Wintertime is the most difficult time to keep calves healthy.  With fewer available treatment options, proper nutrition is more important than ever before as it is the best defense against disease.   This workshop will explore feeding strategies to ensure that your calves ‘hit the ground running’! 11:00 – Trent Westhoff, Cornell University – Managing colostrum to maximize its health benefits from collection to feeding. 11:45 – Lunch and producer networking 12:45 – Dr. Mike Van Amburgh – Milk replacer, whole…

Transitioning farm ownership and management to prepare for retirement requires careful planning to meet your retirement needs while also assuring the farm is successful and profitable for the next operator. This workshop will be an interactive work session, where you will leave having identified the process and work needed to achieve a successful farm transition.  We will focus on the financial health of your farm business, the assets of the business that will be transferred in the operation, consider your…

Making your Pastures Work for You is the theme of this workshop.  Start planning your 2025 pasture season now.  Hear from four speakers discuss strategies that result in improved labor efficiency & increased pasture production and animal performance. Grazing System Tune-Up: Paddock layout, fence & water Pasture Renovation Strategies Clipping Pastures: When does this actually make sense? Grazing Management: Making decisions that keep you on track Register by calling or emailing Kim Holden by February 26th:  607 865-7090 or [email protected]

Making your Pastures Work for You is the theme of this workshop.  Start planning your 2025 pasture season now.  Hear from four speakers discuss strategies that result in improved labor efficiency & increased pasture production and animal performance. Grazing System Tune-Up: Paddock layout, fence & water Pasture Renovation Strategies Clipping Pastures: When does this actually make sense? Grazing Management: Making decisions that keep you on track Register by calling or emailing Kim Holden by February 26th:  607 865-7090 or [email protected]

The value of beef is at the high point in the cycle.  Now is the time to make sure you are optimizing your production and profit potential. Enhancing Herd Health Through Vaccination – Protocols, Preparing your Calves, Strengthening herd health Dr. Robert Lynch, Cornell Pro Dairy Herd Health Specialist Preparing for the Breeding Season – Getting the cow and bull ready, Use of AI or a Bull – Rich Brown, Equity Angus Farm Dinner at 6 pm.  Presentations start at…

Ticks are a threat to livestock and farmer alike.  Joellen Lampman, Cornell IPM Specialist, will provide the latest information on all of the species of ticks currently found in New York via Zoom.  Following her presentation, a local farmer will tell her story of how a tick bite changed her life.  Each participant will receive a free “Don’t Get Ticked New York” tick removal kit. Where each specie of tick is found in New York State Livestock and human diseases…

Come for part or all of the meeting.  Beginner session before the meal, more advanced topics after the meal. 5:30 pm  Beginning Sheep and Goat Production: Housing, Handling,  Nutrition, Birthing and more 6:30 pm  Meal 7:00 pm  The Replacement Female:  Target body weights, selection criteria, nutrition for the replacement animal 7:45 pm  Predator Management:  Prevention, fencing, guardian animals Register by March 18th: Call or email Kim Holden at (607) 865-7090 or [email protected] or register online here:  https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/SpringSmallRuminantMeeting2025_212