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Beef Quality Assurance Program Beef Quality Assurance Workshop

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a program developed to enable beef and dairy producers to enhance their product, maximize marketability, and strengthen consumer confidence. BQA is designed to enhance carcass quality by preventing residues, pathogen contamination and carcass defects such as injection site blemishes, rib brands, excessive external fat, excessive seam fat, inadequate muscling, dark cutters, inconsistent size of meat cuts, and non-uniform cattle.

Chute Side Training with Mike Baker, Beef Cattle Ext. Specialist; Cornell University includes
– Vaccination Protocols
– Handling and Restraint
– Feeder Calf Management

Zone Tillage Twilight Meeting Summer Twilight Meetings The cost for the program is $10 for CCE enrollees, $15 for non-enrollees includes refreshments and BQA program notebook. Registration Deadline: July 11, 2008. Questions? Call 845-344-1234 or e-mail cah94@cornell.eduClick Here for Crop Damage reporting info

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster and Orange Counties will be hosting a Zone Tillage Twilight Meeting as part of the Summer Vegetable Twilight Series at Gill Farms located on Hurley Mountain Rd. in the town of Hurley on Wednesday, July 2 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
 
This program includes equipment demonstrations and sweet corn field comparisons of zone tillage to conventional tillage. Zone tillage is a reduced tillage method that improves soil quality and is gaining prominence in the Northeast. $10 per farm if pre-registered. The fee for walk-ins the day of the meeting is $20. For more information or to pre-register call Maire Ullrich at 845-344-1234. NYS DEC Pesticide Recertification credits are available for the following categories:
Agricultural – Plant, Cat. 1a: 2 credits
Demonstration; Cat. 10: 2 credits
Private Field and Forage; Cat. 21: 2 credits
Private Vegetable; Cat. 23:  2 credits

What's New:

Cornell Guidelines for Pest Management (Cornell "Recommends") -- now online and searchable!

Tax Update for Agriculture 2008 What’s New in Federal Legislation. Some of the highlights and benefits to small businesses, farmers, and individuals are provided in this newsletter.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Ag Enrollment Take full advantage of our research-based information!

Orange County is home to over 70 dairy and field crop farms. A trend towards fewer farms and larger herds will continue into the future. The average dairy farm milks between 75-90 cows.

Larry R. Hulle
Resource Educator, Dairy & Forages lrh6@cornell.edu

- Commercial Dairy Production (not 4-H)
- Field Crops Management (alfalfa, grass, corn) www.fieldcrops.org
- Farm Business Management relating to commercial dairy
- Soil Sample Analysis for Dairy and Field Crops

 

July 1, 2008