CNY Dairy Livestock Field Crops

03/18/2026

Organic Farming: What, Why, and How will be a free event held on April 8 from 1 - 3 pm at SUNY Cobleskill. Go to https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=2737 to register!

03/06/2026

We have been awarded a competitive $75,000 Risk Management Education grant from the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center to lead a regional initiative focused on strengthening risk management and emergency preparedness for agricultural producers and first responders across nine counties: Herkimer, Oneida, Chenango, Fulton, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Saratoga, and Schoharie.

This work is supported by the Northeast Extension Risk Management project award no. 2025-70027-45395, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture

11/25/2025

Registrations open! Two dates and locations to choose from. DEC credits only available from attending one event. Register here: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=2679

11/20/2025

Dairy Day registrations are now open! Two dates and locations to choose from. Click here to register: https://bit.ly/2026DairyDay

11/13/2025

Go to https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/PsolxunsS1yCMNs91k-TDw #/registration to register for this free two day series!

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

10/23/2025

Calling all Northeast farmers!

Proposals are now open for the 2026 Northeast SARE farmer grant program.

Grants up to $30,000 are available to fund projects that could positively impact farming in our region. Applications are due by 5 p.m. EST on Dec 9, 2025.

View the call for proposals here: northeast.sare.org/farmergrantcall

Question and Answer sessions will be taking place from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in November (Nov 4, 11, 18, 25)

Register for Q&A sessions here: northeast.sare.org/farmergrantQA

10/02/2025

Silage harvest is well underway, and with the frost/freeze we experienced last night and with more potential frosty nights tonight and over the next 10 days, we're rapidly making our way into the heart of the harvest season - for not only silage, but grain crops as well. I saw lots of corn and soybean stubble driving through the region yesterday, and I know I'll see even more this afternoon. I've seen some cover crops up and out of the ground already, and I'm looking forward to seeing more winter crops emerging in the coming weeks. This is the last field crop update of the year. To read the full field crop update, click here: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=2048&crumb=forages|2

09/25/2025

Another reminder about the effects of rain on corn silage dry-down following dry conditions: If the crop is less than mature enough to begin its true, physiological dry-down phase (DM in the 20s), the typical dry-down (0.5% DM increase per day) may not be as predictable. And when plants are stressed, DM may not rise as quickly as you would expect. And a shot of rain like we're having this week may actually delay true dry-down as the plant simply reinvigorates its development. If a plant is truly in the dry-down phase, rain shouldn't affect that rate of 0.5% DM increase per day too much. So, as ever, keep an eye on DM and on the forecast!

Read the full field crop update here: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=2046&crumb=fieldxxcrops|22

09/19/2025

Corn silage harvest has begun in earnest, but many fields are not yet ready due to the early-season planting delays and subsequent dry weather.

Read the full field crop update here: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=2042&crumb=fieldxxcrops|22

Field Crop Update, September 18, 2025 from Central New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops of Cornell Cooperative Extension a component of Cornell University.

09/15/2025

Fall armyworm numbers dropped in Saratoga Co, indicating that larvae are likely hatching now - so even though the numbers in the trap were definitely not huge last week, we might expect to start seeing damage very soon if there are higher populations in certain locations.

Read the full field crop report here: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=2041&crumb=fieldxxcrops|22

09/04/2025

We have a few reports of silage being harvested across the state, so harvest season is here! Most of us have some ways to go yet, but with your silking date in mind, check out the GDD chart in section 3 to see how close crops in your area may be to peak maturity. The earliest planted acres in the Mohawk Valley and northern Madison Co are very close to harvest.
See the full update, go to https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=2036&crumb=grains|3

09/02/2025