Impact In New York
The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program offers educational programming and research based information to agricultural producers, growers, and agribusinesses to improve their farming operation. Take a look at our Impact Statements to see the diverse areas in which we are making a difference, and consider signing up for our newsletter. SWNYDLFC Program Brochure
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SWNYDLFC Team Highlights (April - June 2025)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights include:
- Managing Internal Parasites
- American Dairy Science Association Conference
- Making History with Integrated Pest Management Research
- And more!
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SWNYDLFC Team Highlights (January - March 2025)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 1st Quarter Highlights include:
- Transition Heifer Calf Workshop
- Setting Your Farm Financial Resolutions
- Providing Support in the Face of HPAI
- Shop Talk: Drone Discussion
- And More!
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SWNY Team Highlights: October 2024 - December 2024
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 4th Quarter Highlights include:
- Crop Symposium
- Veteran Education
- HPAI Partnerships
- Welcome, Katie!
- And More!
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SWNYDLFC 2024 Annual Report
Throughout 2024, our incredible team hosted 148 events, worked with with 2,068 farmers, and made outstanding successes in SWNY.
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SWNY Team Highlights (April 2024 - June 2024)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights include:
- Low Resource Mushroom Production
- Field Crop Pheromone Trapping Network
- Sponsor Recognition
- Thank You, Camila!
- And More!
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SWNYDLFC 2023 Annual Report
Throughout 2023, our incredible team hosted 123 events, worked with with 1,809 farmers, and made outstanding successes in SWNY.
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SWNY Team Highlights (April - June 2023)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights include:
- Beef x Dairy Webinar Series
- Seedcorn Maggot Risk Assessment
- Goats 101
- Dairy Advancement Program
- And More!
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SWNY Team Highlights (January - March 2023)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 1st Quarter Highlights include:
- Calving Dystocia Workshop
- Virtual Field Crop Congress
- Dairy Technology Tuesdays
- Successional Programming Season
- And More!
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SWNYDLFC 2022 Annual Report
Throughout 2022, our incredible team of four specialists hosted 65 events, spoke with 1,480 farmers, and made outstanding successes in SWNY.
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SWNY Team Highlights (October - December 2022)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 3rd Quarter Highlights include:
- Soybean Cyst Nematode Sampling
- Farm Diversification Education
- Managing and Raising Cows for AMS
- "Meat Your Farmer" Events
- And More!
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SWNY Team Highlights (July 2022 - September 2022)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 3rd Quarter Highlights include:
- Robotic Milking System Farm Tour
- National Association of Agricultural County Agents Conference
- Pasture-Raised Poultry Research Underway in SWNY and Beyond!
- Cover Crop Field Day from SWNYDLFC & CVP
- And More!
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SWNY Team Highlights (April - June 2022)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights include:
Welcoming Katelyn Miller
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SWNY Team Highlights (January - March 2022)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 1st Quarter Highlights include:
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outreach
- SWNY (Virtual) Field Crops Program Recap
- 600+ Individual Consultations
- High Plains Dairy Conference Presentation
- And More!
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SWNYDLFC 2021 Annual Report
Throughout 2021, our program was able to bring low-cost, high-quality, research-based programming to the dairy, livestock, and field crops producers of the Southwest New York region.
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SWNY Team Highlights (July - September 2021)
See how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 3rd quarter highlights include:
- Welcoming Camila, our Dairy Management Specialist
- Update on our programming with Providence Farm Collective
- Corn Silage Pre-Harvest Meetings
- NY HERO Act Infectious Disease Plans
- And More!
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SWNY Team Highlights (April - June 2021)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights Include:
- Farm Business Foundations 5-Part Webinar Series Success
- Returning to In-Person and Hybrid Programming
- Successful CCE Regional Pasture Collaboration
- National Shell Egg Academy Speaker
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SWNY Team Highlights (January - March 2021)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 1st Quarter Highlights Include:
- CCE Dairy Specialists Successfully Deliver "Critical Calf Care" Series
- "Dairy Forward" Grant Program Delivery
- Spring 2021 Pasture Management Series
- Marestail Resistance Screening
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SWNYDLFC 2020 Annual Report
The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program began in July of 2019, making 2020 the first full calendar year of our program. As our specialists were gaining momentum, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world as we knew it. However, our specialists were able to adapt and continue to help improve the productivity and profitability of the farms in the Southwest New York Region.
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SWNY Team Highlights (October - December 2020)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 4th Quarter Highlights Include:
- Online Dairy Feeder School Success.
- Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing with Campus Connections.
- Timely Collaborations for Livestock Producers.
- Developing a Beginning Farmer Training Program for WNY's Minority Farmers.
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SWNY Team Highlights (July - September 2020)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights Include:
- Forage Variability Research Underway
- Herbicide-Resistance Testing with Campus Connections
- Straight from our Farmers: Public Facebook Review
- So, You Want to Start a Farm? Resource Page
- And more!
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SWNY Team Highlights (April - June 2020)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 2nd Quarter Highlights Include:
- Online programming successes!
- Assistance with Business Safety Plans.
- "Dialing Into Your Best Dairy" Podcast Series.
- Conducting on-farm weed research on Palmer amaranth.
- And more!
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SWNY Team Highlights (January - March 2020)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 1st Quarter Highlights Include:
- COVID-19 response and producer support.
- Beginning Farmer success story in the making.
- Successful Southern Tier Crop Congress event that was well received.
- Farm financial analysis to use in decision making and improve profitability.
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SWNY Team Highlights (October - December 2019)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 4th Quarter Highlights Include:
- Staffing Updates.
- Communication plan to share information with the agricultural community.
- Automated Milking Systems Discussion Group partnership with QMPS & NWNYDLFC.
- Beef Farm Business Financial Analysis.
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SWNY Team Highlights (July - September 2019)
Learn how our team of specialists are making an impact in our five county region. 3rd Quarter Highlights Include:
- Formation of a new program to assist agricultural producers in Southwest New York.
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Discussion and Updates.
- Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in SWNY.
- Update on Community Needs Assessment and Outreach.
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Upcoming Events
Driving Efficiency in Dairy & Exploring the Irish Experience
September 29, 2025
Rock Stream, NY
This workshop series will feature in-depth presentation and discussion led by Dr. Padraig French who is the Head of Livestock Systems and the Dairy Enterprise Leader at Teagasc (the Irish version of USDA). Dr. French will focus on the critical success factors for Irish dairy, which include pasture utilization, labor efficiency and managing for seasonal calving. The discussion will focus on ways that U.S. dairy farmers can use some of the Irish dairy techniques to become more profitable with grass farming.
Open Forum to Discuss Newly Approved DOL Trade, "Butcher"
October 2, 2025 : Open Forum to Discuss Newly Approved DOL Trade, "Butcher"
Partners from New York State Dept. of Labor, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Southern Tier West, and Workforce Development will be in the space to provide an overview of the new program, discuss the roles of hosts and apprentices, review the benefits of hosting an apprentice, and setting the vision for building a corps of highly skilled, modern trained Butchers and validating this career as a skilled trade with respectful earning potential.
Silvopasture on a Shoestring
October 7, 2025
Franklinville, NY
Join Joshua Greene, Director of Education at Trees For Graziers, Jonathan Bates, Statewide Agroforestry Educator, and Lynn Bliven, owner of Wild Geese Farm for a full day training event that will include classroom and hands-on sessions. The focus will be on DIY silvopasture projects on small grazing farms. We will address the practical considerations of tree establishment, protection, and maintenance while learning how silvopasture can help address your farm's resource concerns and enhance livestock grazing.
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