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September 2025

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County

September 2, 2025
10:00am-2:00pm
Keystone Mills
Romulus, NY

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

CNYDFC Listed Event

El "Break" Info-Lechero 2025

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

3pm - 4pm
Zoom

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

Yates County Cover Crop Field Day

September 3, 2025
9am-12pm
Penn Yan, NY

Yates County Cover Crop Field Day

Brought to you in cooperation by the Yates County Soil & Water Conservation District; Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County; Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock, & Field Crops Team; Town of Milo Agricultural Committee; & King's Agriseed

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Spanish Dairy Webinar Series

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

2pm CST
Online

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Grain Bin Rescue Training

September 6, 2025
8:30 AM
Howard Fire Department
Avoca, NY

Grain Bin Rescue Training

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Beef Extravaganza 2025

September 6, 2025
10am-2pm
Country Crossroads Feed & Seed
Addison, NY

Beef Extravaganza 2025

FREE event!

Vendor List: Priefert, CCE, SWNY Dairy & Livestock Team, Select Sires, Poulin Grain, CCR Fencing, Merek, Animal Health Intl, NY Beef Producers Association, and More!

Highlights: Door Prizes, Discounts, Food Truck, Demonstrations, and Early Ordering.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Grain Bin Rescue Training

September 7, 2025
8:00 AM
Zittels Family Farm
Hamburg , NY

Grain Bin Rescue Training

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Yates County

September 9, 2025
10:00am-2:00pm
Himrod Farm Supply & Hardware
Himrod, NY, NY

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Yates County

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Broome County Pasture Walk - Horses

September 10, 2025 : Broome County Pasture Walk featuring Horses
5:30-7:30 pm
Heavenly Acres
Whitney Point, NY

Save the date for an Equine Pasture Walk with Broome County CCE!

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day

September 11, 2025
10am-12pm
Hinz-Sight Dairy Farm Camp
Fillmore, NY

Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day

Please join us for a morning of hands-on learning with expert insights from local farmers, industry representatives, and extension. We will have some demonstration plots in action along with discussion about how cover crops influence soils and demonstration showing impacts on farm resiliency. Free lunch provided following field walk. 

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Chemung County Pasture Walk - Beef

September 11, 2025 : Chemung County Pasture Walk featuring a Beef Herd
6:00-8:00 pm
Hiltop Maple Farm
Cayuta, NY

Save the Date for a Chemung County Pasture Walk featuring a Beef Herd

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day

September 11, 2025
10am - 12pm
Hinz-Sight Dairy Farm Camp
Fillmore, NY

Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day

Please join us for a morning of hands-on learning with expert insights from local farmers, industry representatives, and extension. We will have some demonstration plots in action along with discussion about how cover crops influence soils and demonstration showing impacts on farm resiliency. Free lunch provided following field walk. 

CNYDFC Listed Event

Corn Silage Dry Down Day

September 12, 2025
10am - 2pm
Keystone Mills
Fort Plain, NY

Free event.  No registration needed

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County (second round)

September 16, 2025
10:00am-2:00pm
Keystone Mills
Romulus, NY

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County (second round)

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

CNYDFC Listed Event

Mental Health First Aid Training

September 19, 2025
8:30am - 5pm
The Gathering Place
Cobleskill, NY

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Hay Work Shop

September 27, 2025 : Hay Work Shop
3pm - 5pm
4-H Building at the Chemung County Fairgrounds 
Horseheads, NY

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Driving Efficiency in Dairy & Exploring the Irish Experience

September 29, 2025
10am-2:30pm
Brooks Edge Farm
Rock Stream, NY

Driving Efficiency in Dairy & Exploring the Irish Experience

This workshop series will feature in-depth presentation and discussion led by Dr. Padraig French who is the Head of Livestock Systems and the Dairy Enterprise Leader at Teagasc (the Irish version of USDA). Dr. French will focus on the critical success factors for Irish dairy, which include pasture utilization, labor efficiency and managing for seasonal calving. The discussion will focus on ways that U.S. dairy farmers can use some of the Irish dairy techniques to become more profitable with grass farming.

