Cornell dairy program

Our five counties in southwestern New York form an especially vibrant dairy region, with over dairy farms of many different sizes and production systems. Our Dairy Management Specialist offers assistance with calf and heifer management, reproductive management, dairy records analysis, herd health, nutrition, and facilities.

Determining the true cause of scours can lead to more effective treatment and care of calves read details. Dairy Environmental Systems has published new fact sheets on the topics of feeding dairy cattle food waste - wet brewers and wet distillers grains, and anaerobic digestion biogas utilization options with a combined heat and power CHP technology comparison. View Complete List of Dairy Content.

Field Crops. Announcements No announcements at this time. Read more of our publications. Read the current e-Leader issue. The Manager The Manager, published by Progressive Dairy, includes a useful combination of research, updates, how to's and action steps on every aspect of managing a dairy business.

Read the current issue of The Manager. Read the latest e-Alert. The Dairy Advancement Program. Program Plan for the future of your dairy. A farm with more than cows may apply and be approved depending the other eligible projects under consideration. No, as an example, if a project requires design plans for a new freestall, you may use DAP business planning funds to pay for the design which would reduce the funds available for business planning by the amount charged by the service provided for developing the building plans.

Yes and in fact it is desirable to combine business planning for growth with planning for related environmental improvements so that capital costs for recommended improvements are taken into account in the business plan. Operational planning - Funds to defray the cost of engaging a specialist to assist the farm with financial budgeting and planning for the next 12 months from an operational perspective to assist with analyzing costs and opportunities for improvement on the dairy.

Business planning - Funds to defray the expense of engaging a farm business specialist for planning and analysis of longer term impacts on the dairy e. Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan CNMP - CNMP is a conservation plan, unique to animal feeding operations, designed to evaluate all aspects of farm production and offer conservation practices that help achieve production and natural resource conservation goals.

The CNMP is based on the combination of conditions found on each farm. The CNMP addresses management of manure handling, storage, treatment and application of manure and fertilizers as well as cropland nutrient management and field conservation planning for matching nutrient applications to crop needs as well as controlling erosion and runoff.

Best Management Practices BMPs - Beneficial farming practices for reducing environmental impacts to protect water and air quality. Examples include manure storage, vegetative treatment area, water and sediment control basin, etc. Expectations for services and associated costs should be established up front when meeting with your project facilitator and service providers. Any unused funds go back to the available pool of funds to be used by another applicant. It is strongly recommended references be requested if unfamiliar with your service provider.

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