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Fund provides financial help to New York farmers to improve work-related safety on their farms. The program is administered through New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) The program has expanded eligibility to all dairy farms and increased income cap for other farms.
Program is being administered by the Farm and Food Growth Fund (FFGF). Grants will range from $50,000 to $250,000 and will be awarded to eligible applicants for projects that seek to expand on-farm milk storage capacity; improve efficiencies; invest in milk transfer systems and cooling technologies; and more. Examples of eligible projects include the purchase/installation of milk storage tanks, including bulk tanks, and milk silos; milk tankers for transport; milk pipelines; upgraded glycol chillers; farm milk loading systems; reclaim systems for water and watering systems (e.g., on-demand tanks); and more. Applications are due by Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Apply for the 2025 Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program (CAGP)
Accepting applications for the next cycle of CAGP funding! Applications will be reviewed in March 2025. CAGP supports agroforestry implementation through direct financial support and technical assistance. Producers interested in silvopasture, alley cropping, forest farming, food forests, riparian forest buffers and windbreaks are encouraged to apply.
USDA Official Tag Requirements
Notice for New York Cattle Producers: Questions and Answers - Beginning November 5, 2024, there will be only one USDA-official tag type approved for cattle. USDA’s final rule for cattle ID requires all official tags applied to cattle after November 5, 2024 to be both RFID and visually readable. What does this mean for you as a producer?
I’d like to welcome you to attend Zoom meeting on Wednesday, December 11th from 7-8 PM. We will be joined by Adam Murray, Beef Cattle Extension Specialist with the Cornell PRO Livestock Team. Sean Clevenstine, Region 4 Chair, will give an update on what’s new with the NYBPA along with Becky Krone, NYPBA Executive Secretary. You do not need to be a member of NYBPA to join in the meeting, we are looking for input on the type of in person programs or events beef producers in are interested in
Kelly Bourne
Senior Administrative Assistant
Cornell Cooperative Extension | Allegany County
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