October 2025

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Spanish Dairy Webinar Series

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

2pm CST
Online

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish

CNYDFC Listed Event

El "Break" Info-Lechero 2025

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

3pm - 4pm
Zoom

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Silvopasture on a Shoestring

October 7, 2025
9am-3pm
Wild Geese Farm
Franklinville, NY

Silvopasture on a Shoestring

Join Joshua Greene, Director of Education at Trees For Graziers, Jonathan Bates, Statewide Agroforestry Educator, and Lynn Bliven, owner of Wild Geese Farm for a full day training event that will include classroom and hands-on sessions. The focus will be on DIY silvopasture projects on small grazing farms. We will address the practical considerations of tree establishment, protection, and maintenance while learning how silvopasture can help address your farm's resource concerns and enhance livestock grazing.

CNYDFC Listed Event

Retirement Accounts for Farmers

October 8, 2025
1pm - 2pm EST
Zoom

Dairy Bovine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Training Course en Espanol

October 14 - October 15, 2025
9:30am-3:30pm
Atwater Farms
Barker, NY

Dairy Bovine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Training Course en Espanol

Join us for a two-day workshop with hands-on training that will be offered in Spanish in cooperation with Javier Cheang, Genex. Space is limited, register today!

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Fall Farm Tours - Cayuga County

October 29, 2025 : Fall Farm Tour - Cayuga County
10am - 3pm
Spruce Haven AM/ Dumonds PM

November 2025

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Spanish Dairy Webinar Series

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

2pm CST
Online

Daniela Gonzalez Carranza is happy to announce a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a dairy webinar series only in Spanish

CNYDFC Listed Event

El "Break" Info-Lechero 2025

September 3, 2025
September 10, 2025
September 17, 2025
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025

3pm - 4pm
Zoom

Dairy Spanish Webinar Series, free but registration required.  Only available in Spanish.

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Fall Farm Tours - Cortland County

November 5, 2025 : Fall Farm Tour - Cortland County
10-3pm
Riverside Dairy AM / Fouts Farm PM

CNYDFC Listed Event

If I'm Not Here Tomorrow: Estate Planning for Young Farm Families with Children

November 5, 2025
1pm - 2pm EST
Zoom

Inaugural New York State Agritourism Conference

November 10 - November 11, 2025
Saratoga Springs City Center
Saratoga Springs, NY

Inaugural New York State Agritourism Conference

SAVE THE DATE!  Inaugural NEW YORK STATE AGRITOURISM CONFERENCE presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension Agritourism Program Work Team

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Beef Quality Assurance - Training Day

November 15, 2025 : Beef Quality Assurance - Training Day
10am - 3pm
Binghamton


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Upcoming Events

2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County (second round)

September 16, 2025
Romulus, NY

Bring a sample of corn stalks from each field you anticipate harvesting for corn silage to receive whole plant dry matter value, estimated harvest date range, and information on best management practices for the 2025 corn silage harvest.

View 2025 Corn Silage Dry Down Day- Seneca County (second round) Details

Dairy Bovine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Training Course en Espanol

October 14 - October 15, 2025
Barker, NY

Join us for a two-day workshop with hands-on training that will be offered in Spanish in cooperation with Javier Cheang, Genex. Space is limited, register today!

View Dairy Bovine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Training Course en Espanol Details

Inaugural New York State Agritourism Conference

November 10 - November 11, 2025
Saratoga Springs, NY

SAVE THE DATE!  Inaugural NEW YORK STATE AGRITOURISM CONFERENCE presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension Agritourism Program Work Team

View Inaugural New York State Agritourism Conference Details

Announcements

The NWNY Team is Hiring!

We are pleased to announce the Small Farms and Livestock Specialist position has been posted. The posting will close on Tuesday, September 30th.

Please share this with your networks and potentially interested candidates.

The links to the posting are:

?€? Cornell Careers: http://tiny.cc/Farm_Livestock_54721
?€? Academic Jobs Online (AJO): https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30428

The applicants submit their application materials via AJO (Academic Jobs Online).



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