Workshop for dairy farmers sponsored by the Jefferson and Lewis County Soil and Water Conservation Districts

Featuring Kirsten Workman, Lindsay Ferlito, Ken Van Slyke, Jenifer Wightman and farmer and funding panels

Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. | April 3, 2024
More information on the Natural and Working Lands website
https://blogs.cornell.edu/workingland...

Jump to individual talks:

1:09 - Why a farm might transition away from sand bedding. Jenifer Wightman, Senior Extension Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Cornell University

25:38 - Separators and farm infrastructure for solids + liquids. Ken Van Syke, Farmer/Pikeside Ag Machinery

1:13:46 - Cow Health (sand vs. solid bedding). Lindsay Ferlito, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team

Farm Panel (sand vs solids bedding)

1:55:40 - Jon Patterson, Patterson Farm (Auburn, NY)
2:05:19 - Stein Farms, Dale Stein (LeRoy, NY) & NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee
2:13:33 - Doug Shelmidine, Sheland Farms (Adams, NY)

2:44:43 - P-Index 2.0 & Comparing sand vs. solids bedding. Kirsten Workman, Pro-Dairy

Funding Panel

3:30:40 - Mike Durant, Lewis County Soil & Water
3:49:20 - Thomas Pratt, USDA-NRCS
3:57:57 - Mary Jane Scoville, USDA-FSA