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June 2025

CNYDFC Listed Event

Agricultural Co-Ops for Small Farmers

June 11, 2025
1pm - 2pm EST
Zoom

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Chainsaw Safety & Forestry BMP's

June 13, 2025
9:30am-3pm
CCE Allegany
Belmont, NY

Chainsaw Safety & Forestry BMP's

Perfect for beginners or experienced users needing a refresher. We'll cover safety features and basic maintenance of the modern saw and learn kickback prevention techniques. Participants will be able to try on various PPE and learn ergonomic practices. Interested participants will learn to safely start up, throttle up, and turn off a saw. You may bring our own saw if you choose, there will be no cutting in this class.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

FAMACHA Workshop at Alfred State College

June 14, 2025 : FAMACHA Workshop at Alfred State College
9am - 12pm
Alfred State College
Alfred, NY

FAMACHA Workshop at Alfred State College

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a morning of classroom learning, hands-on FAMACHA and 5 Point Check practice, and a pasture walk at Alfred State College's teaching farm to learn about putting IPM to work on pasture using evasive grazing techniques. An exam will be provided, and students passing the exam will receive program certification, including a FAMACHA Card.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshop at Alfred State College

June 17, 2025 : Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshop at Alfred State College
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Alfred State College
Alfred, NY

Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshop at Alfred State College

This mobile workshop will teach you what you need to know to perform fecal egg counts and understand the results of fecal egg count reduction tests at home. While focused on testing sheep and goats, this event is applicable to all ruminants and camelids.

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Youth Tractor & Machinery Certification Program

June 19, 2025
June 26 - June 27, 2025
8:30am-4:30pm
Cuba-Rushford HS
Cuba, NY

Youth Tractor & Machinery Certification Program

The 4-H and FFA Tractor & Machinery Certification Program will be offered at the Cuba-Rushford HS (5476 Rt. 305, Cuba, NY 14727) on June 19th, 26th and 27th from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.Youth must attend all 3 sessions plus pass written and driving test to receive certification.

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Cayuga County Pasture Walk

June 30, 2025
6 - 8 pm
Simme Valley Simmentals
Groton, NY

Join members of the SCNY Dairy & Field Crops Team, and other Extension professionals on Monday, 6/20/25 at Simme Valley Simmentals Farm in Groton for this information filled pasture walk and special topic presentations.

July 2025

CNYDFC Listed Event

Ag Workforce Central: Virtual Office Hour

July 9, 2025
Noon - 1pm EST
Zoom

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

WNY Pastureland Conversion & Soil Health Field Day

July 16, 2025
9am-3pm
Zeliff Farm
Middleport, NY

WNY Pastureland Conversion & Soil Health Field Day

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

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

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

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

Cortland County Pasture Walk

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

Event Offers DEC Credits

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

Event Offers DEC Credits

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

Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day

August 13, 2025
10am - 12pm
Country Crossroads Feed & Seed
Andover, NY

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. 

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

FAMACHA Training for Sheep and Goat producers in 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.

SCNYDFC Listed Event

Tompkins County Pasture Walk - Small Ruminants

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!

** If you are having registration difficulties, please email Betsy Hicks at bjh246@cornell.edu to let us know you're coming! **

SWNYDLFC Listed Event

Mock Truck Inspection Day at CLEREL

August 20, 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory
Portland, NY

Mock Truck Inspection Day at CLEREL

Are you hauling grain? Attend this refresher class on the regulations for commercial vehicles. 

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

Pasture Walk in 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

Pasture Walk at C&H Farms of WNY, LLC

C&H Farms is new to grazing beef cows. Come out to view, discuss, and learn what is working and what needs some adjusting.


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Upcoming Events

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

2026 Corn Congress

January 14, 2026
Henrietta, NY

View 2026 Corn Congress Details

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