Catskill Regional DaiRy, livestoCk & gRazing ConfeRenCeJanuaRy 14, 2010 • suny-Delhi • sanfoRD hall

DaiRy livestoCk Renewable eneRgy

11-11:50 a.m.

what’s going on in Dairy Markets and how should i React as a Dairy Manager

Mariane Kiraly, Farm Business Management Educator; Paul Cerosaletti, Precision Feed Management Program Leader; and Dale Dewing, Field Crop Educator, all of Cornell Cooperative Extension—Delaware CountyThe current dairy and grain supply-and-demand situation and price outlook will be presented. Fac-tors affecting the current milk price and why prices haven’t rebounded will also be discussed. Presenters will outline how to assess where you are financially and what steps you can take as a dairy manager.

PReCision feeDing anD high-foRage Diets: inCReasing PRofit while iMPRoving wateR Quality

1:30-2:20 p.m.

High-forage diets offer the opportunity to de-crease grain purchases, the largest cost on dairy farms, and at the same time reduce environmental impact.

My experience with high-forage DietsLoren Benware, Dairy Farmer, St. Lawrence County, NY Loren, who’s farm was recently featured in Hoard’s Dairymen, will share his experience feeding a diet as high as 70% forage.

achieving a high-forage Diet on your farm. Part 1: understanding nDf Digestibility

Mary Beth de Ondarza, Ph.D., Paradox Nutrition, West Chazy, NY Forage digestibility is the key to high-forage diets. Mary Beth, the feed consultant for Loren Benware’s farm, will share what forage digestibility means, its effect in the cow’s rumen, and why it matters in the cow’s diet.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

achieving a high-forage Diet on your farm. Part 2: building Rations with highly Digestible forages

Mary Beth de Ondarza, Ph.D., Paradox Nutrition, West Chazy, NYForage digestibility is the key to high forage diets. Mary Beth, the feed consultant for Loren Benware’s farm, will share how highly digestible forages can be used in balancing a high-forage diet for produc-tive dairy cows.

strategies for lower Protein Rations, why and how

Dr. Larry Chase, Cornell UniversityLarry will discuss recent research that shows milk-ing cow diets as low as 16% protein can support high milk production, reduce purchased protein costs, and decrease nitrogen losses from the farm to the environment.

My experience with higher forage / lower Protein Diets in Delaware County

Rick Holdridge, Dairy Farmer, BloomvilleRick will share changes he has made to decrease protein feeding, raise forage feeding, and meet his farm goals.

11-11:50 a.m.

Meat Cutting 101: knowing your Cuts from a buyer/processor’s Perspective

Thomas Recinella, Associate Professor and Program Director of Culinary Arts, SUNY-DelhiJames Margiotta, Instructor of Culinary Arts, SUNY-DelhiTom and James will discuss: getting the most out of your meat processing, processing for sales, maximizing your cuts, selecting different cuts that restaurants are interested in, and pricing your cuts for restaurant sales.

to MaRket, to MaRket

1:30-2:20 p.m.

Marketing your Meat successfully from the farmer’s Perspective

Steven Winkler, Lucky Seven Livestock, Watertown, NYSteven will discuss how to get more for your meat by merchandizing collectively with other meat producers and working with large buyers such as Wegmans and Whole Foods. He will also discuss la-beling as Certified New York and Natural New York.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Current efforts in livestock ProcessingBryan Petrucci, Agricultural Consultant, Southfield, MABryan will speak about innovative regional slaugh-terhouse initiatives, such as the Glynwood mobile processing facility that is available to farmers in the lower Hudson Valley. Bryan will also discuss the Dole and Bailey’s Northeast Family Farms Natural Beef Program.

Chris Harmon, Executive Director, Center for Agri-cultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE), Oneonta, NY Chris will speak about the work CADE is doing to increase the quantity and capacity of slaughter-houses in the central New York region through funding from the New York State Farm Viability Institute. CADE is a nonprofit agricultural develop-ment organization serving farmers, cooperatives and agricultural businesses in Central New York.

