Event Details
Date
January 10, 2017
Time
10:00am - 2:00pm
Location
Jordan Hall, Geneva Experiment Station
614 W. North St.
Geneva, NY 14456
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program2017 NYCO Winter Meetings
January 10, 2017The popularity of the NYCO winter meetings has grown from a gathering of six organic grain producers in the Martens Farms' farmhouse kitchen in 1994 to Jordan Hall in Geneva. Last year we had more than 300 farmers attending the 3 meetings.
To continue the tradition, the Winter NYCO meetings will be held in Jordan Hall, Geneva Experimental Station. They will be held January 10th, February 14th and March 13th. This years topics will include the use of Alternative Forages, Expanding to Poultry and Nutrient Balancing.
There is no cost or need to register to attend the meetings, which start promptly at 10:00am. Participants are asked to bring a dish to pass at the potluck lunch. The New York Crop Insurance Education Team and Cornell Cooperative Extension provide support for these meetings. There will be a brief description of how Crop Insurance can benefit organic farmers at each of the meetings.
Featured Speakers:
- Bob Quinn of Big Sandy, Montana will be the opening speaker for our 23rd season of NYCO. He leads the Quinn Organic Research Center which includes a 2,800 acre farm. They transitioned their 4th generation farm to organic production in 1986. His work on organic grain varieties led to the redevelopment of Kamut, an ancient grain grown by the Egyptians. In addition they grow soft white wheat, durum wheat, buckwheat, lentils, peas, sweet clover, and flax. Bob is a sought after speaker on marketing and development of organic grains. He will present his vision of where organic markets are going and how New York's producers can prepare for the future.
- Sandra Wayman is a research technician with the Cornell Sustainable Cropping System Lab. She will review their work with the newly developed perennial grain, Kernza.
- Tim Christensen
- Mark Sorels, PhD. is the chair for the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. He was part of a team of researchers at Cornell who worked on the "Accelerating Production of Organic Grains in Western NY" sponsored by the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority and Wegmans. Mark will review the results of this study done at the Cornell University's Musgrave Research Farm.
For more information contact Fay Benson at 607-391-2669 or at afb3@cornell.edu
