Events - month view

July 2025
CNYDFC Listed Event
Ag Workforce Central: Virtual Office Hour
July 9, 2025
Noon - 1pm EST
Zoom
Free webinar.
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
WNY Pastureland Conversion & Soil Health Field Day
July 16, 2025
9am-3pm
Zeliff Farm
Middleport, NY

Join American Farmland Trust for the Western New York Soil Health Field Day on July 16, 2025, at Zeliff Farm in Middleport, NY, from 9:00 AM-3:15 PM. Learn about pasture conversion, soil health benchmarking, biochar in grazing systems, and best grazing practices. Plus, enjoy hands-on demos with the NY Soil Health Trailer, drones, and cover crops! Check out the attached agenda for more information about the field day and REGISTER HERE. Zeliff Farms is a regenerative beef operation who has recently partnered with AFT on outreach and education to farmers including learning circles and evaluating biochar effects on soil health.
CNYDFC Listed Event
Clearing Hurdles to Improve Milk Quality Conference
July 22 - July 24, 2025
9am - 4pm
Hyatt Regency Rochester
Rochester, NY
three day conference with short courses, seminars, and farm tours
CNYDFC Listed Event
IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NYS
July 22, 2025
10am - 1:30pm
SUNY Cobleskill (Champlin Hall and field plots)
Cobleskill, NY
Free event. DEC Credits available
SCNYDFC Listed Event
Tioga County Pasture Walk
July 24, 2025
1 - 3pm
Schlabach and Sons
Owego, NY
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District for a pasture walk!
This year, we will be visiting an organic dairy farm.
SCNYDFC Listed Event
Cortland County Pasture Walk
July 28, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Ironwood Grazing Co
Cortland, NY

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County, CCE South Central Dairy and Field Crops Team, and NE NatGLC for a twilight pasture walk at Ironwood Grazing Co with Mike Quinlin!
Farmer Mike will highlight his efforts at custom grazing cow/calf pairs and utilizing the herds grazing effect to improve land. You'll get to see mob grazing techniques to control knapweed and goldenrod, witness clipping versus grazing comparisons, see pasture residual and recovery rates, judge soil health & animal performance metrics and learn what tools (grazing chart, pasture infrastructure and resources) are being used on the farm. Throw in some impromptu demos, manure quality vetting, personal experiences from guests and ice-cream, and you have a meeting not to be missed.
Topics: Renovating pasture, leasing ground & custom grazing animals
Free to register; Registration optional, but encouraged!
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
IPM Strategies to Protect Corn and Soybean Seed in NY

July 30, 2025
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Zittels Family Farm
Hamburg , NY
SWNYDLFC and Cornell IPM are hosting a grower meeting to discuss integrated pest management strategies for protecting corn and soybean seed in New York.
August 2025
NWNY Soybean Weed Tour

August 4, 2025
10am-11am
Seneca Falls, NY
Dr. Vipan Kumar, Cornell weed scientist, will lead the tour through the small plot treatments and discuss the impact of these integrated herbicide strategies, with multiple modes of action, from a resistance management standpoint.
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
FAMACHA Training for Sheep and Goat producers in Woodhull NY
August 13, 2025 : FAMACHA Training in Woodhull
6pm - 8:30pm
Anthony Marco's Farm
Woodhull, NY

Join us for a discussion and hands-on training for internal parasite integrated pest management in sheep and goats. Certification is available to all students participating in the workshop.
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day
August 13, 2025
10am - 12pm
Country Crossroads Feed & Seed
Andover, NY

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.
SCNYDFC Listed Event
Tompkins County Pasture Walk
August 14, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Laughing Goat Fiber Farm
Ithaca, NY
Topics:
- Watering systems & composting pad, Soil & Water Conservation District
- Grazing small ruminants, Jess Waltemyer, Cornell PRO-LIVESTOCK
Free to register; Registration optional, but encouraged!
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
Pasture Walk in Woodhull, NY
August 20, 2025 : Pasture Walk in Woodhull, NY
6pm - 8:00pm
Anthony Marco's Farm
Woodhull, NY

Join us on one of our region's sheep farms to walk their pastures and explore managing sheep in a frequent rotational grazing system
Pasture Walk at C&H Farms of WNY, LLC
August 26, 2025
6-8pm
C&H Farms
Akron, NY

C&H Farms is new to grazing beef cows. Come out to view, discuss, and learn what is working and what needs some adjusting.
September 2025
SWNYDLFC Listed Event
Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day
September 11, 2025
10am - 12pm
Hinz-Sight Dairy Farm Camp
Fillmore, NY

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
Broome County Pasture Walk - Save the Date!
September 11, 2025
TBD
Save the date for an Equine Pasture Walk with Broome County CCE!
Upcoming Events
NWNY Soybean Weed Tour

August 4, 2025
Seneca Falls, NY
Dr. Vipan Kumar, Cornell weed scientist, will lead the tour through the small plot treatments and discuss the impact of these integrated herbicide strategies, with multiple modes of action, from a resistance management standpoint.
Pasture Walk at C&H Farms of WNY, LLC
August 26, 2025
Akron, NY
C&H Farms is new to grazing beef cows. Come out to view, discuss, and learn what is working and what needs some adjusting.
Dairy Bovine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination Training Course en Espanol
October 14 - October 15, 2025
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!
Announcements
We're Hiring: Area Dairy Management Specialist
To apply:Please apply via Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30185).
Qualified candidates should submit a short cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references.
Applications must be submitted by July 31, 2025.
For more information, please contact Peter Landre at ptl2@cornell.edu. Additional information about the Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team can be found at https://nwnyteam.cce.cornell.edu/.