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Roadmap Points Way to Better Soil Health in …

WebThe Cornell-led New York Soil Health Initiative has just released its Soil Health Roadmap, which identifies ways farmers and land managers can adopt better soil health practices. …

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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

WebLee can be reached at 479-587-3474 or [email protected]. Posted in Small Farms Quarterly. Soil fertility in pastures goes well beyond a simple discussion of soil samples, fertilizers, …

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Farm Work and Your Health

WebGet a good rest so you can get up and do it all over again tomorrow! Marybeth Vargha is a member of the Outreach Team of the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and …

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Health Insurance in Agriculture Survey

WebThe survey questions are based on interviews conducted in 2016 with smaller groups of farmers and ranchers in the 10 states being researched. This study is a four-year …

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Low-Tech Tools to Evaluate Tree Health

WebAnother helpful metric when evaluating young trees is something called a trunk flare. Examine the base of any tree. If there is an obvious flare, that’s as it should be. But if the …

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Making Connections through Soil Health

WebThe Western New York Soil Health Alliance (WNY SHA) is a farmer-to-farmer network that aspires to create connections in the farming community of WNY, and encourage …

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Cornell, CCE Responding to Farming Mental Health Crisis

WebAfter seeing COVID’s impact on New York farm families, Tommell sought training from New York Farm Net to become a certified mental health first aid instructor through the …

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New Roadmap Focuses on Soil Health in New York

WebIn a collaborative effort between the New York Soil Health Initiative and Cornell University, a new plan has been rolled out to help guide the adoption of soil health practices in New York State. This new program, titled the New York Soil Health Roadmap, was written to address sustainability in food production through innovation in soil health …

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Building Healthy Pasture Soils

WebA graduate of Texas A&M University and a Program Specialist for NCAT’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program, his work focuses on agronomy, livestock, and grazing. …

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Why permanent beds

WebPermanent bed systems can help farms improve soil health at the farm-level. Rather than plow and harrow by the field, fields are divided into a set of beds and field traffic, whether …

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Biodiversity Critical to Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems

WebScientists have long hypothesized that biodiversity is of critical importance to the stability of natural ecosystems and their abilities to provide positive benefits such as oxygen …

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A Farmer’s Perspective – Long Term Soil Health and Fertility in a …

WebAndy has grown in high tunnels since 2004 and has been a cooperator on many Extension high tunnel research projects. He is particularly interested in identifying organic practices which facilitate profitable long term high tunnel soil health and fertility. He can be reached at [email protected], or [email protected]. Posted in Small

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Cornell Farmworker Program Mobilizes Protections for NY …

WebMore than 55,000 farmworkers across New York play critical roles sustaining the local and global food supply. Many of these essential workers – who often live in close quarters …

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How to Keep Your Beef Cattle Healthy

WebSelecting a proper dewormer for cattle. Administering an oral dewormer. Recognizing signs of external parasites. Selecting and applying a pour-on material for external parasite …

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6: Farm Insurance

WebGladle & Associates. Provide health insurance for farm families through the Dairymen’s Health Insurance Alliance Group Plan. You do not have to be a dairy farmer to join. Toll …

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Media workshop teaches farmers to tell their stories

WebIf you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information on this website or need materials in an alternate format, please contact Cornell University via email at web …

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New York Soil Health and Partners Announce 2022 Field Day Series

WebMark your calendars for ten field days across the state that will focus on principles and practices related to building soil health and climate resiliency on farms. “Soil health field days bring together farmers, agricultural professionals, and researchers for valuable co-learning around innovative research and on-farm practices,” said Joseph …

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Safety Regulations and the Small Farm

WebMarybeth Vargha works at the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health in Cooperstown, NY and works together with her husband on their family farm, Big Sky …

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Interactive Video Guide to Organic Certification

WebThe Road to Organic Certification is a user-friendly, interactive movie that leads farmers through a specific set of objectives with the end goal of becoming certified organic.

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Standard Operating Procedures

WebC. Procedure: a. Visually inspect processing environment (grounds and buildings, including storage areas and sanitary facilities) for cleanliness and presence of pests. List needed …

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Reduced Tillage Project Sharing Research at Soil Health Field Days

WebJuly 15, 2022 / Ryan Maher. Hear the latest Cornell Small Farms Program research on reduced and no-till practices for vegetables at Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Days this July. We’ll be sharing our research along with the NY Soil Health team and partners in a statewide event series running this summer.

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