Farmer Education
Farmers can make intelligent decisions about how to effectively manage their watershed farms if their knowledge base includes the latest science. The Farmer Education Program offers a full calendar of “off-the-farm” workshops and conferences offered through a partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Besides the technical material offered at these sessions, farmers have the opportunity to exchange ideas with their neighbors about which practices and techniques work best for their operation. This effort complements the “bricks and mortar” best management practices built on farms through the Watershed Agricultural Program by providing information in three main subject areas: Nutrient Management, Feed and Forage Systems Management, and Youngstock Pathogen Management. In addition, WAC’s quarterly newsletter includes seasonal articles on operation and maintenance tasks and the Whole Farm Planning team visits farms yearly to review practices, address operational problems and answer the farmer’s questions and concerns.
Upcoming Events › Agriculture
November 2025
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)\ helps producers identify management opportunities that can result in added profits to your bottom line. BQA raises consumer confidence in beef through creating awareness of Beef Farmers commitment to proper management and adoptiom of techniques that ensure a safe quality beef supply. 9:30 – Presentation on Beef Quality Assurance 10:30 – Understanding Drug Labels Exercise 11:30 – Chuteside Activities including Injections Register by November 6 with Kim Holden at (607) 510-7126 or kmh19@cornell.edu or this link:…
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Current research shows many benefits to raising dairy calves in well managed pairs or small groups with full social contact. Dr. Jennifer Van Os, UW Wisconsin, will share her findings and provide you with the tips to make it work on your farm Sanitation of feeding equipment is a critical component to keeping calves healthy. Meghan Moody will demonstrate best techniques to truly clean equipment and will use a luminometer to demonstrate how clean the equipment actually is. Morning: Hobart…
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