Event Details
Date
August 16, 2016
Time
11:30am - 2:30pm
Location
Pastureland Organic Dairy
8062 2nd West Rd.
Manlius, NY 13104
Cost
This event is free.
Host
North Country Regional Ag TeamSouth Central Dairy & Field Crops Team
Pre-Registration Deadline: August 12, 2016
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Pasture Walk & Farm Visit at Pastureland Organic Dairy
August 16, 2016Pete and his son Jeremy will lead us on a tour of the pastures and farmstead. They have practiced intensive grazing since 1987. This year they topdressed pastures and hayfields with gypsum and chicken manure and see a huge benefit.
In 2005, Pete began his transition to organic and began shipping organic milk in May of 2007. The farm is nearly grain self-sufficient. They currently milk 300, grown internally from 60 head in 1987. With the help of Dairy One testing and records, the farm maintains a low somatic cell count and received the Silver Cow Award for keeping SCC under 150,000 for a year. Pete was an early adopter of solar panels to supply the farm and home's electrical needs. The low maintenance panels run along a barn roof.
There will be lots of things to see and hear about on this farm from the cropping program and pasture management, calf care & new barn, breed selection, record keeping and decision making and home built facilities with a flat barn parlor that has a throughput of 100 cows/hr.
Please rsvp for planning lunch to Jen at 391-2662 or jma358@cornell.edu or register online
Please call Janice (391-2672) with any questions.
Please call Janice (391-2672) with any questions.
