South Central NY Dairy & Field Crops Team

07/30/2026

06/14/2026

Join us next month for a great walk!

🌳🐄 Twin Oaks Dairy Pasture Walk 🌱
Join American Farmland Trust at Twin Oaks Dairy to explore rotational grazing systems, and learn from the farm's experience integrating trees into pastures (silvopasture)!
🌾 What to expect:
✅ Learn about Twin Oaks’ rotational grazing system, including why they planted trees into some of their pastures and their lessons learned.
✅ On farm pasture walk to silvopasture plantings
✅ Hear from farmers and experts about rotational grazing and the potential benefits of silvopasture for your operation.
✅ Connect, share ideas, and ask questions with fellow attendees

📍 Location: Twin Oaks Dairy, 3214 State Route 13, Truxton, NY
📅 Date: Friday, July 17 | ⏰ Time: 10:30 AM | Cost: Free | 🥪 Lunch provided
👉Register for free: https://bit.ly/4fGFqCh

We are grateful for the collaboration of many partners:
Central NY Dairy & Field Crops Team National Grazing Lands Coalition NOFA-NY Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District Harvest New York Cornell Cooperative Extension Schuyler County

03/27/2026

It's that time of year, the 2026 Dairy Of Distinction Applications are out. They are due April 15th.

Click link below to get yours!

03/27/2026

Beef Producer Roundtable: Herd Health & Farm Transition
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Neighborhood Depot
146 Central Ave.
Owego, NY 13827

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Tioga County, the Cornell Cooperative Extension South Central New York Dairy and Field Crops Team, and New York Beef Producers' Association for an informative evening designed for beef producers and interested agricultural landowners.

Click link below for more information.
https://tioga.cce.cornell.edu/events/2026/04/15/beef-producer-roundtable-herd-health-farm-transition

01/13/2026

2026 Winter Crop Meeting

January 22, 2026
Registration at 9:15 am Program 10 am - 3 pm;
Ukrainian National Club, Auburn, NY

January 23, 2026
Registration at 9:15am Program 10am -3 pm
Dryden VFW, Dryden, NY

Connect with the agricultural community and many key note speakers on the following topics:

Emerging Innovation in Plant Breeding and Technologies - A Peek at the Future by Ben Rogers, Pioneer Field Agronomist

Managing Herbicide-Resistant W**ds in NY Corn & Soybean by Dr. Vipam Kumar, NYS Extension W**d Scientist, Cornell University

Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance Program by KC Slade, Risk Management Specialist, Farm Credit East—Crop Growers

Birds & the Bees Legislation and the Fate of Neonics by Janice Degni, Extension Field Crop Specialist

Emerging Disease Pests and Soil Borne Diseases of Soybean by Dr. Camilo Parada Rojas, NYS Extension Plant Pathologist, Cornell University

Solar Farms—Benefit or Detriment? by Mr. Michael McMahon, Chair, Homer Town Planning Board

**3 DEC credits in categories 1A and 21-25. 1.5 PM, .5 CM and 1 PD CCA credits available.**

**Please send your DEC license number in the Notes to Us when you register on-line.**

Click Link below to Register for January 22nd in Auburn, NY.
https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2693

Click Link below to Register for January 23rd in Dryden, NY.
https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2693

Pre-Registration form for 2026 Winter Crop Meeting - Auburn from South Central New York Dairy and Field Crops of Cornell Cooperative Extension a component of Cornell University.

01/05/2026

PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release Troy Bishopp “The Grass Whisperer” NatGLC, Northeastern Region Grazing Resource Manager [email protected] (315) 749-4528

Come on Down and Kick the Bales in 2026
"Coming down and kicking the tires" on something is a colloquial invitation for someone to come and inspect or test a product or service before buying it. For farmers and the folks who help them, this premise extends to the practice of bale-grazing on the land. Whether in a checkerboard pattern, rolled out or fed in rings, there’s lots to learn from practitioners and value in seeing field-level management considerations.

Join fellow farmers at Jacob and Alexa Newton’s Hillside Farms for a “kicking”, Bale-grazing workshop on Saturday, January 10th, 2026 from 10am to noon at 4358 Crains Mills Road Truxton NY, 13158. This morning program will be a hardy, on-farm, dress accordingly, winter weather event. Space is limited for this workshop so first come-first serve.

There is no cost for the event, but pre-registration is required!
https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2678

Hillside Farms is a direct-to-consumer farming operation who specialize in grass fed beef, pastured poultry and forested pork. Their grass-based operation supplies pastured protein for roughly 320 families, two farmers markets and three restaurants. They utilize bale grazing primarily for the beef cow and yearling herds. They supplement feed with bale grazing during drought periods, optimal frozen winter conditions, and in areas of reclaimed pasture on our farm in need of nutrient application. The winter pasture walk will be on established pasture and reclaimed pasture areas.

Questions can be directed to Betsy Hicks at [email protected] or Troy Bishopp at (315) 749-4528. In the case of cancellation due to "extreme winter weather" (think: road closings and emergency weather declarations) a cancellation email will be sent to those who have registered by 7 pm Friday, January 9th.
This workshop is a collaboration between the Northeast Region National Grazing Lands Coalition, Hillside Farms and the South-Central NY Cornell Cooperative Extension Team which is part of a National USDA-NRCS CIG Grant by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation entitled: Bale Grazing: A Practical, Low-Cost, and Environmentally-Sound Management Strategy to Winter Beef Cattle.

01/05/2026

To Register Click on Links Below:
AUBURN: https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2693

DRYDEN: https://scnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2694