Our Owasco: Local soil health workshops building resilience
Local soil health workshops building resilience
This past year, farmers experienced one of the wettest fall seasons on record in the region. “The rain is coming down harder, faster and all at once,” said Sam Rose, a beef farmer in Groton
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Cereal Rye Termination
Cereal Rye Termination Tips and Tricks from Penn State Extension’s John Wallace and Dwight Lingenfelter.
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How is climate change affecting farmers? Listen in to Connections with Evan Dawson and guests:
-Forrest Watson, crop manager and fourth generation family at Mulligan Family Farm in Avon
-Meghan Hauser, co-owner of Table Rock Farm in Castile
-Aaron Ristow, New York agricultural stewardship program manager for American Farmland Trust
-Curt Gooch, dairy environmental system solutions expert, Land O’Lakes Truterra
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Life in the soil was thought to be silent. What if it isn’t?
A handful of scientists have started to train their ears to the worms, grubs and roots underground. They were not prepared for what they heard.(Related: See details about Cornell research mentioned in the above story “Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control“)
Our Owasco: How local dairy farmer works to protect environment
“We’ve implemented rotational grazing on our property, which increases the health of our soil by working to strengthen its resilience and decrease the soil loss off of our fields,” said Eric Carey, a 5th generation dairy farmer in Groton, NY. (Listen to Eric’s podcast “All things Agriculture” here.)