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Posted on June 28, 2013
Grazing livestock have the potential to maximize or exceed their daily intake requirements ultimately leading to increased production than if fed stored forages. “Well-managed pastures are generally higher in quality than any other forage,” Karen Hoffman, Resource Conversationalist with the USDA Nat...
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Elizabeth A. Tomlin 
Posted on June 28, 2013
Although they appear to be quite ordinary farmers, raising sheep and chickens on their 95-acre farm in Stone Arabia, NY, husband and wife team Marc Kratzschmar and Judy St. Leger are unique in the world of farming. “My regular job is working for SeaWorld,” St. Leger states. “I determine why pelicans...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on June 28, 2013
If a dairy cooperative situated on a major highway wanted to draw the attention of people driving by, what would be the obvious choice? A cow. But not just any cow. The fiberglass creation, named Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot, is a year-round fixture on the lawn of the Lowville Producers Dairy Cooperative ...
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Katie Navarra 
Posted on June 21, 2013
Twelve months of work is measured in a matter of minutes. Shearing day reveals the overall health of the animal and defines the income that animal has produced in its fleece. A successful shearing day begins months in advance and is achieved with proper nutrition and grazing management practices. Nu...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on June 21, 2013
Dryden, NY — This year brought us to the 29th Annual Dryden Dairy Day. The parade is part of a full celebration of June is Dairy Month. Dryden is a small farming community in Upstate New York that is surrounded by area farms. The event incorporates local business, schools and churches for a fun-fill...
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Troy Bishopp 
Posted on June 21, 2013
NEWARK VALLEY, NY — This situation of farmers under-managing grazing land, plants, animals, biological systems and finances was the backdrop of what internationally renowned holistic grazing educator and South African rancher, Ian Mitchell-Innes, has seen throughout America on his three month lectur...
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Pat Malin 
Posted on June 21, 2013
VERONA, NY — Bundled up in winter jackets and caps, or unexpectedly shivering in t-shirts, some kids stomping around delightedly in their precocious mud boots, they came — as expected — to the Oneida County Farm Fest 2013 on June 7. The event is held rain or shine, and once again, it rained at Braba...
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Steve Wagner 
Posted on June 21, 2013
“The world’s most widely adopted biotech trait, Roundup Ready® soybeans, is set to go off patent soon in the U.S. — the last applicable Monsanto-owned patent is expected to expire in 2014.” In cutting-to-the-chase fashion, the Monsanto press release’s first line explains it very clearly. Other thing...
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Pat Malin 
Posted on June 14, 2013
FABIUS, NY — Progress could be the middle name of Trinder Farm LLC. In just the past five years, the Trinder Farm has arguably undergone more significant changes than in the previous 35 years since Tom Trinder bought the family farm. Trinder and his management team, consisting of herdswoman Nancy Wo...
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