Hired labor on New York State dairy farms

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY business management specialist Jason Karszes was shared in the January 2024 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. Hired...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Religion and climate change indifference: Linking the sacred to the social?

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Global Development Impact Brief #1 The Global Development Impact Brief series is designed to highlight Global Development’s work across disciplines, issues, and geographies in order to give readers insights into how we are advancing development...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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2023 New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program

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In 2023, the corn silage hybrid evaluation program received 75 entries from 17 seed brands. Hybrid evaluation at multiple environments helps in decision making and expands the reach of this type of data to more farmers. Cornell, UVM, and seed...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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2023 Corn silage overview

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This fact sheet authored by Joe Lawrence and Allison Kerwin was shared in a November PRO-DAIRY e-Leader Forage Systems alert, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. The 2023 growing season...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Comparing NY dairy farm characteristics, costs, and performance in 2022

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY business management specialists Mary Kate MacKenzie and Jason Karszes was shared in the October 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Dairy Farm Business Summary & Analysis Program

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The Dairy Farm Business Summary & Analysis Project (DFBS) is one of the longest applied research efforts within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University that interacts directly with rural stakeholders of the land grant...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Dairy Profit Monitor Trends July 2022 - June 2023

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This update was released in the September 2023 issue of PRO-DAIRY's e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. With the unpredictable cycles in the dairy industry and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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New PRO-DAIRY forage systems fact sheets

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The 2023 growing season across NYS and the Northeast has thrown just about every weather scenario at us, making it hard to generalize any conditions across the state or region. However, as reports come in regarding the timing of tasseling, one...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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2022 Progress of the Dairy Farm Report

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The final Progress of the Dairy Farm Report for the 2022 business year, written by PRO-DAIRY Farm Business Management specialists Jason Karszes and Lauren Augello, is released and represents the 67th year a summary of New York dairy financial...
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Assessing forage crop damage from recent weather events

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY Forage Systems Specialist Joe Lawrence was shared in the July 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of over 8,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. Corn silage is...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Yellow corn in poorer drained portions of fields resulting from the recent excess rainfall.

Strategies for hay crops 2023

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY's Joe Lawrence, Forage Systems, and Kirsten Workman, Nutrient Management, was shared in the June 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of over 8,000 dairy producers, agriservice...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Usage of imported food processing waste and food wastes on dairy CAFO farms

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY's Jason Oliver, Dairy Environmental Systems, and Kirsten Workman, Nutrient Management, was shared in the January 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Comparison of selected measures and costs by quartiles of profitability

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This fact sheet authored by Jason Karszes was shared in the November PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. For farms that participated in the Dairy Farm...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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2022 Corn silage overview

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This fact sheet authored by Joe Lawrence and Allison Kerwin was shared in the October PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. As 2022 corn silage sits in storage...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Centralized systems for anaerobic digestion to renewable natural gas

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This fact sheet written by Angela George and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, was shared in the October PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Dairy Profit Monitor Trends July 2020 - June 2022

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This update was released in the September 2022 issue of PRO-DAIRY's e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. With unpredictable cycles in the dairy industry and fluctuations...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Updates for CAFO permits and fertility guidelines

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This update by Kirsten Workman, PRO-DAIRY Nutrient Management and Environmental Sustainability Specialist , and Quirine Ketterings , Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program, was released in the July issue of PRO-DAIRY's e-Leader newsletter...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Corn silage harvest toolkit: 2022 edition

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This fact sheet was shared in the July PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. Each corn silage harvest season presents its own unique opportunities and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Managing your earnings in 2022

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Jason Karszes, PRO-DAIRY senior extension specialist, and Dr. Chris Wolf, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics, Dyson School at Cornell University, released this white paper in PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email...
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Record silking/tasseling dates for corn fields

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This fact sheet was written by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist Joe Lawrence and published to the PRO-DAIRY e-Leader and alert list serv, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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