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The New York Farm Viability Institute is a farmer-led nonprofit group that awards grant funds for applied research and outreach education projects that help farms increase profits and provide models for other ... Read more

Project profiles
Chuck Diechmann of Willow Bend Farms in Belmont, NY, visited Hemdale Farm in Clifton Springs, as part of a Dairy Profit Discussion Group field trip. Twenty farmers in the robotic milking systems discussion group explored how Hemdale Farms manages their robotic facility.
NY dairy farmers look to each other for profit tips in discussion groups project

New York’s dairy farmers are turning to their neighbors for cost-saving tips, tried-and-true techniques, and pitfalls to avoid.
 
Idea sharing is the order of the day at more than 49 dairy farmer discussion groups that meet regularly across the state.
 
More than 600 of the Empire State’s dairy farmers are meeting in Dairy Profit Discussion Groups, according to program coordinator Kathy Barrett, an extension associate with Cornell University Pro-Dairy.
 
“Farmer-to-farmer learning based on ... Read more

Mary Lou Durfee and son Nathan of Durfee Farm in Chittenango are part of a pilor project to bring dairy profit teams to New York State