  This 8-hour training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to appropriate care.  Register online here:  https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/MentalHealthFirstAidTraining_10508 or email lma96@cornell.edu.

NYBPA Winter Management Meeting- "Dairy cross bred calf - opportunity for the dairy & beef industry"

January 18, 2019
9:45 a.m. Welcome - 5:00 p.m. Adjournment
East Syracuse, NY

On January 18, 2018 in Syracuse, the New York Beef Producer's Association is presenting a day-long session on the cross bred dairy calf. Speakers will include farmers and extension professionals with experience in this field. The keynote speaker will be from Wulf Genetics working with Genex to supply beef bulls of various breeds to use on Jersey and Holstein cows. To date they have raised and finished over 50,000 cross bred calves. Plan to spend the day and learn about how this enterprise may fit in your dairy operation to provide another source of cash flow. For more information, please contact Brenda Bippert, NYBPA Executive Secretary, nybeefproducers@aol.com, (716) 902-4305, or http://www.nybpa.org/abwc.htm

Labor Road Show II - Canandaigua

January 31, 2019
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Canandaigua, NY

If you have employees, then you need to be at the New York Labor Road Show II. Experts from farms, private industry and the university will focus on critical topics that affect all farm employers including: employee housing, onboarding, sexual harassment prevention, employee engagement , safety, wage and hour laws, and worker care.

2019 Pesticide Training & Re-certification Series Wednesdays in Feb 2019

Anyone interested in obtaining a pesticide certification and meets the DEC requirements, OR, current applicators seeking pesticide re-certification credits should attend.  2.5 re-cert core credits will be available for each class.

Three Free Digester Workshops offered through CCE St. Lawrence Co.

CCE of St. Lawrence County is offering three FREE workshops showcasing the research results from our feasibility study of anaerobic digester technology on small farms. The research was conducted by our partners at Clarkson University using the anaerobic digester at the Extension Learning Farm, which is fed both manure from a dairy operation and vegetable waste from our commercial kitchen. The digester heats a small green house that starts our seedling plants. We have a small scale vegetable-only digester as well. The research and program targets small dairies under 200 head, livestock producers, horticulture producers and anyone interested in alternative energy.

Program will be held on December 5, January 7, and March 6. A catered meal is provided at each program. Participants within the North Country Region will be given a $25 stipend to help cover travel costs, those from outside the region will be given $50. To receive the stipend, participants will need to complete a pre/post-test survey.

More information and registration information can be found here: http://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/events/2018/12/05/exploring-digester-technology

New Guidance for Mortality Disposal Issued

NYS Department of Ag and Markets has posted guidelines on disposal of livestock carcasses, in response to reports that some rendering companies have halted pickups from farms.

https://nwnyteam.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=761&crumb=dairy|1