11-11:50 a.m.

grass and wood biomass Pellets; Renewable energy for home and business heating

Paul Cerosaletti, Sr. Resource Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension—Delaware CountyPaul will discuss the merits of using grass and wood biomass pellets as energy alternatives for home and commercial heating systems. Paul will also address commercially available wood and grass pellet heating technologies used for homes and small businesses. Paul will share the practical experience from the Dela-ware County Grass Bioenergy Project where CCEDC has worked with local municipalities on installing grass pellet fired boilers.

Renewable eneRgy on the faRM anD in the hoMe

1:30-2:20 p.m.

how to Make your farm More energy independentDick Riseling, Apple Pond Farm and Renewable Energy Education Center, Callicoon CenterDick will discuss his experiences with installing a wind turbine, hydro-electric, solar hot water and solar electric systems at Apple Pond. These systems produce more than two-thirds of the farm’s electric-ity. Dick also constructed a round, straw-bale house and converted an old diesel farm truck to run on bio-diesel made from used vegetable oil.

Bill Jordan, Jordan Energy & Food EnterprisesBill has installed several alternative energy projects on Hudson Valley farms. He’ll walk through the pro-cess of selecting, planning, installing, and finding an energy solution.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

how to Make your farm home More energy independent

Don Hebbard, Agricultural Engineering Specialist, Watershed Agricultural Council, Walton, NY Don will discuss how he and his wife, Louise built their retirement home with renewable energy in mind. Don’s home has a photovoltaic 2700 KW primary heating system that is augmented by an active solar energy collection system where heat is captured from several windows and stored using a stone heat stor-age battery. Surplus electricity is net-metered during the day and power is purchased at night.

James Tucker, Owner-Operator, Wire Nutz Electric, East Meredith, NYA NYSERDA-certified installer, James specializes in photovoltaic/alternative energy electrical projects in the watershed region. He’ll discuss the process of selecting an installer, planning an energy solution, funding projects through NYSERDA and USDA, and outlining a timeline from start to finish.

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life and times at Del-Rose farmBarb Hanselman, and her husband Ernie, own and operate Del-Rose Farm in South Kortright. The farm has grown to include several enterprises, but its roots and primary business are the 60 milking cow Brown Swiss and Holstein dairy. Barb and Ernie have seven children: the eldest Seth has returned to the farm since gradu-ating college. Several other children intend to follow that same path. Barb credits the success of Del-Rose Farm to the time, hard work, and dedication that the children have devoted to their family farm. In 2005, their entire family traveled to the World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI to receive the National Dairy Shrine Progressive Dairyman Award.

Ernie bought the farm in 1980 and married Barb in 1982. They have farmed as a couple and a fam-ily ever since. To survive the volatilities of dairying, the Hanselman’s have implemented measures over the years to increase income by milking three times a day, raising corn silage and hay for sale to other farms, and marketing vegetables at their farm stand. Barb’s sideline business, The Farmer’s Wife, is another value-added income stream; she sells her infamous pies and sticky buns, as well as other fine baked goods and catering service.

noon – 1:20 p.m.

10 a . m . – 3 : 3 0 p . m . tr a d e s h o w f e a t u r i n g l o c a l a g r i - s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s i n s a n f o r d h a l lR e g i s t r a t i o n b e g i n s a t 10 a . m .

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DaiRy

what’s going on in Dairy Markets and how should i React as a Dairy Manager

My experience with high-forage Diets

achieving a high-forage Diet on your farm. Part 1: understanding nDf Digestibility

achieving a high-forage Diet on your farm. Part 2: building Rations with highly Digestible forages

strategies for lower Protein Rations, why and how

My experience with higher forage/lower Protein Diets in Delaware County

l ivestoCk

Meat Cutting 101: knowing your Cuts from a buyer/processor’s Perspective

Marketing your Meat successfully from the farmer’s Perspective.

Current efforts in livestock Processing

Catskill Regional DaiRy, livestoCk & gRazing ConfeRenCe

Renewable eneRgy

grass and wood biomass Pellets; Renew-able energy for home and business heating

how to Make your farm More energy independent

how to Make your farm home More energy independent

The WAC is funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal, foundation and private sources. The Watershed Agricultural Council is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

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Catskill Regional Dairy, livestock and grazing Conference suny – Delhi • January 14, 2010

Registration deadline: thursday, January 7, 2010

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by calling Mariane Kiraly at 607-865-6531 by January 7, 2010 to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests received after this date will be met when possible.