Event Details

Date

August 26, 2016

Time

1pm - 3pm

Location

Entwistle Family Farm
105 Birdseye Rd
Frankfort, NY 13340

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: August 25, 2016

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Corn Silage Pre-Harvest Meetings~Frankfort

August 26, 2016


With continued low milk prices, getting the biggest bang for your buck out of your home grown corn silage can help you to get improved performance from your herd while also lowering your dependence on purchased feed. Plan to attend one of the following on-farm Corn Silage Pre-harvest meetings to get up to speed on the latest research backed strategies you can put to work on your dairy.

What: Corn Silage Pre-Harvest meetings
Where: Various local dairy farms (see listings below)
When: Various dates @ 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. +/- (see listings below)
To Register: Call CCE Herkimer 315.866.7920, email herkimer@cornell.edu
or online at http://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/events.php

While there is no charge for attending, we ask that you pre-register so we can be ready at each location and that we can contact you in unlikely event of cancellation or rescheduling. Deadline to register is the day before each event.

8/26/16 - Entwistle Family Farm
105 Birdseye Rd.
Frankfort, NY 13340-3950

8/29/16 - Ingerto Farm LLC
1479 Beaver Meadow Rd.
Smyrna, NY 13464

8/30/16 - Barber Brothers Dairy
1028 NY Rt. 32 North
Schuylerville, NY 12871

8/31/16 - Argus Acres
428 Schoolhouse Rd.
Sharon Springs, NY 13459

9/1/16 - Southtown Dairy
868 County Rd. 18
South New Berlin, NY 13843

Note this link is only for the 8/26 date.  To register for another date, click on the link for that date.





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