Attendees of the Aurora Farm Field Day networking prior to the program.

Two attendees of the Aurora Farm Field Day

The roots of cover crops help boost soil health

All in a day's work. Photo: Roxanne Lynn

Brady Rogers, a CCE intern, discusses the use of drones to collect indicators of plant health at the Aurora Farm Field Day

John Hanchar speaks with Small Grains Management Field Day attendees

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Meetings & Events

Herbicide Resistant Weed Control Field Day 2020 (Virtual Tour)

Oct 21

11:00 am

Herbicide Resistant Weed Control Virtual Field Day

Oct 21

11:00 am

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Field Crops Videos

A video recording of the 2020 virtual Aurora Farm Field Day. If you would like a transcript of the meeting or need any assistance with accessibility, please contact Jenn Thomas-Murphy.

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Field Crops News

Weather Outlook - September 17, 2020

Sep 17, 2020

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 6 degrees below normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to 2 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 10-110.

Weather Outlook – September 10, 2020

Sep 10, 2020

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from a hundredth of an inch to 2 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 50-150.

Weather Outlook - September 3, 2020

Sep 3, 2020

Last week temperatures ranged from 6 degrees below normal to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from less than a quarter of an inch to an isolated area of over 3 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 40-140.

Weather Outlook – August 27, 2020

Aug 27, 2020

Last week temperatures ranged from near normal to 6 degrees above normal. Precipitation has ranged from less than a quarter of an inch to an isolated area of over 3 inches in isolated areas. Base 50 growing degree-days ranged from 70-170.

New Kernel Processing Information Series Resources Available

Aug 24, 2020

During the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons the New York Farm Viability Institute funded a project led by Cornell PRO-DAIRY to better understand a number of field factors related to corn silage processing score. Joe Lawrence, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY, and Allison Kerwin, Dairy Field Research Specialist and PhD Candidate, have developed a series of fact sheets on kernel processing based on this project.

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