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earlier monthsOctober 2022
*Canceled* Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training
October 8, 2022
10:00am - 2:00pm
HLW Acres
Attica, NY
- Please Note this event has been canceled. - Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a nationwide certification program to help ensure a safe, wholesome, and quality beef product for consumers. Topics covered include herd health management, nutrition, behavior, and handling. Producers attending the training will become Level 2 certified.
Fall Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak
October 12, 2022
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting will be held over Zoom
All poultry famers, hobbyists, and enthusiasts are invited to join Cornell Cooperative Extension's Livestock Program Work Team and NYS Agriculture and Markets to learn more about this disease, what we know so far about the current outbreak, and how we should prepare moving into the heart of the fall migration.
Cover Crop Field Day in Ithaca
October 19, 2022
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Leland Lab
Ithaca, NY
Join members of Cornell's New York Soil Health Team, Cayuga and Tompkins Soil and Water Districts, and King's AgriSeeds/Cayuga Ag Enterprises to view and discuss cover crops.
November 2022
2022 Feeder School - November 10
November 10, 2022
10:00am - 3:00pm, Registration begins @ 9:30am
Old Acres Farm
Perry, NY
Join the NWNY Team Dairy Specialists for a one day on-farm training for dairy farm feeders. The training is offered in English and Spanish and will feature stations with hands-on activities and demonstrations.
2022 Feeder School - November 11
November 11, 2022
10:00am - 3:00pm, Registration begins @ 9:30am
Bonna Terra Farm
West Bloomfield, NY
Join the NWNY Team Dairy Specialists for a one day on-farm training for dairy farm feeders. The training is offered in English and Spanish and will feature stations with hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Staffing and Organizing Your Team
November 15, 2022
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Online weekly discussions via Zoom
The Agricultural Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program presents: Staffing and Organizing Your Team. Develop job descriptions. Learn how to find potential employees, interview and select the right people. Implement new hire documentation, employment authorization, and onboarding: bringing new employees into the business successfully and productively.
NY Labor Roadshow VI: November 9, 10 and 22
November 9 - November 10, 2022November 22, 2022
8:30am - 4:00pm
Various Locations - see below for details
Labor Road Show VI is hosted by New York's Ag Workforce Development Council (AWDC). The event is open to farmers, farm employees and agricultural industry representatives who work with farms to improve farm human resource management.
December 2022
NWNY Dairy Day 2022
December 6, 2022
9:30am - 1:30pm
Terry Hills Restaurant
Batavia, NY
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Theme: The Future of Your Dairy's Youngstock
The NWNY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops team will be holding it's first "Dairy Day" this December! We will be bringing the latest in dairy research to you with this in-person, 1-day conference.
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Upcoming Events
Western NY Value-Added Dairy Discussion Group: Jess May- Farm Credit East Webinar
May 2, 2024 : Value-Added Dairy Discussion Group Webinar: Jess May- Farm Credit East
Register here:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webina...
Western NY Value-Added Dairy Discussion Group: Eden Valley Creamery
May 3, 2024
South Dayton, NY
Registration for this discussion group is required and limited.
Western NY Value-Added Dairy Discussion Group: Shtayburne Farm Creamery
May 16, 2024
Rock Stream, NY
Registration for this discussion group is required and limited.