University of Wisconsin Biological Systems Engineer Dr. Joseph Sanford recently discussed the types and benefits of manure separation during the university’s Separator Week. Manure separation efficiency can be improved with storage, added treatments such as sand and/or solid removal, digestion and o...

New York State Ag Commissioner Richard Ball gave the keynote address at the 2026 Ag Solutions & Networking Expo at SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech last week, echoing the strength of New York’s local and statewide agricultural opportunities, even as the country continues to face a “foggy D.C. policy on ag....

Are you ready for the 2026 grazing season to be a game changer? Are you getting all you can from your pastures and meeting your goals? Do you want to add more grazing days, profit and pleasure from your management? Curious about using a grazing chart and hearing from grazing practitioners? If you an...

With all eyes still on avian influenza, it’s easy to forget about another disease that’s inching closer to the U.S. Nearly everyone who raises pigs should be familiar with the possibility of African swine fever (ASF) eventually arriving in the U.S. With approved biosecurity measures in place, produc...

If you’ve noticed what first appears like deer damage in your corn that causes the plant to turn reddish-purple, you might have corn stunt. Mike Stanyard, representing CCE’s Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program, presented on corn stunt at the recent Corn Congress hosted by Corne...

I have begun rewatching the TV series “Band of Brothers.” The series’ title comes from William Shakespeare’s “Henry V.” There’s an underlying agricultural theme to the English bard’s play. That theme supports the military overtones of a 15th century battle that occurred Oct. 25, 1415. That military ...

As African swine fever (ASF) inches closer to the U.S., many countries are already dealing with the devastating disease that can shut down both large and small pig producers. For countries like the U.S. that are currently free of ASF, all it will take is a single pig, wild or domestic, to initiate t...

For Kerry Hollier, owner of Teasel Meadow Farms in Red Creek, NY, raising pigs is in his blood. For the past 10 years, he’s raised freezer pork and feeder pigs full-time, carrying on the tradition of his grandfather, Frank Hollier. Each summer in the early 1900s, the elder Hollier took purebred Ches...

Stepping out of the dairy business doesn’t mean your barn has to sit idle. In the “From Dairy to Pork: Barn Conversion in Action” video series on YouTube, the New York Pork Producers teamed up with Strategic Planning Specialist Tim Terry of Cornell University’s Pro‑Dairy program to show how former d...