A two-part mini-series designed to teach producers about the importance of managing risk on your farm enterprise.
Week 1
Building partial budgets
- Seed costs
- Determining machinery costs
Week 2
Futures Markets
- Online Simulation
- Impact of basis on local prices
Each session runs from 6 to 8 p.m., three locations to choose from:
- Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Tuesday, March 3, Farm Credit East, 7397 State Route 80, Cooperstown cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1006
- Wednesday, Feb. 26, and Wednesday, March 4, CCE Madison County 100 Eaton St., Morrisville cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1007
- Thursday, Feb. 27, and Thursday, March 5, CCE Saratoga County, 50 West High St., Ballston Spa cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1008
Meat Marketing Workshop
Join us for the Profitable Meat Marketing workshop to find out if you are covering all your meat marketing costs – including your time – and bringing in a profit.
Cost: $10 per person (refreshments
provided)
Time: 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Two locations to choose from:
Where: CCE Madison County, 100
Eaton St., Morrisville
When: Monday, March 9, 2020
Deadline: March 5
Register: cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1099
Where: Montgomery County Annex Building,
20 Park St, Room 111, Fonda
When: Monday, March 16, 2020
Deadline: March 11
Register: Online at: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/
event_preregistration.php?event=1100
Matt LeRoux, ag. marketing consultant, who has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, will be the speaker at this workshop. Matt works with a diverse mix of produce and livestock farmers and food businesses.
In the workshop, you will learn how to develop your farm’s marketing strategy and how to set specific marketing objectives to make your job easier. In addition to marketing tips, you will learn about Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Meat Price Calculator. The calculator uses your farm’s data to develop pricing for meat sold by the hanging weight or by the cut. It accounts for processing and marketing costs, allows you to build in a profit then lets you adjust the pricing of each cut until you reach your goal. Finally, you will learn more about navigating the MeatSuite, a free website to help your farm reach consumers seeking local meat in bulk.
2020 Dairy Day
How can YOU improve your milk price and milk income?
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St.,
Cooperstown
Register: cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=987
Agenda
10 a.m. Trade Show Opens, Registration, Coffee & Danish
11 a.m. Pathogen based treatment and milking time audits can improve milk
income. Dr. Rick Watters PhD, Quality Milk Production Services, Warsaw, NY
11:45 a.m. How can I boost my butterfat percent while not decreasing milk
production? Old wives’ tales on what depresses butterfat & how to improve
it. Tom Overton, Animal Science, Cornell University
12:30 p.m. Lunch & visit Trade Show
2 p.m. Think you can’t affect milk protein percent? Think again. With milk
protein values up in value it can pay again to go after a boost in milk
protein. Are there other benefits as well? Dr. Chuck Schwab, Emeritus
Professor, University of New Hampshire
2:45 p.m. Final wrap up questions / discussion
3 p.m. Adjourn
BQA Transportation Training
Where: Unadilla Livestock Company, LLC, 76 Maple Ave, Unadilla, NY 13849
When: Friday, March 27, 2020
Time: 6 to 9 p.m. (refreshments provided)
Cost: FREE
RSVP by March 23, CCE Herkimer County: 315-866-7920 herkimer@cornell.edu or register at https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1095
Transportation Quality Assurance plays a critical role in
the health and welfare of cattle. By using best practices, transporters can
save the beef industry millions of dollars each year. When a transporter
participates in the program they are showing consumers they are ready to take
every step possible to keep cattle as healthy and safe as possible.
The program covers many topics including:
- Cattle handling guidelines & diagrams
- Checklists for loading/unloading
- Checklists for hot/cold weather factors
- Checklists for fit/injured/weak cattle
- Checklist for traveling
- Loading suggestions and worksheets
- Bio-security & Emergency Action Plans
Hosted by:
- Unadilla Livestock Company, LLC
- CNYDLFC
- NY Beef Quality Assurance
- Cornell CALS-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Animal Science
Thank you to our sponsor: Cargill
Made possible through the Beef Checkoff
The CNYDLFC Team is a CCE partnership between Cornell University and the CCE Associations in Chenango, Fulton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Saratoga and Schoharie Counties.
Register for meetings and pay online by credit card. Find these meetings and more at cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/
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