August 2023 | Vol. 15 Issue 8 | |
4-H Market Animal Project Award |
The Steuben County Market Sale Committee is excited to announce this great opportunity for any 4-H youth that participates at the sale. Click the below for the Application and more details.
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Staying Hydrated in the Heat and Humidity | |
Summertime often means swimming, sports and other outdoor activities. It also means extreme heat and humidity. When you mix physical activity with the summer sun, it can be easy to become dehydrated. While having fun outside, it's important that you stay hydrated. When you're dehydrated, your body doesn't have enough fluid and electrolytes to work properly. Electrolytes are minerals in your body like sodium, calcium and potassium. They're found in the foods you eat and the fluids you drink.
The good news is that you have more options than just drinking plain water to stay hydrated this summer. Check out these tips from Food Hero to help you make better beverage choices.
Stay hydrated with these refreshing recipes:
Watermelon Cooler
Strawberry Sipper Flavored Water
Herb Flavored Water
Visit www.snapedny.org for more tips and resources to help you and your family save time, save money, and eat healthy!
Sources: cdc.gov/foodsafety
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CCE Southwest Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team, CCE Steuben, along with the National Grazing Lands Coalition held an interactive pasture walk in July in Steuben County. This event was well attended and brought farmers information on soil health and its related impact on forage quality, density, and fertility as well as a focus on weed management.
The event was held at Heaven Scent Farm. Thank you Jerry Stewart for all your hard work, time, and patience as we prepared for this event!
We look forward to having farmers gather together to learn at in-person event in the future.
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Hummingbirds may help control invasive berry pests
by: Mike Hibbard
Ten years ago, Juliett Carroll was intrigued when a New York state berry grower asked if hummingbirds could be used to prey on spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), a pest species new to the region but quickly wreaking havoc on the state’s $20 million berry industry.
Now, a Cornell study by Carroll, who is a senior extension associate for New York State Integrated Pest Management at Cornell AgriTech, entomology professor Greg Loeb and others recently published in ScienceDirect shows hummingbirds reduced SWD fruit infestation levels by up to 64% in field trials.
Read the full article HERE
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Save the Date - Greenhouse IPM In-depth Hands-on Workshop
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Thursday, August 10, 2023
Location: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Contact Betsy Lamb: eml38@cornell.edu for more information. Check back closer to date for full schedule.
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Save the Date:
Insectapalooza
September 23, 2023
9AM - 3 PM Stocking Hall Ithaca Campus
Come see the bizarre, bad, and beneficial of the insect world.
Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 9am to 3pm. Stocking Hall.
Check out the annual, one-day Insect Festival hosted by the Department of Entomology at Cornell University. Insectapalooza is an interactive, hands-on experience that features hundreds of live insects, spiders, and other fascinating arthropods. Popular favorites include the live Butterfly Room and Arthropod Zoo. Exhibits explore the extraordinary Cornell University Insect Collection, pollination, plant-insect interactions, biodiversity of ants, bees, and soil insects, and how bugs work. Learn how to combat arthropod pests like the spotted lantern fly, ticks, and mosquitos. New this year, there are short workshops on careers in entomology, beekeeping, pollinator gardens, macrophotography, and reducing the impacts of lantern flies and ticks. Numerous kid-friendly crafts. And much, much more.
Read more Here and the schedule of events is provided below.
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County Enrollment, Subscription, and Support |
The Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program with Cornell Cooperative Extension offers educational programming and research based information to agricultural producers, growers, and agribusinesses in the five county region of Southwestern New York.
Our specialists work with Cornell Faculty and Extension Educators statewide to address the issues that impact the agricultural industry and provide services to farms of all sizes and production techniques. The educational programming and support that we offer ranges from workshops to on-farm events, and includes one-on-one consultations. Our program is designed to meet the rapidly changing needs of our region's diverse agricultural community.
Please support CCE Steuben by signing up for their enrollment programs.
Reach out to CCE-Steuben at 607-664-2300 and ask about enrollment.
The enrollment form can be found online, here.
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The Cornell Vegetable Program works with Cornell faculty and Extension educators to address the issues that impact the New York vegetable industry. The team offers educational programs and information to growers, processors, and agribusiness professionals in pest management, variety evaluation, cultural practices, market development, and farm food safety.
Cornell Vegetable Program Specialists expertise includes processing vegetables, fresh market vegetables, weed science, soil health, food safety, organic, marketing, greenhouses and high tunnels.
To read the Vegetable Programs 2022 Year in Review, click HERE. Learn more about the specialists HERE.
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The Finger Lakes Grape Program (FLGP) is a regional extension program of Cornell Cooperative Extension serving the grape and wine industry of the Finger Lakes.
The staff of the Finger Lakes Grape Program is committed to providing grape growers in the Finger Lakes and beyond with cutting edge, research-based information to help them improve the productivity and sustainability of their vineyards and the quality of the fruit that they produce. We work with researchers and extension staff from Cornell and other institutions to create informative extension materials and programs that help to keep grape growing a viable and profitable industry that enhances the communities of the Finger Lakes and upstate New York.
Learn more about the specialist HERE.
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