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earlier monthsMay 2022
On-Farm Dairy Processing Online Series 2022
May 25, 2022
June 1, 2022
June 8, 2022
6:00pm
Online via Zoom
A FREE, virtual three part webinar series for dairy producers interested in diversifying or vertically integrating their business. Our discussion will include market availability and considerations, business planning and goals, interacting with regulatory agencies, planning requirements, and equipment types and layout, audit readiness, compliance training and record keeping.
June 2022
Herdsperson Training - Genesee County
June 7, 2022
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Stein Farms
LeRoy, NY
This workshop will teach fresh cow assessment and monitoring practices to recognize and minimize fresh cow metabolic disease rates and improve fresh cow health. This training is in-person and will be offered in both English and Spanish.
Herdsperson Training - Ontario County
June 8, 2022
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Purdy Family Farm
Canandaigua , NY
This workshop will teach fresh cow assessment and monitoring practices to recognize and minimize fresh cow metabolic disease rates and improve fresh cow health. This training is in-person and will be offered in both English and Spanish.
Herdsperson Training - Niagara County
June 10, 2022
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Atwater Farms
Barker, NY
Registration Now Open! This workshop will teach fresh cow assessment and monitoring practices to recognize and minimize fresh cow metabolic disease rates and improve fresh cow health. This training is in-person and will be offered in both English and Spanish.
Growing Great People: Training Skills for Dairy Farmers
June 29, 2022
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Spring Hope Dairy
Clifton Springs, NY
Become an Effective On-the-Job Trainer! This hands-on workshop is for all farm managers, supervisors and employees who are involved with training other employees. More than one participant per farm is encouraged to attend. Learn together in both English and Spanish.
Growing Great People: Training Skills for Dairy Farmers
June 30, 2022
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Noblehurst Farm
Pavilion, NY
Become an Effective On-the-Job Trainer! This hands-on workshop is for all farm managers, supervisors and employees who are involved with training other employees. More than one participant per farm is encouraged to attend. Learn together in both English and Spanish.
July 2022
Calving Workshop: Ontario County
July 1, 2022
1:00pm - 3:30pm
J. Minns Farm
Stanley, NY
To pull or not to pull? That is (one of) the questions dairy farm personnel have while working in the maternity area on a farm.
This workshop will teach best calving management practices to minimize stillbirth rates and improve calf and cow health during and directly after the calving process.
Pasture Walk at Hendrickson's Grazing Acres
July 13, 2022
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Hendrickson's Grazing Acres
Gainesville, NY
Join us for a pasture walk at Hendrickson's Grazing Acres in Gainesville, NY.
Beef Quality Assurance Training @ the Ontario County Fair
July 27, 2022
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Carriage Barn Event Center @ the Ontario County Fairgrounds
Canandaigua, NY
Join us for a BQA Training at the Ontario County Fair! Producers attending the training will become Level 1 certified.
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Upcoming Events
2-Day Hoof Trimming Workshop
August 16 - August 17, 2022
Oakfield, NY
Registration Now Open! - 2-Day Hands-on Hoof Trimming Workshop
2022 Aurora Farm Field Day
August 18, 2022
Aurora, NY
The date for the annual Cornell Field Crop research field day has been set for Thursday, August 18th at Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora, NY. The program will consist of 8 presentations from our researchers on a host of topics.
NY Soil Health Field Day in Pavilion, NY
August 25, 2022
Pavilion, NY
American Farmland Trust invites you to join them in this field day. They will share practical, field-tested results of advanced regenerative practices targeted to dairy, field and specialty crop farmers.
Announcements
State Agriculture Commissioner lifts ban on poultry shows, auctions in NYS
On June 3, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced the end of the bans on live poultry shows, exhibitions, auctions, sales, meets, and swaps in New York State. The decision to lift the bans comes as cases decrease nationwide, including in New York state, which has not had a detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in nearly two months.
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